by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
You remember middle school. That first day can be a funhouse or a hall of horrors. Will I fit in or be left behind? Did I wear the right clothes? How will I find the right class? Why do those eighth graders look so big...
Middle school is the tricky tightrope between being a kid and being a teenager. How did you fare? Did you fall off the tightrope? Did you hold on?
See the characters in School Daze try to keep their balance on the first day of middle school.
Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5
Recommended for Middle Schools
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Excellent!!! I love the flexibility of the characters. Good play about the joys and horrors of Jr.High/Middle School.
I love this show!
Very relatable; kids loved it and audience loved it!
The students embraced the idea of this performance and really enjoyed playing the characters.
Our production was well received by adults and our middle school audience.
The students loved seeing snapshots of middle school life and found it easy to connect to. Our student performers had some really great conversations around different issues they personally have dealt with or seen other kids deal with. During a time when our students have really been closed off from each other and activities they are involved in, we needed this show more than we all realized.
The sixth graders had a fantastic time rehearsing and performing "School Daze"! It is full of energy, humor, and even a few poignant moments. Audiences loved it, too!
We have done this play three times now across many years. It's a crowd pleaser for sure! Students identify with the characters and situations as well as the audiences of all ages. Easy costumes, no set, light props and super easy to direct.
I wanted to let you know that we just finished our production of School Daze. My middle school students performed it at an in-school assembly (audience was K-8) and it was wildly popular. The staff and parents loved it was well. I had several people who stopped by to tell me that they particularly loved how "real" the play was. Characters like Marty/Edwin, MacGregor/MacDougal and Cara/Tammy allowed my students to go full out with characterization.
Thank you for stocking plays like this - large and flexible casting, lots of short scenes, quick and active, with content that doesn't talk down to my students. These plays are hard to come by, especially with content appropriate for a public middle school.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
The transition from middle school to high school can be filled with problems. Monster problems.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
This middle school vignette play examines self-image and appearance.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
A middle school vignette play about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy to stage.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Eight quick classroom comedies throw middle school students into absurd crises, from indoor rainstorms to zombie classmates, offering flexible staging and roles for casts of all sizes and skill levels.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and neverending silences in conversation. An excellent class project with parts for everyone.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Why aren't middle school students full of smiles, hugs and hi-fives? They’re too young to have problems.
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A vignette play is a collection of short scenes on a theme. You'll love working with the variety and flexibility of the scenes. Your actors will love the fast pace and fun characters.
There's more. Every Theatrefolk vignette play holds the unexpected. A showcase monologue. A dramatic moment. A change in form. A left turn.
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