Movement-based Play Scripts for Schools
Passing Period Purgatory
by Christian Kiley
Sometimes the hardest part of school is getting from one class to the next.
- About 25 minutes
- 13 Any Gender + 1 Non-Binary
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
Patterns and Power: The Female Edison
by Lindsay Price
How did a 12 year old girl, with little education and no experience with mechanical engineering invent a safety part for a power loom?
- About 30 minutes
- 2 W + 17 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 37 pages
The Pauper Princess
by Holly Beardsley inspired by Mark Twain
A retelling of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper.
- About 75 minutes
- 10 M + 28 W + 34 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 71 pages
A Recipe of Me
by Kate Kilpatrick
Heartfelt stories about a family told through recipes.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 7 W + 9 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 23 pages
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
Split
by Bradley Hayward
Children of divorce are united through humor in this honest and theatrical look at the day to day reality of growing up in a family that's been torn apart.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W + 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable to 28
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Strawberries in Winter
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt from Aleksander Chodzko
Jack Frost spins the tale of Poor Marouckla who is tormented by her mean stepmother and her horse-faced stepsister. Based on a folktale by Aleksander Chodzko.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 4 W + 12 Any Gender, plus Snow Dancers
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
- 31 pages
Through the Looking-Glass
adapted by Lindsay Price from Lewis Carroll
Alice is back in Wonderland and looking to become Queen. This adaptation is a fantastical physical journey for both actor and audience.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 3 W + 7 Any Gender, + Wonderland Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 38 pages
Wait Wait Bo Bait
by Lindsay Price
A vignette play all about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy staging.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Wait Wait Bo Bait (Middle School Edition)
by Lindsay Price
A middle school vignette play about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy to stage.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 22 pages
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 W + 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 61 pages
Winnie-the-Pooh
adapted by Lindsay Price from Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Join Pooh Bear, Piglet, and all their friends in the Hundred Acre wood.
- About 90 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 8 Any Gender, Additional Narrators
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 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 W + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages
