Slash, Slash!!!
by Steven Stack
Pippa is destined to be a horror movie-style serial killer, but she could really use some help developing her skillset.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F
- Simple set
Overcoming odds-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
The Snow Queen
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
from Hans Christian Andersen
A theatrical adaptation of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen.
- About 35 minutes
- 8 M + 20 F + 31 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Somewhere, Nowhere
by Lindsay Price
Senior students in a small town face a dilemma. Do they stay close to home, or do they run far away? A heartwarming and heartbreaking story.
- About 105 minutes
- 3 M + 13 F, Expandable to 5M+15F+7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
This collection contains
The Egg Carton and Shaving Cream Solution, Frying Pan to Frying Pan, The Tower of Tyler, and Underneath
Status Update: A Symphony
by Bradley Hayward
Seven teenagers express their hopes and fears online in a rousing symphony of status updates.
- About 10 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Strawberries in Winter
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
from Aleksander Chodzko
Jack Frost spins the tale of Poor Marouckla who is tormented by her mean stepmother and her horse-faced stepsister. Based on a folktale by Aleksander Chodzko.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 4 F + 12 Any Gender, plus Snow Dancers
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
- 31 pages
The Super Non-Heroes
by Taryn Temple
Charlie may not be a superhero, but when she digs deep she discovers her unique talents to save the day.
- About 60 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F + 13 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 50 pages
The Super Non-Heroes: Competition Version
by Taryn Temple
A competition-length version of The Super Non-Heroes by Taryn Temple
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 2 F + 9 Any Gender, Plus Other Students and Evil Sidekicks
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Sweep Under Rug: Competition Version
by Lindsay Price
A competition-length version of Sweep Under Rug by Lindsay Price
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender, plus ensemble
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 29 pages
Ten Minute Play Series: All Girls
by Lindsay Price
A collection of short plays with interesting, engaging, vivid parts for girls.
- About 10 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 60 pages
This collection contains
Anger Management, Fight Over Fuchsia, Lies, Sandy is an Eggplant, Shannon is a Pretty Girl, See the Light, and Slow Songs Make Me Puke
That One Book About You-Know-What
by Kirk Shimano
When students break into a sealed school library to uncover why books are being banned, their stolen reading of a redacted school board transcript collides with Moby-Dick, revealing how a crusading parent and Captain Ahab share the same dangerous obsession, and how censorship turns stories into weapons.
- About 25 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F + 7 Any Gender, Plus Angry Parents and Intrepid Sailors
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 21 pages
They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras
by Dara Murphy
Nothing stands in the way of the green grass. Until they wake up one morning to see a yellow dandelion in their midst.
- About 25 minutes
- 11 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
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
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
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
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
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
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
With Liberty and Justice For All
by Jeyna Lynn Gonzales
Voices from a BLM protest.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender + 1 Trans Man
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
adapted by Laramie Dean from L. Frank Baum
There is no place like home.
- About 95 minutes
- 5 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages