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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).
Aesop's timeless fables get a 21st century reboot, with 8 writers putting a contemporary comic spin to the classic yarns. More Info... More Info... |
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).
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. More Info... More Info... |
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).
A comedic baker's dozen comes together in one performable collection, with gender-flexible opportunities for every teen actor to find their moment. More Info... More Info... |
Brink Time
Performable Collection.
Dramedy.
40 - 45 minutes.
3-13 females, 0-5 males (4-13 performers possible).
Young people must face the dramatic impact of sudden change in this quartet of short plays. More Info... More Info... |
Bullying, Ink.
Performable Collection.
Comedy.
130 - 150 minutes.
4-25 females, 3-17 males, 8+ any gender (6-50+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Classics for Kids: Four Plays Adapted from the Books of Don Freeman
Performable Collection.
40 - 60 minutes.
3-13 females, 3-14 males (6-24 performers possible with considerable gender flexibility)
A praying mantis with a passion for music, a boy in serious need of a haircut, a lion playing dress-up and the iconic teddy bear, Corduroy, are just a few of the characters from the magical and welcoming worlds created by Don Freeman. More Info... More Info... |
Follow That Funny
Anthology.
Comedy.
140 - 165 minutes.
2-30 females, 2-21 males (4-41 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
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).
A collection of short plays about coming of age and the dramatic impact of sudden change on young lives. More Info... | |
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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).
Eight short plays by emerging and experienced playwrights about teens navigating the pressures imposed by others and those they impose on themselves. More Info... | |
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Grow Up, Girls
Performable Collection.
Comedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
3-10 females, 0-3 males (4-10 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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It's Elementary, Too! Twelve Short Plays for Lower Elementary School Actors
Performable Collection.
100 - 160 minutes.
Individual casts range from 5-50+ performers, with over 100 roles in all.
With themes of empathy and teamwork woven throughout, this tapestry of zany comedies and heartfelt dramas for lower elementary school is sure to delight, challenge and inspire young performers and audiences alike. More Info... More Info... |
It's Elementary! Twelve Short Plays for Upper Elementary School Actors
Performable Collection.
10 - 140 minutes.
Individual casts range from 2-30+ performers, with over 100 roles in all.
Whether it's navigating an unfamiliar environment, coping with learning differences at school or taking on new responsibilities, these twelve short plays ranging from large-cast comedies to meaty dramas explore the age-appropriate concerns of upper elementary age students. More Info... More Info... |
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).
Twelve YouthPLAYS authors open fire on the classics with parodies of reading list standards. More Info... More Info... |
Middle Schoolin' It
Anthology.
140 - 160 minutes.
Up to 23 females and 19 males.
Fifteen short plays, ideal for classroom use, competition or one-act festivals, offer middle school actors the opportunity to tackle a wide variety of styles and subjects in plays that range from light-hearted romps to serious looks at what it means to grow up. More Info... More Info... |
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).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... More Info... |
On the Edge: Challenging Short Plays for Teen Actors
Anthology.
120 - 140 minutes.
2-18 females, 2-12 males (4-30 performers possible).
Fifteen edgy short plays to challenge high school actors, ideal for classroom use, competition or one-act festivals. More Info... More Info... |
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).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
Ten short plays about the cultural phenomenon known as "promposing" explore both the sublime and the ridiculous in this modern coming-of-age ritual. More Info... More Info... |
Pushed
Performable Collection.
Dramedy.
65 - 75 minutes.
5-23 females, 3-17 males (8-35 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Youth on the Outs(ide)
Performable Collection.
Dramedy.
60 - 70 minutes.
3-13 females, 1-9 males (4-16 performers possible).
As they navigate high school life in the great (or not so great) outdoors, the teens in these six short plays brave boatyards, graveyards and more—discovering where they need to go along the way. | |
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Youth on the Roof
Performable Collection.
Comedy.
55 - 65 minutes.
3-14 females, 1-9 males (4-16 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Full-Length Adaptations Script Bundle
Adaptation.
70 - 110 minutes.
Varies by title.
Twelve full-length adaptations ranging from classics to serial comics to build up your script library. More Info... More Info... |
It's History Script Bundle
Drama.
20 - 125 minutes.
Varies by title.
Eight plays that draw their inspiration from real historical events, ranging from the colonial period to both world wars and more. More Info... More Info... |
Shakespeare and Company Script Bundle
Genre varies by title.
30 - 120 minutes.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Small Cast Theatre for Young Audiences Script Bundle (4 actors or fewer)
Genre varies by title.
15 - 70 minutes.
Varies by title.
Twelve plays for young audiences that have casts ranging from one to four actors, ideal for touring. More Info... More Info... |
Vignette-Style Script Bundle
Genre varies by title.
23 - 110 minutes.
Varies by title.
Thirteen plays written in the popular vignette (aka episodic) style, often with very flexible casting, great for classwork and performance alike. More Info... More Info... |
Aladdin! Choose Your Own Arabian Night (full-length version)
Comedy.
100 - 110 minutes.
4+ females, 4+ males, 4+ any gender (12-40+ performers possible).
The audience's wishes are granted when Choose Your Own Adventure meets Aladdin in this zany comedy. More Info... | |
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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).
Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry. More Info... | |
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Almost Mary (full-length version)
Drama.
60 - 70 minutes.
6 females, 4 males, 2+ any gender (8-12+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Anne of Green Gables
Drama.
100 - 120 minutes.
6-14 females, 2-5 males, 1+ any gender (9-20+ performers possible).
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).
As You Like It goes to high school as Shakespeare's classic collides with "catfishing" in this contemporary adaptation. More Info... More Info... |
An Avalanche of Murder
Mystery/Suspense.
75 - 85 minutes.
8-11 females, 5-7 males (13-16 performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
The Baseball King
Comedy.
80 - 100 minutes.
2-25 females, 4-25 males (17-50 performers possible).
A modern retelling of the famous friendships, family, and feuds between David, Jonathan, and King Saul...baseball style. More Info... More Info... |
Blood Royal: A Play of the Princes in the Tower
Drama.
90 - 100 minutes.
5-15 females, 12-40 males (17-55 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers: A Comedy About Competitive Cheerleading
Comedy.
85 - 100 minutes.
7 females, 3 males, 5+ any gender (15-30+ performers possible).
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? More Info... | |
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Brownies, Bicycles and Bigfoot
Comedy.
60 - 70 minutes.
4-6 females, 2-4 males, (8 performers total).
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...? More Info... More Info... |
Cauldron Bubble
Comedy.
65 - 75 minutes.
4-13 females, 6-13 males (10-20+ performers possible). 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? More Info... | |
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Choose Your Own Oz
Comedy.
85 - 100 minutes.
4-15 females, 4-15 males (10-30+ performers possible).
The audience calls the shots as the The Wizard of Oz meets Choose Your Own Adventure in this fast-paced comedy for all ages. More Info... | |
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A Christmas Carol (full-length version)
Drama.
90 - 100 minutes.
5+ males, 5+ females (10-35+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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Clockwork
Comedy.
65 - 75 minutes.
4 females, 4 males (8 performers plus optional extras).
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).
A group of students attempts Shakespeare's 28th-most loved play with terrible results. More Info... More Info... |
The Comedy of Terrible Errors (small cast)
Comedy.
90 - 110 minutes.
2 females, 2 males (gender-flexible).
A small group of actors attempts Shakespeare's 28th-most-loved play with terrible results. More Info... More Info... |
Crossing the Threshold
Dramedy.
60 - 70 minutes.
6-10 females, 6-10 males (12-20 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Cuentos de Josefina (Josephine's Tales)
Dramedy.
100 - 110 minutes.
6+ females, 4+ males (10-50+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
A Dark and Stormy Knight
Comedy.
95 - 105 minutes.
5 females, 6 males, 5+ any (17-28+ performers possible).
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.
Through scenes and monologues, a group of teen characters search for their "Chuck," that elusive moment of knowing who you are. More Info... | |
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Delaware Mudtub and the Mighty Wampum
Young Audiences.
60 - 65 minutes.
4-8+ females, 2-6+ males (6-14+ performers possible).
Turtle carries the world on her back as the Red Fox, the Great Blue Heron, and otters Earle and Pearl must survive the wild banks of the Delaware River and each other, weaving together the wampum belt of their lives. More Info... | |
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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).
Blaming himself for the death of his mother, teenage Drake believes he is a vampire—can he find his way out of the rabbit hole before it's too late? More Info... | |
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Dream House: A Rainy Day Play
Comedy.
60 - 70 minutes.
1 female.
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. More Info... | |
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Enemy | Flint
Drama.
70 - 80 minutes.
5-17+ females, 3-15+ males (10-20+ performers possible).
Flint's water supply is poisoned, and the young whistleblower is labeled an "enemy of the people." More Info... | |
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The Female Quixote
Comedy.
70 - 80 minutes.
9+ females, 3+ males (12+ performers possible).
A dozen young dreamers work together to transform the 18th century novel The Female Quixote—whose 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. More Info... | |
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Forest Paths
Horror-Comedy.
90 - 100 minutes.
6-45+ any gender.
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... More Info... | |
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Frog Quixote
Comedy.
75 - 80 minutes.
6-17 females, 6-17 males (17-23 performers possible).
A bumbling frog causes chaos when he tries to save his lady-love who has been kidnapped by a dangerous duck...or has she...? More Info... | |
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Front Porch Steps
Drama.
90 - 100 minutes.
3-4 females, 8-11 males (11-15 performers possible).
It's Baltimore, 1966 and the Orioles are battling the Dodgers in the World Series as the Snyder family fights for its own survival. More Info... More Info... |
A Girl of the Limberlost
Drama.
95 - 105 minutes.
6 females, 2 males, 14+ any gender (8-20+ performers possible).
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).
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. More Info... | |
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Golden Ladder
Dramedy.
95 - 110 minutes.
4-8 females, 2-4 males (6-12 performers possible).
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.
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. More Info... | |
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The Goodcheer Home for Broken Hearts
Comedy.
95 - 105 minutes.
7-30+ females, 4-30+ males (14-40+ performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Great Expectations
Drama.
75 - 90 minutes.
1-7 females, 1-5 males, (4-8 performers total).
An orphan named Pip overcomes adversity for the sake of childhood love in this timeless story of the enduring power of the human spirit. More Info... More Info... |
The Hanging of the Greens
Young Audiences.
60 - 70 minutes.
8 females, 3 males, 9 any gender (20 performers total).
If children play instead of hanging up the evergreens for winter protection, they are in danger of being kidnapped by Pinella, the Winter Witch. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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Heartland
Drama.
90 - 100 minutes.
4 females, 4 males, 2+ any gender (10-12+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Isle of Marvels
Adventure.
70 - 80 minutes.
6-11 females, 9-11 males, 3-20+ any (16-50+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Jill Trent Science Sleuth
Comedy.
95 - 105 minutes.
3 females, 3 males, 3-26+ any gender (9-32+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Juliet and Her Romeos
Drama.
100 - 110 minutes.
21 females (with possible non-speaking extras).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Jungle Book
Adventure.
70 - 75 minutes.
2-8 females, 6-22 males (7-24 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Kid Turboni Brings the Rain
Dramedy.
60 - 70 minutes.
2 females, 3 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
La Mancha!
Comedy.
70 - 80 minutes.
7 females, 8 males, 3-33+ any gender (18-50+ performers possible).
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...? More Info... | |
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Les Examables
Comedy.
100 - 110 minutes.
8-28 females, 5-25 males (15-40+ performers possible).
A hilariously insane satire based on the mega-musical Les Misérables. More Info... | |
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Little Women
Drama.
100 - 110 minutes.
11-16+ females, 4-8+ males (15-24+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Lockdown
Dramedy.
75 - 90 minutes.
9-11 females, 4-6 males (15 performers total).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships amidst a pandemic. More Info... | |
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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).
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." More Info... | |
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The Matsuyama Mirror
Drama.
60 - 70 minutes.
4 females, 1 male, 3 any gender.
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? More Info... | |
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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).
When a black, gay high school student finds a pink noose hanging in his locker, he puts it on and all hell breaks loose. More Info... | |
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Melodramatics
Comedy.
65 - 75 minutes.
4-8 females, 5-9 males, plus extras (13-20+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Merry Men
Comedy.
65 - 75 minutes.
6 females, 3 males, 4+ any gender (13+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Mi Coche, Mi Quince
Dramedy.
95 - 110 minutes.
5-12+ females, 3-8+ males (8-20+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Midsummer.com
Comedy.
70 - 80 minutes.
10-16+ females, 5-11+ males (15-35+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Miracle in Mudville
Comedy.
60 - 70 minutes.
13-17+ females, 5-11+ males, (21-31+ performers possible).
With the help of a ghostly librarian, a frustrated little league ballplayer and his friends take an unexpected trip into their parents' past to fix the present. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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A Nutcracker Story
Drama with music.
75 - 90 minutes.
6+ females, 3+ males, 1-15+ any (10-50+ performers possible).
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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Once Upon A Pine: The Adventures of Pinocchio (full-length version)
Dramedy.
90 - 100 minutes.
8-25+ females, 6-25+ males (14-50+ performers possible).
The classic story of Pinocchio comes to life in this sparkling full-length adaptation that's fun for theatregoers of all ages! More Info... | |
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One Good Thing
Drama.
120 - 130 minutes.
13-30 females, 8-25 males (12-40+ performers possible).
Two teenagers who don't know each other deal with tragedy and struggle in the search for one good thing. More Info... More Info... |
Patagonia
Comedy.
80 - 90 minutes.
1-6 females, 2-7 males (6-8 performers possible).
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).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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? More Info... | |
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Prime
Comedy.
80 - 85 minutes.
6 females, 6 males, 6 any gender (18 performers total).
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. More Info... | |
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The Prince and the Pauper
Historical Dramedy.
120 minutes.
5+ females, 9+ males (14-80+ performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Queen Zixi of Ix: Or The Story of the Magic Cloak
Dramedy.
60 - 75 minutes.
5-25+ females, 5-25+ males (10-50+ performers possible).
From the man who brought us The Wizard of Oz, this is the story of two orphaned children, aided by a group of misguided fairies, who unwittingly become rulers the great land of Noland and must battle to save it from the clutches of the evil Roly Rogues and the mysterious Queen Zixi of Ix. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Drama.
105 - 115 minutes.
4+ females, 6+ males (12-40 performers possible).
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).
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? More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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The Secret Adversary
Mystery/Suspense.
65 - 75 minutes.
2-6 females, 3-12 males (5-18 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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ShakeSPLOSION!!!
Comedy.
75 - 85 minutes.
9-21+ females, 4-14+ males (14-100+ performers possible).
Every play written by William Shakespeare! In 80 minutes!! Performed by teenagers!!! More Info... | |
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The Snow Queen
Young Audiences.
60 - 65 minutes.
6-9 females, 5-6 males, 8 any gender (12-23 performers possible).
Facing frozen monsters, freezing weather, and the evil Snow Queen, young Gerda searches the northern tundra to save her brother Kai in this adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen story. | |
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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).
A bilingual fable of young hunters competing for leadership of an ancient society which is threatened by a mysterious beast. More Info... More Info... |
A Stranger on the Bus
Drama.
110 - 125 minutes.
12-50 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Summer I Howled
Horror Comedy.
85 - 95 minutes.
6 females, 1 male, 9+ any gender (16+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Superhero Ultraferno (full-length version)
Comedy.
100 - 110 minutes.
6-50 females, 6-50 males (12-90+ actors possible).
A crack team of actors tries to cover every superhero story in the craziest way imaginable. More Info... | |
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Tales of the Windship
Young Audiences.
75 - 80 minutes.
3-25+ females, 3-25+ males (6-55 performers possible).
Step aboard the Windship, then set sail with a lost girl seeking a home somewhere in the wide world of fairy tales. More Info... More Info... |
Teen Mogul
Dramedy.
75 - 90 minutes.
4 females, 4 males, flexible ensemble of up to 12 any (8-20 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
A Thousand and One Nights of Reality Television
Comedy.
60 - 70 minutes.
6-14 females, 5-11 males, 4-28+ any (15-50+ performers possible).
Fairy tales meet reality TV as producer Scheherazade must satisfy the Sultan with a new show a night or find herself on the cutting room floor—literally. More Info... More Info... |
Totally Okay, Right Now
Comedy.
65 - 70 minutes.
6 females, 1-2 males (7-8 performers possible)
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?! More Info... More Info... |
The Very Bad Girl Scouts
Comedy.
60 - 65 minutes.
10-16 females, 4-7 males (11-30 performers possible).
A brother and sister from Germany move to America, where they search for friendship and battle a troop of evil Girl Scouts. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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Whirligig (full-length version)
Drama.
65 - 75 minutes.
2-21 females, 3-21 males (5-30+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Whirligig (Virtual Edition)
Drama.
65 - 75 minutes.
2-21 females, 3-21 males (5-30+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Xtigone
Drama.
90 - 100 minutes.
5-15+ females, 4-15+ males (9-30+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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You Go, Goddess!
Comedy..
90 - 100 minutes.
10-20+ females, 3-10 males, 3-10+ any (16-40+ performers possible).
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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4 A.M.
Musical.
75 - 85 minutes.
4+ females, 4+ males (8-40+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Alice on the Other Side
Musical.
90 - 100 minutes.
6-30+ females, 6-30+ males (12-50+ performers possible).
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. |
ALiEN8
Musical.
95 - 100 minutes.
6-8+ females, 5-7+ males, 2-6+ any gender (15-21+ performers possible).
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).
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. More Info... | |
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The Argonauts
Musical.
55 - 65 minutes.
6-14+ females, 6-14+ males (15-45+ performers possible).
Jason's mythological quest for the Golden Fleece mashes up with modern times and rock & roll. More Info... | |
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Best Foot Forward
Musical.
45 - 55 minutes.
2-8 gender-flexible performers.
When a farm kid and city kid compete in a dance competition, will they let their differences divide them or find their footing on some common ground? | |
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Brats in Space
Musical.
45 - 60 minutes.
8-15 females, 7-9 males, 9+ any gender (15-35 performers possible).
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? More Info... | |
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The Buttonhole Bandit
Musical.
60 minutes.
3-6 females, 3-6 males (6-12 performers possible).
Little Phoebe spends her after school hours cowering in a closet—until she spies a moth flying through a buttonhole that draws her in, hurling her into an alien galaxy and a perilous journey of self discovery. More Info... | |
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Camp Monster
Musical.
60 - 75 minutes.
8-11 females, 7-11 males (plus unlimited ensemble members; 15-50+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... More Info... |
It's Raining Tamales!
Musical.
55 - 65 minutes.
3-9+ females, 3-7+ males (6-13+ performers possible).
Hector finds a bag of money hidden in the woods, but when he brings it home to his wiser wife, Inez, she must devise a clever plan to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. More Info... | |
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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).
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? More Info... | |
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K.C.@Bat
Musical.
45 - 60 minutes.
4-7+ females, 1-5+ males (11-50+ performers possible).
The new girl in town whips her down-and-out local baseball team into shape, teaching them teamwork and dedication and leading them all the way to the championship game, where she may learn a thing or two herself... More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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The Last Starfighter (full-length version)
Musical.
85 - 95 minutes.
6-30+ females, 9-30+ males (15-60+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Little Red
Musical.
90 - 100 minutes.
8-9 females, 2 males, 3+ any gender (10-20+ performers possible).
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).
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...? More Info... More Info... |
Mita, the Magnificent
Musical.
35 - 40 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 1 optional any gender.
Can Mita, a sweet and always hungry termite, save her neighbors from starvation and find the friendship she longs for? More Info... | |
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One Smart Pig
Musical.
45 - 55 minutes.
5-20 females, 3-20 males (8-40+ performers possible).
A respectful yet hilarious take on a traditional fairy story of three young pigs and their battle with the Bad Wolf, with eleven original songs, all carefully written to work well with young voices. More Info... | |
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The Pirates of Penzance
Musical.
80 - 90 minutes.
4-50+ females, 4-50+ males (8-100+ performers possible).
Well-mannered, gentle and compassionate pirates woo and marry wealthy heiresses in this refreshing update of the classic nautical-themed musical comedy. More Info... | |
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Prince Ugly
Musical.
100 - 110 minutes.
7+ females, 6+ males (15-50+ performers possible).
What is a true friend? A fun, often zany contemporary musical fairy tale about identity and friendship. More Info... | |
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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). 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. More Info... | |
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The Secret Garden (musical version)
Musical.
105 minutes.
8-16+ females, 5-16+ males (16-35+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Sleepy Hollow
Musical.
60 - 90 minutes.
5+ females, 6+ males (11+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Tantrum on the Tracks
Musical.
45 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 1 any gender.
An interactive musical for kids about the very first day with the big train for two young train cars, and how they learn to follow the rules and make new friends. More Info... | |
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Thumbelina
Musical.
30 - 40 minutes.
5-13 any gender.
Neither Thumbelina nor The Fairy Monarch have ever belonged, but are they meant to find each other, or will they learn to write their own stories? More Info... | |
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The Wind in the Willows (musical version)
Musical.
80 - 90 minutes.
8-25+ females, 3-25+ males (15-50+ performers possible).
When Mole summons up the courage to leave her underground home, she might just find that friendship and adventure await in the world above.
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Wish, A Musical
Musical.
65 - 70 minutes.
4-8 females, 3-4 males, 1+ any gender (8-25+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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A (Very Zombie) Christmas Carol (One-Act Version)
Comedy.
25 - 30 minutes.
2 females, 4 males, 2-6+ any gender (8-12+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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The Absurdist Super Hero Fairy Tale
Comedy.
30 - 45 minutes.
4-6 females, 5-7 males (10-12 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Adventures of Little Red Robin Hood
Comedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
7-12 females, 2-7 males (14 performers total).
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? More Info... More Info... |
The Adventures of Rocky & Skye
Comedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
2-21 females, 2-16 males, (4-37 performers total).
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. More Info... | |
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Aesop and George
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
8-18 females, 4-14 males (16-24 performers total).
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! More Info... More Info... |
Al Dente
Comedy.
45 - 55 minutes.
5-6 females, 2-3 males (8 performers total).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Aladdin! Choose Your Own Arabian Night (one-act version)
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
4 females, 4 males, 4+ any gender (12-40+ performers possible).
The audience's wishes are granted when Choose Your Own Adventure meets Aladdin in this zany comedy. More Info... More Info... |
Algebreathe
Comedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
4 any gender.
While brainstorming an idea for a group math project, four high school juniors come up with solutions to some of their own shared anxieties. |
Alice in Wonderland
Adaptation.
35 - 45 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 14+ any gender (9-30 performers possible).
Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry. More Info... | |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Comedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
2 females, 5-18+ any gender (7-20+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Alice's Birthday Suprise
Comedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
15 females, 7 males.
Too many people have too many plans to surprise Alice for her birthday, and when the colliding plans wind up on live TV, Alice isn't the only one who gets a surprise. |
Alice's Christmas in Wonderland
Comedy.
55 - 60 minutes.
3 females, 3 males, 15+ any gender (21-30+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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All of You
Drama.
35 - 45 minutes.
3 females, 2 males, 2 any.
An undergraduate chemistry student with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) risks everything to free herself from the pain of her past. More Info... | |
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Almost Mary (one-act version)
Drama.
35 - 40 minutes.
6 females, 4 males, 2 any gender (8-12+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
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).
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. More Info... | |
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Anna's Perfect Party and the Amazing Magician's Marvelous Mistake
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
2 males, 2 females, 2 any gender.
Nobody's perfect, but Anna can't stop trying—until she meets an Amazing Magician who makes her wish come true! More Info... | |
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Apo in the Sky
Folktale.
40 - 50 minutes.
2-4 females, 2-4 males, 1-3 any gender (5-11 performers possible).
In this reimagined adaptation of a classic Filipino folktale, Apo visits the Sky and learns that the most precious things in life might be closer than we think. More Info... | |
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The Artists of Ice and Snow
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
4-20+ any gender.
To decide who is responsible for winter, Rain, Wind, Sun and Ocean hold a contest—but the answer may just surprise them all. More Info... | |
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The Astonishing Adventures of the White Weevil
Comedy.
40 - 45 minutes.
5-8 females, 4-7 males (12 performers total).
To give it a ratings boost, a chauvinistic 1942 radio show gets a female superhero...and hilarious chaos ensues. More Info... | |
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Aurelia's Magic
Dramedy.
55 - 60 minutes.
2-3 females, 3-4 males (5-7 performers possible).
For a young girl aching to grow up, what could be better than to find a fairy that can grant her that wish? More Info... | |
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Band-a-thon!
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
4-6 females, 2-4 males (6-10 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Batten Down the Hatchlings
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
3 females, 3 males, 7 any gender.
