Performable Collection. Comedy. 45 - 60 minutes. 3-11 females, 3-11 males, (with the option of a gender-blind 3-actor cast; 3-21 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Aesop's timeless fables get a 21^st century reboot, with 8 writers putting a contemporary comic spin to the classic yarns.

Performable Collection. 110 - 160 minutes. 5+ females, 2+ males (7-40+ performers possible, with many gender-flexible roles).
High school (or advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Boasting a variety of meaty, challenging (and frequently gender-flexible) roles, these twelve exciting shorts from BIPOC authors offer a meaningful theatrical journey for, as the title has it, All of Us.

Performable Collection. Comedy. 8 - 20 minutes. 4+ females, 4+ males (8-45+ performers possible, with many gender-flexible roles).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

A comedic baker's dozen comes together in one performable collection, with gender-flexible opportunities for every teen actor to find their moment.

Performable Collection. Comedy. 120 - 140 minutes. 6+ females, 4+ males (11-100+ performers possible--8 or fewer if not all 12 plays are produced).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Twelve YouthPLAYS authors open fire on the classics with parodies of reading list standards.

Performable Collection. 105 - 150 minutes. 4+ females, 2+ males, 4+ any (10-50+ performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Mental health takes the spotlight in this performable collection as we encounter depressed superheroes, runaway phones, oh so many spiders and (a whole lot) more. 

Performable Collection. Comedy. 95 - 110 minutes. 4-17 females, 3-11 males, 6+ any gender (7-34+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Ten short plays about the cultural phenomenon known as "promposing" explore both the sublime and the ridiculous in this modern coming-of-age ritual.

Performable Collection. Dramedy. 60 - 70 minutes. 3-13 females, 1-9 males (4-16 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

As they navigate high school life in the great (or not so great) outdoors, the teens in these six short plays brave boatyards, graveyards and more—discovering where they need to go along the way.

Adaptation. 70 - 110 minutes. Varies by title.
Varies by title.

Twelve full-length adaptations ranging from classics to serial comics to build up your script library.

Drama. 20 - 125 minutes. Varies by title.
Varies by title.

Eight plays that draw their inspiration from real historical events, ranging from the colonial period to both world wars and more.

Genre varies by title. 30 - 120 minutes. Varies by title.
Varies by title.

A baker's dozen "Shakespeare-adjacent" plays that range from updated takes on the Bard's classics to titles inspired by the work and lives of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Genre varies by title. 23 - 110 minutes. Varies by title.
Varies by title.

Thirteen plays written in the popular vignette (aka episodic) style, often with very flexible casting, great for classwork and performance alike.

Comedy. 100 - 110 minutes. 4+ females, 4+ males, 4+ any gender (12-40+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

The audience's wishes are granted when Choose Your Own Adventure meets Aladdin in this zany comedy.

Drama. 60 - 70 minutes. 6 females, 4 males, 2+ any gender (8-12+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Before Mary Anning became the world's first female paleontologist, she was a young girl from a small town hunting for fossils in this beautiful coming-of-age story.

Drama. 100 - 120 minutes. 6-14 females, 2-5 males, 1+ any gender (9-20+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

As she comes of age over the course of a strong-willed and inquisitive childhood, Anne ultimately teaches her adopted parents, siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, lifelong lessons about family in this free adaptation of the literary classic.

Mystery/Suspense. 75 - 85 minutes. 8-11 females, 5-7 males (13-16 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

In this affectionate spoof of old-fashioned murder mysteries, will the two youngest members of the Hopkins family figure out who's killing off their relatives before there's nobody left?

Comedy. 65 - 75 minutes. 4-13 females, 6-13 males (10-20+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

When a high school student tries to direct a production of The Scottish Play and accidentally triggers the Macbeth Curse, will he and the show become the latest victims, or will it be all's well that ends well?

Comedy. 85 - 100 minutes. 4-15 females, 4-15 males (10-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

The audience calls the shots as the The Wizard of Oz meets Choose Your Own Adventure in this fast-paced comedy for all ages.

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 5+ males, 5+ females (10-35+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

When four ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge, he is forced to look at his life—past, present and future—and witness the effect he has on others.

Comedy. 100 - 120 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, 11-14+ any (15-18+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A group of students attempts Shakespeare's 28th-most loved play with terrible results.

Comedy. 90 - 110 minutes. 2 females, 2 males (gender-flexible).
High school and older.

A small group of actors attempts Shakespeare's 28th-most-loved play with terrible results.

Comedy. 95 - 105 minutes. 5 females, 6 males, 5+ any (17-28+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Madness! Murder! An ancestral curse! All the things that make for a hauntingly good weekend! (As long as you don't end up dead.)

