Morality-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
Agatha Rex
adapted by Lindsay Price from Antigone by Sophocles
A modern adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone set in a high school.
- About 75 minutes
- 9 M + 10 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
- 72 pages
Arctic Adventure Theatre: The Case of the Crazed Crashers
by Matthew Webster
A big fun online-friendly show in the style of a radio serial.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W + 13 Any Gender
- Radio Play
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Ariadne's Thread, The Adventures of Theseus and the Minotaur
by Judith White
Theseus is a young man on an adventure. As he makes his way to Athens to meet his father he must fight bandits, carnivorous pigs, and travel the underworld.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W + 9 Any Gender, Plus Chorus
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
- 30 pages
Baalzebub
by Rachel Atkins
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 80 minutes
- 1 M + 11 W, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 71 pages
Baalzebub - One Act Version
by Rachel Atkins
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 35 minutes
- 11 W, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
The Baloney, the Pickle, the Zombies, and Other Things I Hide From My Mother
by Bradley Walton
Trevor is in the basement experimenting. He wants to build an army of zombies... by bringing baloney to life. Will his plan work before the expiry date?
- About 30 minutes
- 1 W + 7 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 34 pages
Bungee Jump Bear Trap
by Lindsay Price
Sometimes you need to leap without knowing what the outcome will be.
- About 25 minutes
- 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
The Butterfly Queen
by Christian Kiley
A touching ensemble piece where sacrifice is as simple as a pair of wings.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W + 12 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 19 pages
Characters Behaving Badly
by Lindsay Price
This vignette play asks students to look at the concept of what it means to be “good” and “bad.”
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 2 W + 5 Any Gender + 1 Trans W
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
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
Everyman
translated by Lindsay Price from Everyman by Anonymous
A modern translation of the original text
- About 30 minutes
- 17 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 24 pages
The Exile and the Onion Girl
adapted by Lindsay Price from Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers
A vividly modern adaptation of Aeschylus' play The Libation Bearers.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 W, Plus Domestics (chorus)
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 33 pages
Fireworks
by Bradley Hayward
A couple of teenagers in love look up at the night sky and wait for colorful explosions to dance among the stars.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W
- Recommended for High Schools
Flaky Lips
by Lindsay Price
Two girls live in two communities that have been separated by a wall for a hundred years.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
Floating on a Don't Care Cloud
by Lindsay Price
An emotional tug of war between a sister and brother and what really happens in the world of teenage marijuana use. A vivid personification of drugs.
- About 40 minutes
- 3 M + 5 W + 7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 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
Franz Kafka Cancels His Cell Phone Plan
by Kirk Shimano
A modern absurdist play that puts elements from three of Franz Kafka’s works into the context of the everyday absurdities of our 21st century lives.
- About 25 minutes
- 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 17 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