The Native American tale of an eagle being raised as a prairie chicken is retold with a happy ending and as many bad chicken jokes as possible. More Info... More Info... |
Beef Junkies
Comedy.
25 - 30 minutes.
1 female, 2 males.
What do you do when you're addicted to beef and there's only one cow left on earth? More Info... | |
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The Beggar Prince
Comedy.
45 - 55 minutes.
5-12+ females, 2-8+ males (7-20+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
Summoning a demon to save the annual drama club fundraiser seems likes a stroke of genius—until she doesn't want to leave! More Info... | |
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Between Mars and Me
Drama.
30 - 40 minutes.
2 any gender.
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? More Info... | |
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The Big Bad Bullysaurus
Comedy.
40 - 45 minutes.
2 females, 3 males, 2 any gender (gender-flexible).
When Ryan Rex Jr., a little dinosaur with a lot of gumption, finds himself in the middle of a big bully problem, he ends up learning a valuable lesson about friendship and forgiveness. More Info... | |
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The Big Bad Bullysaurus (4-Person Version)
Comedy.
40 - 45 minutes.
4 any gender.
When Ryan Rex Jr., a little dinosaur with a lot of gumption, finds himself in the middle of a big bully problem, he ends up learning a valuable lesson about friendship and forgiveness. More Info... | |
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The Boston Massacre
Drama.
40 - 50 minutes.
14-40+ any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Boy Who Cried Dragon
Young Audiences.
25 - 30 minutes.
3-4 females, 2-3 males (6 performers total).
The one time Travis needs people to believe one of his wild stories might be the one time he's actually telling the truth. More Info... More Info... |
Boys vs. Girls: Armageddon
Dramedy.
38 - 55 minutes.
6-8 females, 5 males, plus non-speaking roles (11-60+ performers possible).
Two best friends may be the only thing standing between total male vs. female armageddon. More Info... | |
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The Boys, The Bed, and The Balsa
Comedy.
25 - 30 minutes.
3 males.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Brave Little Tailor
Comedy.
40 - 60 minutes.
2-20+ females, 2-20+ males (13-30+ performers possible).
A child, through the magic of his grandmother's attic, is transported into the fable of the Brave Little Tailor and must outwit a host of colorful characters to learn where true bravery comes from. More Info... | |
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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).
Based on an Italian folktale, this lively play centers on the joys of family and the wonders and magic of Italian food. More Info... | |
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The Bremen Town Black Cat Band
Dramedy with music.
45 - 55 minutes.
1-6+ females, 2-7+ males, 5 any (8-29+ performers possible). An accordion-playing Donkey is inexplicably chased away from his loving home by his affectionate human "parents," but even after achieving musical fame, his heart still cries out for the answer to why he was sent away—and for home. More Info... | |
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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).
Born in prison, Chou is befriended by an enchanted butterfly whose stories take Chou around the middle kingdom; could they take Chou to freedom? More Info... | |
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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.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Calamity
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
3 females, 4-12 any gender (7-15 performers possible).
The completely, absolutely, one-hundred-per-cent true (no fooling!) story of how twelve-year-old Calamity Jane saved the terrified town of Hoopersville. More Info... | |
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Caliban's Island
Dramedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 1 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Carina Comes Out
Dramedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
3 females, 2 males, 2-15 any gender (7-20 performers possible).
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? More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Carolina Dive
Drama.
30 - 35 minutes.
5-10 females, 2-4 males, (7-12 performers possible, plus extras).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Chairs
Horror.
15 - 20 minutes.
11 any gender, plus up to 9 optional extras.
Ten teens who have been mysteriously locked in a room try to survive a deadly game of musical chairs. More Info... | |
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Charlie the No-Good, Really-Rotten, Cheat-A-Saurus Rex
Comedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
1 male, 6 any gender.
Journey back in time with Charlie Cheat-A-Saurus Rex, a young dinosaur who'd rather spend his time playing Rex Box video games than studying for his SATs (Scales and Tails Examination)—but on the day of the big test, an underprepared Charlie is forced to make a tough decision, try the best he can...or cheat! More Info... More Info... |
Charlie the No-Good, Really-Rotten, Cheat-A-Saurus Rex (4-Person Version)
Comedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
4 any gender.
Journey back in time with Charlie Cheat-A-Saurus Rex, a young dinosaur who'd rather spend his time playing Rex Box video games than studying for his SATs (Scales and Tails Examination)—but on the day of the big test, an underprepared Charlie is forced to make a tough decision, try the best he can...or cheat! More Info... More Info... |
Children of Hooverville
Drama.
45 - 55 minutes.
10 females, 3 males (with up to 7 additional non-speaking roles; 13-20 performers possible).
During the Dust Bowl era, a hopeful 13-year-old journeys with her friends and family to California in search of a better life. More Info... | |
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Chiraptophobia
Drama.
30 - 40 minutes.
6 females, 2 males, 4 any gender (8-12 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
A Christmas Carol (one-act version)
Drama.
35 - 45 minutes.
5+ females, 5+ males (10-35+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Cinderella Chronicles
Comedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
7-17+ females, 1-11+ males (8-28+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Cinderella: The Fairy Godmother's Tale
Comedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
3-5 females, 1-3 males (6 performers total). Everyone knows what happened at the ball, but no one knows what the Fairy Godmother had to do for Cinderella to win the prince's heart. More Info... | |
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Clay
Dramedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
2 males, 2 females.
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. More Info... | |
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Clever Catherine
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
1-6 females, 1-6 males (5-7 performers possible).
The King marries Catherine for her wit, only to discover that she is unable to turn it off--but perhaps crafting the most clever riddle of all will prove just how much she loves him...and he needs her. More Info... More Info... |
Clothes-Minded
Dramedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
2-8+ females, 1-7+ males (9-15 performers possible).
Chaos descends on a white load of laundry when a colored sock is accidentally thrown in. More Info... | |
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The Coloring Book
Dramedy.
55 - 65 minutes.
8-14+ any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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The Coloring Book (Competition Version)
Dramedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
8-11+ any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Community Service
Dramedy.
25 - 30 minutes.
5 females, 2 males, 1 any gender.
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? More Info... More Info... |
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen: Now New and Improved!
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
3-12+ any gender.
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... More Info... | |
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Corner Critics
Dramedy.
20 - 30 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, plus possible extras.
Bully Bree waits for her meet-up, poetic Locust, but her snarky comments outrage hippie chick Jessica, who Bree once stabbed in the back. More Info... More Info... |
Creature Features (Modern Day Mutants)
Dramedy.
20 - 30 minutes.
7-9 any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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Crimes and Rhymes
Comedy.
55 - 65 minutes.
5 males, 5 females, 5 any gender (15 total performers).
Strange things are afoot in Storyland. Can the world's greatest special agent get to the bottom of this fairy tale mystery? More Info... | |
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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).
Is a teenage girl's new internet boyfriend everything she ever dreamed of, or a nightmare waiting to happen? More Info... More Info... |
The Dancing Princesses
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
3 females, 4-5 males (7-8 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Dancing With Myself
Dramedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
7 females.
Seven high school girls use music as their inspiration to break free of the labels they've been forced to wear. More Info... | |
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Dandelion
Young Audiences.
10 - 15 minutes.
1-5 females, 1-5 males (6 performers total).
Dandelion overdresses for a come-as-you-are party and is turned away because the hostess does not recognize him in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book. |
Dear Chuck (one-act version)
Dramedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
8-30+ any gender.
Through scenes and monologues, a group of teen characters search for their "Chuck," that elusive moment of knowing who you are. More Info... | |
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Disruption: A Pandemic Decalogue
Dramedy.
23 - 30 minutes.
4-21 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Dodge
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
5-15 females, 6-15 males (11-30 performers possible).
When a lazy but basically good elf disappears, will her apparent abduction trigger a war between the elves and the gnomes? More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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The Eagle and the Old Woman
Fable.
25 - 35 minutes.
3 females, 4-16+ any gender (7-19+ performers possible).
A selfish girl manipulates her grandmother into betraying their benefactor's trust—with potentially disastrous consequences—in this fable based on a tale from the African diaspora. More Info... | |
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Elektra
Drama.
30 - 40 minutes.
5 females, 4 males, 1+ any gender (10-40+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Escape from the Cybernet
Dramedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
6 females, 4 males, 2-5 any gender (12-15 performers possible).
While quarantined inside, a gang of computer-savvy "geek-straordinaires" must team up on a socially-distanced adventure to save their friend. More Info... More Info... |
ESL
Drama.
45 - 55 minutes.
2 males, 2 females.
Four high school students struggle to confront their own biases of multiculturalism and language. More Info... More Info... |
Everybody Comes to Tim's
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
3-15 females, 3-15 males (10-30 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Exceptional Childhood Center
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
2-4 females, 2-3 males (5-6 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Exposure
Drama.
35 - 45 minutes.
3-4 females, 3-4 males (7 performers total).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Fanny Otcott
Drama.
30 - 40 minutes.
6-7 females, 5-6 males (11-12+ performers, with possible extras).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Fantasists
Comedy.
45 - 55 minutes.
2-9 females, 1-8 males (10 performers total).
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. More Info... | |
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For (Sandwich) Lovers Only
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
4-20 females, 5-20 males (9-40 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Frankenstein Revenge Society
Comedy.
15 - 18 minutes.
1-3 females, 2-4 males (5-6 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
From Shakespeare with Love?
Comedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
2-7 females, 2-9 males (4-16 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Funtown
Drama.
28 - 35 minutes.
1 female or non-binary, 7 any gender.
When their home is marked for demolition, will five teenage misfits find a way to save it, or will their chosen family fall apart? More Info... | |
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Furry Tales
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
7-27 females, 8-28 males (15-35 performers possible).
When the animals in Furry Tale Land begin losing their tails because the famous book characters are forgetting the fairy tales, it's up to three brave animals to find a human who still knows the stories, bring her back to their magic land and unscramble the mess before the tales and tails are gone forever! More Info... More Info... |
The Ghost Moments
Drama.
45 - 70 minutes.
1-10 females, 1-5 males (2-15 performers possible).
An evening of monologues from a kaleidoscope of characters, each in the process of exorcising their own "ghosts"—or being haunted by them. More Info... | |
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The Ghosts of Pineville
Dramedy.
45 - 55 minutes.
4 females, 6 males, 2+ any gender (12+ performers possible).
When ghosts threaten to overrun Pineville, the town's survival may just depend on a trio of young friends turned paranormal investigators: Can they manage to do the right thing when it's so much easier not to? More Info... | |
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A Girl in Haarlem
Drama.
35 - 45 minutes.
3+ females, 3+ males, 2+ any gender (6-20+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Girls
Comedy.
25 - 30 minutes.
6 females, 1 male.
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. |
Goddess of Tears (one-act version)
Drama.
35 - 45 minutes.
5 females, 2 males, 5+ any gender (10-15+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
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. More Info... | |
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Goodness Gracious
Comedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
3+ females, 3+ males (6-18 performers possible).
A fractured fairy tale based on Little Red Riding Hood takes a contemporary comedic look at overcoming loneliness and self-pity. |
Gorilla Ballerina
Dramedy for young audiences.
15 - 20 minutes.
13-20+ any gender.
Amos the gorilla loves to dance, and even if people think he's too big and clumsy, with a dream and a little help from your friends, anything is possible. More Info... More Info... |
Greek Gods Under Quarantine
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
10 females, 10 males (3-20+ performers possible).
While quarantining during a pandemic, the ancient Greek gods must work together to solve a mystery and save humanity. More Info... | |
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The Grippe of October
Drama.
50 - 55 minutes.
13-18 females, 5-12 males (18-30 performers possible).
As the Spanish Flu epidemic carves its way through Albany, New York, teenage Alice McMahon's world will never be the same. More Info... | |
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The Grippe of October (Competition Version)
Drama.
40 minutes.
13-18 females, 5-12 males (18-30 performers possible).
As the Spanish Flu epidemic carves its way through Albany, New York, teenage Alice McMahon's world will never be the same. More Info... More Info... |
Gwen and Mary at Glenn Ross
Comedy.
54 - 64 minutes.
7 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Happy Happy Happy
Comedy.
40 - 45 minutes.
2-5 females, 2-5 males (7 performers total).
Two families and an amorous dolphin seek the ultimate contentment. More Info... More Info... |
Herby Alice Counts Down to Yesterday
Comedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
3 females, 3 males, 4-20+ any gender (10-50+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Hero Zero
Dramedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 7 any gender.
A child tries to figure out how to fill big, big shoes after the loss of their war hero older brother in this play written for virtual performance. More Info... More Info... |
Hi, We Thought You Were Dead
Dramedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
4 males.
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. |
HKFN: The Abbreviated Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (one-act version)
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
3-8 females, 2-6 males (5-10 performers possible).
When an actor tries to escape a production of the controversial Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by running away from school, the play gives chase. More Info... More Info... |
Holmes Jr. High
Comic Mystery.
40 - 50 minutes.
10 females, 1 male, 10+ any gender (16-21+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Honey's Smile
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
2 females, 1 male, 11+ any gender (10-14+ performers possible).
Faced with a move to a faraway place that she doesn't want to make, a young girl searches for a way to hide...or will she find a better path? More Info... More Info... |
Hopefully: An Ethnodrama
Dramedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
1 female, 3-10 any gender (4-11 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
How the Elephant Got His Trunk
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
7-18 females, 2-13 males (9-20 performers possible).
When a nosey young elephant tangles with the wrong reptile, has he bitten off more than he can chew? More Info... More Info... |
Hula Heart
Dramedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
5 females, 2 males.
A boy recently transplanted from Hawai'i to Southern California learns about life as he strives to balance the old with the new. More Info... More Info... |
In the Village of the Brothers Grimm
Dramedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
4-35 females, 3-29 males (7-43 performers possible).
A play rich with the finely-drawn characters from the Brothers Grimm entices you into a magical world of once upon a time. More Info... | |
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Jack in the Box
Horror.
25 - 30 minutes.
4 females, 1 male.
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... More Info... | |
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Johnny and Sally Ann
Comedy.
55 - 65 minutes.
1-5 females, 2 males, 2-28 optional any gender (3-35 performers possible).
Johnny Appleseed and his friend Pete travel the countryside encountering real and fictional female figures in American folklore. More Info... | |
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Key Change
Drama.
25 - 30 minutes.
1 female, 7 non-males or 1 female, 7 males (8 performers total).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Kid Who Couldn't Stop Drawing
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
10-40+ any gender.
When a kid who...well, "can't stop drawing" surprisingly decides to put down their pencil, the last thing they expect is for a swarm of drawing monsters to begin rampaging through their town. More Info... More Info... |
Kim Arthur and the Nerds of the Round Table
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
6-10 females, 3-7 males (10-13+ performers possible).
A book-smart girl removes the mysterious "Motherboard in the Stone" and becomes queen of Game-A-Lot, where she and her fellow nerds must invent the greatest video game of all time to save their beloved arcade in this spoof of the King Arthur legend. More Info... | |
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Kitty Steals a Dog
Comedy.
22 - 30 minutes.
2 females, 2 males.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Know Your Role
Dramedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
5-25 females, 5-25 males (10-50 performers possible).
Through scenes and monologues that range from hilarious to heartbreaking, this one-act explores how society's gender expectations affect teens' daily lives. More Info... | |
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La Bella Cinderella
Young Audiences.
50 - 60 minutes.
3-4 females, 2-3 males (6 performers total, plus optional extras).
Silly rules the land as the Primo Pasta Players turn the Cinderella tale topsy-turvy with their own brand of zany, pasta-loving fun that's perfect for young audiences. More Info... | |
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The Leafy and Weedy Sea Dragons
Comedy.
20 - 30 minutes.
10-14+ any gender.
With the help of some friendly fish, a leafy sea dragon and a weedy sea dragon learn how to hide from predators and dance in the currents around Australia's Kangaroo Island. More Info... | |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Drama.
30 - 35 minutes.
2 females, 3 males, 11+ any gender (9-16+ performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
The Light Princess
Dramedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
3 females, 2 males, 1-7+ any gender (6-13+ performers possible).
How can a Princess with her head in the clouds ever learn to live with her feet on the ground? More Info... | |
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Like a Metaphor
Dramedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
4 females, 3 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Lion & Mamma Mouse
TYA Comedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
2 females, 3 males, 11+ any gender (16+ performers possible).
After promising a ferocious lion to one day come to his aid should the need arise, Mamma Mouse finds herself over her tail in trouble in this fast and funny fable perfect for young actors and audiences of all ages. More Info... More Info... |
Lipstick and Heroics
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
6 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Little Miss Dreamer (A Nite in the Life of Bessie Smith)
Comedy.