Dramedy. 105 - 115 minutes. 6 females, 4 males, 2 any gender. (15-30+ performers possible, including 3+ non-speaking).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Blaming himself for the death of his mother, teenage Drake believes he is a vampire—can he find his way out of the rabbit hole before it's too late?

Drama. 70 - 80 minutes. 5-17+ females, 3-15+ males (10-20+ performers possible).
High school and older.

Flint's water supply is poisoned, and the young whistleblower is labeled an "enemy of the people."

Horror-Comedy. 90 - 100 minutes. 6-45+ any gender.
Middle school and older.

Visitors to this creepy collection of troubling tales will discover lying maps and the sinister Carrion Man, unfriendly doppelgängers and visitors from the stars, not to mention the most sinister camp counselor you could ever meet...

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 3-4 females, 8-11 males (11-15 performers possible).
High school and older.

It's Baltimore, 1966 and the Orioles are battling the Dodgers in the World Series as the Snyder family fights for its own survival.

Drama. 95 - 105 minutes. 6 females, 2 males, 14+ any gender (8-20+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

In the once beautiful Limberlost Swamp, 14-year-old Elnora longs to attend high school, despite her mother's resistance—with the help of friends, Elnora collects butterflies and moths to work her way through school...but will she win her mother's heart?

Drama. 100 - 120 minutes. 5-8 females, 2-3 males, 3+ any gender (10-15+ performers possible).
High school and older.

Niobe, the Goddess of Tears, decides to quit her job in the digital Cloud of Olympus and fights to recover her origin story, the one she blocked long ago.

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 6 females, 2 males.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Based on the biographies of her family members and personal interviews with her three surviving friends, Goodbye Memories captures the remarkable spirit of Anne Frank as a teenage girl coming of age during a world-changing period of history.

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 2+ any gender (10-12+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Based on real stories, Heartland reveals the stunning truth about internment of German Americans during World War II and the devastating effect American immigration policies had on their families.

Adventure. 70 - 80 minutes. 6-11 females, 9-11 males, 3-20+ any (16-50+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Spies, pirates, bronze sentients, vampires, star-crossed lovers, intrigue and marvels abound in this free adaptation of twelve minor Jules Verne novels, dipped deep in gonzo steampunkery.

Comedy. 95 - 105 minutes. 3 females, 3 males, 3-26+ any gender (9-32+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

In a large American city in 1944, Jill Trent and her accidental sidekick, Daisy Smith, team up to solve a series of perplexing crimes by way of fists, moxie and the latest scientific inventions, but Daisy soon finds herself facing a ruthless Nazi spymaster on her own—with Jill's life, and the fate of the nation, in the balance.

Dramedy. 60 - 70 minutes. 2 females, 3 males.
Middle school and older performers and all audiences.

Three kids from an Albuquerque housing project seek to end a crippling heat wave by following the example of Smack Turkenson, a fabled ex-tenant of the project who was able to steal rain from Mother Nature.

Comedy. 70 - 80 minutes. 7 females, 8 males, 3-33+ any gender (18-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and elementary and older audiences.

A quiet Spanish town erupts into hilarious chaos as Don Quixote sets out on his quest to find the Golden Helmet of Mambrino—but is Dulcinea the Doughnut Lady their true night in shining armor...?

Comedy. 100 - 110 minutes. 8-28 females, 5-25 males (15-40+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A hilariously insane satire based on the mega-musical Les Misérables.

Drama. 100 - 110 minutes. 11-16+ females, 4-8+ males (15-24+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

In this tale of four sisters, we watch the fiercely independent Jo March become the woman who will one day pen the book that becomes the American classic Little Women.

Comedy. 90 - 100 minutes. 8-20 females, 6-15 males (14-30 performers possible, plus non-speaking extras).
High school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

Long Joan Silver and her all-female crew take on discrimination and inequality as well as Squire Trelawney, Jim Hawkins and all your favorite characters in this new comic version of the classic adventure story Treasure Island.

Comedy. 65 - 75 minutes. 4-8 females, 5-9 males, plus extras (13-20+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A company of actors mount a new melodrama in a last ditch effort to save their Depression-era theater from the wrecking ball, but a pair of dastardly bank robbers are determined to destroy the show so they can dig up their buried loot.

Comedy. 65 - 75 minutes. 6 females, 3 males, 4+ any gender (13+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and upper elementary and older audiences.

When Maid Marian invents a band of outlaws running amok to stave off her wedding to the Sheriff of Nottingham, it turns into the Robin Hood story as you've never seen it before, with mistaken identities, bumbling henchmen, wild and wacky sword fights and more than a little cross-dressing.

