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Box Lindsay Price Play Script

Box

by Lindsay Price
Dramedy Issue-Based Movement-based

A middle school vignette play about the boxes we find ourselves in.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 6 F + 9 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 35 pages
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A Box of Puppies Billy Houck Play Script

A Box of Puppies

by Billy Houck
Drama Character Study Issue-Based

We can all relate to feeling small in a big world. The characters in A Box of Puppies share their insecurities, their frailties and how they cope.

  • 2 M + 2 F + 10 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 31 pages
This collection contains Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time, Diatom, Huge Hands, and One Beer Too Many
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Brace Yourself Bradley Hayward Play Script

Brace Yourself

by Bradley Hayward
Comedy

A teenage brother and sister squabble as they try to extract a gummy bear that has lodged itself in a set of braces.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Breathless Wendy-Marie Martin Play Script

Breathless

by Wendy-Marie Martin
Drama

A beautiful character piece with three strong female leads.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 6 M + 6 F + 1 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 33 pages
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The Bright Blue Mailbox Suicide Note Lindsay Price Play Script

The Bright Blue Mailbox Suicide Note

by Lindsay Price
Drama Issue-Based

Jake finds a suicide note in his mailbox. Is it real? Is it a joke? Jake is determined to find out but instead learns a secret he didn't want to know.

  • About 45 minutes
  • 4 M + 5 F + 2 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 34 pages
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The Burgundy Letter Kirk Shimano Play Script

The Burgundy Letter

by Kirk Shimano
Comedy Classical Adaptation Issue-Based

Hester90 is publicly shamed and shunned for a racial slur against another student.

  • About 50 minutes
  • 1 M + 2 F + 6 Any Gender, plus 0-100 “The Anonymous” characters
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 39 pages
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La Caja Lindsay Price Play Script

La Caja

by Lindsay Price
Dramedy Vignettes

A Spanish translation of the middle school vignette play Box.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 5 M + 9 F + 4 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 32 pages
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The Canterbury Tales Lindsay Price Play Script

The Canterbury Tales

adapted by Lindsay Price from Chaucer
Comedy Classical Adaptation

Chaucer's classic collection of tales comes to life in a lively adaptation. Great characters, lots of humour, strong ensemble work. Text uses modern English.

  • About 70 minutes
  • 4 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 69 pages
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Censorbleep Lindsay Price Play Script

Censorbleep

by Lindsay Price
Drama Character Study Issue-Based

The Bleep Bleep Girls know how teenagers are supposed to behave and how to deal with those who don't. An absurd look at censorship and independent thought.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 5 F + 5 Any Gender, plus optional extras
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 36 pages
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Chaired Christian Kiley Play Script

Chaired

by Christian Kiley
Comedy Black Comedy Character Study

Potential sits centre stage in a chair. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just stand up...

  • About 20 minutes
  • 13 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Characters Behaving Badly Lindsay Price Play Script

Characters Behaving Badly

by Lindsay Price
Dramedy Character Study Issue-Based

This vignette play asks students to look at the concept of what it means to be “good” and “bad.”

  • About 35 minutes
  • 2 M + 2 F + 5 Any Gender + 1 Trans Woman
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 34 pages
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Chemo Girl Christian Kiley Play Script

Chemo Girl

by Christian Kiley
Drama Character Study Experimental Form

Camille is pulled into the video game world that mirrors her fight against cancer.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 3 F + 13 Any Gender, Doubling Possible, ensemble expandable to 26 or more
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Chemo Girl and Other Plays Christian Kiley Play Script

Chemo Girl and Other Plays

by Christian Kiley
Drama Character Study Experimental Form

A collection of plays that examine the impact of cancer as seen through the eyes of teenagers. Can be performed as a full length or one acts.

  • About 90 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 70 pages
This collection contains Chemo Girl, The Other Room, Red Rover, and Waiting Room
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Chicken. Road. Competition Version Lindsay Price Play Script

Chicken. Road. Competition Version

by Lindsay Price
Drama Experimental Form Issue-Based

A competition-length version of Chicken. Road. by Lindsay Price

  • About 35 minutes
  • 15 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 25 pages
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Cinderella's Crunchy Christmas Cake Lindsay Price Play Script

Cinderella's Crunchy Christmas Cake

by Lindsay Price
Comedy Holiday Young Audiences

It's Cinderella's first Christmas in the castle. But her step-sisters have a dastardly plan to ruin the holidays.

  • About 45 minutes
  • 3 M + 7 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 35 pages
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Cobweb Dreams Lindsay Price Play Script

Cobweb Dreams

by Lindsay Price
Comedy Movement-based Shakespeare

Cobweb dreams of a different life, away from Titania's train.

  • About 80 minutes
  • 2 M + 17 F + 7 Any Gender
  • Unit Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 86 pages
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Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version Lindsay Price Play Script

Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version

by Lindsay Price
Comedy Movement-based Shakespeare

Cobweb dreams of a different life, away from Titania's train.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 2 M + 12 F + 5 Any Gender
  • Unit set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 42 pages
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Commedia Chekhov Lindsay Price Play Script

Commedia Chekhov

adapted by Lindsay Price from Anton Chekhov
Comedy Classical Adaptation

Introduce your students to Russian playwright Anton Chekhov through the vibrant lens of Commedia dell’Arte.

  • About 70 minutes
  • 3 M + 7 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 70 pages
This collection contains The Anniversary, The Proposal, and The Bear
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Completely, Absolutely Normal: Vignettes About LGBTQ+ Teens Bradley Walton Play Script

Completely, Absolutely Normal: Vignettes About LGBTQ+ Teens

by Bradley Walton
Dramedy Character Study Issue-Based

Ten interconnected vignettes with LGBTQ+ themes.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 5 F + 8 M or F + 1 Trans Man
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time Billy Houck Play Script

Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time

by Billy Houck
Drama Character Study Issue-Based

A young girl examines the backpack of her life.

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