45 - 55 minutes.
9-40 any gender.
Young Bessie Smith tries to find the courage to perform before a northern audience for the first time. More Info... More Info... |
Love (Awkwardly) (one-act version)
Comedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
4 females, 4 males, 3-6 any gender (8-14 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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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).
Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships amidst a pandemic. More Info... | |
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Many Maids Made Me Murder (or maybe the butler did do it)
Comedy.
55 - 65 minutes.
15-45+ any gender.
When a butler goes rogue, the Sacred Order of Maids is on the case, and maid justice will be done! More Info... | |
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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).
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? More Info... | |
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Marvelous Tales
Comedy.
40 - 55 minutes.
1-20 females, 1-20 males (8-30 performers possible).
Children will actively participate in these four updated and charming folk tales from around the world. More Info... More Info... |
Me, My Selfie & I
Dramedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
2-20+ females, 2-20+ males (6-40+ performers possible).
A group of teens struggle to find the balance between documenting their lives and living them. More Info... | |
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Me, My Selfie & I (Virtual Edition)
Dramedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
2-20+ females, 2-20+ males (6-40+ performers possible).
A group of teens struggle to find the balance between documenting their lives and living them. More Info... More Info... |
Medea
Drama.
35 - 40 minutes.
3+ females, 4+ males, flexible chorus of any gender (7+ performers possible).
Mocked, shamed and ostracized, Medea must decide between impossible choices in this contemporary feminist adaptation of the Greek classic. More Info... | |
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Medusa's Tale
Drama.
25 - 35 minutes.
3-4 females, 2 males (5-6 performers possible).
Perseus has come to slay Medusa, the famous monster with snakes for hair, but is there more to the story...? More Info... | |
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Medusa's Tale (Radio Edition)
Drama.
25 - 35 minutes.
3-4 females, 2 males (5-6 performers possible).
Perseus has come to slay Medusa, the famous monster with snakes for hair, but is there more to the story...? More Info... More Info... |
A Midsummer Night's Nap
Comedy.
30 - 37 minutes.
4-13 males, 4-13 females (8-17 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Milli Vanilli Orchestra
Comedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
2-21 females, 2-16 males (16-37 performers possible).
A young slacker tries to hide the incompetence of his band by lip syncing the William Tell Overture. More Info... More Info... |
The Minotaur
Drama.
45 - 60 minutes.
4-20+ females, 5-15+ males (12-35+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Momo No Kawa: Peach River
Drama.
25 - 30 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 10-50+ any gender (12-50+ performers possible).
In this modern adaptation of the classic Japanese folktale, can twins Momotaro and Momoko bring the rival Inu (Dog), Saru (Monkey) and Kijii (Bird) families together to vanquish the fierce and destructive Ogres who have been wreaking havoc along their beloved Momo No Kawa (Peach River)? More Info... More Info... |
Mortals
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
4 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Mortals (Virtual Edition)
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
4 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Most Important Thing in the World
Dramedy.
16 - 22 minutes.
1 female, 1 male (flexible).
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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The Mother Goose News Hour
Comedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
4-19 any gender.
When a beloved character goes missing, it's up to The Mother Goose News Hour to crack the case—one nursery rhyme at a time. More Info... More Info... |
Mother's Day
Drama.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 females.
Two teenaged girlfriends hesitantly share their fears and hopes about motherhood when they meet for the first time since one has had an abortion. More Info... More Info... |
Multicultural Education
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
6-22 females, 2-18 males (18-30 performers possible).
Ellen and the other students at North Valley High School get an absurd crash course in what living in other cultures can be like. More Info... More Info... |
Murder (Comedy) in Space!
Comedy.
45 - 55 minutes.
9-30 any gender.
An intergalactic detective discovers a well-intentioned and possibly beneficial fraud, and must decide whether to reveal it. More Info... More Info... |
My Big Adele Moment
Dramedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 females.
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? More Info... More Info... |
My Very Own Polar Bear
Dramedy.
45 - 55 minutes.
3 any gender.
A hilarious and heartwarming story about the friendship between a little girl and her (real-to-her) polar bear, inspired by such classics as Calvin and Hobbes, Corduroy, and Knuffle Bunny. More Info... | |
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The Mystic Tale of Aladdin
Adventure.
50 - 60 minutes.
9 females.
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.
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? More Info... | |
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Nessie and the Terrible Troll
Young Audiences.
30 - 40 minutes.
8-25+ any gender.
A little boy, a seal, and a mermaid join forces to save Nessie when a troll threatens to drain Loch Ness. More Info... More Info... |
Nice & Slow
Dramedy for young audiences.
35 - 40 minutes.
4-6 any gender.
Sam learns to slow down and smell the roses in this play about taking time in a hurried and harried world. | |
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A Ninth Time
Drama.
25 - 35 minutes.
1-21 females, 4-24 males (10-25 performers possible).
When a storyteller tells the story of his tribe—of his past—what characters does he become? More Info... More Info... |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Comedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
8-32 females, 4-32 males (12-48 performers possible).
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? More Info... | |
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Nobody's Listening
Dramedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
3 males, 3 females, plus extras (any gender).
A feisty kid sabotages a live television broadcast to make a statement about gun violence in this anti-violence dramedy. |
The Nose
Comedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
2 females, 3 males, 1-20+ any (6-26+ performers possible).
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. |
Now You See Me
Dramedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
5+ females, 3+ males (8-22+ performers possible).
A play about what happens when young people slip through the cracks, and what drives them to violence. More Info... | |
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O Holy Nite
Comedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
2-9 females, 7-13 males, (9-21 performers possible).
Five comic Christmas vignettes tell stories themed on the (public domain) Christmas carol that accompanies them. More Info... More Info... |
Ocean Debris
Drama.
20 - 30 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
Two teenagers—strangers to each other—meet in a dive shop in Japan, each searching for something they've lost. More Info... | |
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Of Gods and Cows
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
4-11 females, 2-10 males (10-16+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Of Love and Shampoo
Comedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
2 males, 2 females.
Miles locks himself in the bathroom on the day he is supposed to meet his girlfriend's parents. Hilarity ensues. More Info... More Info... |
Of Plastic Things and Butterfly Wings
Young Audiences.
45 - 50 minutes.
3-10 females, 2-10 males (5-20 performers possible; cast size may be reduced to 2-3 performers with the use of puppets).
A plastic water bottle, a blue crab with a giant claw, a parrot who thinks she is a seagull, and the Oldest Sea Turtle Who Ever Lived journey together to save us all from a lonely, swirling ocean landfill twice the size of Texas. More Info... | |
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The Old New Kid
Comedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
3-10+ females, 2-9+ males (8-30+ performers possible).
The former "new kid" battles for the meaning of identity, Thanksgiving, dodgeball, and the correct spelling of "cornucopia." More Info... More Info... |
Once Upon A Pine: The Adventures of Pinocchio (one-act version)
Dramedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
3-15+ females, 3-15+ males (8-30+ performers possible).
The classic story of Pinocchio comes to life in this sparkling one-act adaptation that's fun for theatregoers of all ages! |
One Week Before Prom?!
Comedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
4 females, 2 males, 1 any.
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! More Info... | |
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Outside the Box
Dramedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
12 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Persephone Underground
Drama.
45 - 60 minutes.
7 females, 2 males and a flexible any-gendered ensemble (9-30+ performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town
Fairy Tale.
30 - 40 minutes.
3-15+ females, 3-15+ males (22-40 performers possible).
When the Pied Piper comes a-callin', it's up to three unlikely heroes—a cat, a mouse and a bird—to save the lost children of Hamelin Town and give this traditional tale a happy ending. More Info... More Info... |
Piñata Utopia
Dramedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
5-16 females, 3-16 males (10-21+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Platform Nine
Dramedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... | |
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Play's End
Dramedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
2 males.
A door-to-door gun salesman comes home from work to learn from his young son that "something happened today." More Info... More Info... |
The Post Office
Drama.
50 - 60 minutes.
3 females, 8 any gender.
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.
Plagued by a mysterious illness, teenage shut-in Ash dreams of a life spent traveling beyond her small village. More Info... More Info... |
Press
Drama.
35 - 45 minutes.
5 females, 5 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Prettiest Duckling
Dark Comedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
2 any gender.