Dramedy. 95 - 110 minutes. 5-12+ females, 3-8+ males (8-20+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

High school senior Luis is central to his sister Ana's dreams for a beautiful quinceañera, but plans for a joyful rite of passage are derailed when Luis' girlfriend Miriam becomes pregnant and the Mexican-American teens face adulthood far sooner than expected.

Comedy. 60 - 70 minutes. 3-5 females, 4-6 males, 3-25+ any (10-45 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and elementary school and older audiences.

Two hopeful young musicians stumble through comic misadventures with river ghosts, preposterous kings, magical shoes and lovely princesses in a desperate search for someone who will love their questionable musicianship as much as they do.

Drama with music. 75 - 90 minutes. 6+ females, 3+ males, 1-15+ any (10-50+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

Drawing from the Tchaikovsky ballet and E. T. A. Hoffman's original tale, A Nutcracker Story is part play, part musical, part ballet—all magic.

Dramedy. 90 - 100 minutes. 8-25+ females, 6-25+ males (14-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers and elementary school and older audiences.

The classic story of Pinocchio comes to life in this sparkling full-length adaptation that's fun for theatregoers of all ages!

Drama. 120 - 130 minutes. 13-30 females, 8-25 males (12-40+ performers possible).
High school and older.

Two teenagers who don't know each other deal with tragedy and struggle in the search for one good thing.

Comedy. 80 - 90 minutes. 1-6 females, 2-7 males (6-8 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

Adventure. 65 - 75 minutes. 2-5 females, 2-6 males (7-8 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

A young adventurer must travel forward 100 years in time to save a headstrong princess cursed by the chaos faerie Maelstrom in this re-telling of Sleeping Beauty inspired by European faerie folklores.

Comedy. 90 - 100 minutes. 8-14 females, 5 males and an unlimited ensemble of any gender (13-30+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

The five Bennet sisters couldn't be more different from one another...but as they each set off in search of what their hearts desire, will they grow together or come apart?

Historical Dramedy. 120 minutes. 5+ females, 9+ males (14-80+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and upper elementary and older audiences.

When a chance encounter allows two boys—one a pauper from Offal Court, the other heir to the English throne—to swap lives, will they be able to set things right in time?

Dramedy. 60 - 75 minutes. 5-25+ females, 5-25+ males (10-50+ performers possible).
All ages.

From the man who brought us The Wizard of Oz, this is the story of two orphaned children, aided by a group of misguided fairies, who unwittingly become rulers the great land of Noland and must battle to save it from the clutches of the evil Roly Rogues and the mysterious Queen Zixi of Ix.

Adventure. 60 - 70 minutes. 6-24 females, 9-30 males (18-40+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A fresh spin on the classic tale of the rogue Robin Hood and the entire community of heroes he inspires to save Nottingham from the greedy Prince John.

Drama. 105 - 115 minutes. 4+ females, 6+ males (12-40 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A young girl comes of age in Jim Crow Mississippi in this authorized adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning classic.

Mystery/Suspense. 65 - 75 minutes. 2-6 females, 3-12 males (5-18 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

In this adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel, down-at-the-heel jazz-era young adventurers Tommy and Tuppence endeavor to solve an international plot to bring down the British government.

Drama. 105 - 120 minutes. 4-8 females, 3 males, 2-6 any gender (9-17 performers possible, plus optional non-speaking roles).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Two 19th Century teenagers, prisoners of privilege and neglect, penetrate the heart of a dark mystery in this Gothic tale set on the moors in England.

Drama. 110 - 125 minutes. 12-50 any gender.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

A young African-American girl takes an epic fantasy journey set against the backdrop of the busing movement, as two families, one on each side of the racial divide, grow to discover their love for each other.

Comedy. 100 - 110 minutes. 6-50 females, 6-50 males (12-90+ actors possible).
Middle school and older.

A crack team of actors tries to cover every superhero story in the craziest way imaginable.

Dramedy. 75 - 90 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, flexible ensemble of up to 12 any (8-20 performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Tracy discovers the only way to save her family, her house, and herself is to rise up and be equal to her talent, not her age.

Comedy. 65 - 70 minutes. 6 females, 1-2 males (7-8 performers possible)
Middle school and older.

Between too helpful parents, not always so helpful friends, and high school in all its glory and fury, can Lizzie negotiate the minefield that is being a teenager without detonating?!

Drama. 65 - 75 minutes. 2-21 females, 3-21 males (5-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When a teenage boy kills a girl in a drunk driving accident, he seeks to rectify the pain he has caused by building whirligigs as memorials to his victim in this adapation of the novel by Newbery Award-winner Paul Fleischman.

