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by Lindsay Price
Drama Experimental Form Issue-Based

An examination of depression and anxiety in teens.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 2 M + 4 F + 10 Any Gender, Plus THOUGHTS (10 to 20 actors)
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 38 pages
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A Deep, Poetic Journey Into Something Forrest Musselman Play Script

A Deep, Poetic Journey Into Something

by Forrest Musselman
Drama Character Study Movement-based

Jane wants to break out of her box. Colour cows green and the sky purple. She wants a deep poetic journey into something. The problem is she has no idea where to start.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 4 F + 6 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 25 pages
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Diatom Billy Houck Play Script

Diatom

by Billy Houck
Drama Character Study Student Directors

Two friends without a car wait and talk. And wait and talk. And wait and talk...

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Discovering Rogue Christian Kiley Play Script

Discovering Rogue

by Christian Kiley
Drama Character Study Issue-Based

Rogue lives in a cardboard box but she doesn’t mind. Others want Rogue to leave but she isn’t budging. It's a showdown of stereotypes and self-identity.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 2 M + 4 F + 6 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 29 pages
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Double Click Bradley Hayward Play Script

Double Click

by Bradley Hayward
Drama

Young love blossoms when two teenagers flip open their laptops and start chatting.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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The Dread Pirate Sadie: Competition Version Steven Stack Play Script

The Dread Pirate Sadie: Competition Version

by Steven Stack
Comedy Adventure

A competition-length adaptation of The Dread Pirate Sadie by Steven Stack

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 10 F + 1 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 35 pages
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ellenalicemonajune Colleen Neuman Play Script

ellenalicemonajune

by Colleen Neuman
Comedy Character Study Student Directors

Ellen, Alice, Mona, and June share those uncomfortable truths that only close friends can tell each other.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 4 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Emotional Baggage Lindsay Price Play Script

Emotional Baggage

by Lindsay Price
Dramedy Character Study Experimental Form

Seven strangers meet in a train station. Instead of luggage, they all carry their "emotional baggage." The most unique play we sell - it has no dialogue.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 4 M + 4 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 27 pages
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Epic Adventures in a Rinky-Dink Art Museum Ken Preuss Play Script

Epic Adventures in a Rinky-Dink Art Museum

by Ken Preuss
Comedy

A character-driven comedy about art, romance, and mystery. This rinky-dink art museum holds more interest than what first meets the eye.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 5 M + 7 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 40 pages
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Failure and Fortitude: The Female Edison Lindsay Price Play Script

Failure and Fortitude: The Female Edison

by Lindsay Price
Drama

Failure and fortitude are the touchstones for every inventor, but even more so for 19th century female inventors.

  • About 40 minutes
  • 1 F + 12 Any Gender, plus 3 groups (3/4/4)
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 49 pages
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The Female Edison Lindsay Price Play Script

The Female Edison

by Lindsay Price
Drama

Margaret E. Knight was a 19th century inventor with two big but forgotten stories.

  • About 70 minutes
  • 2 F + 22 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 79 pages
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Fidget Bradley Hayward Play Script

Fidget

by Bradley Hayward
Comedy Issue-Based Vignettes

Kids are constantly being told to hold still. But that’s impossible when all they want to do is move forward at warp speed.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 6 Any Gender, Expandable to 28
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 27 pages
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Fight Over Fuchsia Lindsay Price Play Script

Fight Over Fuchsia

by Lindsay Price
Comedy

A fight over a blouse at the bargain low bargain big bargain sale fractures a friendship.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
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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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Finishing Sentences Scott Giessler Play Script

Finishing Sentences

by Scott Giessler
Dramedy Issue-Based

A sharp, funny summer-camp dramedy that looks at bullying from an unexpected perspective: the bully’s.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 4 M + 6 F + 8 Any Gender, Easily expandable
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 44 pages
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Fireworks Bradley Hayward Play Script

Fireworks

by Bradley Hayward
Comedy

A couple of teenagers in love look up at the night sky and wait for colorful explosions to dance among the stars.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F
  • Recommended for High Schools
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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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Flaky Lips Lindsay Price Play Script

Flaky Lips

by Lindsay Price
Drama Experimental Form Issue-Based

Two girls live in two communities that have been separated by a wall for a hundred years.

  • About 45 minutes
  • 2 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 30 pages
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by Kirk Shimano
Comedy Black Comedy Issue-Based

In a data-driven future, an AI teacher's chilling efficiency sparks a fight for authenticity and self-expression.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 6 Any Gender, plus optional additional students
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 20 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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