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Aesop Refabled

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 21st century reboot, with 8 writers putting a contemporary comic spin to the classic yarns.

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All of Us: A Celebration of BIPOC Voices

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.

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And Hilarity Ensued (Pursued by a Bear)

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.

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Brink Time

Performable Collection. Dramedy. 40 - 45 minutes. 3-13 females, 0-5 males (4-13 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Young people must face the dramatic impact of sudden change in this quartet of short plays.

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Bullying, Ink.

Performable Collection. Comedy. 130 - 150 minutes. 4-25 females, 3-17 males, 8+ any gender (6-50+ performers possible).
Advanced middle school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Fourteen of YouthPLAYS' most exciting playwrights each contribute a short play as together they explore bullying from many angles in this collection with a widely flexible cast and running time.

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Follow That Funny

Anthology. Comedy. 140 - 165 minutes. 2-30 females, 2-21 males (4-41 performers possible).
High school and older.

Fifteen short comedies, ideal for classroom use, competition or one-act festivals, offer teen actors the opportunity to tackle a wide variety of styles and subjects as they stretch their acting chops and tickle their funny bones.

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Girls on the Brink: Seven female-forward plays for young adults

Performable Collection. Comedy. 70 - 80 minutes. 4-23 females, 0-8 males (4-23 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A collection of short plays about coming of age and the dramatic impact of sudden change on young lives.

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Great Expectations: Eight Short Plays About Teens Under Pressure

Performable Collection. Dramedy. 65 - 70 minutes. 4-18 females, 4-9 males (8-27 performers possible).
High school and older.

Eight short plays by emerging and experienced playwrights about teens navigating the pressures imposed by others and those they impose on themselves.

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Grow Up, Girls

Performable Collection. Comedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 3-10 females, 0-3 males (4-10 performers possible).
High school and older.

Three takes on coming of age: a girl with Peter Pan syndrome, the aftermath of a cyberbullying case and a Shakespearean heroine who may just be the victim of an elaborate hoax.

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Lit on Fire: Twelve Short Parodies of Reading List Classics

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.

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New Voices, Volume 2: More Winning One-Acts by Young Playwrights

Anthology. 210 - 270 minutes. 4-12+ females, 3-6+ males, 0-26+ any gender (7-44+ performers possible).
High school and older.

The second collection of winning one-acts from the New Voices competition spans a vast variety of time periods, genres and topics, but what unites these young writers is their ability to speak to the issues that impact young people today.

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New Voices: Winning One-Acts by Young Playwrights

Anthology. 170 - 230 minutes. 20-45 females, 15-40 males (35-85 performers possible).
High school and older.

Eight talented young writers chronicle our coming of age in this collection of winning one-acts from the New Voices competition. Whether it's lampooning teen rites of passage like college admissions or the dreaded driver's test, exploring relationships with families, friends and would-be significant others, or taking on serious issues like mental health and eating disorders, these playwrights pull no punches and write with honesty about the world in which they find themselves.

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On the Edge: Challenging Short Plays for Teen Actors

Anthology. 120 - 140 minutes. 2-18 females, 2-12 males (4-30 performers possible).
High school and older.

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

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Pieces of Mind: Ten Plays about Mental Health for Teens

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. 

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Please Say Yes: Short Plays About Promposing

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.

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Pushed

Performable Collection. Dramedy. 65 - 75 minutes. 5-23 females, 3-17 males (8-35 performers possible).
High school and older, with a few selections suitable for middle school.

From cyberbullying to sibling rivalry, struggling with peer pressure, depression and talking carrots, this collection of short plays tackles real issues in the lives of high school students through comedy, drama and everything in between.

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Youth on the Outs(ide)

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 morediscovering where they need to go along the way.

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Youth on the Roof

Performable Collection. Comedy. 55 - 65 minutes. 3-14 females, 1-9 males (4-16 performers possible).
High school and older.

As high school comes to a close, the teenagers in these plays are faced with the choice of whether to play it safe or take a leap of faith—in their friends, in their family, and, most importantly, in themselves.

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Bundles

Full-Length Adaptations Script Bundle

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.

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It's History Script Bundle

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.

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Shakespeare and Company Script Bundle

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.

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Vignette-Style Script Bundle

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.

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Full-Length Plays

Aladdin! Choose Your Own Arabian Night (full-length version)

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.

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Alice in Wonderland (and back again)

Adaptation. 75 - 90 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 48+ any gender (9-60 performers possible).
All ages.

Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry.

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Almost Mary (full-length version)

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.

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Anne of Green Gables

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.

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As U Like It

Comedy. 60 - 70 minutes. 4-15 females, 3-13 males (11-18 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

As You Like It goes to high school as Shakespeare's classic collides with "catfishing" in this contemporary adaptation.

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An Avalanche of Murder

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?

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The Baseball King

Comedy. 80 - 100 minutes. 2-25 females, 4-25 males (17-50 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A modern retelling of the famous friendships, family, and feuds between David, Jonathan, and King Saul...baseball style.

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Blood Royal: A Play of the Princes in the Tower

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 5-15 females, 12-40 males (17-55 performers possible).
High school and older performers (with several roles for performers aged 11-13), and middle school and older audiences.

Young kitchen girl Beth becomes caught up in one of the darkest and most mysterious episodes in English history: the story of Richard III and the Princes in the Tower.

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Blood, Sweat, and Cheers: A Comedy About Competitive Cheerleading

Comedy. 85 - 100 minutes. 7 females, 3 males, 5+ any gender (15-30+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When 17-year-old June Davis returns to her old cheer gym after an abrupt two-year sabbatical, she has to ask herself, is being the best worth losing everything?

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Brownies, Bicycles and Bigfoot

Comedy. 60 - 70 minutes. 4-6 females, 2-4 males, (8 performers total).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

When their well-intentioned but ill-fated batch of brownies attracts Bigfoot, will the Creamer kids be in the kind of trouble they can't get out of...?

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Cauldron Bubble

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?

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Choose Your Own Oz

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.

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A Christmas Carol (full-length version)

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.

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The Christmas Princess

Comedy. 60 - 80 minutes. 4-8+ females, 4-5+ males (8-25 performers possible, including a flexible ensemble of dancers).
Middle school and older.

A spoiled princess must find three magical Christmas gifts for her parents if she is to escape an arranged marriage to the world's stupidest prince.

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Clockwork

Comedy. 65 - 75 minutes. 4 females, 4 males (8 performers plus optional extras).
High school and older performers, and middle elementary and older audiences.

When the magical clock that keeps all the fairytales on track suddenly breaks down, Janice the clock's guardian, and Morton her loyal helper, stumble through a series of misguided magic and mistaken identities as they try to avert impending disaster...

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The Comedy of Terrible Errors (large cast)

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.

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The Comedy of Terrible Errors (small cast)

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.

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Crossing the Threshold

Dramedy. 60 - 70 minutes. 6-10 females, 6-10 males (12-20 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Despite cerebral palsy, a family who can't understand her and the bullying girls at school, the gift of a Morgan horse she names Ringo may make all the difference for fifteen-year-old Sarah as she fights to find wholeness in her body and spirit.

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Cuentos de Josefina (Josephine's Tales)

Dramedy. 100 - 110 minutes. 6+ females, 4+ males (10-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A heartfelt memory in the form of multiple tales as they follow the story of Young Josefina and her brother Ignacio's journey from Mexico to the United States.

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A Dark and Stormy Knight

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.)

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Dear Chuck (full-length version)

Dramedy. 80 - 90 minutes. 8-50+ any gender.
Middle school and older.

Through scenes and monologues, a group of teen characters search for their "Chuck," that elusive moment of knowing who you are.

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Dracula of Pennsylvania

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 vampirecan he find his way out of the rabbit hole before it's too late?

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Dream House: A Rainy Day Play

Comedy. 60 - 70 minutes. 1 female.
High school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

Jenn returns to the old rowhome in which she grew up, but with a thunderstorm approaching and the memories of the house haunting her, she must learn to use her imagination (and an assortment of household items) to fight her grown-up fears.

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Enemy | Flint

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."

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The Female Quixote

Comedy. 70 - 80 minutes. 9+ females, 3+ males (12+ performers possible).
Middle school and high school performers, audiences of all ages.

A dozen young dreamers work together to transform the 18th century novel The Female Quixotewhose heroine Arabella believes the whole world is her personal fairy tale—into a play of their very own, expressing their fears and hopes about their own futures.

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Forest Paths

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...

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Front Porch Steps

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.

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A Girl of the Limberlost

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?

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Goddess of Tears

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.

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Golden Ladder

Dramedy. 95 - 110 minutes. 4-8 females, 2-4 males (6-12 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Coming from a family of mixed religions, Catherine discovers friendship, sex and love in this bittersweet comedy as she explores various religious beliefs in order to find her own identity.

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Goodbye Memories

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.

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The Goodcheer Home for Broken Hearts

Comedy. 95 - 105 minutes. 7-30+ females, 4-30+ males (14-40+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

Can our hero, Steele Manly, save the sweet-smelling Shasta Bellflower and the saintly Charity Goodcheer, matriarch of The Goodcheer Home, from the evil, manipulative clutches of villain Severus C. Snackwell in this spoof of classic melodramas?