Drama. 65 - 75 minutes. 2-21 females, 3-21 males (5-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When a teenage boy kills a girl in a drunk driving accident, he seeks to rectify the pain he has caused by building whirligigs as memorials to his victim in this adapation of the novel by Newbery Award-winner Paul Fleischman.

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 5-15+ females, 4-15+ males (9-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Using hip hop poetry, dance and dialogue that pulses with the voice of our cities, this re-imagining of Sophocles' Antigone tells the story of the ill-fated Xtigone and her quest for her community's truth.

Comedy.. 90 - 100 minutes. 10-20+ females, 3-10 males, 3-10+ any (16-40+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and elementary and older audiences.

Hercules' least-likely-to-be-a-hero daughter Calliope wouldn't be anyone's first choice, but she may be just the hero the world needs in this girl power comedy of Olympian proportions!

Musical. 90 - 100 minutes. 6-30+ females, 6-30+ males (12-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

Follow Alice as she discovers the bewildering world on the other side of the mirror in this musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass.

Musical. 95 - 100 minutes. 6-8+ females, 5-7+ males, 2-6+ any gender (15-21+ performers possible).
High school and older.

When the students of a small town begin to communicate with a mysterious stranger who appears in the aftermath of a tornado, they threaten to unearth a dark secret in this musical about identity and connection.

Musical. 110 - 125 minutes. 4-5 females, 5-6 males, 15+ any gender (10-50+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

A musical, modernized retelling of a story from The Odyssey, in which a dog stubbornly awaits a missing soldier's return from the Korean War, long after everyone else has lost hope of ever seeing him again.

Musical Comedy Adventure. 60 - 65 minutes. 6 females, 6 males, 3-48 any gender (15-60+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

Teenager Alex Rogan's life takes an unexpected turn when he breaks a video game record and is spirited away by the game's inventor, the alien huckster Centauri, to fight for the Star League in another galaxy.

Musical. 85 - 95 minutes. 6-30+ females, 9-30+ males (15-60+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Teenager Alex Rogan's life takes an unexpected turn when he breaks a video game record and is spirited away by the game's inventor, the alien huckster Centauri, to fight for the Star League in another galaxy.

Musical. 90 - 100 minutes. 8-9 females, 2 males, 3+ any gender (10-20+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When teenage punk rock fan Little Red must deliver a basket to grandma on El Dí­a Del Sendero, will she carry out her family tradition or abandon it in the spirit of punk rebellion?

Musical. 80 - 90 minutes. 4-50+ females, 4-50+ males (8-100+ performers possible).
Elementary and older.

Well-mannered, gentle and compassionate pirates woo and marry wealthy heiresses in this refreshing update of the classic nautical-themed musical comedy.

Musical. 80 - 90 minutes. 5 females, 6 males, 2+ any gender (13-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and elementary school and older audiences.

Forced to deliver on her father's lie, Jane must find a way to free herself from a devil's bargain when a magical imp offers salvation—at a terrible price.

Musical. 105 minutes. 8-16+ females, 5-16+ males (16-35+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A girl who has never been cared for by her parents experiences love for the first time when she discovers an abandoned secret garden, and helps to bring it back to life.

Musical. 60 - 90 minutes. 5+ females, 6+ males (11+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

This delightfully spooky family musical makes Ichabod Crane the comic villain in a fresh, funny take on Washington Irving's tale of the Headless Horseman.

Musical. 80 - 90 minutes. 8-25+ females, 3-25+ males (15-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

Musical. 65 - 70 minutes. 4-8 females, 3-4 males, 1+ any gender (8-25+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Eleven-year old Charlie Reese has been wishing for the same thing every day—a close, caring family—but when she's sent to live with distant relatives in a small Appalachian town, she may just discover that the family of her dreams may not be what she needs after all.

Comedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 2 females, 4 males, 2-6+ any gender (8-12+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

In this twisted take on the well-loved Christmas tale, Scrooge not only has to contend with ghosts trying to save his soul but also zombies trying to eat his brains.

Comedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 7-12 females, 2-7 males (14 performers total).
Middle school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

In this madcap mash-up of Robin Hood and Little Red Riding Hood, will Grandma lose her cottage to a developer who wants to cut down Sherwood Forest, or can her granddaughter, Robin Hood, save the day?

Comedy. 55 - 60 minutes. 4 females, 3 males, 5+ any gender (12-40+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and elementary and older audiences.

The audience's wishes are granted when Choose Your Own Adventure meets Aladdin in this zany comedy.

Comedy. 55 - 60 minutes. 3 females, 3 males, 15+ any gender (21-30+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and elementary school and older audiences.

Reunited with a cast of familiar characters, Alice embarks on a holiday-themed adventure to bring Christmas, banned by the Queen of Hearts, back to Wonderland.

Drama. 35 - 40 minutes. 6 females, 4 males, 2 any gender (8-12+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Before Mary Anning became the world's first female paleontologist, she was a young girl from a small town hunting for fossils in this beautiful coming-of-age story.

Comedy. 40 - 45 minutes. 5-8 females, 4-7 males (12 performers total).
High school and older.

To give it a ratings boost, a chauvinistic 1942 radio show gets a female superhero...and hilarious chaos ensues.

Drama. 30 - 40 minutes. 2 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

After witnessing 9/11 from his window, a young man withdraws in his apartment, imagining an outside world ravaged by a Martian attack—can his sister bring him back before it's too late?

Dramedy with music. 45 - 55 minutes. 1-6+ females, 2-7+ males, 5 any (8-29+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and all audiences.

An accordion-playing Donkey is inexplicably chased away from his loving home by his affectionate human "parents," but even after achieving musical fame, his heart still cries out for the answer to why he was sent away—and for home.

Drama. 30 - 40 minutes. 3-10+ any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

This powerful testimonial drama recounts the events of September 11, 2001 from the point of view of average New Yorkers, beginning in the subways underneath the Twin Towers and continuing into a changed world.

Dramedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, 1 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Characters from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and The Tempest intertwine and the mortal clashes with the magical as a pair of twins are shipwrecked on an island and encounter a half-human "monster," fairies and a young girl with magical powers who has been there since babyhood.

Dramedy. 20 - 25 minutes. 3 females, 2 males, 2-15 any gender (7-20 performers possible).
High school and older.

Carina is determined to come out to her parents at Thanksgiving dinner, no matter how big—and bigger and bigger—the dinner gets, but will an innocent bystander get caught in the crossfire?

Drama. 35 - 45 minutes. 5+ females, 5+ males (10-35+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

When four ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge, he is forced to look at his life—past, present and future—and witness the effect he has on others.

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 3 females, 4-5 males (7-8 performers possible).
Advanced middle school and older performers, and upper elementary school and older audiences.

A poor but clever shepherd poses as a prince in order to solve the riddle of the Dancing Princesses and win the hand of one of them.

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 2-3 females, 2-6 males (4-8 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

It's a Renaissance rom-com: this prequel to Shakespeare's classic Much Ado About Nothing imagines the early, sparks-flying courtship of sharp-tongued lovers Beatrice and Benedick, chronicling love—and its opposite.

Drama. 30 - 40 minutes. 5 females, 4 males, 1+ any gender (10-40+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Following the brutal murder of her father at the hands of her mother, Elektra is trapped, in body and mind, as she contemplates revenge and contends with the voices in her head.

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 2-4 females, 2-3 males (5-6 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

On Reggie Watson's first day at a highly competitive preschool, he makes a critical error that may threaten his entire future—but it also teaches him and his classmates what it truly means to be exceptional.

Comedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 2-7 females, 2-9 males (4-16 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

When Romeo reveals that he plans to revenge himself upon Shakespeare by killing him in a duel, it's up to three characters from the comedies to make sure that all's well that ends well and save the Bard.

Drama. 35 - 45 minutes. 3+ females, 3+ males, 2+ any gender (6-20+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Set against the backdrop of the Dutch war for independence from Spain, a young man and woman who have come together across the religious divide must decide if their own love is worth fighting for.

Drama. 35 - 45 minutes. 5 females, 2 males, 5+ any gender (10-15+ performers possible).
High school and older.

Niobe, the Goddess of Tears, decides to quit her job in the digital Cloud of Olympus and fights to recover her origin story, the one she blocked long ago.

Comedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 10 females, 10 males (3-20+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

While quarantining during a pandemic, the ancient Greek gods must work together to solve a mystery and save humanity.

Drama. 50 - 55 minutes. 13-18 females, 5-12 males (18-30 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

As the Spanish Flu epidemic carves its way through Albany, New York, teenage Alice McMahon's world will never be the same.

Drama. 40 minutes. 13-18 females, 5-12 males (18-30 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

As the Spanish Flu epidemic carves its way through Albany, New York, teenage Alice McMahon's world will never be the same.

Comedy. 54 - 64 minutes. 7 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Mamet's classic tale of cutthroat real estate salesmen reset among the pre-teens of Glenn Ross Academy manages to be simultaneously comical and ominous as it skewers the world of education.

Dramedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 1 female, 3-10 any gender (4-11 performers possible).
High school and older.

As they navigate the whirlwind that is the college application process, Cecilia and her peers grapple with aspirations, frustrations and uncertainty in this play based on interviews with 40 young adults in the thick of it.

Dramedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 5 females, 2 males.
Middle school and older.

