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Character study Play Scripts for Schools

Upon A Sea of Dreams: A Journey on the Titanic

by Kathleen Donnelly

In a tiny third class cabin Emma dreams of a new life in America. But when the Titanic hits an iceberg, that dream becomes a nightmare.

  • About 45 minutes
  • 1 M + 4 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 42 pages

Waiting Room

by Christian Kiley

A group of teenage cancer patients wait to hear about their progress. A bond is created as they discover their similarities and eccentricities.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 4 M + 7 F + 1 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

The Waking Moment

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author

Julie would do anything to be just like her best friend Rhonda. But she soon finds out Rhonda's perfect world is a nightmare. Deals with sexual abuse.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 3 M + 4 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 27 pages

Walls

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

An abstract look at generational barriers.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 M + 2 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

Water. Gun. Argument.

by Alan Haehnel

A squirt gun would never be mistaken for a real gun, right?

  • About 40 minutes
  • 4 M + 8 F + 37 Any Gender, Using doubling, the play could be performed with as few as 18 actors
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 30 pages

We Are Masks

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

We all wear a mask. What will happen when the world sees who you really are?

  • About 35 minutes
  • 4 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 35 pages

Weird

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Internet Dating can be very weird. Especially when you don't tell the whole truth.

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

Wellness Check

by Christian Kiley

Three characters struggle with wellness in uncertain times.

  • About 15 minutes
  • 3 Any Gender
  • Online Performance
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Wheels

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author

A teenage boy tries to repair a beat-up old truck so that he can get away from his parents and their broken down marriage.

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

who are we, who we are

by Forrest Musselman

Addresses anxiety and depression in teens.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 14 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools

The Wind in the Willows

adapted by Todd Espeland from Kenneth Grahame

A lively and theatrical adaptation of a wonderful classic.

  • About 70 minutes
  • 3 F + 16 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 61 pages

With Liberty and Justice For All

by Jeyna Lynn Gonzales

Voices from a BLM protest.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 1 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender + 1 Trans Man
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 20 pages

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

adapted by Laramie Dean from L. Frank Baum

There is no place like home.

  • About 95 minutes
  • 5 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 85 pages

Yes, Virginia, There is a Virginia

by Colleen Neuman

An ordinary shopper survey takes absurd twists and turns for Virginia as she struggles to answer the surprisingly cosmic question: Is Ann Landers real?

  • About 25 minutes
  • 15 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

You

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

An accused trio probes one another. Who is the rat?

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