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Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less Bradley Hayward Play Script

Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Dramedy

The lives of seven teenagers become intertwined in this humorous and oftentimes bittersweet collection of ten minute plays. Multiple lengths available.

  • About 100 minutes
  • 4 M + 5 F + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 13M+17F+3 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 88 pages
This collection contains Bench Warrant, Brace Yourself, Double Click, Fireworks, Friend Request, Lazy Eye, Pay Phone, Status Update: A Symphony, Tumblefur, and Wheels
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Slay Rachel Bland Play Script

Slay

by Rachel Bland
Adventure Young Audiences

When a monstrous beast threatens her kingdom, an ordinary princess who can't slay dragons or pass a math test sets out to find a "hero of worth," only to discover the hero she's been searching for might be herself.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 3 M + 9 F + 15 Any Gender, plus Additional Villagers and Fairies. Doubling possible.
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 36 pages
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Something Bad is Happening Bradley Walton Play Script

Something Bad is Happening

by Bradley Walton
Drama

A friend disappears from an online session.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 M + 2 F
  • Online Performance
  • Recommended for High Schools
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Stereotype High Jeffrey Harr Play Script

Stereotype High

by Jeffrey Harr
Comedy

High school is full of stereotypes – or is it?

  • About 105 minutes
  • 9 M + 9 F + 4 Any Gender, Plus onstage crew
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 107 pages
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Storied Bradley Walton Play Script

Storied

by Bradley Walton
Comedy Drama Dramedy

In a magical dimension, three teenagers are pulled into a conflict between Good and Bad Ideas from classic tales. Who is to blame for the bad idea?

  • About 77 minutes
  • 6 M + 9 F + 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
  • Unit Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 70 pages
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Stupid is Just 4 2day Lindsay Price Play Script

Stupid is Just 4 2day

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Choral Work Student Directors

Connect and commiserate with these characters who can't help but do stupid things. An amazing ensemble opportunity.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 7 F, Easily Expandable
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 34 pages
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Sweep Under Rug Lindsay Price Play Script

Sweep Under Rug

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Drama Character Study Issue-Based

In the future the issue of poverty is solved through separation and subserviance. A teen causes trouble simply because she wants to better herself.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 3 F + 1 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 34 pages
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Swoop Lindsay Price Play Script

Swoop

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from The Birds by Aristophanes
Comedy Classical Adaptation

Driven by a desire for total freedom, two fed-up clowns escape the city to build a city in the sky with the birds. But what happens when a clown decides they want total control?

  • About 45 minutes
  • 3 M + 2 F + 13 Any Gender, Plus Chorus of Birds. Doubling Possible.
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
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Teen Plays for Inclusive Classrooms Dara Murphy Play Script

Teen Plays for Inclusive Classrooms

by Dara Murphy Canadian Author
Dramedy Student Directors

Two royalty-free plays for your inclusive classroom

  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
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Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged Lindsay Price Play Script

Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Character Study

A collection of short plays with challenging stories and complex characters.

  • About 10 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 64 pages
This collection contains Bottle Baby, Hall Pass, Juice Box, Oh Chad, Sunday Lunch, and You
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Ten Minute Play Series: Girls & Guys Lindsay Price Play Script

Ten Minute Play Series: Girls & Guys

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Character Study

A collection of short plays that examines the relationships between girls and guys.

  • About 10 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 65 pages
This collection contains Blue Sky, Girls and Boys, My Hero, Normal vs Weird, Swimming With Sins, Thief, and Weird
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That One Book About You-Know-What Kirk Shimano Play Script

That One Book About You-Know-What

by Kirk Shimano Canadian Author
Dramedy

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
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Tough City, Prone to Rain Alan Haehnel Play Script

Tough City, Prone to Rain

by Alan Haehnel
Comedy

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
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Tuna Fish Eulogy Lindsay Price Play Script

Tuna Fish Eulogy

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Choral Work Character Study Experimental Form

The tragedy of a young boy's death is examined. Written in the Ladder play format the text runs in vertical columns for fuller choral work.

  • About 40 minutes
  • 1 M + 2 F + 1 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 40 pages
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Upon A Sea of Dreams: A Journey on the Titanic Kathleen Donnelly Play Script

Upon A Sea of Dreams: A Journey on the Titanic

by Kathleen Donnelly
Drama Character Study

In a tiny third class cabin Emma dreams of a new life in America. But when the Titanic hits an iceberg, that dream becomes a nightmare.

  • About 45 minutes
  • 1 M + 4 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 42 pages
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Wait Wait Bo Bait Lindsay Price Play Script

Wait Wait Bo Bait

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Student Directors Vignettes

A vignette play all about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy staging.

  • About 20 minutes
  • 2 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 22 pages
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Wait Wait Bo Bait (Middle School Edition) Lindsay Price Play Script

Wait Wait Bo Bait (Middle School Edition)

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Student Directors Vignettes

A middle school vignette play about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy to stage.

  • About 20 minutes
  • 2 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 22 pages
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Water. Gun. Argument. Alan Haehnel Play Script

Water. Gun. Argument.

by Alan Haehnel
Drama Issue-Based

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
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Wenceslas Lindsay Price Play Script

Wenceslas

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Choral Work Holiday

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
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With Liberty and Justice For All Jeyna Lynn Gonzales Play Script

With Liberty and Justice For All

by Jeyna Lynn Gonzales
Drama Character Study Issue-Based

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
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