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Drum Taps (Large Cast Version) Lindsay Price Play Script

Drum Taps (Large Cast Version)

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from Walt Whitman
Drama Choral Work Classical Adaptation

A theatrical adaptation of a selection of Walt Whitman's civil war poems. See the words, the war, the blood come to life.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 6 M + 14 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Everyman Lindsay Price Play Script

Everyman

translated by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from Everyman by Anonymous
Drama Classical Adaptation Issue-Based

A modern translation of the original text

  • About 30 minutes
  • 17 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 24 pages
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The Exile and the Onion Girl Lindsay Price Play Script

The Exile and the Onion Girl

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers
Drama Character Study Choral Work

A vividly modern adaptation of Aeschylus' play The Libation Bearers.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 4 M + 6 F, Plus Domestics (chorus)
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 33 pages
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Finding Jo March Laramie Dean Play Script

Finding Jo March

by Laramie Dean
Dramedy Classical Adaptation Holiday

You should know right away that this is not a traditional adaptation of Little Women.

  • About 120 minutes
  • 5 M + 5 F + 1 Any Gender + 3 F or NB
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 85 pages
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The First Herald Angel John Donald O'Shea Play Script

The First Herald Angel

by John Donald O'Shea
Dramedy Character Study Holiday

On the first Christmas Eve, a shepherd meets an angel who states something miraculous is about to occur. The shepherd's wife has her doubts.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 1 M + 2 F + 2 Any Gender
  • Unit Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 15 pages
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Football Romeo Lindsay Price Play Script

Football Romeo

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Character Study Classical Adaptation

A hilarious full length modern take on the clash between school cliques. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet.

  • About 75 minutes
  • 3 M + 7 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 76 pages
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Frankenstein Among the Dead Laramie Dean Play Script

Frankenstein Among the Dead

adapted by Laramie Dean from the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Drama Classical Adaptation Mystery

Thunder and lightning tear apart the night sky while two young women explore the story of Frankenstein

  • About 95 minutes
  • 8 M + 7 F + 8 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 81 pages
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Franz Kafka Cancels His Cell Phone Plan Kirk Shimano Play Script

Franz Kafka Cancels His Cell Phone Plan

by Kirk Shimano Canadian Author
Comedy

A modern absurdist play that puts elements from three of Franz Kafka’s works into the context of the everyday absurdities of our 21st century lives.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 5 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 17 pages
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The Gift Lindsay Price Play Script

The Gift

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author inspired by O. Henry
Dramedy Character Study Holiday

A teen transforms from shallow and selfish to giving and selfless. How did it happen? A wonderful holiday play inspired by The Gift of the Magi.

  • About 90 minutes
  • 4 M + 13 F + 5 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 96 pages
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The Gorgon Sisters Laramie Dean Play Script

The Gorgon Sisters

by Laramie Dean
Dramedy Adventure Classical Adaptation

Can Stheno bring her sister Medusa back to life?

  • About 50 minutes
  • 8 M + 10 F + 1 Any Gender, plus Harpies and Creatures, doubling possible
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 43 pages
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Gothic Ghost Stories Lindsay Price Play Script

Gothic Ghost Stories

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Drama Classical Adaptation Mystery

A modern adaptation of Victorian ghost stories.

  • About 75 minutes
  • 17 M + 25 F + 7 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 66 pages
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Grim and Gruesome Grimm Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Play Script

Grim and Gruesome Grimm

adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Canadian Author from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Drama Classical Adaptation

A playful and theatrical adaptation of Grimm's grimmest tales.

  • About 60 minutes
  • 8 M + 12 F + 21 Any Gender, Doubling Options
  • Unit set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 57 pages
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Hamlet, Zombie Killer of Denmark Chris Stiles Play Script

Hamlet, Zombie Killer of Denmark

by Chris Stiles
Comedy Classical Adaptation Shakespeare

Denmark is plagued with zombies in this gruesomely comic adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 4 M + 2 F + 11 Any Gender, Plus Extras
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 36 pages
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Hamlette Allison Williams Play Script

Hamlette

by Allison Williams
Comedy Classical Adaptation Shakespeare

Hamlet is played by a girl in this twisty-turny comedic interpretation of the classic Danish tale.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 13
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 20 pages
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Hansel and Gretel Shirley Barrie Play Script

Hansel and Gretel

by Shirley Barrie Canadian Author
Dramedy Classical Adaptation Movement-based

An inventive re-telling of the Grimms' fairy tale. Puppetry, percussive rhythms, twists in language, and unique characterizations.

  • About 56 minutes
  • 2 M + 3 F + 2 Any Gender, Percussionists and Puppeteers
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 56 pages
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Help! My Class Is Overrun By… Lindsay Price Play Script

Help! My Class Is Overrun By…

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy

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.

  • About 80 minutes
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 111 pages
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The House Lindsay Price Play Script

The House

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Drama Classical Adaptation

The house doesn’t just hold stories… it hungers to tell them.

  • About 75 minutes
  • 5 M + 9 F + 14 Any Gender
  • Unit set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 85 pages
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The House - Competition Length Version Lindsay Price Play Script

The House - Competition Length Version

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Drama Classical Adaptation

A competition-length cutting of The House. The house doesn’t just hold stories… it hungers to tell them.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 25 Any Gender, 19 with doubling
  • Unit set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 32 pages
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Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol Lindsay Price Play Script

Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from Charles Dickens
Comedy Classical Adaptation Holiday

A modern take on the classic Dickens tale. Eddie Scrooge is a 17-year-old Bah Humbug of a guy. Till one Christmas Eve when three ghosts change his life.

  • About 70 minutes
  • 6 M + 13 F, Expandable to 11M 20F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 63 pages
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Instant Austen: Jane Austen at Warp Speed Treanor Baring Play Script

Instant Austen: Jane Austen at Warp Speed

by Treanor Baring
Comedy Classical Adaptation

A high-energy journey through romance, wit, and charm!

  • About 60 minutes
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 47 pages
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