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Great Expectations

Drama. 75 - 90 minutes. 1-7 females, 1-5 males, (4-8 performers total).
High school and older.

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

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Harry's Hotter at Twilight (full-length version)

Comedy. 90 - 100 minutes. 7-25+ females, 5-25+ males (12-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Everyone's favorite vampires, wizards and werewolves battle lots and lots of evil in this crazed mash-up parody of the two biggest megahits of recent years, Harry Potter and Twilight.

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Heartland

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.

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Isle of Marvels

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.

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Jill Trent Science Sleuth

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.

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Juliet and Her Romeos

Drama. 100 - 110 minutes. 21 females (with possible non-speaking extras).
High school and older.

A group of teenage girls, all excluded from their mainstream schools, are inspired by their English teacher to mount an all-female production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

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The Jungle Book

Adventure. 70 - 75 minutes. 2-8 females, 6-22 males (7-24 performers possible).
All ages.

Mowgli, a little boy raised by wolves, learns the Law of the Jungle as he is kidnapped by lawless monkeys, watches the elephants dance and comes face to face with his arch-enemy, Shere Khan, the tiger who is trying to eat him.

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Kid Turboni Brings the Rain

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.

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La Mancha!

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...?

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Les Examables

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.

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Little Women

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.

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Lockdown

Dramedy. 75 - 90 minutes. 9-11 females, 4-6 males (15 performers total).
High school and older.

When the doors of the CliffNotes Library suddenly lockdown and someone hears a gunshot (he thinks), a motley crew of students and one freaked out substitute teacher must rise about the social chaos to save a life—and maybe learn a little about tolerance along the way.

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The Locker Next 2 Mine (full-length version)

Drama. 80 - 90 minutes. 8-16+ females, 5-12+ males (14-40+ performers possible).
High school and older.

Alisa arrives at a new high school in the middle of the year to find her locker next to a shrine for a popular lacrosse player who's died in an auto accident, but as she digs deeper, she discovers another loss that no one talks about, even as it's left many of the school's students trying to pick up their own pieces.

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Long Joan Silver

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.

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Love (Awkwardly) (full-length version)

Comedy. 90 - 100 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 3-6 any gender (8-14 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships and the moments that matter the most: the first kiss, flirting, dating, breaking up, going to college and what goes through their heads as they sit in the most boring class ever.

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Love (Awkwardly) & (Virtually) (full-length version)

Dramedy. 90 - 100 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 0-6 any gender (8-14 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships amidst a pandemic.

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Masks

Comedy. 100 - 120 minutes. 6 females, 5 males, 2 any gender, and 6-12+ extras (1 of whom should be female) (9-40 performers possible).
High school and older.

Facing indifferent audiences and inner turmoil, a struggling Commedia dell'Arte troupe battles to live up to that old saying, "The show must go on."

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The Matsuyama Mirror

Drama. 60 - 70 minutes. 4 females, 1 male, 3 any gender.
High school and older performers, and upper elementary and older audiences.

When a young girl escapes into an enchanted world where her dolls come to life, will she stay there forever or discover the true magic of life?

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Meet Me at the Gates, Marcus James

Drama. 60 - 70 minutes. 2-4+ females, 6-9+ males (10-11+ performers possible; any number of extras may be added).
High school and older.

When a black, gay high school student finds a pink noose hanging in his locker, he puts it on and all hell breaks loose.

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Melodramatics

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.

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Merry Men

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.

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Mi Coche, Mi Quince

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.

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Midsummer.com

Comedy. 70 - 80 minutes. 10-16+ females, 5-11+ males (15-35+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

When Titania and Oberon zap all of Shakespeare's fairies into our very real world, right into the middle of a theatre camp that's mounting A Midsummer Night's Dream, magic, Shakespeare and reality couldn't get more tangled.

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Musical (Mis)Adventures of Goopy and Bagha

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.

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A Nutcracker Story

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.

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One Good Thing

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.

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Patagonia

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

A nine-year-old boy joins a grumpy old man on an adventure that just might change both of them for good.

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Perchance to Dream: A Sleeping Beauty's Faerie Tale

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.

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Pride & Prejudice

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?

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Prime

Comedy. 80 - 85 minutes. 6 females, 6 males, 6 any gender (18 performers total).
High school and older performers; middle school and older audiences.

Flying from expectations, young people on the run negotiate their futures in verse and prose, in a valley reminiscent of the green world of Shakespeare's comedies.

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The Prince and the Pauper

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?

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Robin Hood and the Heroes of Sherwood Forest

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.

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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.

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Rosaline Wrecked It All

Dramedy. 80 - 90 minutes. 8 females, 5 males, 7 any gender (fully gender-flexible with an unlimited optional ensemble).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

When everyone blames Rosaline for the terrible tragedy that is the tale of Romeo and Juliet, she races to clear her name, but will the search for truth yield an answer that no one—not even Rosaline—was expecting?

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Rumors of Polar Bears (full-length version)

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 8-25+ females, 4-15+ males (14-40+ performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A ragtag band of teens fights for survival and to find life's little moments of joy in the aftermath of a climate induced catastrophe.

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The Secret Adversary

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.

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The Secret Garden

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.

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ShakeSPLOSION!!!

Comedy. 75 - 85 minutes. 9-21+ females, 4-14+ males (14-100+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Every play written by William Shakespeare! In 80 minutes!! Performed by teenagers!!!

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The Stalking Horse

Drama. 90 - 110 minutes. 5-20 females, 5-20 males (includes speaking roles, as well as roles for drummers and dancers; 10-40 performers possible).
High school and older.

A bilingual fable of young hunters competing for leadership of an ancient society which is threatened by a mysterious beast.

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A Stranger on the Bus

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.

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The Summer I Howled

Horror Comedy. 85 - 95 minutes. 6 females, 1 male, 9+ any gender (16+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Virginia "Woolf" is away at summer camp with friends, enemies and her crush when she finds out the hard way that while everyone changes in their teens, some changes include growing fur and claws whenever a full moon sits in the sky.

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The Superhero Ultraferno (full-length version)

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.

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Teen Mogul

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.

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Totally Okay, Right Now

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?!

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The Very Bad Girl Scouts

Comedy. 60 - 65 minutes. 10-16 females, 4-7 males (11-30 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A brother and sister from Germany move to America, where they search for friendship and battle a troop of evil Girl Scouts.

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War of the Buttons

Drama. 90 - 100 minutes. 2 females, 10-14 males (12-16 performers possible, with some gender-flexibility).
Middle school and older.

The youth of a town on the brink of ruin battle the students of a local prep school that is gradually buying up their town, all the while protecting one of their own whose parents have abandoned him.

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Whirligig (full-length version)

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.

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Whirligig (Virtual Edition)

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.

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Xtigone

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.

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You Go, Goddess!

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!

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Musicals

4 A.M.

Musical. 75 - 85 minutes. 4+ females, 4+ males (8-40+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

A world full of teen characters, ranging from a lonely short-wave radio DJ to a modern Romeo and Juliet to the writer of a most unusual letter, try to balance their fears and dreams as the rest of the world sleeps.

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Alice on the Other Side

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.

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ALiEN8

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.

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Alley Dog

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.

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The Argonauts

Musical. 55 - 65 minutes. 6-14+ females, 6-14+ males (15-45+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Jason's mythological quest for the Golden Fleece mashes up with modern times and rock & roll.

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Brats in Space

Musical. 45 - 60 minutes. 8-15 females, 7-9 males, 9+ any gender (15-35 performers possible).
Elementary school and older.

When a fed up principal ships a group of bratty middle school students off into space and they encounter a group of bratty aliens on another planet...what will happen when brats collide?

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Camp Monster

Musical. 60 - 75 minutes. 8-11 females, 7-11 males (plus unlimited ensemble members; 15-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

In this fun-filled musical, a group of monster kids must work together to defeat an evil camp director and keep the world safe for weird folks everywhere.

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Hank & Gretchen: A Modern Retelling of Hansel & Gretel; or Because Candy is That Good

Musical. 60 - 75 minutes. 8-15 females, 8-15 males (23-75+ performers possible).
Elementary school and older.

In a suffering economy running on addictive candy, Hank & Gretchen embark on the greatest adventure of their lives to uncover family secrets, restore health and order, break evil spells, and form great friendships along the way.

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Jennifer the Unspecial: Time Travel, Love Potions & 8th Grade

Musical. 90 minutes. 3-30 females, 5-30 males (8-60 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

When awkward eighth grader Jennifer finds herself thrust into a time-traveling adventure with three of her classmates, is it time for her to step up and discover just how special she really is?

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The Last Starfighter (family version)

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.

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The Last Starfighter (full-length version)

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.

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Little Red

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?

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Millions of Boxes

Musical. 15 - 20 minutes. 2+ females, 2+ males, 6+ any gender (2-20+ total performers possible).
High school and older.

With a world awaiting her through the screen of her phone, is this the escape Cam's been waiting for, or is it not all it's cracked up to be...?

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The Pirates of Penzance

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.

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Rumpelstiltskin, The Game of the Name

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.

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The Secret Garden (musical version)

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.

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Sleepy Hollow

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.

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Wish, A Musical

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.

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One-Act Plays

A (Very Zombie) Christmas Carol (One-Act Version)

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.

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The Absurdist Super Hero Fairy Tale

Comedy. 30 - 45 minutes. 4-6 females, 5-7 males (10-12 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

It's up to a bumbling, absent-minded hero to save Basiltown and his own crumbling world from the insane and misguided crimes of a sentimental and emotionally fragile villain.

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The Adventures of Little Red Robin Hood

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?

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The Adventures of Rocky & Skye

Comedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 2-21 females, 2-16 males, (4-37 performers total).
All ages.

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.

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Aesop and George

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 8-18 females, 4-14 males (16-24 performers total).
Middle school and older.

In a long abandoned theater, Aesop the storyteller collides with George the theatrical ghost in a battle of tales that teach and stories that entertain!

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Al Dente

Comedy. 45 - 55 minutes. 5-6 females, 2-3 males (8 performers total).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Rivalry, romance, blackmail and mac n' cheese are on the menu in this tasty comedy that won the 2013 New Voices One-Act Play Competition for young playwrights.

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Aladdin! Choose Your Own Arabian Night (one-act version)

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 4+ 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.

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Algebreathe

Comedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 4 any gender.
Middle school and older.

While brainstorming an idea for a group math project, four high school juniors come up with solutions to some of their own shared anxieties.

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Alice in Wonderland

Adaptation. 35 - 45 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, 14+ any gender (9-30 performers possible).
All ages.

Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Comedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 2 females, 5-18+ any gender (7-20+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

Insecure Alice literally follows her heart through Wonderland and finds the power of her own voice in this highly theatrical take on the Lewis Carroll classic.

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Alice's Christmas in Wonderland

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.

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All of You

Drama. 35 - 45 minutes. 3 females, 2 males, 2 any.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

An undergraduate chemistry student with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) risks everything to free herself from the pain of her past.

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Almost Mary (one-act version)

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.

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And We Will Share the Sky

Dramedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 3-5+ females, 3-4+ males (6-8 performers possible, plus optional non-speaking roles).
Middle school and older performers and audiences of all ages.

Long, long ago, when the world is new, extroverted Brother Sun and introverted Sister Moon struggle to find their places and make peace with their differences in this play inspired by traditional tales of Nigeria and Senegal.

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The Astonishing Adventures of the White Weevil

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.

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Band-a-thon!

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 4-6 females, 2-4 males (6-10 performers possible).
High school and older.

Band-a-thon hosts Ryan and Maddie battle jealousy, ineptitude and plain old bad luck as the band trip to Orlando and their very relationship hang in the balance.

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Beef Junkies

Comedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 1 female, 2 males.
High school and older.

What do you do when you're addicted to beef and there's only one cow left on earth?

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The Beggar Prince

Comedy. 45 - 55 minutes. 5-12+ females, 2-8+ males (7-20+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

When a stuck-up prince is married off to a most unusual "beggar," they're both about to learn some hard-won lessons about kindness, compassion and second chances.

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The Best Drama Club Fundraiser of All Time, Minus That Part Where We Accidentally Summoned a Demon

Comedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 7 females, 3 males, 1+ any (11 performers, plus unlimited optional extras).
High school and older.

Summoning a demon to save the annual drama club fundraiser seems likes a stroke of genius—until she doesn't want to leave!

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Between Mars and Me

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?

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The Boston Massacre

Drama. 40 - 50 minutes. 14-40+ any gender.
Middle school and older actors, audiences of all ages.

A fast-paced ensemble work explores the varied accounts of the historic events in Boston Commons that transformed a collection of colonies into a democratic nation.

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Boys vs. Girls: Armageddon

Dramedy. 38 - 55 minutes. 6-8 females, 5 males, plus non-speaking roles (11-60+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Two best friends may be the only thing standing between total male vs. female armageddon.

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The Boys, The Bed, and The Balsa

Comedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 3 males.
Middle school and high school performers, all audiences.

When three feuding friends are forced to share a motel room and a single bed the night before the National Balsa Wood Tower Competition, will their tower still be standing in the morning?

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The Bread, the Bracelet and the Dove

Comedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 10-12 females, 2 males, 6 any gender (12-24 performers possible).
All ages.

Based on an Italian folktale, this lively play centers on the joys of family and the wonders and magic of Italian food.

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The Butterfly: Legends from the Middle Kingdom

Young Audiences. 50 - 55 minutes. 2-4 females, 2-4 males (5-6 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

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

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Bystander 9/11 - A Theatre Piece Concerning the Events of September 11, 2001

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.

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Calamity

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 3 females, 4-12 any gender (7-15 performers possible).
High school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

The completely, absolutely, one-hundred-per-cent true (no fooling!) story of how twelve-year-old Calamity Jane saved the terrified town of Hoopersville.

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Caliban's Island

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.

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Carina Comes Out

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?

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The Carol of Tiny Tim

Comedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, 2 any gender, plus a chorus of 2+ (8+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

Five years after that life-changing night when Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by the spirits and discovered the true meaning of Christmas, an older, jaded Tiny Tim may be in need of just such an intervention.

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Carolina Dive

Drama. 30 - 35 minutes. 5-10 females, 2-4 males, (7-12 performers possible, plus extras).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Jenna's plans to escape her small town through a diving scholarship are put in jeopardy when a dive damages her inner ear, and she can no longer keep her balance.

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Chairs

Horror. 15 - 20 minutes. 11 any gender, plus up to 9 optional extras.
Middle school and older.

Ten teens who have been mysteriously locked in a room try to survive a deadly game of musical chairs.

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Children of Hooverville

Drama. 45 - 55 minutes. 10 females, 3 males (with up to 7 additional non-speaking roles; 13-20 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

During the Dust Bowl era, a hopeful 13-year-old journeys with her friends and family to California in search of a better life.

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Chiraptophobia

Drama. 30 - 40 minutes. 6 females, 2 males, 4 any gender (8-12 performers possible).
High school and older.

Friends and family come to terms with the death of a teenage girl at the hands of an eating disorder through sadness, anger, and regret.

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A Christmas Carol (one-act version)

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.

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The Cinderella Chronicles

Comedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 7-17+ females, 1-11+ males (8-28+ performers possible).
All ages.

When two girls discover Cinderella's diary in an old museum trunk, the stage is soon flooded with characters in a strangely different version of the oft-told tale.

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Clay

Dramedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

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.

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Clothes-Minded

Dramedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 2-8+ females, 1-7+ males (9-15 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Chaos descends on a white load of laundry when a colored sock is accidentally thrown in.

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The Coloring Book

Dramedy. 55 - 65 minutes. 8-14+ any gender.
Middle school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

In the pages of a coloring book, animals who have been colored in different styles must learn not to judge each other based on appearance.

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The Coloring Book (Competition Version)

Dramedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 8-11+ any gender.
Middle school and older performers, and audiences of all ages.

In the pages of a coloring book, animals who have been colored in different styles must learn not to judge each other based on appearance.

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Community Service

Dramedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 5 females, 2 males, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

A group of high schoolers meet up for a community service project at a facility for displaced families, but Lexie, who has been keeping her housing-insecure status a secret from her classmates, is left to wonder—is the jig finally up?

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The Complete Novels of Jane Austen: Now New and Improved!

Comedy. 15 - 20 minutes. 3-12+ any gender.
Middle school and older.

All six of Jane Austen's novels get reboots in modern styles ranging from soap opera to sitcom, paranormal romance to reality TV and more in this flexible cast, fast-paced comedy, but maybe keeping it classic is just the thing to stay trending...

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Corner Critics

Dramedy. 20 - 30 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, plus possible extras.
High school and older.

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

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Creature Features (Modern Day Mutants)

Dramedy. 20 - 30 minutes. 7-9 any gender.
Middle school and older.

A group of students who each have a unique physical feature become an alliance of friends who must stand up for their originality against a group of students who want everyone to be normal.

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Cupid and Psyche: An Internet Love Story

Dramedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 3-4 females, 3-4 males (7-8 performers possible).
High school and older.

Is a teenage girl's new internet boyfriend everything she ever dreamed of, or a nightmare waiting to happen?

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The Dancing Princesses

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.

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Dancing With Myself

Dramedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 7 females.
Middle school and older.

Seven high school girls use music as their inspiration to break free of the labels they've been forced to wear.

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Dear Chuck (one-act version)

Dramedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 8-30+ any gender.
Middle school and older.

Through scenes and monologues, a group of teen characters search for their "Chuck," that elusive moment of knowing who you are.

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Disruption: A Pandemic Decalogue

Dramedy. 23 - 30 minutes. 4-21 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

In this devised play created specifically for virtual performance, ten short yet vital episodes capture the thoughts and emotions of students as they navigate friendship, dating, responsibilities, insecurities and who they really in the face of a new kind of uncertainty.

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Double Heart (The Courtship of Beatrice and Benedick)

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.

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Elektra

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.

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Escape from the Cybernet

Dramedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 6 females, 4 males, 2-5 any gender (12-15 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, and upper elementary and older audiences.

While quarantined inside, a gang of computer-savvy "geek-straordinaires" must team up on a socially-distanced adventure to save their friend.

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ESL

Drama. 45 - 55 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
High school and older actors, middle school and older audiences.

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

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Everybody Comes to Tim's

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 3-15 females, 3-15 males (10-30 performers possible).
High school and older.

Mike's gotta break some...awkward...news to Tony, despite the doctors, tango dancers, and guerrilla platoon blocking his way. Part of the "It Gets Better" project.

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The Exceptional Childhood Center

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.

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Exposure

Drama. 35 - 45 minutes. 3-4 females, 3-4 males (7 performers total).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When the embarrassing video footage of her drunken exploits is broadcast throughout cyberspace, will the mistakes of one night change the lives of Jenna and her friends forever?

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Fanny Otcott

Drama. 30 - 40 minutes. 6-7 females, 5-6 males (11-12+ performers, with possible extras).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Against a rich 19th century theatrical backdrop, a great stage diva and her first love, now an Anglican Bishop, revisit their all-too-brief backstage romance and question why they parted and whether a long-delayed happy ending is still possible.

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The Fantasists

Comedy. 45 - 55 minutes. 2-9 females, 1-8 males (10 performers total).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

Two young wizard-storytellers compete to be named Fantasist of their island, but for either to win, both will have to work together or crash and burn in spectacularly comic fashion.

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For (Sandwich) Lovers Only

Comedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 4-20 females, 5-20 males (9-40 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A teenage boy embarks on an epic quest to rise above average, stop a zombie apocalypse and win the heart of the girl of his dreams.

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The Frankenstein Revenge Society

Comedy. 15 - 18 minutes. 1-3 females, 2-4 males (5-6 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein's famous monster has gotten the spotlight for far too long, and some of Frankenstein's lesser-known creations are sick and tired of being locked up in the basement.

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From Shakespeare with Love?

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.

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Funtown

Drama. 28 - 35 minutes. 1 female or non-binary, 7 any gender.
Middle school and older.

When their home is marked for demolition, will five teenage misfits find a way to save it, or will their chosen family fall apart?

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The Ghost Moments

Drama. 45 - 70 minutes. 1-10 females, 1-5 males (2-15 performers possible).
High school and older.

An evening of monologues from a kaleidoscope of characters, each in the process of exorcising their own "ghosts"—or being haunted by them. 

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A Girl in Haarlem

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.

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Girls

Comedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 6 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Three teen apprentices at a summer Shakespeare festival experience the rollercoaster highs and lows of young love...all while awaiting their entrance for that evening's performance.

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Goddess of Tears (one-act version)

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.

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Goldilocks In Nurseryland

Comedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 6-7 females, 5-8 males (3 roles are voice only; 11-15 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

In the spirit of Shrek, this fractured fairy tale comically chronicles the exploits of Goldilocks as she flees the Three Bears and seeks asylum with the compulsive kisser Georgie Porgie and a host of nursery rhyme characters.

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Goodness Gracious

Comedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 3+ females, 3+ males (6-18 performers possible).
High school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

A fractured fairy tale based on Little Red Riding Hood takes a contemporary comedic look at overcoming loneliness and self-pity.

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Greek Gods Under Quarantine

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.

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The Grippe of October

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.

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The Grippe of October (Competition Version)

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.

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Gwen and Mary at Glenn Ross

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.

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Happy Happy Happy

Comedy. 40 - 45 minutes. 2-5 females, 2-5 males (7 performers total).
High school and older.

Two families and an amorous dolphin seek the ultimate contentment.

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Herby Alice Counts Down to Yesterday

Comedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 3 females, 3 males, 4-20+ any gender (10-50+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

The universe may very well be at stake when Rose Plum pressures middle school rocket scientist Herby Alice to provide the juicy story she needs to get in good with the school broadcast elite.

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Hi, We Thought You Were Dead

Dramedy. 15 - 20 minutes. 4 males.
Middle school and older.

A middle school star basketball player has died in a car accident—at least that's what they tell him when he shows up for school.

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HKFN: The Abbreviated Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (one-act version)

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 3-8 females, 2-6 males (5-10 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

When an actor tries to escape a production of the controversial Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by running away from school, the play gives chase.

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Holmes Jr. High

Comic Mystery. 40 - 50 minutes. 10 females, 1 male, 10+ any gender (16-21+ performers possible).
Upper elementary and older performers, and all audiences.

Something strange is afoot at Holmes Jr. High, and unless Jamie Watts and his new lockermate Cheryl Locke can solve the mystery of who stole the school's mascot costume and sabotaged things, the end-of-year festivities will be ruined for everyone.

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Hopefully: An Ethnodrama

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.

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Hula Heart

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.

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In the Village of the Brothers Grimm

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.

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Jack in the Box

Horror. 25 - 30 minutes. 4 females, 1 male.
High school and older.

Four teenage girls at a slumber party are tempted by a voice from a box, which claims to be able to direct them to the future they want, if only they'll do what it says—and give it what it needs... 

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Key Change

Drama. 25 - 30 minutes. 1 female, 7 non-males or 1 female, 7 males (8 performers total).
Suitable for high school and older.

When college junior Rhys comes out as trans to her all-male a cappella group, she and her brothers struggle to harmonize progress with tradition.

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Kitty Steals a Dog

Comedy. 22 - 30 minutes. 2 females, 2 males.
Middle school and older.

When reluctant ballerina Kitty and uptight teenage lemonade salesman Liam form an unlikely alliance to kidnap the girl next door's dog, will their unsuspecting suburban neighborhood erupt into canine chaos?

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Know Your Role

Dramedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 5-25 females, 5-25 males (10-50 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Through scenes and monologues that range from hilarious to heartbreaking, this one-act explores how society's gender expectations affect teens' daily lives.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Drama. 30 - 35 minutes. 2 females, 3 males, 11+ any gender (9-16+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

On a campout near the Hudson River, a high school drama club brings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to life, and it may be that they're not so different from its characters—but can they find a different ending?

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Like a Metaphor

Dramedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 4 females, 3 males.
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

A girl named Scout who uses a wheelchair and loves to dance meets a boy named Jazz who follows the beat of his own drum.

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Lipstick and Heroics

Comedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 6 females.
Middle school and older.

Young women audition to be part of a superheroine team, but one of them is a spy sent to kill the others in this super-powered comedy.

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Little Miss Dreamer (A Nite in the Life of Bessie Smith)

Comedy. 45 - 55 minutes. 9-40 any gender.
High school and older.

Young Bessie Smith tries to find the courage to perform before a northern audience for the first time.

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Love (Awkwardly) (one-act version)

Comedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 3-6 any gender (8-14 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships and the moments that matter the most: the first kiss, flirting, dating, breaking up, going to college and what goes through their heads as they sit in the most boring class ever.

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Love (Awkwardly) & (Virtually) (one-act version)

Dramedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 4 females, 4 males, 0-6 any gender (8-14 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships amidst a pandemic.

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Many Maids Made Me Murder (or maybe the butler did do it)

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!

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The Marvelous Mellow Melodrama of the Marriage of the Mislaid Minor

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?

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Me, My Selfie & I

Dramedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 2-20+ females, 2-20+ males (6-40+ performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A group of teens struggle to find the balance between documenting their lives and living them.

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Me, My Selfie & I (Virtual Edition)

Dramedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 2-20+ females, 2-20+ males (6-40+ performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A group of teens struggle to find the balance between documenting their lives and living them.

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Medea

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.

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Medusa's Tale

Drama. 25 - 35 minutes. 3-4 females, 2 males (5-6 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Perseus has come to slay Medusa, the famous monster with snakes for hair, but is there more to the story...?

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Medusa's Tale (Radio Edition)

Drama. 25 - 35 minutes. 3-4 females, 2 males (5-6 performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Perseus has come to slay Medusa, the famous monster with snakes for hair, but is there more to the story...?

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A Midsummer Night's Nap

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.

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The Milli Vanilli Orchestra

Comedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 2-21 females, 2-16 males (16-37 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

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

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The Minotaur

Drama. 45 - 60 minutes. 4-20+ females, 5-15+ males (12-35+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

The Princess Ariadne promises her brother—known as "The Minotaur"—that she will not let anyone hurt him, but now Theseus has come from Athens to slay the famous monster.

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Mortals

Comedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 4 females.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

As a storm rages outside, inside two different bedrooms is a blizzard of missing heirlooms, French exchange students and mistaken identities as the lives of four teens collide in this Shakespearean farce for the digital age.

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Mortals (Virtual Edition)

Comedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 4 females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

As a storm rages outside, inside four different bedrooms is a blizzard of missing heirlooms, French exchange students and mistaken identities as the lives of a quartet of teens collide virtually in this Shakespearean farce for the digital age.

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The Most Important Thing in the World

Dramedy. 16 - 22 minutes. 1 female, 1 male (flexible).
High school and older performers, and middle elementary and older audiences.

Benny and Andy take care of one another, because that's what siblings do; but when Benny steals Andy's beloved piggy bank—the only thing he has left from their mother—well, what do you do when the only person you count on in life steals the one thing you care most about?

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Mother's Day

Drama. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

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

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Multicultural Education

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 6-22 females, 2-18 males (18-30 performers possible).
High school and older actors, middle school and older audiences.

Ellen and the other students at North Valley High School get an absurd crash course in what living in other cultures can be like.

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Murder (Comedy) in Space!

Comedy. 45 - 55 minutes. 9-30 any gender.
Middle school and older.

An intergalactic detective discovers a well-intentioned and possibly beneficial fraud, and must decide whether to reveal it.