Adorable ducklings Cutesy and Gorgeous want the very best for their gray-feathered sibling that they love "so so much," but... More Info... | |
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Princess Pigface
Comedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
1 female, 2 males, 3-4 any gender (6-7 performers possible).
When a beautiful princess is cursed with the face of a pig, she sets out on a magical journey - only to discover that true beauty is found within. More Info... | |
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The Problems of Goblins
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
1 female, 3-9+ any gender (4-9+ performers possible).
Three students and their audience helpers need to help a horde of goblins solve their problems before suspected goblin hunter Lâcher des Vents finds them and steals their goblin magic! More Info... | |
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Puss N. Boots
Young Audiences.
50 - 55 minutes.
8-13 females, 5-10 males (14-18 performers total).
Puss N. Boots leads a ragtag group of misfits to help Robert, Duke of Wessex, regain his dukedom from an evil Ogre. More Info... | |
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The Pyramid
Dark Comedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
5 females.
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. More Info... | |
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The Race
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
5+ any gender.
With pollution choking the air and the fate of the world at stake, a race must be held to decide what is to be done—and who will take the lead. More Info... More Info... |
Reassembling Sasha
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
7-9 females, 1-3 males (8-12 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Red Onion, White Garlic
Fable for young audiences..
50 - 60 minutes.
5+ females.
Two sisters encounter a pair of magical old women—one good, one evil—and have a thrilling adventure full of pumpkins, jewels and snails in this beautiful fable that weaves together tales from Indonesia. More Info... | |
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Rising
Drama.
30 - 35 minutes.
4 females, 3 males.
Seven students are trapped in their classroom by rising floodwaters during Hurricane Harvey. More Info... | |
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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).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Scareville
Comedy with Music.
40 - 50 minutes.
2+ females, 3+ males (5+ performers total).
When Milo and Clare find themselves trapped in Scareville one dark, haunted night, the only way out will be to conquer their deepest, darkest fears. More Info... More Info... |
Scheme Space
Drama.
25 - 35 minutes.
5 females, 2 males.
Events rapidly "go viral" after a group of teens put an inappropriate photo online. More Info... More Info... |
screens
Dramedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
7 females, 3 males, up to 30 any gender (10-40 performers possible).
If no one could see you behind your computer screen, what would you say--and who would you become? More Info... More Info... |
Secret Life Under the Stairs
Young Audiences.
30 - 35 minutes.
2 males, 2 females.
A new kid shows up and disturbs the secret hideout of a group of misfits in this play about making friends, navigating change and exploring imaginative worlds lurking just beneath the stairs. More Info... More Info... |
ShakeSPLOSION!!! (40-Minute Version)
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
9-20+ females, 4-14+ males (14-80+ performers possible).
The comedies and tragedies of William Shakespeare! In 40 minutes!! Performed by teenagers!!! More Info... More Info... |
ShakeSPLOSION!!! (60-Minute Version)
Comedy.
60 minutes.
9-21+ females, 4-14+ males (14-100+ performers possible).
Every play written by William Shakespeare! In 60 minutes!! Performed by teenagers!!! More Info... More Info... |
The Show Ends When The Stoop Breaks
Drama.
50 - 60 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender (with an optional, flexibly-sized ensemble).
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. |
Sidekickin' It!
Comedy.
23 - 30 minutes.
2 females, 6-9 any gender (8-11 total performers).
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. More Info... | |
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Silver, from the Wind
Comedy.
38 - 45 minutes.
2-12+ females, 3-12+ males (5-24 performers possible).
A snowflake wishes to stay a snowflake forever, and a boy wishes he could keep her forever in this story about wishes coming true. More Info... More Info... |
Slow
Drama.
45 - 55 minutes.
3 females, 1 male, 1 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Small Talk
Comedy.
16 - 20 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
The first date between the rough-edged carny and a girl who couldn't be more different isn't going well, or is it...? More Info... More Info... |
Sprout Wants Out
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 females, 8-15+ any gender (10-15+ performers possible).
When pet guinea pig Sprout leaves her "boring" life (and her person, Ashley) behind for an outdoor adventure, she may just earn that the proverbial grass on the other side isn't as green as she expected... More Info... More Info... |
Standardized Testing
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
5 any gender.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Stegosaurus Walks Alone
Drama.
15 - 20 minutes.
4-30+ any gender.
When bullied young Billy gets a shot at growing big and mean, will he become a bully himself—or learn that kindness is stronger? More Info... More Info... |
The Stonecutter
Drama.
25 - 35 minutes.
8-21+ any gender.
When a discontented stonecutter gets the chance to become anyone—or anything—he desires, he embarks on a whirlwind journey of self-discovery that may just transform him in ways he'd have never suspected. More Info... | |
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The Stories of Myth
Drama.
20 - 25 minutes.
2 females, 0-5+ any gender (2-7+ performers possible).
An eccentric storyteller from a mystical circus offers a young socialite the chance of a lifetime, or does she...? More Info... More Info... |
The Story Club
Young Audiences.
45 - 50 minutes.
3 females, 1 male.
When her role as Storyteller is challenged by an enthusiastic new neighbor, Ivy must decide whether it is more important to be a lonely queen, or a creative collaborator! |
The Summer After the Christmas When We Did That Thing That We Shouldn't Have
Comedy.
40 - 45 minutes.
1 female, 11 any gender.
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." More Info... | |
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The Superhero Ultraferno (one-act version)
Comedy.
40 - 45 minutes.
6+ females, 6+ males (12-52 performers possible).
A crack team of actors works its way through the highlights and lowlights of the superhero pantheon in the craziest way imaginable. More Info... | |
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Supermarket of Lost
Drama.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 females, 1 male, 1 optional any gender.
Three souls collide in the Supermarket of Lost, each desperately searching for something they once had in this cosmic warehouse. More Info... | |
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A Tale from the North Woods
Fairy Tale.
55 - 65 minutes.
7 females, 9 males, 7+ any gender (17-40 performers possible)
When a gnome and a troll become friends, they must overcome the prejudice of their families if they are to maintain their friendship. More Info... | |
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A Tale of Two Jacks
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
12 females, 3 males, 10-30+ any gender (25-50+ performers possible).
Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales clash hilariously when famous "Jacks" from both genres of children's stories swap lives and end up bringing Gooseland and Fairytalia to the brink of battle. More Info... More Info... |
The Tea Servant
Drama.
25 - 35 minutes.
2+ females, 3+ males (5-25 performers possible).
A Japanese serving woman dresses as a man to accompany her mistress through a dangerous forest. More Info... More Info... |
Techies
Comedy.
25 - 35 minutes.
3-4 females, 5-6 males (8-9 performers possible).
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? More Info... | |
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There Is No Play
Drama.
30 - 40 minutes.
9-15+ any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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Three
Drama.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 2+ any gender (6-10+ performers possible).
In a dystopia where families are limited to three members, what do you do if you have twins? More Info... More Info... |
The Throne Room
Comedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
3 females, 2 males, 5+ any gender (10-30+ gender-flexible performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Ticking
Dramedy.
20 - 25 minutes.
3 males.
The gun is missing from the pot on the right rear burner at the Doe house, replaced by an egg. More Info... More Info... |
A Tiny Tern of the Whole Wide World
Young Audiences.
20 - 25 minutes.
6-10+ any gender.
When a little Arctic tern is teased by the other animals for being so small, the tern sets off on the trip of a lifetime to show them that even though you're little, you can still do big things! More Info... | |
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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).
A high school senior stands on the edge of triumph or disaster: She has received the response to her college application. More Info... More Info... |
The Treasures of El Mundo
Young Audiences.
55 - 60 minutes.
5-20 females, 4-19 males (9-24 performers possible).
An unlikely heroine and her unlikely allies struggle to save the world's natural treasures from a destructive mega-conglomerate. | |
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Triangle
Drama.
30 - 35 minutes.
5 females, 4 males, 10+ any gender (9-19+ performers possible).
A devised piece for an expansive ensemble offers a searing, theatrical look at one of America's deadliest industrial disasters. More Info... | |
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Twinkle Toes
Dramedy.
30 - 35 minutes.
3 females, 3 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Two Dudes from Daytona
Comedy.
55 - 65 minutes.
7-17+ females, 6-16+ males, (15-30+ performers possible).
Two young men trying to make it in the big, bad city fall for the same girl—with hilarious results. More Info... More Info... |
Two Houses
Drama.
