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When we stop looking inward, we start to see who’s really in the boat with us. Boat is a powerful middle school vignette play about empathy, connection, and realizing we’ve never been alone. Click to learn more!

Play Scripts for Schools set in Present day

Moonbow Miraculous: Competition-Length Version

by Kirk Shimano

If someone has a secret they’ve been clutching to their heart, the moonbow’s glow will give them the courage to share their true selves

  • About 20 minutes
  • 8 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 21 pages

Moving

by Lindsay Price

A rapid-fire character-driven comedy with a heart.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 5 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

Moving / Still: Two One Act Plays

by Lindsay Price

A girl moves too fast. A boy is still the same after a heartwrenching moment. Moving/Still looks at those who want to grow up and those who don't.

  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 41 pages
This collection contains Moving and Still

Ms. Spitspot’s Spick and Span Play Place

by Lindsay Price

On the eve of cancellation, Ms. Spitspot clings to her TV show persona.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 F + 1 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Much Ado High School

by Lindsay Price

What if Much Ado About Nothing took place at a high school dance? An enjoyable introduction to Shakespeare with lightning-fast pace and snappy dialogue.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 5 M + 6 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 28 pages

My Hero

by Lindsay Price

Kenzie sees her brother's flaws for the first time.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

neeT Teen

by Lindsay Price

A vignette play about teen life – backwards, forwards and inside-out. Told through a variety of forms: kitchen sink, absurd, movement and song.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 4 M + 6 F, Easily Expandable
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 40 pages

Nerd Herd

by Christian Kiley

A funny and endearing look at love, dreams, slushes, and the unexpected twists and turns that life takes when you’re saving the universe.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 3 M + 4 F + 1 Any Gender, Extras as needed
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 39 pages

Nice Girl

by Amanda Murray Cutalo

Mia knows how to be a confident and assertive young woman who is not afraid to stand up for herself; the only problem is she can only act this way in her fantasies.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 11 F, Plus Ensemble
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 25 pages

No Horse Town

by Lindsay Price

For the young men of Heywood, crossing the street is as dangerous as going off to war. A highly stylized comedy.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 3 M + 7 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 23 pages

Normal vs Weird

by Lindsay Price

What happens when parts of your brain start fighting over you?

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

Not Going Anywhere

by Emma Fonseca Halverson

A Mexican family struggles to get by while ICE attempts to tear them apart.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 2 M + 3 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 25 pages

Oddball

by Lindsay Price

A vignette play that embraces the odd. Odd jobs, odd socks, odd one out, odd reactions and odd boyfriends.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 7 M + 20 F + 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 38 pages

Oh Chad

by Lindsay Price

The story of a love that withstands all obstacles and surpasses all boundaries... except for one.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

The One

by Steven Stack

A group of friends end up at a haunted house, in a room that may or may not actually exist, where they’re faced with a decision that could doom one of them... or all of them.

  • About 13 minutes
  • 2 M + 4 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

One Beer Too Many

by Billy Houck

Skip writes from the heart, but uncovers something no one wants to read.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

One Hundred Lies

by Alan Haehnel

In this poignant comedy, Liz Nostrand presents her life as a competition: 100 significant lies told by and to Liz. But what about the lies she's told herself?

  • About 30 minutes
  • 5 M + 10 F, Doubling Possible
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 27 pages

The Other Room

by Christian Kiley

Dad is recovering from cancer and heavy chemotherapy treatments in the other room. It has become a dark corner of the house, especially for Mary, who rarely goes in there.

  • About 20 minutes
  • 4 M + 3 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

Pandemic Pancake

by Lindsay Price

How will you respond to this evolving new world?

  • About 35 minutes
  • 34 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools