Ghost Story Play Scripts for Schools
Ashland Falls
by Steven Stack
Who will pay the price when the real world and the play collide?
- About 90 minutes
- 3 M + 11 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 82 pages
The Blue and the Grey
by RS Paulette
This award-winning piece is haunting, exhilarating and theatrical.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W, Plus Students
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
The Bottom of the Lake
by Steven Stack
Who lies at the bottom of the lake? An awesome combination of ghost stories, urban legends, teen issues, absurd comedy, and film noir, all in a single play!
- About 70 minutes
- 2 M + 12 W + 2 Any Gender
- Multiple Locations
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 39 pages
The Date
by Steven Stack
Demons on a date are never good.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 W
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools
David and Delaney's Guide to the Perfectly Nifty Prom
by Steven Stack
David and Delaney have been planning for the perfectly nifty prom since they were 6, and everything was going according to plan... until Delaney died. Will the day be saved by a well-manicured ancient burial ground?
- About 13 minutes
- 1 M + 2 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
Epic Adventures in a Rinky-Dink Art Museum
by Ken Preuss
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 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 40 pages
The Girl on the Side of the Road
by Steven Stack
Cal and Jane end up stranded on a dark and lonely road. They make the unfortunate decision of helping a girl who only wants to get home to Mother.
- About 15 minutes
- 1 M + 3 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
Gothic Ghost Stories
by Lindsay Price
A modern adaptation of Victorian ghost stories.
- About 75 minutes
- 17 M + 25 W + 7 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
- 66 pages
The Haunting of Chip Lake Lodge
by J. Robert Wilkins
Things start to go awry when four teens show up at a haunted lodge for their prom. A determined ghost could make this the most bizarre night ever.
- About 60 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 39 pages
Heirlooms
by Steven Stack
Tara and Dane find themselves in possession of the legendary “hook hand” and learn that “finders keepers” is not always what it’s cracked up to be.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 2 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
Horror Movie 101: Failing Can Be Deadly
by Steven Stack
A collection of five hauntingly humorous tales.
- About 55 minutes
- 5 M + 16 W, double and triple casting possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 53 pages
Horror Movie 102: Failing Just Got Deadlier
by Steven Stack
A follow-up to the very popular Horror Movie 101!
- About 60 minutes
- 7 M + 14 W + 1 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol
adapted by Lindsay Price from Charles Dickens
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 W, Expandable to 11M 20W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 63 pages
Isolation
by Steven Stack
Karen wants to have one more get together with her sister and some of their friends before she graduates. But an unexpected (and unseen) guest is waiting for all of them.
- About 13 minutes
- 5 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
adapted by Lindsay Price from Washington Irving
What will happen when Icabod Crane comes face to face with the headless horseman? An adaptation of the Washington Irving story.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 M + 7 W, Plus Ensemble
- Simple Set.
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
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 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
Shuddersome: Tales of Poe
adapted by Lindsay Price from Edgar Allan Poe
A vivid and theatrical adaptation of some of Poe's best known works. Multi length versions to fit every performance need.
- About 45 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W + 25 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 51 pages
Something to Keep us Warm
by Stephen Gregg
A heartbreaking and hilarious one act. How does a family deal with watching one of their own disappear?
- About 25 minutes
- 1 M + 3 W + 5 Any Gender, Plus offstage voices
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 23 pages
The Tempest
adapted by Craig Mason from Shakespeare
A modern version of this Shakespeare classic. A great introduction to the story and the bard.
- About 40 minutes
- 7 M + 2 W
- Exterior
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