A boy recently transplanted from Hawai'i to Southern California learns about life as he strives to balance the old with the new.

Dramedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 4-35 females, 3-29 males (7-43 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

A play rich with the finely-drawn characters from the Brothers Grimm entices you into a magical world of once upon a time.

Comedy. 55 - 65 minutes. 15-45+ any gender.
Middle school and older.

When a butler goes rogue, the Sacred Order of Maids is on the case, and maid justice will be done!

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 4-7 females, 3 males, 7-10+ any (10-20+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and upper elementary and older audiences.

When Penelope Kerslake returns home from boarding school to tell her beloved father, the Major, of her impending marriage to Gilroy Gladheart, only to find out he has already promised her hand to another, the villainous Derk Dastardly, can she find a way to escape her fate?

Drama. 35 - 40 minutes. 3+ females, 4+ males, flexible chorus of any gender (7+ performers possible).
High school and older.

Mocked, shamed and ostracized, Medea must decide between impossible choices in this contemporary feminist adaptation of the Greek classic.

Comedy. 30 - 37 minutes. 4-13 males, 4-13 females (8-17 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Take a madcap dash through A Midsummer Night's Dream, with three narrators and a comic company navigating Shakespeare's classic tale of fairies, lovers and rude mechanicals.

Comedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 7-10 any gender.
Middle school and older.

When a storm turns Nana's birthday party into a family video chat, can her grandkids fool her into thinking they have their act together?

Comedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 2 females, 3 males, 1-20+ any (6-26+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A self-important politician wakes up one morning and discovers that his nose has gone missing...but just wait until it shows up in town and larger-than-life.

Dramedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 3-15+ females, 3-15+ males (8-30+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers and elementary school and older audiences.

The classic story of Pinocchio comes to life in this sparkling one-act adaptation that's fun for theatregoers of all ages!

Drama. 45 - 60 minutes. 7 females, 2 males and a flexible any-gendered ensemble (9-30+ performers possible).
High school and older.

When Persephone runs away with the boyfriend from hell (literally), her mother—who happens to be the goddess of the harvest—holds the whole earth hostage.

Dramedy. 20 - 25 minutes. 5-16 females, 3-16 males (10-21+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Follow the journey of piñatas as they go from the party store to the birthday party in the hopes of reaching that magical place where their torment will end.

Drama. 50 - 60 minutes. 3 females, 8 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Plagued by a mysterious illness, teenage shut-in Ash dreams of a life spent traveling beyond her small village.

Drama. 35 - 40 minutes. 3 females, 8 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Plagued by a mysterious illness, teenage shut-in Ash dreams of a life spent traveling beyond her small village.

Drama. 35 - 45 minutes. 5 females, 5 males.
High school and older.

When her school administration censors an LGBTQ+ advertisement, the editor in chief of a high school newspaper fights for freedom of the press in this play based on the author's own true story.

Dark Comedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 5 females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When the coolest of the cool kids turns a wellness club into a pyramid scheme, who climbs to the top and who falls to the bottom may just surprise us all.

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 7-9 females, 1-3 males (8-12 performers possible).
High school and older.

Professor Sasha Marlowe's newest experimental device has split her into seven elemental parts, but now that they're free, not all of the elements of Sasha want to go back to the way things were before.

Comedy. 23 - 30 minutes. 2 females, 6-9 any gender (8-11 total performers).
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

When the world's greatest supercriminal, Von Darkness, gets a new partner, the heroic Daybreak learns that he may need to reach out to succeed.

Drama. 45 - 55 minutes. 3 females, 1 male, 1 any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

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.

Comedy. 16 - 20 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

The first date between the rough-edged carny and a girl who couldn't be more different isn't going well, or is it...?

Drama. 30 - 35 minutes. 5 females, 4 males, 10+ any gender (9-19+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

A devised piece for an expansive ensemble offers a searing, theatrical look at one of America's deadliest industrial disasters.

Comedy. 55 - 65 minutes. 7-17+ females, 6-16+ males, (15-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Two young men trying to make it in the big, bad city fall for the same girl—with hilarious results.

Comedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 5 females, 3 males, 8+ any gender (13-30+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

What do you do when you're a ghost, but nobody is afraid of you?

Comedy. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 females, 3 males (flexible).
Middle school and older.

A recovering transplant patient determined to stock up, doctors selling organs, a kid kleptomaniac and a soup-cooking candy striper right out of Sweeney Todd...calling it a health care crisis would be an understatement...

Mystery/Suspense. 25 - 35 minutes. 5 females, 1 male, 4-12 any gender (10-22 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Chloe is enjoying a slumber party with her new friends when she suddenly learns that nothing in her neighborhood is as it seems.

