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Adolescence-Themed Play Scripts for Schools

Chemo Girl and Other Plays

by Christian Kiley

A collection of plays that examine the impact of cancer as seen through the eyes of teenagers. Can be performed as a full length or one acts.

  • About 90 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 70 pages
This collection contains Chemo Girl, The Other Room, Red Rover, and Waiting Room

Chicken. Road.

by Lindsay Price

A group of teenagers grapple with unanswered questions as they try to understand why someone who has it all would kill themselves. Powerful monologues.

  • About 45 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F + 13 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 34 pages

Chicken. Road. Competition Version

by Lindsay Price

A competition-length version of Chicken. Road. by Lindsay Price

  • About 35 minutes
  • 15 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 25 pages

Clowns with Guns (A Vaudeville)

by Christopher Evans

The question everyone’s asking is “Am I walking out alive today?”

  • About 25 minutes
  • 16 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 22 pages

Commence

by Christian Kiley

A group of students want to regain normalcy and recoup what they’ve lost as seniors: prom, school play, graduation. But nothing is normal.

  • About 15 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F + 9 Any Gender
  • Online Performance
  • Recommended for High Schools

The Cow's Head

by Steven Stack

A cow's head wreaks havoc on an otherwise normal trip to an abandoned cabin.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 5 F + 1 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

darklight

by Lindsay Price

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

The Date

by Steven Stack

Demons on a date are never good.

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

The Date

by Steven Stack

Demons on a date are never good.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 M + 2 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle 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 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Dead Highway

by Christopher Evans

In a world ravaged by a viral apocalypse, six teenagers must fight the undead and their own fracturing friendships to survive.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 5 F, plus Several Zombies
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 30 pages

Deck the Stage!

by Lindsay Price

A Christmas collection like no other. Six short plays, all inspired by Christmas carols and can be performed as a full-length or individually.

  • About 70 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 47 pages

A Deep, Poetic Journey Into Something

by Forrest Musselman

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

Diatom

by Billy Houck

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

Discovering Rogue

by Christian Kiley

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

Distance Learning

by Christian Kiley

A play about trying to survive and thrive in a virtual classroom.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 13 Any Gender
  • Virtual Performance
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Double Click

by Bradley Hayward

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