Tough City, Prone to Rain
by Alan Haehnel
A noir play featuring the ace detectives from the Broadly Speaking Detective Agency.
- About 35 minutes
- 10 M + 5 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 29 pages
Friendship-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
The Tower of Tyler
by Lindsay Price
Tyler is a star. But his sister is getting tired of keeping his secrets.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 8 F + 7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Truth or Dare Sisterhood
by Jeffrey Harr
A group of misfit teens at a chaotic sleepover must navigate identity, friendship, and loyalty when a newcomer with big secrets joins their sisterhood.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 5 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Typecast
by Amanda Murray Cutalo
Students have all mysteriously been cast in the “wrong” roles.
- About 60 minutes
- 7 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 42 pages
Underneath
by Lindsay Price
Brittany wants to scream. Echo wants to shout. And Josie wants O-U-T, out.
- About 25 minutes
- 5 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Underwater
by Lindsay Price
A powerful drama that dives into the life of a teenage competitive swimmer.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 8 Any Gender, Plus ensemble of enthusiasts
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 32 pages
Virtual Platform
by Claire Broome
How can anyone make sense of a virtual platform?
- About 25 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Virtual Support Group from Hell
by Jeffrey Harr
Wendy joins an online teen support group. However, she quickly discovers that the others are anything but typical.
- About 15 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Waiting Room
by Christian Kiley
A group of teenage cancer patients wait to hear about their progress. A bond is created as they discover their similarities and eccentricities.
- About 25 minutes
- 4 M + 7 F + 1 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Waking Moment
by Bradley Hayward
Julie would do anything to be just like her best friend Rhonda. But she soon finds out Rhonda's perfect world is a nightmare. Deals with sexual abuse.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 27 pages
Water. Gun. Argument.
by Alan Haehnel
A squirt gun would never be mistaken for a real gun, right?
- About 40 minutes
- 4 M + 8 F + 37 Any Gender, Using doubling, the play could be performed with as few as 18 actors
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
We Are Masks
by Lindsay Price
We all wear a mask. What will happen when the world sees who you really are?
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
We Open Tomorrow Night?!
by Michael Wehrli
A scripted talent show where YOU are the stars!
- About 90 minutes
- 4 M + 6 F + 4 Any Gender, Plus Acts
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 47 pages
Wenceslas
by Lindsay Price
A moving interpretation of the classic carol Good King Wenceslas. With music, song, a touching message and great roles for actors of all levels.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F + 14 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
What do you do when the Elves have the flu?
by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
The Elves can't eat, they can't sleep and they certainly can't work. And with Christmas around the corner, how will the toys get made?
- About 20 minutes
- 6 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
Wheels
by Bradley Hayward
A teenage boy tries to repair a beat-up old truck so that he can get away from his parents and their broken down marriage.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
who are we, who we are
by Forrest Musselman
Addresses anxiety and depression in teens.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 14 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
Will and Whimsy: Sixteen Dramatically Illustrated Sonnets of Shakespeare
by Alan Haehnel
Shakespeare's Sonnets come alive in this play where modern scenes play hand in hand with the original text. Very flexible casting.
- About 50 minutes
- 8 Any Gender, Expandable to 35
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 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 F + 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 F + 8 Any Gender, Additional Narrators
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages