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Issue-based Play Scripts for Schools

Pretty Girl Plain Girl

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Tara tries to convince her best friend not to enter a beauty pageant.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools

The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses

by Emma Fonseca Halverson

Gabi is suffering from metaphoric asthma. The walls are closing in and she can’t breathe.

  • About 20 minutes
  • 2 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 16 pages

Puzzle Pieces

by Krista Boehnert Canadian Author

An exploration of teen issues through a series of monologues. The characters speak frankly about their fears, their futures, and their day to day life.

  • About 45 minutes
  • 1 F + 4 Any Gender, Optional Ensemble
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 20 pages

Puzzle Pieces: Competition Version

by Krista Boehnert Canadian Author

A group of teens piece together who they are and who they are becoming, revealing their fears, dreams, and defining moments through raw, interconnected monologues.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 F + 4 Any Gender, Plus Optional Ensemble
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 19 pages

Quippage

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

A boy and girl trying to date try to fill the spaces in conversation.

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

Red Rover

by Christian Kiley

A young girl is pulled out of her history class to go to the hospital where she discovers she has cancer. She befriends Lucy (who is chemotherapy personified) and she and Lucy prepare to take the disease.

  • About 20 minutes
  • 1 M + 3 F + 12 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
  • Recommended for High Schools

Red Tee

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

It’s time for role call. Who are you?

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 5 F + 6 Any Gender + 1 M or F + 1 Trans Man + 1 Non-Binary, Expandable to 29
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 35 pages

The Redemption of Gertie Greene

by Taryn Temple

Is Gertie really what everyone calls her: a freak, strange, stupid, clumsy, and mean?

  • About 55 minutes
  • 4 M + 4 F + 8 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 37 pages

Same Room, Different Story

by Claire Broome Canadian Author

This powerful vignette play uses one set to explore the vast range of teen experiences that can unfold within the same four walls.

  • About 70 minutes
  • 7 M + 7 F + 15 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 67 pages

Same Room, Different Story - One Act Version

by Claire Broome Canadian Author

This powerful vignette play uses one set to explore the vast range of teen experiences that can unfold within the same four walls.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 7 M + 7 F + 5 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 36 pages

Sandy is an Eggplant, Shannon is a Pretty Girl

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

While wearing ugly purple bridesmaid dresses, an older sister struggles with her seemingly perfect pretty sister.

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

Scenes from a Quarantine

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

This vignette style play can be easily performed using an online platform and has a variety of scenes to address all student skill levels.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 21 Any Gender, Minimum of 4
  • Online Performance
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

School Daze

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Middle school is the tricky tightrope between being a kid and being a teenager. The characters try to keep their balance on the first day of middle school.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 16 M + 24 F + 14 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 28 pages

See the Light

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

The truth hurts. Especially when you're afraid to tell it and not expecting to hear it.

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

Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author

The lives of seven teenagers become intertwined in this humorous and oftentimes bittersweet collection of ten minute plays. Multiple lengths available.

  • About 100 minutes
  • 4 M + 5 F + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 13M+17F+3 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 88 pages

Slow Songs Make Me Puke

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

The girls of a rather unusual club find it hard to commit to the cause. Boys are too tempting.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 4 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Smarty Pants

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author

Dallas is a real smarty pants and can't wait to show off. But he's in for a shock. His new class is very different. A fantastic competition piece.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 8 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 32 pages

Snapshot: Bee-u-ti-ful

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

When a homeschooled spelling bee champ crashes her popular sister’s high school world, sibling rivalry and the pressure to fit in spark a hilarious, surreal showdown, complete with giant talking bees.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 2 M + 5 F + 5 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 31 pages

Something Bad is Happening

by Bradley Walton

A friend disappears from an online session.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 M + 2 F
  • Online Performance
  • Recommended for High Schools

Somewhere, Nowhere

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Senior students in a small town face a dilemma. Do they stay close to home, or do they run far away? A heartwarming and heartbreaking story.

  • About 105 minutes
  • 3 M + 13 F, Expandable to 5M+15F+7 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools