Smiles, hugs and hi-fives. Isn’t that all it takes for a middle school student to be happy? The Happiness Shop is an excellent class project that explores important issues.
Bullying-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
The Date
Demons on a date are never good.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools
Finishing Sentences
A play that forces us to consider the human side of the people we often dismiss.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 F + 8 Any Gender, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 44 pages
Football Romeo
A hilarious full length modern take on the clash between school cliques. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet.
- About 75 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 76 pages
Friend Request
Thanks to a series of ill-fated friend requests, a doctored photo of a student spreads like wildfire among a group of teenagers.
- About 10 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Funhouse
This middle school play looks at the bullied, the bully, and the bystander through mostly non-verbal vignettes.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 16 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Girls and Boys
A football player freaks out when his math tutor turns out to be a girl.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Happiness Shop
Why aren't middle school students full of smiles, hugs and hi-fives? They’re too young to have problems.
- About 35 minutes
- 6 M + 9 F + 13 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol
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 F, Expandable to 11M 20F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 63 pages
Just Girls Talking
A drama for six women that will have your audience talking long after they leave the theatre.
- About 30 minutes
- 6 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
Life and Death in an Empty Hallway
An intense and honest drama with excellent character opportunities.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 25 pages
Malled: Two One Act Plays for Young Women
Many things happen in a mall. Heartbreak, Uncomfortable truths,True friendship, Cosmic questions with your french fries. Two plays. Great parts for girls.
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
Monster Problems
The transition from middle school to high school can be filled with problems. Monster problems.
- About 40 minutes
- 9 M + 13 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 40 pages
neeT Teen
A vignette play about teen life – backwards, forwards and inside-out. Told through a variety of forms: kitchen sink, absurd, movement and song.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Nice Girl
Mia knows how to be a confident and assertive young woman who is not afraid to stand up for herself; the only problem is she can only act this way in her fantasies.
- About 35 minutes
- 11 F, Plus Ensemble
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 25 pages
Passing Period Purgatory
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
Power Play
The realities and the stereotypes of school violence. Not just the school shooting, but harassment and bullying. Violence is about power. So is high school.
- About 55 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
Pretty Girl Plain Girl
Tara tries to convince her best friend not to enter a beauty pageant.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Red Tee
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
Is Gertie really what everyone calls her: a freak, strange, stupid, clumsy, and mean?
- About 50 minutes
- 5 M + 11 F, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 37 pages
School Daze
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
