Eight edgy short plays to challenge high school actors, ideal for classroom use, competition or one-act festivals.

An orphan named Pip overcomes adversity for the sake of childhood love in this timeless story of the enduring power of the human spirit.

Can Mita, a sweet and always hungry termite, save her neighbors from starvation and find the friendship she longs for?

An interactive musical for kids about the very first day with the big train for two young train cars, and how they learn to follow the rules and make new friends.

Four characters grow up before our eyes as they journey from elementary to middle school in this fast-paced series of scenes that inspire us to appreciate the extraordinary moments of ordinary life.

Born in prison, Chou is befriended by an enchanted butterfly whose stories take Chou around the middle kingdom; could they take Chou to freedom?

Forced to work together on a group project, three very different high school students confront their stereotypes and anxieties—and even more troubling, their wishes and dreams.

 Bully Bree waits for her meet-up, poetic Locust, but her snarky comments outrage hippie chick Jessica, who Bree once stabbed in the back. 

Four high school students struggle to confront their own biases of multiculturalism and language.

Johnny Appleseed and his friend Pete travel the countryside encountering real and fictional female figures in American folklore.

Two sheltered girls imagine that the death of a pet rabbit means that one of them is pregnant.

Dogs in a rescue kennel come up with a plan to find themselves new homes.

In hockey, boy meets girl, girl slashes boy, girl gets a penalty, boy's team scores and boy loses girl...or not? 

A theatrical adaptation of Washington Irving's timeless tale of Ichabod Crane, the fair damsel Katrina Van Tassel, and the most feared spectre of the realm, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.

After many failed attempts, Manuelo the praying mantis learns to make a cello with the help of his friend the spider in this adaptation of the book by Don Freeman.

A young slacker tries to hide the incompetence of his band by lip syncing the William Tell Overture.

Two teenaged girlfriends hesitantly share their fears and hopes about motherhood when they meet for the first time since one has had an abortion.

Miles locks himself in the bathroom on the day he is supposed to meet his girlfriend’s parents.  Hilarity ensues.

When a curious stuffed bear is left at the Laundromat, many adventures await him in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book.

A mother and daughter go shopping for a prom dress and battle for control over who will choose which dress to buy.

A new kid shows up and disturbs the secret hideout of a group of misfits in this play about making friends, navigating change and exploring imaginative worlds lurking just beneath the stairs.

A snowflake wishes to stay a snowflake forever, and a boy wishes he could keep her forever in this story about wishes coming true.

When a new boy shows up at the bus stop, Lizzy “Camera Girl” Slominski has to put down her camera and look at a complicated world of love, divorce, and cell phones with her own eyes for once.

A bright young suburban teen hesitantly reveals affection for a recently transplanted inner city teen who is both streetwise and emotionally mature, with surprising and moving results.

A bright young suburban teen hesitantly reveals affection for a recently transplanted inner city teen who is both streetwise and emotionally mature, with surprising and moving results.

A bright young suburban teen, born in Iran, hesitantly reveals affection for a recently transplanted inner city teen who is both streetwise and emotionally mature, with surprising and moving results.

When her role as Storyteller is challenged by an enthusiastic new neighbor, Ivy must decide whether it is more important to be a lonely queen, or a creative collaborator!

The gun is missing from the pot on the right rear burner at the Doe house, replaced by an egg.

A recovering transplant patient determined to stock up before he leaves the hospital. Doctors supplementing their salaries by selling an organ or two. A kleptomaniac kid on the loose. A soup-cooking candy striper right out of Sweeney Todd. Calling it a health care crisis would be an understatement...

In the style of La Ronde, a group of high school students meet at a local coffee house to gossip, confess and confront each other about everything from relationships to addictions and longings to suicide...

Two teenagers struggle with how to defend themselves against a bully.

Two young adults look for love in a convenience store--with more than the usual baggage.

Will Jack and Jill finally break the vicious cycle that they've been trapped in for as long as they can remember...?

While two sisters watch a meteor shower, their divorced mother's annoying cell phone "tweets" force them to question their uncertain future and the reality of their lives, ultimately bringing them closer together.

Shannon is Shaun's idea of perfection, but when she forces her admirer to come up with one flaw, could it spell the not-so-perfect ending for their relationship?

When two teenagers find a dying bird, is the act of mercy to leave it be or end its life?

An updated version of the classic fable The Ant and the Grasshopper.

A titmouse among the bus-stop pigeons--a messenger from God? A twisted encounter between strangers.

Two teenage boys find that a Girls Gone Wild DVD is a lot more--and less--than they bargained for.

In the aftermath of a Halloween party gone horribly wrong, three college students retell the mysterious tale from conflicting perspectives.

A gay teen shakes things up in his home ec class when he wants his boyfriend to be his "husband" for a family budget assignment.

Two teenage girls stuck in detention till they've written a letter of apology.  No way.

Freaked out Serafina hasn’t been on a date in ages, so Coco comes to the rescue with a head-to-toe makeover.

 A young prince goes on a quest to slay a dragon to win the admiration of a princess.

A battle between two siblings over a diary and a video game controller gives way to fears about their Dad being "erased" from their memories...

When best friends Rain and Sophia attend their first school dance, they accidentally cause the boy who's captured both their hearts to fall, quite literally, for another.

A teenage girl doesn’t let the death of a boy she loved end their friendship.

Two young girls wait for their wounded father to return from his tour of duty.

A harried businessman is tempted to a life of irresponsibility by a mysteriously wet man.

A teenage boy hitchhikes along a highway that seems to be disappearing into a black hole. 

Christmas Eve, 1971: Amidst the pall cast by the Vietnam war, a pair of young lovers in a sleepy coal mining town struggle to find hope and common spiritual ground as they confront news which threatens to alter the course of their lives.

A girl tries to make Christmas for her cynical brother in their elegant, cold New York apartment. 

Two stressed-out senior girls at a high school dance look for a way out of the frenetic round of résumé-building--maybe accidentally on purpose forgetting the condoms on prom night could provide a welcome escape?

Our Song explores the bonds between a father and son by juxtaposing three generations across time riding in the same pickup truck.

When Elliot takes younger brother Jeff on a backpacking trip in Yosemite National Park and their water supply is on the verge of running out, it's probably not a good time to discover that their only set of maps has gone missing.

Will a teenage girl's reunion with the mother who abandoned her be everything she's wished for?

An innocent but dangerous flirtation between a young black soldier and a white farm girl in the WWI-era South.

A train loving thrill-seeker tries to scare some romance into his straitlaced date by taking her onto a train trestle at night.

Up a tree in the middle of the night, two children consider pressures from parents, classmates, and unwanted Barbie pajamas, and come up with an exciting new adventure forward.

When it comes to the Dating Game, will even the friendliest of advice prove to be the proverbial Trojan Horse...?