Smiles, hugs and hi-fives. Isn’t that all it takes for a middle school student to be happy? The Happiness Shop is an excellent class project that explores important issues.
Theatre-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
Football Romeo
A hilarious full length modern take on the clash between school cliques. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet.
- About 75 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 76 pages
Football Romeo (Ten Minute Version)
A football player tries to tackle Shakespeare.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Frankenstein vs the Horrendous Goo
A mix-up in the chemistry club creates a horrendous goo that takes over John Dalton School.
- About 50 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F + 6 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Frankenstein vs the Horrendous Goo: Competition Version
A 35 minute cutting of the original suitable for competition.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F + 6 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
The Gift
A teen transforms from shallow and selfish to giving and selfless. How did it happen? A wonderful holiday play inspired by The Gift of the Magi.
- About 90 minutes
- 4 M + 13 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 96 pages
Hamlet, Zombie Killer of Denmark
Denmark is plagued with zombies in this gruesomely comic adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 2 F + 11 Any Gender, Plus Extras
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 36 pages
Huge Hands
A scrawny teenaged boy envisions the perfect way to fight back.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F + 8 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol
A modern take on the classic Dickens tale. Eddie Scrooge is a 17-year-old Bah Humbug of a guy. Till one Christmas Eve when three ghosts change his life.
- About 70 minutes
- 6 M + 13 F, Expandable to 11M 20F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 63 pages
If You Can't Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry
Annarosarosemarie is ready and raring to go for her first play audition. Miss Johnson is not ready to see what Annarosarosemarie has prepared. Not ready at all.
- About 15 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 11 pages
If You Can't Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry - Virtual Version
Annarosarosemarie is ready and raring to go for her first virtual play audition. Miss Johnson is not ready to see what Annarosarosemarie has prepared. Not ready at all.
- About 15 minutes
- 2 F
- Virtual Production
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
Plots and schemes are being hatched to kidnap Santa! That means no toys for good little girls and boys. Adapted from the story by L. Frank Baum.
- About 45 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F + 5 Any Gender, plus Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
- 44 pages
Layers
Step inside Robin’s world as he grapples with his conscience and his anti-conscience. And then deeper still as the writer tries to figure out an ending... which he may not be able to do if he’s not actually the writer.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 1 F + 14 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 36 pages
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
What will happen when Icabod Crane comes face to face with the headless horseman? An adaptation of the Washington Irving story.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 M + 7 F, Plus Ensemble
- Simple Set.
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Life, Off Book
What happens when Ophelia and Jeb have to tear themselves away from the script and live life off book?
- About 35 minutes
- 5 M + 3 F + 10 Any Gender, Plus ensemble
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 33 pages
Lose Not Thy Head
Joan has been sentenced to lose her head for impersonating her famous brother William Shakespeare.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 9 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 34 pages
Magic Fairy in the Microwave
An ordinary girl has an overactive imagination. Maybe. This is a fast physical extravaganza with guns, knives, and blood. Kittens will be harmed.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 24 pages
Malled: Two One Act Plays for Young Women
Many things happen in a mall. Heartbreak, Uncomfortable truths,True friendship, Cosmic questions with your french fries. Two plays. Great parts for girls.
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
The Merrie Christmas Show
A group of lively travelling players take you on a spirited adventure through Christmas past and present. Flexible casting, and audience participation.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 3 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Middle School Monologues: Guys
A collection of middle school monologues for boys. All monologues from published Theatrefolk plays.
- 20 M
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 55 pages
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's magical tale of mischievous fairies, and love potions.
- About 60 minutes
- 6 M + 8 F + 7 Any Gender
- Interior and Exterior
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 40 pages