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 2-6 females, 3-8 males (6-10+ performers possible).
High school and older.

The truth about Shakespeare and Marlowe...really... 

Drama. 35 - 45 minutes. 2-21 females, 3-21 males (5-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When a teenage boy kills a girl in a drunk driving accident, he seeks to rectify the pain he has caused by building whirligigs as memorials to his victim in this adapation of the novel by Newbery Award-winner Paul Fleischman.

Comedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 2-4 females, 2 males (4-6 performers possible).
High school and older.

When he discovers a used bookstore is removing the pages from classic books and replacing them with blank ones, a customer fights back.

Comedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 4 females, 3-14+ any gender (7-18+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

A restless dreamer is swept away to the magical land of Oz and must find her way home using her heart, brains and courage.

Dramedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 4 males, 2 females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Horror Comedy. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 females, 4 males, 2-6+ any gender (8-12+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

The beloved Christmas classic...with zombies.

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 5 females, 2 males.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A viral video of two high school boys grading the body parts of their female classmates lands everyone involved in front of the school administration—but whose job is policing the internet?

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 3 any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When miserly Squint desecrates his widow Augusta's corpse, her vengeful spirit exacts a hellish revenge. Tap, tap, tap.

Comedy. 10 minutes. 4 any gender.
Elementary school and older.

Four bath toys face an existential crisis in the aftermath of a traumatic bath encounter with a little boy—so traumatic, in fact, that they've become afraid of the water.

Comedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Hard-boiled kindergartener Linda Sharpe faces a tough choice when a bully threatens her potential new friend.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 3 any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Sick of being treated unfairly by their athletic peers, Terry, Chris and Sam will do whatever it takes to prove themselves worthy during their wilderness challenge field trip...or at least fake doing so.

Horror Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 3 females, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

When you think your psychic mom is a quack, what do you do when one of her customers shows up with Death hot on her heels...only it turns out your mom isn't the only one who's gifted...?

Comedy. 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender (3 total performers).
All ages.

Two marshmallows discover each other and find true love...until they are introduced to a campfire.

Drama. 9 - 13 minutes. 5 any gender.
High school (or advanced middle school) and older.

In a future where music is banned, a secret gathering among teens turns dangerous when one of them unearths an illegal music device.

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

When a student tries to thwart plans for a non-traditional prom, will her classmate become an accomplice, or instead discover the magic of diverse perspectives?

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 4 females.
Middle school and older.

Little Miss Muffet is single and single-mindedly fixated on cheese, so Rapunzel, Snow White, and Cinderella hook her up with an online dating profile.

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 2 males, 2 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Two notorious superfans go head-to-head in an epic clash for the last copy of a hit role-playing game.

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older performers, all audiences.

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females, 1 male, 1-12+ any gender (4-15+ performers total).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Escaped convict catfights, epic vomiting, questionable vaguely Eastern European accents, air guitar virtuosity, teen ice princesses and the greatest of expectations—can those all happen to one boy in a single summer...?

Comedy. 9 - 14 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 5-15+ any gender (7-30 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

In this comic adaptation of the Washington Irving classic, a Brooklyn man falls asleep in 1938 and wakes up in the present, transforming himself from hen-pecked ne'er-do-well to social media icon.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

While cleaning fish at the marina, Chris asks Jess to help him reel in a date to the Mariner's ball—but who ends up taking the bait may not be who he expected...

Dramedy. 10 minutes. 1 female, 2 males.
High school and older.

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

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 3 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

When three souls are given the chance to pick their next forms on Earth, teenage Bella wants her choice to help heal the world of bigotry...but who or what should she become to do that?

Dramedy with music. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female.
Middle school and older.

A young Chicana embarks on a journey to figure out her place in the world, discovering new kinds of superpowers in learning to love her heritage (English and Spanish-language versions included!).

Horror Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 any gender.
High school and older.

When Karim finds a mysterious mask with supernatural powers, could it be just what he and his best friend Jackson were looking for—or is it a gift with teeth...?

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

As Johnny laments spending his 15th birthday without their mother, his older brother Eddie is inspired to sacrifice part of his own special birthday memory to help Johnny make a "memory to forget."

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 3 females, 1 non-binary; or 4 females.
High school and older.

Four teen headbangers on an online message board discover that what binds them together goes beyond their love of the blissful dissonance of a hardcore metal subgenre.

Drama. 8 - 12 minutes. 3 any gender.
Middle school and older.

When a family crisis interrupts their planned telling of an old Kumeyaay story, three performers come upon a new story to bring the past and present together.

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 1 male, 4+ any gender (7-16+ performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Gabriel crosses the brook against the friar's warning to the dark forest that howls in the night, but will he ever return?