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My Big Adele Moment

Dramedy. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older

As two best friends wait backstage at a rehearsal for the school talent show, will their competitiveness get the best of them and ruin their friendship?

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The Mystic Tale of Aladdin

Adventure. 50 - 60 minutes. 9 females.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

Seven maidens and their attendants, waiting to hear which of them the Sultan has chosen for his bride, pass the time by enacting the classic tale themselves.

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Nana's Happy Happy Good News Only Birthday Video Chat

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?

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A Ninth Time

Drama. 25 - 35 minutes. 1-21 females, 4-24 males (10-25 performers possible).
High school and older.

When a storyteller tells the story of his tribe—of his past—what characters does he become?

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Comedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 8-32 females, 4-32 males (12-48 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

What's a kind, level-headed girl to do when she keeps finding herself on the wrong end of every fairy tale plot line that crosses her path?

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Nobody's Listening

Dramedy. 50 - 60 minutes. 3 males, 3 females, plus extras (any gender).
Middle school and older.

A feisty kid sabotages a live television broadcast to make a statement about gun violence in this anti-violence dramedy.

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The Nose

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.

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Now You See Me

Dramedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 5+ females, 3+ males (8-22+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A play about what happens when young people slip through the cracks, and what drives them to violence.

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O Holy Nite

Comedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 2-9 females, 7-13 males, (9-21 performers possible).
High school and older.

Five comic Christmas vignettes tell stories themed on the (public domain) Christmas carol that accompanies them.

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Ocean Debris

Drama. 20 - 30 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
high school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Two teenagers—strangers to each other—meet in a dive shop in Japan, each searching for something they've lost.

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Of Gods and Cows

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 4-11 females, 2-10 males (10-16+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

When Prometheus steals fire from the all-powerful gods and gives it to humanity, he unleashes both the wrath of the Olympians and the human power to create.

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Of Love and Shampoo

Comedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
High school and older performers and audiences.

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

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The Old New Kid

Comedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 3-10+ females, 2-9+ males (8-30+ performers possible).
All ages.

The former "new kid" battles for the meaning of identity, Thanksgiving, dodgeball, and the correct spelling of "cornucopia."

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One Week Before Prom?!

Comedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 4 females, 2 males, 1 any.
High school and older.

Nothing like breaking up right before you're supposed to step on stage together for the theatre class children's play—and one week before prom!

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Outside the Box

Dramedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 12 any gender.
Middle school and older.

A group of imaginative teenagers offer their friends, parents and teachers a way to view life from a whole new perspective by inviting them to think outside the box.

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Persephone Underground

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.

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Piñata Utopia

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.

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Platform Nine

Dramedy. 20 - 25 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older actors, middle school and older audiences.

Two teenagers on the run, Sonny and Adelie, meet at a deserted train station in the middle of the night—and form a connection that they will not soon forget.

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Play's End

Dramedy. 20 - 25 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

A door-to-door gun salesman comes home from work to learn from his young son that "something happened today."

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The Post Office

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.

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The Post Office (Competition Version)

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.

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Press

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.

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The Prettiest Duckling

Dark Comedy. 20 - 25 minutes. 2 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Adorable ducklings Cutesy and Gorgeous want the very best for their gray-feathered sibling that they love "so so much," but...

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The Pyramid

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.

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Reassembling Sasha

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.

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Rising

Drama. 30 - 35 minutes. 4 females, 3 males.
Middle school and older.

Seven students are trapped in their classroom by rising floodwaters during Hurricane Harvey.

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Rosaline Wrecked It All (one-act version)

Dramedy. 35 - 40 minutes. 4 females, 2 males, 8+ any gender (fully gender-flexible with an unlimited optional ensemble).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

When everyone blames Rosaline for the terrible tragedy that is the tale of Romeo and Juliet, she races to clear her name, but will the search for truth yield an answer that no one—not even Rosaline—was expecting?

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Scheme Space

Drama. 25 - 35 minutes. 5 females, 2 males.
High school and older.

Events rapidly "go viral" after a group of teens put an inappropriate photo online.

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screens

Dramedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 7 females, 3 males, up to 30 any gender (10-40 performers possible).
Middle school and older performers, elementary and older audiences.

If no one could see you behind your computer screen, what would you say--and who would you become?

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ShakeSPLOSION!!! (40-Minute Version)

Comedy. 35 - 45 minutes. 9-20+ females, 4-14+ males (14-80+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

The comedies and tragedies of William Shakespeare! In 40 minutes!! Performed by teenagers!!!

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ShakeSPLOSION!!! (60-Minute Version)

Comedy. 60 minutes. 9-21+ females, 4-14+ males (14-100+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Every play written by William Shakespeare! In 60 minutes!! Performed by teenagers!!!

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The Show Ends When The Stoop Breaks

Drama. 50 - 60 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender (with an optional, flexibly-sized ensemble).
Middle school and older.

When a beloved mural is threatened with destruction, two friends—a street dancing artist focused on community organizing and a hardworking pizza delivery boy dreaming of a life beyond his block—have to come to terms with what it means for their neighborhood...and their friendship.

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Sidekickin' It!

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.

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Slow

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.

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Small Talk

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...?

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Standardized Testing

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 5 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Four teens in the midst of a test that will determine their future find themselves at the mercy of a proctor who rules the room with an iron fist...or can the intrepid test-takers find a way to turn the tables?

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The Stories of Myth

Drama. 20 - 25 minutes. 2 females, 0-5+ any gender (2-7+ performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences

An eccentric storyteller from a mystical circus offers a young socialite the chance of a lifetime, or does she...?

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The Summer After the Christmas When We Did That Thing That We Shouldn't Have

Comedy. 40 - 45 minutes. 1 female, 11 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Nothing like celebrating your graduation on a remote island as a killer hides in the shadows, picking you off one by one, Agatha Christie-style, to the lyrics of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

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The Superhero Ultraferno (one-act version)

Comedy. 40 - 45 minutes. 6+ females, 6+ males (12-52 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A crack team of actors works its way through the highlights and lowlights of the superhero pantheon in the craziest way imaginable.

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Supermarket of Lost

Drama. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 females, 1 male, 1 optional any gender.
Middle school and older.

Three souls collide in the Supermarket of Lost, each desperately searching for something they once had in this cosmic warehouse.

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The Tea Servant

Drama. 25 - 35 minutes. 2+ females, 3+ males (5-25 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

A Japanese serving woman dresses as a man to accompany her mistress through a dangerous forest.

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Techies

Comedy. 25 - 35 minutes. 3-4 females, 5-6 males (8-9 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

All Tony Sullivan wants to do is graduate high school and go to Harvard, but as he stage manages his last high school play, it seems that his friends, his teacher, his old girlfriend, his friends' parents and even Harvard itself are all lined up against him: will the show go on?

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There Is No Play

Drama. 30 - 40 minutes. 9-15+ any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

When the school administration cancels a play that speaks to their own lives, a group of drama students makes secret plans to put it on anyway.

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Three

Drama. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, 2+ any gender (6-10+ performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

In a dystopia where families are limited to three members, what do you do if you have twins?

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The Throne Room

Comedy. 40 - 50 minutes. 3 females, 2 males, 5+ any gender (10-30+ gender-flexible performers possible).
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

With so much of our lives spent in bathrooms (more than a year!), whether it's private time with a favorite floating bath toy to discovering "ancient" graffiti to the invention of a new dance craze, the teens of this vignette-style, flexible-cast comedy are growing up…in the throne room.

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Ticking

Dramedy. 20 - 25 minutes. 3 males.
High school and older.

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

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The Totally Life Changing Letter That Doesn't Really Matter

Comedy. 15 - 20 minutes. 3-9 females, 2-9 males (7-15 performers possible).
High school and older.

A high school senior stands on the edge of triumph or disaster: She has received the response to her college application.

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Triangle

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.

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Twinkle Toes

Dramedy. 30 - 35 minutes. 3 females, 3 males.
High school and older performers.

When a high school senior puts on his dancing shoes, he discovers that it's not who you love that matters...it's how you love.

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Two Dudes from Daytona

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.

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Two Houses

Drama. 40 - 45 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, 5+ any gender (9+ performers possible)
Suitable for middle school and older.

When Oliver's parents announce their divorce, he becomes an unwilling member of a group of teens navigating big changes.

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Uncertainty Theory

Drama. 40 - 50 minutes. 6-10+ females, 5-10+ males (11-30 performers possible).
High school and older.

Two versions of reality collide when a senior boy disappears on graduation day and his classmates and friends struggle with their loss and confusion about him and their own uncertain futures.  

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The Unscary Ghost

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?

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Vital Organs

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...

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Waiting for the Bus

Tragicomedy. 30 - 40 minutes. 2 females, 2 males.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Dead philosophers, unrequited love triangles, leads and supporting characters--just another day at the neighborhood bus stop...or is something about to change?

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Warriors

Drama. 40 - 50 minutes. 4 females, 1 male.
High school and older performers, and middle elementary school and older audiences.

Worlds and lives separated by space and time will intersect as fate brings five teenagers together.

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Welcome to the Neighborhood

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.

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What Comes Around...

Drama. 50 - 60 minutes. 2-8 females, 1-4 males (3-9 performers possible).
High school and older.

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...

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What Happened at the Mud Puddle

Comedy. 25 - 30 minutes. 8 females, 4 males.
Middle school and older.

When Taylor decides to hold an over-the-top yacht party on the same day as her best friend's backyard birthday party, tensions rise, guests are forced to take sides, true colors will be on display—and, of course, someone gets pushed into a mud puddle.

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What's Past is Prologue

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... 

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The Wheels Go Round and Round

Comedy. 20 - 30 minutes. 5-8 females, 3-4 males (8-12 performers possible).
High school and older.

A typical teenager's attempt to get his driver's license turns into an epic struggle against unenthusiastic employees, catastrophic traffic, and violent parental guardians with anger management issues.

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Whirligig (one-act version)

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.

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The White Pages

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.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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.

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You're Next

Drama. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

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

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The Zombie Effect

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

When a zombie comes to his rescue—againand helps a boy captures one of the guys who attacked him in the park, will there be food for thought, or food of another kind...?

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Shorts

A (Very Zombie) Christmas Carol (15-Minute Version)

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.

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A-Bomb Wedding

Comedy. 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

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

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Abby Does the Mashed Potato

Dramedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
High school (and advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

When Abby—who has been cursed with nonstop dancing—meets Jack, can the two teens find a way out of their dancing dilemma?

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Aberzombie

Comedy. 10 minutes. 2-9 females, 2-8 males (4-11 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

An all too cheerful spokesmodel guides us through a nightmare world of the living dead, and if that weren't bad enough, there are zombies!

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An Actual Baby Person

Drama. 12 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

A very young, very Goth, very pregnant teenage girl teaches her irresponsible husband to love their unborn baby.

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Add Nauseam

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 2-6 females, 2-4 males, (4-10 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Throwing up in math class is bad enough, but when Ginny tells a friend her tale of projectile vomiting woe, it takes on a life of its own, rising to new and ever more ridiculous heights with each new teller.

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After The Hill

Comedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

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

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Aleema the Boy Girl

Drama. 8 - 10 minutes. 3 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

An Afghan girl enjoys being raised as a boy, but her freedom won't last long.

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All A-Twitter

Dramedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older.

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.

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Almost Immortal

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

In the distant future, a teenage girl and her great-great-great-great-great-grandfather are on the brink of immortality.

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Almost Perfect

Dramedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

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?

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Anatomy

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?

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And Tomorrow And Tomorrow...

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 3-4 females, 0-1 male (4 performers total).
Middle school and older performers, upper elementary and older audiences.

Stumbling from the battlefield into the afterlife, Macbeth encounters three spirits who offer him a chance for a do-over—will he get it right this time?

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Andy and Chrys

Comedy. 6 - 8 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Chrys may be in a wheelchair, but it's Andy who needs help with his game.

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Animals

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 2 males, but gender flexible (could be 2 females).
High school and older.

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

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Annatude

Dramedy. 10 minutes. 1 female.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A smart and feisty 15-year-old pulls no punches as she takes on losing her hair, the (not so joyous) joys of chemotherapy and her friendship with an older girl, Kiele, that she meets at the hospital.

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Ante Up

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

As the Viva Las Vegas prom nears, Jory and Gino struggle to lay their cards on the table.

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The Ants and the Grasshopper

Comedy. 5 - 8 minutes. 3 any gender.
All ages.

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

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AP Despondency

Dramedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 4 females, 1 male, 1+ any gender (6+ performers possible).
High school (and mature middle school) and older.

When anxious, sleep-deprived Maeve's AP Biology class turns into her imagination's worst nightmare, will she remember that nothing is as bad as her head makes it out to be, or is this a diabolical daydream she can't snap out of?

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Ashes

Drama. 8 - 12 minutes. 5 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Four teens, lost in the charred remains of a forest after a devastating fire, desperately search for the camp site of their missing friend in this haunting tale with a twist.

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Augusta's Diamond Ring

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.

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Awareness

Dramedy. 3 - 5 minutes. 3 females.
Middle school and older.

A bully tries to write an essay on bullying awareness, unaware of her own behavior.

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B-E Aggressive

Drama. 5 - 7 minutes. 5 females.
High school and older.

When high school outcast Janae gets assaulted at a party and pictures start spreading around the school, she hatches a plot for revenge that even her closest friends may not be able to get behind.

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Babies

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 5 females, 3 males.
Middle school and older.

In a maternity ward, four couples fantasize about their babies becoming huge bullies.  

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Banned from Student Activities

Comedy. 9 - 12 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older.

Best friends Katie and Gretchen aren't going to prom, but who cares? (Katie. Katie really cares.)

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Bat, Birds, and Beasts

Comedy. 7 - 9 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

A teenager must decide how can she keep her both of her best friends without losing them both.

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Bath Time is Fun Time

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.

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The Bird

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 males (or 2 females).
High school and older.

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

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Blacktop Jungle

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.

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Boy With Pearl Earring

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

On the night of his prom, a Black teen's choice of accessories is a lot bigger than just whether his outfit will work.

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Boys Gone Mild

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

Two teenage boys find that a Girls Gone Wild DVD is a lot moreand lessthan they bargained for.

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Brace Yourself

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

When a girl gets braces, it sets off a train wreck of miscommunications between her and her boyfriendcourtesy of a couple of well-intentioned but clueless friendsthat could derail them for good in this teenage comedy of errors.

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Bully Issues

Comedy. 9 - 11 minutes. 1 female, 2 males.
Middle school and older.

Three bullies confront the challenges of bullying today and how they can become better at doing it...but do they really want to be?

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Can i See some iGenderfication?

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

When the girl handing out name tags mistakes a boy for a "grrl," can he get himself straightened out in time for football practice?

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Can't Forget

Comedy. 6 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older.

Are some friendships too broken to be fixed?

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Challenge Accepted

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.

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Cheer Squad

Comedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 3 females.
Middle school and older.

Mean girl cheer captains teach a new cheerleader how not to be a team player.

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The Cheshire Smile

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 2 males.
High school and older.

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

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A Chill in My Bones

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...?

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Chubby Bunny

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.

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The Clarinet Section is Sick of Your Garbage

Comedy. 9 - 11 minutes. 4 females.
Middle school and older.

The marching band clarinet section has to decide whether prom is capitalist propaganda designed to reinforce gender roles at the expense of individualism, or just, y'know, a really fun time.

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Closeted

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

When the smart but far from cool kid is trapped in the closet with the girl who's way out of his league during a game of the infamous teen rite of passage Seven Minutes in Heaven, will it be hell on earth or the heaven that neither of them expected...?

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Confessions of a Peanut Butter Addict

Comedy. 9 - 11 minutes. 1 female.
Middle school and older.

Wrestling with her addiction to peanut butter, a girl reaches out for help.

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The Cooking Gene

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

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.

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Count Spatula

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 6 females, 2 males
Middle school and older.

When the students at Bram Stoker High worry that their new chef, Count Spatula, may be a bloodsucker, it's up to Vanessa Helsing to stick her neck out and rescue their classmate Mina in this high stakes parody of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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Cow

Comedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

Two secret teen superheroes collide in mid-air, but it's when they meet on the ground that things start to get truly interesting...

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Cracked Sky

Drama. 9 - 11 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

A bullied teen's random encounter with another student before school might be just the hope he's looking for, or everyone else's last chance.

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The Crackling Rainbow Comet

Drama. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

As they watch fireworks together for the last time, Amber tries to explain to Guy her need for independence.

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The Dance We Do

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 3 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Becca is starting her senior year in high school, but the long shadows of her older siblings may keep her from doing the thing she loves most.

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The Day the Music Came Back

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.

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Dead Air

Horror Comedy. 11 - 13 minutes. 4 females, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

True crime podcast Modern Murder is a hit with the girls at the slumber party—until the host starts talking about them!

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Detention

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

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

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The Disappointments

Dramedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

With the high school talent show fast approaching, Eli and Amy look for a place to practice their acts.

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Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive?

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

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

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Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive? (Virtual Edition)

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

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

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The Dodo Pact

Dramedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 4 any gender.
High school and older.

Four students meet on the high school roof the morning of graduation to consider where they've been and where they're going.

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DragonSlay

Comedy. 7 - 11 minutes. 1 male, 1 female, 1-2 any gender.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

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

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DragonzFire

Drama. 9 - 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 male, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

DragonzFire is Bailey and William's refuge from the miserable realities of high school, but when bullies infiltrate their beloved video game, Bailey takes revenge in a way that puts her friendship with William to a painful test.

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Dream

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?

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Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds

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

As high school ends and a new journey is about to begin, two lifelong friends wonder what they would do if they only had eight minutes and twenty seconds to live.

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El Loro, El Gato Y El Espí­ritu Santo (or The Parrot, the Cat and the Holy Ghost)

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

With their pious neighbor's precious parrot dead and their cat the prime suspect, three sisters are about to engage in the mother of all cover-ups.

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El Perdido (The Lost One)

Drama. 10 - 12 minutes. 1 male, 1 any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When teen superhero El Perdido quits, will the agent sent by the League be able to bring him back into the fold, or will he hang up his cape for good?

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The Elves

Horror Comedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 2 males, 4+ any (8+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

When two toy-hungry kids journey to the North Pole for an epic present grab, they discover that Santa's elves are hungry too...just not for presents.

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Erasing the Brain

Dramedy. 8 - 11 minutes. 1 male, 1 female, plus a female offstage voice.
Upper elementary and older.

