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The Absolutely Insidious and Utterly Terrifying Truth About Cat Hair Bradley Walton Play Script

The Absolutely Insidious and Utterly Terrifying Truth About Cat Hair

by Bradley Walton

Cat hair is taking over the world in this hilarious huge cast one act.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 8 Any Gender, Plus ensemble of 8-100
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 30 pages
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Agatha Rex Lindsay Price Play Script

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 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 72 pages
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Agatha Rex: Competition Version Lindsay Price Play Script

Agatha Rex: Competition Version

adapted by Lindsay Price from Antigone by Sophocles

A competition-length adaptation of Agatha Rex by Lindsay Price

  • About 35 minutes
  • 4 M + 5 F + 10 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 35 pages
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Ariadne's Thread, The Adventures of Theseus and the Minotaur Judith White Play Script

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 F + 9 Any Gender, Plus Chorus
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 30 pages
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The Art of Rejection: Two One Act Plays Christian Kiley Play Script

The Art of Rejection: Two One Act Plays

by Christian Kiley

R is a letter stuck in a world of numbers. Potential is too scared to get out of the chair. Two one-acts about rejection, fear, and the everyday courage it takes to keep going.

  • 1 M + 1 F + 27 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 39 pages
This collection contains The Art of Rejection and Chaired
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Box Lindsay Price Play Script

Box

by Lindsay Price

A middle school vignette play about the boxes we find ourselves in.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 6 F + 9 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 35 pages
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A Box of Puppies Billy Houck Play Script

A Box of Puppies

by Billy Houck

We can all relate to feeling small in a big world. The characters in A Box of Puppies share their insecurities, their frailties and how they cope.

  • 2 M + 2 F + 10 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 31 pages
This collection contains Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time, Huge Hands, Diatom, and One Beer Too Many
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The Butterfly Queen Christian Kiley Play Script

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 F + 12 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 19 pages
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La Caja Lindsay Price Play Script

La Caja

by Lindsay Price

A Spanish translation of the middle school vignette play Box.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 5 M + 9 F + 4 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 32 pages
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Chaired Christian Kiley Play Script

Chaired

by Christian Kiley

Potential sits centre stage in a chair. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just stand up...

  • About 20 minutes
  • 13 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Chemo Girl Christian Kiley Play Script

Chemo Girl

by Christian Kiley

Camille is pulled into the video game world that mirrors her fight against cancer.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 3 F + 13 Any Gender, Doubling Possible, ensemble expandable to 26 or more
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Chemo Girl and Other Plays Christian Kiley Play Script

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 Red Rover, Waiting Room, The Other Room, and Chemo Girl
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Christmas in July Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Play Script

Christmas in July

by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt

The calendar days are all in a tizzy. The New Year better fix this mess and fix it quick.

  • About 20 minutes
  • 20 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
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Christmas in July: Two Holiday One Act Plays Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Play Script

Christmas in July: Two Holiday One Act Plays

by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt

Two Christmas plays. Baby New Year rearranges the calendar in Christmas in July. Christmas is in jeopardy in What do you do when the elves have the flu?

  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
  • 36 pages
This collection contains Christmas in July and What do you do when the Elves have the flu?
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Commence Christian Kiley Play Script

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
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Completely, Absolutely Normal: Vignettes About LGBTQ+ Teens Bradley Walton Play Script

Completely, Absolutely Normal: Vignettes About LGBTQ+ Teens

by Bradley Walton

Ten interconnected vignettes with LGBTQ+ themes.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 5 F + 8 M or F + 1 Trans Man
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time Billy Houck Play Script

Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time

by Billy Houck

A young girl examines the backpack of her life.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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darklight Lindsay Price Play Script

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
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Dead Men Don't Carry Handbags Allison Williams Play Script

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 F, Doubling Possible
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
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Dead Men Don't Do Radio Plays Allison Williams Play Script

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
This collection contains Dead Men Don't Carry Handbags and Dead Men Don't Jaywalk
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