Dramedy. 10 minutes. 2-3 males.
High school and older.

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

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 5 any gender.
Middle school and older.

A pizza delivery arrives at the exact moment a doomsday cult expects the world to end.

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 2 any gender.
High school and older.

When Maria's best friend is "regenerated" after a fatal accident, can their friendship grow back like his body?

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 2-3 females, 3-4 males (6 performers total, with the possibility to expand the cast with background animals).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

The Bard meets the barnyard in this ten-minute parody of Hamlet—with farm animals.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 any gender.
All ages.

A purebred poodle lands in the pound after running away from a home that isn't up to snuff, but will a meeting with a mutt change the pompous puppy's tune?

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 5-7+ females, 5-7+ males (10-12+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

In this comic adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, the Bennet sisters unexpectedly discover that the road to love and marriage—for love or for money—is paved with false first impressions, when a pair of wealthy strangers come to town. 

Dramedy. 12 - 15 minutes. 3 females.
High school and older.

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

Comedy. 9 - 11 minutes. 3 females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

To teach her insolent youngest sister a lesson, Mary Bennet has challenged Lydia to a duel with pistols, but their sister Kitty can't stomach the possibility of being one sister short.

Dramedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older.

When Ryder tells Charlotte she's adopted, she sparks a true friendship between them that lasts even after Charlotte has to move away.

Dramedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 6+ any gender.
Middle school and older.

A history class awakens to a mysterious but welcome change of scenery just beyond their classroom window, but can they find a way to reach it?

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 3 females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When Alexis drags her reluctant friends Mia and Gabby along to a cemetery to brew a mysterious potion, she suspects it will summon voodoo queen Marie Laveau to bring each of them true love—until they happen to first summon a valuable lesson of self-worth.

Dramedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 2-20 females, 2-20 males (7-25 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Young Will Shakespeare desperately searches for a new ending to his beloved tragedy, and nothing—not puppies, not high school guidance counselors, not singing street urchins nor anything else—is off limits, but is his search destined to bring him back where he started?

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 3 any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

As they roast marshmallows with their mutual friend Taylor, can Casey and Ryan move past a supposed act of betrayal, or will suspicion tear this once close-knit squad apart?

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 3 females, 2 males, 0-6 any gender (5-11 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A fearless teenage feminist attempts to rescue Snow White from her impending doom, but the fairy tale princess is not so eager to be rescued.

Drama. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older.

Can Karen convince her mom that wanting what's best for her doesn't mean running her life?

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 2 males.
Middle school and older.

David will do anything to get out of his math homework.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Trick-or-treaters Ansel and Retta are lured by irresistible candy.

Drama. 8 - 12 minutes. 2 any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

In this hauntingly poetic play about the aftermath of an incident at school, Sebastian waits for Hiro—but can their close friendship be repaired?

Horror Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 3-4 any gender (5-6 performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Dorothy, traveling companions in tow, sets off on her journey down the Yellow Brick Road...and then everything goes off the rails—or into Toto's mouth—in this horror parody of the L. Frank Baum classic.

Comedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 4 any gender.
Middle school and older.

When four cats realize they do their best thinking outside the litter box, great things could be just a whisker away...or maybe not.

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 3 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Math makes laughs when one side of a right triangle is ready to pack up their puns and go their own way.

Comedy. 10 minutes. 2 any gender.
Middle school or high school performers.

A parent hatches a plot to get a hard-core gamer teen away from the virtual world and out into the sunshine.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When Sandy rescues her fellow camp counselor Ben from the lake, Ben finds himself head over heels for her as the two navigate the unknown waters of unrequited love.

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Trapper Joan has the last surviving California grizzly in her sights...until an unlikely savior comes to its rescue.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 4 females.
Middle school and older.

The Little Women of Alcott's classic novel promise to be together always, but promises aren't so easy to keep, especially when men are involved.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When Billy unironically shows up in a banana suit for the school "costume" party, will social outcast Paula join in on the ridicule, or will the two of them learn that being yourself beats fitting in any day?

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

When your lab partner asks you to a virtual prom, that would be exciting news—until you realize that nobody's going to see you together and start to wonder if that's the whole point...

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older performers, upper elementary and older audiences.

When two young pioneer girls stop along the trail on their way West, they find strength in each other as they continue forward on the dangerous journey ahead.

Comedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 3 females.
Middle school and older.

Azelma Thénardier gets a chance to escape her notorious elder sister's shadow and be the heroine of her own story.

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 any, plus 1 offstage voice (any).
Middle school and older.

Shakespeare's classic love story takes a turn when Romeo spouts proclamations of love, not at Juliet's window, but at Brenda's...