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...

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Everafter.com

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.

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Everything you need to know about The Scarlet Letter in 10 minutes or less

Comedy. 10 minutes. 1-8 females, 1-8 males (2-16 performers total).
High school and older.

Two overcaffeinated actors try to distill The Scarlet Letter into ten minutes in this ridiculously fast-paced and free-flowing madcap romp.

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Family Meeting

Comedy. 10 minutes. 2 males, 2 females.
Middle school and older.

At a family meeting, a teenage girl learns that her parents are trading her—for a foreign exchange student who can dunk.

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Fenced

Drama. 8 - 12 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

How do two longtime friends deal with the realities of growing up and growing apart?

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The Final Battle (As it Occurred in the Holy City of Game Emporium and Exchange)

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.

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First Dance

Comedy. 10 minutes. 2 females.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

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.

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Foam

Comedy. 5 - 7 minutes. 3 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

A girl turns the tables on two popular girls bullying her over her diet.

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Forming Bonds

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

Handcuffing yourself to your chemistry tutor to ask her to prom is either a magic trick for the ages or the world's most epic fail.

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Four Calls

Dramedy. 5 - 7 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

When Emma calls Josh to confront him about how he's been treating her brother, it may just be the wake-up call they both needed.

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Friends

Drama. 10 minutes. 2 females, plus possible extras.
High school and older (or possibly advanced middle school performers).

Popular Lily is strangely envious of freaky Amber's free-spirited equanimity—until Amber learns Lily's secret. Is she extraordinarily gifted, flat-out crazy, or both?

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Full Circle

Comedy. 5 - 7 minutes. 2-4 females, 1 male (3-5 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

Since he's hit high school, Harrison's been changing identities as quickly as he changes clothes, but can his friendship with Sydney survive the roller coaster ride?

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Future You Says Hi

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

What do you do when your friend claims to be communicating with an older, wiser and conveniently invisible version of...you?

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G.B.F. Forever

Dramedy. 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Carly wants the latest school accessory, a G.B.F., but is Payton ready to be transformed into a Gay Best Friend?

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Game On

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

Carly defies convention and asks a guy to prom, but will she duplicate her success on the field with her non-traditional promposal, or will she be shut out?

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Ghosted

Horror-Comedy. 12 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 3 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Nothing like being trapped in a haunted Halloween corn maze while you're in the middle of a crisis...or two.

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Girl Friend

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 1 female.
High school and older.

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

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The Girl Who Talks to Spiders

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females, 1 male (with an optional, flexibly-sized ensemble).
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Ana claims she can talk to spiders, so when Nikki and Ulises doubt her, they experience the extraordinary and terrifying phenomenon that has tormented Ana her entire life.

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The Girl Who Would Rather Not Grow Up Just Yet

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

Sixteen-year-old Wendy has a severe case of Peter Pan syndrome.

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Go! Fight! Win!

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 4 females, 2 males, 4 any gender.
High school and older.

Tensions rise as a high school's students clash over whether it's time to retire their "Rebels" monicker, but when mental health crisis interrupts their meeting, it may just cause them to think differently about their school spirit and each other.

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The Godot Variations (Waiters for Godot/Call Waiting for Godot/Whining for Godot)

Comedy. 9 - 15 minutes. 3-10 any gender.
High school and older

In this series of send-ups of one of the best known classics of existential drama, will Godot ever show up anywhere?

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Gone Fishing Gone

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

It's been a Father's Day tradition for Jack and his dad to go fishing, but now that Dad's gone, can Mom take over, even though she's never fished before?

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Goodbye, Room

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

Two sisters prepare to move out of the bedroom they share—and discover they haven't packed everything.

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Gray Matters

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

To break his losing streak on the basketball court, Gray enlists the help of feng-shui master Isabel, but helping him win may not be the only thing on her agenda...

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Great Expectations, or What I Did On My Summer Vacation

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...?

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Grow Up, Juliet

Comedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 2 males.
High school and older.

Shakespeare's classic tragic heroine Juliet discovers that she is the victim of an elaborate hoax.

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Guts

Comedy. 6 - 8 minutes. 4 any gender.
High school and older.

When a fight breaks out at school, two bystanders find it's fun to pass judgment from afar...until they realize just how close to home the blows are landing.

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Hashtag Adorable

Comedy. 8 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 1 male, 5-10+ any gender.
Middle school and older.

Elizabeth is dying to ask her crush to prom, but that means coming out publicly—can Elizabeth find the courage to take that step?

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Her Reign

Drama. 10 minutes. 2 females, 2-15+ any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

After finding out her nomination for homecoming court was a cruel joke, can Sophie find the courage to go to homecoming and face her bullies?

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Hero's Journey

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 3 males (4 performers total).
High school and older.

In this satire of the traditional heroic narrative, young Theos finally completes the treacherous journey necessary to reach his boon, an all-powerful emerald, only to discover that he cannot have it until completes his emotional journey as well.

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Hipster Van Winkle

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.

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HKFN: The Abbreviated Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (ten-minute version)

Comedy. 10 minutes. 3-7 females, 2-6 males (5-9 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

When an actor tries to escape a production of the controversial Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by running away from school, the play gives chase.

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Holding

Dramedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 4 females, 4 males.
High school and older.

Four teens grapple with their uncertain futures as they wait to be picked up at a police station.

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Hook, Line and Sinker

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...

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How Blue is My Crocodile

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females.
Elementary school and older.

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

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How Penny Got Her Pep Back

Comedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 3 females.
High school and older.

Everything has gone wrong during Penny's tenure as Pep Squad president, but sometimes trying is what really matters. 

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How to Get Famous in Theatre

Comedy. 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

When a boy falls in love with a girl who wants to be an actress, thus begins the search for the perfect play.

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I Know You Are But What Am I?

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 4 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Four teenagers confront their roles as bullies, bystanders, and victims and ask themselves what they have become.

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I'm Totally Getting Sent to Bible Camp This Summer

Dramedy. 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

 Is the "right" thing to do always the right thing to do?

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If At First You Don't Succeed

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females, 3 males.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Josh is determined to take Adelia to prom, but who knew promposing could be such a health hazard?

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Imitate the Sun

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 3 males.
High School and older performers.

Two promising acting students have been working on college audition pieces from Henry IV, Part I when their drama coach breaks the bad news: he has just lost his job.

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Jax-in-a-Box

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

When an unpopular teen resorts to living in a cardboard box in the parking lot, his life gets a lot easier...or does it?

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Kadija & Swann

Comedy. 15 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

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

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King's Gambit

Drama. 7 - 9 minutes. 1-6 females, 2-5 males (7-14 performers possible with addition of non-speaking chess pieces).
High school and older.

Transgender high school freshman Cassius plays a high stakes game of chess with himself...

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Larry of the Lake

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

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

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Last Right Before the Void

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.

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Le Goalie

Dramedy. 13 - 17 minutes. 1 male, 1 female.
Middle school and older.

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

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Let Them Play

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females, 1 male, 2 any gender (5 total performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

After a trans student gets suspended from the girls' soccer team and their story goes viral on social media, will their friends in the school's LGBTQ+ Rainbow Club be able to help them cope with the fallout?

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Like A Knife

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?

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Linda

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!).

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The Lion and the Boar

Comedy. 6 - 7 minutes. 3 males.
Middle school and older.

Two boys fight over one cupcake, until a bully threatens to take it away from them both.

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Log Off

Drama. 9 - 12 minutes. 2-3 females, 1-2 males (4 performers total).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

The afternoon of a party, four teenagers "connect" on social media, and things take a troubling turn.

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Loose and Missing Teeth

Horror. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 any gender.
Mature middle school and older.

Two friends are enjoying a night out, until they realize that's something's off...

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A Loser Like You

Dramedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females, 3 males (5 gender-flexible performers total).
Middle school and older.

Five teens in five scenes that march backward through time experience the cruel ups and downs of any old school day, but the person we think is the jerk at the beginning is the victim in the very next scene, and on and on, until we find that the hurt has no beginning and no end.

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The Man Card

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 4 males.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Justin's knee injury has knocked him out for the season, and his teammates do their best to prepare for his arrival at his final practice.

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The Mask on the Bench

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...?

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Masks

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

When a cyber attack blurs the lines between good and evil, four friends must unravel who's really the victim and who's the bully.

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Math-O-Freak

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

Libby and Robin calculate how to make ballet as much fun as football for their math-mad friend Kirk.

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A Memory to Forget

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."

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Metalhead Thread

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.

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Moby (No Last Name Given)

Comedy. 10 minutes. 3-10 females, 1-10 males, (5-13+ performers total).
High school and older.

When Ish (for short) joins mad Captain Ahab in his search for the great white whale, hilarity ensues as Herman Melville's classic tale gets twisted, fractured, and stitched back together in this warped, high speed not-quite-a-musical.

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The Morgan Show

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

As the curtain rises once again on The Morgan Show, Morgan needs to decide whose opinion matters the most: the audience's...or her own.

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Much, Much Later

Comedy. 10 minutes. 3 any gender.
Middle school and older.

When three aliens try to unravel the mystery of humanity's disappearance, could their last, best hope for answers be a Barbie doll?

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Murder by Midnight

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 2 males (with some gender flexibility).
High school and older.

Hotel detective Dick Piston has ten minutes to solve a brutal murder for a half-naked widow, or risk losing her case to the day shift.  

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My Little Brother

Dramedy. 6 - 8 minutes. 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

A little brother can be a big pain in the you-know-what--but he's still your brother.

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The Naming of Things

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

A boy in a dark hole and a girl surrounded by anxious birds find one another and begin a conversation.

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A New Story from Rabbit and Frog

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.

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Ninja In Blue Jeans

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

A teenage girl spying on the boy of her dreams gains an ally in her quest, or is her new friend on a mission of her own...?

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A Number of Secrets

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

Two teenage girls joke about eating disorders until they realize one of their classmates is bulimic.

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Odysseus Comes Home

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females, 4 males, 6-20+ any gender (11-25+ performers possible).
Middle school and older performers and audiences.

With help from the Goddess Athena, Odysseus finally comes home—but learning humility may prove to be a lot harder than killing people.

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An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Drama. 10 - 12 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

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

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On a Scale of One to Ten

Comedy. 10 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

Will Tilda's compulsion to pair the rating game with the dating game result in a score that's off the charts...or game over?

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One Last Trick

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

Syd wants to ask his best friend Claire out with a magic filled promposal, but there may be some things that even magic can't fix.

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Options

Comedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

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?

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Orni-what?

Comedy. 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
High school and older.

For three high school friends, the big riddle is figuring out the difference between a dream and pie in the sky.

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The Other Side

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?

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Our New Tradition

Drama. 12 - 15 minutes. 1 female, 2 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Three siblings must find a way to rekindle some lost holiday magic during their first Christmas without two loved ones.

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Our Song

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.

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Out Post

Drama. 6 - 8 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

When Cruz suffers the scorn of the popular crowd after posting a personal picture online, she struggles with her big sister's reluctance to protect her.

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Pepperoni Apocalypse

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.

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Phantom

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?

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Phantom Limb

Drama. 10 - 12 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
High school and older.

Two teens, one the child of a journalist, the other of a soldier, confront each other and their own losses on a day of remembrance.

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Phone Less

Comedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 8+ any gender (8-15+ performers possible).
Middle school and older.

When a town's phones disappear overnight, two teens launch a search-and-rescue mission, but what if technology itself is trying to send them a message...?

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Pick Nick

Dramedy. 9 - 12 minutes. 2 any gender.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Nick knows how humiliating it is to be picked last in class, because he's been the last one chosen his entire life...until now.

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The Piggy Pit

Dramedy. 7 - 10 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

As disaster hits the Piggy Pit barbecue restaurant, June and Carrie are forced to confront their futures.

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Piglet

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.

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Pitched

Dramedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

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.

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A Poodle More Beautiful

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?

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Poster Children

Comedy. 9 - 11 minutes. 1 male, 1 female.
High school and older.

Can straight-A student Paula and fresh-from-suspension Brian put aside their differences long enough to convince their fellow high schoolers to stop drinking and driving, or will their project turn into a train wreck like their friendship?

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Pretty

Drama. 7 - 9 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

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

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Pride and Prejudice Abridged

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. 

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The Prom Dress

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.

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Prom Ninja

Comedy. 12 - 15 minutes. 2 females, 2 males.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Though everyone around her seems to have come down with prom fever, overachiever Nina refuses to join the crowd...but to meet her deadline and find the perfect angle for the prom yearbook story may mean she has to join the crazy.

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Proud Mary and Prejudiced Lydia

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.

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Pursued by a Bear

Comedy. 9 - 11 minutes. 1 any gender.
High school and older.

When you're a bear and your habitat disappears...it's time to join the high school track team.

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The Randomness of Bees

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.

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Ranger

Drama. 11 - 14 minutes. 2 males.
Middle school and older.

When Luis's father sells his dog to a man up north, Luis makes a plan with his brother to go retrieve him—but is Luis ever planning to come back, or will he leave behind the town he hates and everything he has ever known?

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The Raven and the Swan

Comedy. 4 - 6 minutes. 2 females or 2 males (not mixed).
Middle school and older.

If you can't change who you are, be happy with your green hair.

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re'open our eyes

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?

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Refloat Our Whale

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 3 females.
High school and older.

A high school principal and two of her students deal with the aftermath of a cyberbullying case.

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Rising Sophomore

Drama. 9 - 10 minutes. 2 males.
High school (or advanced middle school) and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

What do you do when a kid who's bullied you for years suddenly wants to talk?

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Romancing the Tombstone

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.

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Romeo and Juliet Revised

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?

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Rondo à la Bongo

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

Two girls, a guy and a cat named Bongo.

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Room for Two

Drama. 10 - 12 minutes. 2 females.
High school and older.

It's hard enough for Jen to adjust to her mother's marriage to Lissa's father, but things go from bad to worse when she's forced to share her bedroom with her miserable stepsister.

 

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Room Temperature

Dramedy. 9 - 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

A teen tries to deflect a bully by responding with openness, but his sister insists on fighting fire with fire.

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Rules for Toasting Marshmallows

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?

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Secrets

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

Sixteen-year-old Rory is on the cusp of coming out as ace—asexual—but who can she trust her secret to?

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Seesaw

Drama. 8 - 12 minutes. 1 female, 3 males.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

When troublemaking high school dropout Ace takes up residence at his neighborhood playground, can a visit from his childhood friends help him accept life as an adult?

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Shovels and Hacksaws

Comedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 any gender (optional).
High school and older.

When "teen" vampire Celeste accidentally sucks the life out of her date...again, is it time for yet another burial, or for a long overdue awakening?

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Silver Linings

Dramedy. 7 - 9 minutes. 1 female, 1 male.
Middle school and older.

Two teenagers, each trying to recover from a devastating loss, discover their shared grief might lead to a special friendship.

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Six of Beer

Comedy. 6 - 8 minutes. 2 males, 1 any gender (3 performers total).
Middle school and older.

In the face of impending/imminent beer, teenager Brice finds six reasons and six ways to say no to drinking on a school night.

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The Smallest Heroes

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 2 females, plus a female offstage voice.
High school and older.

Ellen wants Alice to come out to her parents, but is Alice ready to go down that rabbit hole...?

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Smitten

Comedy. 10 - 12 minutes. 1 female, 2 males.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Painfully self-conscious about his enormous nose, Cyrano, who secretly loves Roxane but fears her rejection, abandons his plan to ask her to prom and agrees to help bumbling Christian "prompose" to her.

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Snakes in a Lunchbox

Dramedy. 10 minutes. 2 females, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

Two girls plan the ultimate revenge on the school bully stealing their lunches, but just when their plan is a go, the bully turns the tables on them in a way they never imagined...

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Snow White and the Seven Chilaquiles

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.

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Speech & Debate

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?

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Spinning

Comedy. 15 - 20 minutes. 2 any gender.
High school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

A teenage sign spinner suddenly has competition for their favorite corner.

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Stars (two females)

Drama. 12 - 14 minutes. 2 females.
High School and older.

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.

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Stars (two males - Persian version)

Drama. 12 - 14 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

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.

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Stars (two males)

Drama. 12 - 14 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

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.

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Straight Eye for the Gay Guy

Dramedy. 8 - 10 minutes. 2 males.
High school and older.

When you're a gay teen but apparently not the right kind, where else can you turn for help...but to your straight friend!?

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The Strong Friend

Drama. 10 - 15 minutes. 2+ females, 1+ males (3+ performers possible).
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

Hannah, known as Rocky, is that strong friend everyone leans on again and again—but who can she lean on?

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The Student and the Mathematician

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

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

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Sugar Horror

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

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

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The Summoning Sky

Drama. 8 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 1 any gender.
Middle school and older.

When decisions must be made about what to do with Sam's father's ashes, Sam decides that it's time to emerge from his own private world in order to truly be heard.

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Sunset Johnson

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

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

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sunset on seb and hiro.

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?

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Sweet Dreams

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

Jordan's Harvard dreams are in danger of dying, but when her B-F-F fairy introduces her to the power of sleep...

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Sweetheart

Comedy. 8 - 13 minutes. 3-4 females, 1-2 males (5 performers total).
High school and older.

On a rainy night, a happy family comes to the haunting realization that they are not all as happy and perfect as they perceived.

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Tag

Drama. 7 - 10 minutes. 3 any gender.
High school and older.

Three taggers on the run from the cops find themselves on the roof of the city's art institute, where they're confronted with their own ideas about art and question who is ultimately responsible for their work.

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A Taste of Oz

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.

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There Is No Down

Drama. 11 - 13 minutes. 1 female, 2 males.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

A bullied teenager tries to find solace by escaping into his childhood, but learns that he must face reality to feel comfortable with who he is.

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Thinking Outside the (Litter) Box

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.

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Three First Kisses

Dramedy. 10 - 15 minutes. 3 females.
Middle school and older.

When three eighth grade girls discover that not one of them has kissed a boy, is it time to get it over with and do the deed, or is that perfect moment worth waiting for...?

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Three Padded Walls

Drama. 8 - 12 minutes. 2 females, 1 optional any gender (2-3 performers possible).
Middle school and older.

How can Jenny be crazy when she's the only one who knows what's really going on? 

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Three Sides to Every Story

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.

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Time Warp

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.

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To the Rescue

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.

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