Help! My Class Is Overrun By…
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
A collection of 8 short plays for middle school performers, written for mid size to large casts. Every play is set in a classroom for simple, flexible staging, and each centers on an over-the-top crisis. What do you do when it starts raining inside your classroom? Or when your classmates turn into obedient zombies?
The collection offers a wide range of role sizes and character challenges to suit different skill levels.
The plays can be performed in any order, combined as a one act, or staged together as a full length show. Includes character profile questions for student actors.
Recommended for Middle Schools
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Cast List
Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.
My Class is Overrun by Pirates
Pirates want one of their own to have a typical school day experience.
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Ms. A Any gender 69 lines
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Death by Allergy Any gender 46 lines
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Against Field Trips Any gender 43 lines
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Divorce Any gender 66 lines
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Hundred Percent Average Any gender 37 lines
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No Clue What’s Going On Any gender 34 lines
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Captain Flint Any gender 48 lines
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Dead Eye Dan Any gender 15 lines
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Bilge Rat Ray Any gender 17 lines
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Peg Leg Penny Any gender 16 lines
My Class is Overrun by Noise
Why can’t they see that some of us need noise and some need silence?
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Hate Noise Any gender 12 lines
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Slam Any gender 9 lines
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Make Noise Any gender 11 lines
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Family is Noisy Any gender 11 lines
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In My Head Any gender 10 lines
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Chatty Any gender 5 lines
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Ensemble: One to Six Any gender 13, 8, 7, 9, 7, 5 lines
My Class is Overrun by Substitute Teachers
See ya! Wouldn’t want to be ya!
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Students x 5 Any gender
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Mrs. Leach Any gender 3 lines
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Mr. T Any gender 2 lines
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Doesn’t Matter Any gender 1 line
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Stop Staring Any gender 1 line
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Ruined Teaching Any gender 1 line
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Sub One Any gender 15 lines
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Sub Two Any gender 16 lines
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Ok Any gender 2 lines
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Mc-D Any gender 3 lines
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Change the World Any gender 5 lines
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Ms. C Any gender 6 lines
My Class is Overrun by Zombies
Have you heard of the obedience frequency?
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Ms. K Any gender 39 lines
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Ms. J Any gender 5 lines
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My Hand is Raised Any gender 2 lines
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Dara Bean Any gender 41 lines
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Adie Any gender 32 lines
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Robin Any gender 4 lines
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Class of students Any gender 15 lines
My Class is Overrun by the Truth
Or by people pretending to tell the truth.
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Mr. G Any gender 48 lines
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Amy Any gender 18 lines
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Jason Any gender 26 lines
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Fran Any gender 8 lines
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Zules Any gender 4 lines
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Trig Any gender 16 lines
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Emmett Any gender 15 lines
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Sharla Any gender 13 lines
My Class is Overrun by Rain
It’s your classroom, Ms. B. It’s obviously your fault!
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Ms. B. (Rosemary) Any gender 58 lines
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Ms. Riddy Any gender 20 lines
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Ms. D Any gender 8 lines
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Mr. E Any gender 10 lines
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Not Phased Any gender 15 lines
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Pretty Weird Any gender 16 lines
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OPTIONAL: Students 1-8 Any genderOnly appear for a moment. You can have individual actors play the students or double up some of the roles for a smaller cast size and a unique character challenge. Alternatively, you can cut a couple of the STUDENT roles.
My Class is Overrun by Birds
An adaptation (sort of) of Aristophanes’ The Birds.
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Persi (full name “Persuasion”) Any gender
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Goho (full name “Good Hope”) Any gender
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Terry Pops Any gender
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Librarian Any gender
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Lunch Lady Any gender
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Secretary – Front Office Envoy Any gender
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Chorus of Birds (various) Any gender
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Individual Birds (various) Any gender
My Class is Overrun by a Superhighway
The school board has sold off a portion of the drama classroom in order to run a highway through it.
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Ms. I Any gender 49 lines
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Mr. Z Any gender 43 lines
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Dakota Any gender 12 lines
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That’s Not Safe Any gender 9 lines
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Shaved a Llama Any gender 16 lines
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I Want a Highway Any gender 19 lines
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Protester Any gender 19 lines
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Will This Affect My Grade Any gender 14 lines
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