Self-image-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
Pressure
Four teenagers struggle with pressures. The Refugee, the newbie, the perfectionist and the less than perfect. Everything comes to a head the week before prom.
- About 45 minutes
- 4 M + 10 F, Plus Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
Pretty Girl Plain Girl
Tara tries to convince her best friend not to enter a beauty pageant.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Prom Night
An unlikely romance between the outcast and the linebacker brings prom night magic.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
Puzzle Pieces
An exploration of teen issues through a series of monologues. The characters speak frankly about their fears, their futures, and their day to day life.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
Red Rover
A young girl is pulled out of her history class to go to the hospital where she discovers she has cancer. She befriends Lucy (who is chemotherapy personified) and she and Lucy prepare to take the disease.
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 12 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Recommended for High Schools
Red Tee
It’s time for role call. Who are you?
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 5 F + 6 Any Gender + 1 M or F + 1 Trans Man + 1 Non-Binary, Expandable to 29
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
The Redemption of Gertie Greene
Is Gertie really what everyone calls her: a freak, strange, stupid, clumsy, and mean?
- About 50 minutes
- 5 M + 11 F, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 37 pages
Same Room, Different Story
This vignette play explores relationships and situations that speak to today’s teens in a variety of genres with flexible gender roles.
- About 70 minutes
- 7 M + 7 F + 15 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 67 pages
Sandy is an Eggplant, Shannon is a Pretty Girl
While wearing ugly purple bridesmaid dresses, an older sister struggles with her seemingly perfect pretty sister.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Scarlet Expectations of a Drowned Maiden and Two Greek Queens
A talk show welcomes some of literature's most memorable women who just can’t seem to get it right when it comes to men.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 7 F + 4 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 28 pages
Scene-Speare!: Shakespearean Scenes for Student Actors
A collection of annotated Shakespearean scenes for student actors.
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 127 pages
School Daze
Middle school is the tricky tightrope between being a kid and being a teenager. The characters try to keep their balance on the first day of middle school.
- About 30 minutes
- 16 M + 24 F + 14 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 28 pages
See the Light
The truth hurts. Especially when you're afraid to tell it and not expecting to hear it.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Shout! (Full Length Version)
Four teens just can't express themselves. What happens when you don't shout? An a cappella musical created especially for high school performers. You can sing this!
- About 105 minutes
- 7 M + 14 F, Plus Vocal Orchestra (Minimum of 9 is suggested)
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 74 pages
Shout! (One Act Version)
A one act version of our wonderful and accessable a cappela musical.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 7 F, Plus Vocal Orchestra (Minimum of 9 is suggested)
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 25 pages
Shreds and Patches
A re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 2 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 26 pages
Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less
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
Skid Marks 2: Are We There Yet?
The cross country road trip is the focus of this vignette play. Great for a classroom project or for competition. Short scenes with interesting characters.
- About 40 minutes
- 2 M + 5 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Smarty Pants
Dallas is a real smarty pants and can't wait to show off. But he's in for a shock. His new class is very different. A fantastic competition piece.
- About 30 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 32 pages
Somewhere, Nowhere
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
