Mystery/Thriller 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 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
Camel Dung and Cloves
by Dara Murphy
Sara enjoys tea parties. But camel dung and cloves are two things that should never end up on the table. The twists never stop coming in this play.
- About 20 minutes
- 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 15 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
Dead Men Don't Carry Handbags
by Allison Williams
Real life and fiction collide as radio show detective Steve Powell finds himself in the middle of a hot handbag case in cold blood. Will his fake detective skills win the day?
- About 25 minutes
- 9 M + 5 W, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
Dead Men Don't Do Radio Plays
by Allison Williams
Put together a SFX crew and bring the radio sounds to life.
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 59 pages
Dead Men Don't Jaywalk
by Allison Williams
A dead body jaywalks in front of radio-star-turned-movie-star detective Steve Powell. When a lady friend gets the blame, Steve puts himself on the case.
- About 25 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
Dracula
adapted by Laramie Dean from Bram Stoker
A highly theatrical exploration of the evil that lurks inside all of us…
- About 100 minutes
- 5 M + 5 W + 3 Any Gender, plus Nosferatu and Assorted Monsters
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 100 pages
Frankenstein Among the Dead
adapted by Laramie Dean from the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Thunder and lightning tear apart the night sky while two young women explore the story of Frankenstein
- About 95 minutes
- 8 M + 7 W + 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 81 pages
Free - Version 1
by Lindsay Price
A free picnic forces a struggling town to reconcile their belief systems with their greed.
- About 45 minutes
- 6 M + 10 W + 3 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Free - Version 2
by Lindsay Price
A free picnic forces a struggling town to reconcile their belief systems with their greed. More parts for girls in Version 2.
- About 45 minutes
- 4 M + 12 W + 2 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
The Fried Kobassa
by J. Robert Wilkins
A girl-heavy wacky camp comedy that centres on some missing luncheon meat.
- About 40 minutes
- 2 M + 9 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 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
Grim and Gruesome Grimm
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
A playful and theatrical adaptation of Grimm's grimmest tales.
- About 60 minutes
- 8 M + 12 W + 21 Any Gender, Doubling Options
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 57 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
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