40 - 45 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 5+ any gender (9+ performers possible)
When Oliver's parents announce their divorce, he becomes an unwilling member of a group of teens navigating big changes. More Info... | |
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Uncertainty Theory
Drama.
40 - 50 minutes.
6-10+ females, 5-10+ males (11-30 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Unscary Ghost
Comedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
5 females, 3 males, 8+ any gender (13-30+ performers possible).
What do you do when you're a ghost, but nobody is afraid of you? More Info... | |
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Vital Organs
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 females, 3 males (flexible).
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... More Info... More Info... |
Waiting for the Bus
Tragicomedy.
30 - 40 minutes.
2 females, 2 males.
Dead philosophers, unrequited love triangles, leads and supporting characters--just another day at the neighborhood bus stop...or is something about to change? More Info... | |
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Warriors
Drama.
40 - 50 minutes.
4 females, 1 male.
Worlds and lives separated by space and time will intersect as fate brings five teenagers together. More Info... | |
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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).
Chloe is enjoying a slumber party with her new friends when she suddenly learns that nothing in her neighborhood is as it seems. More Info... | |
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What Comes Around...
Drama.
50 - 60 minutes.
2-8 females, 1-4 males (3-9 performers possible).
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... More Info... More Info... |
What Happened at the Mud Puddle
Comedy.
25 - 30 minutes.
8 females, 4 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
What's Past is Prologue
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
2-6 females, 3-8 males (6-10+ performers possible).
The truth about Shakespeare and Marlowe...really... More Info... More Info... |
The Wheels Go Round and Round
Comedy.
20 - 30 minutes.
5-8 females, 3-4 males (8-12 performers possible).
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. More Info... | |
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Whirligig (one-act version)
Drama.
35 - 45 minutes.
2-21 females, 3-21 males (5-30+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The White Pages
Comedy.
25 - 30 minutes.
2-4 females, 2 males (4-6 performers possible).
When he discovers a used bookstore is removing the pages from classic books and replacing them with blank ones, a customer fights back. More Info... | |
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The Wild and Wacky Rhyming Stories of Miss Henrietta Humpledowning
Comedy.
35 - 45 minutes.
2-15 females, 2-11 males (4-22 performers possible).
Four strange, funny, and offbeat stories told in rhyming couplets. More Info... More Info... |
The Wind In The Willows (one-act version)
Comedy.
50 - 60 minutes.
7-20+ females, 3-20+ males (12-40+ performers possible).
Mole leaves her underground home and finds adventure and friendship in the world above. More Info... More Info... |
The Wise Peasant Girl
Fairy Tale.
20 - 30 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 9-13 any gender (11-15+ performers possible).
A wise peasant girl teaches King Alexander how to solve the bizarre problems in his kingdom. More Info... More Info... |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Comedy.
40 - 50 minutes.
4 females, 3-14+ any gender (7-18+ performers possible).
A restless dreamer is swept away to the magical land of Oz and must find her way home using her heart, brains and courage. More Info... | |
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You're Next
Drama.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 males.
Two teenagers struggle with how to defend themselves against a bully. More Info... | |
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The Zombie Effect
Dramedy.
35 - 40 minutes.
4 males, 2 females.
When a zombie comes to his rescue—again—and 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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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).
The beloved Christmas classic...with zombies. More Info... More Info... |
A-Bomb Wedding
Comedy.
10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
Two young adults look for love in a convenience store—with more than the usual baggage. |
Abby Does the Mashed Potato
Dramedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
When Abby—who has been cursed with nonstop dancing—meets Jack, can the two teens find a way out of their dancing dilemma? More Info... More Info... |
Aberzombie
Comedy.
10 minutes.
2-9 females, 2-8 males (4-11 performers possible).
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! More Info... More Info... |
An Actual Baby Person
Drama.
12 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
A very young, very Goth, very pregnant teenage girl teaches her irresponsible husband to love their unborn baby. More Info... More Info... |
Add Nauseam
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
2-6 females, 2-4 males, (4-10 performers possible).
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. |
After The Hill
Comedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender.
Will Jack and Jill finally break the vicious cycle that they've been trapped in for as long as they can remember...? More Info... More Info... |
Aleema the Boy Girl
Drama.
8 - 10 minutes.
3 females, 1 male.
An Afghan girl enjoys being raised as a boy, but her freedom won't last long. More Info... More Info... |
All A-Twitter
Dramedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females.
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. More Info... | |
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Almost Immortal
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
In the distant future, a teenage girl and her great-great-great-great-great-grandfather are on the brink of immortality. More Info... More Info... |
Almost Perfect
Dramedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Anatomy
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
5 females, 2 males.
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? |
And Tomorrow And Tomorrow...
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
3-4 females, 0-1 male (4 performers total).
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? More Info... | |
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Andy and Chrys
Comedy.
6 - 8 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
Chrys may be in a wheelchair, but it's Andy who needs help with his game. More Info... More Info... |
Animals
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
2 males, but gender flexible (could be 2 females).
When two teenagers find a dying bird, is the act of mercy to leave it be or end its life? More Info... More Info... |
Annatude
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
1 female.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Ante Up
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
As the Viva Las Vegas prom nears, Jory and Gino struggle to lay their cards on the table. More Info... More Info... |
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Comedy.
5 - 8 minutes.
3 any gender.
An updated version of the classic fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. More Info... More Info... |
AP Despondency
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
4 females, 1 male, 1+ any gender (6+ performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Archibald the Monster
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
9-16+ any gender.
When Young Robin takes over as narrator of their own bedtime story, they may just teach their older siblings a thing or two about what being a hero really means. More Info... More Info... |
Ashes
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
5 any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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Augusta's Diamond Ring
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 3 any gender.
When miserly Squint desecrates his widow Augusta's corpse, her vengeful spirit exacts a hellish revenge. Tap, tap, tap. More Info... More Info... |
Awareness
Dramedy.
3 - 5 minutes.
3 females.
A bully tries to write an essay on bullying awareness, unaware of her own behavior. More Info... More Info... |
B-E Aggressive
Drama.
5 - 7 minutes.
5 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Babies
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
5 females, 3 males.
In a maternity ward, four couples fantasize about their babies becoming huge bullies. More Info... More Info... |
Banned from Student Activities
Comedy.
9 - 12 minutes.
2 females.
Best friends Katie and Gretchen aren't going to prom, but who cares? (Katie. Katie really cares.) More Info... More Info... |
Bat, Birds, and Beasts
Comedy.
7 - 9 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
A teenager must decide how can she keep her both of her best friends without losing them both. More Info... More Info... |
Bath Time is Fun Time
Comedy.
10 minutes.
4 any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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The Best Balloon
Dramedy.
9 - 10 minutes.
10-15+ any gender.
On a journey through the woods to find a lost balloon, a young child learns about empathy and finding joy in unexpected places. |
The Bird
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 males (or 2 females).
A titmouse among the bus-stop pigeons—a messenger from God? A twisted encounter between strangers. More Info... | |
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Blacktop Jungle
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
Hard-boiled kindergartener Linda Sharpe faces a tough choice when a bully threatens her potential new friend. More Info... | |
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Boy With Pearl Earring
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender.
On the night of his prom, a Black teen's choice of accessories is a lot bigger than just whether his outfit will work. More Info... | |
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Boys Gone Mild
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 males.
Two teenage boys find that a Girls Gone Wild DVD is a lot more—and less—than they bargained for. More Info... More Info... |
Brace Yourself
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 2 males.
When a girl gets braces, it sets off a train wreck of miscommunications between her and her boyfriend—courtesy of a couple of well-intentioned but clueless friends—that could derail them for good in this teenage comedy of errors. More Info... More Info... |
Bully Issues
Comedy.
9 - 11 minutes.
1 female, 2 males.
Three bullies confront the challenges of bullying today and how they can become better at doing it...but do they really want to be? More Info... More Info... |
Cake for the Queen
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
5-12+ females, 2-9+ males (14-50+ performers possible).
When the Kingdom of Confection holds a cake contest in honor of the Queen's birthday, the best pastry chefs in the land fire up their ovens—but everyone and everything may not be as it seems... |
Can i See some iGenderfication?
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
When the girl handing out name tags mistakes a boy for a "grrl," can he get himself straightened out in time for football practice? More Info... More Info... |
Can't Forget
Comedy.
6 minutes.
2 females.
Are some friendships too broken to be fixed? |
The Case of the Missing Rooster
Comic Mystery.
10 - 15 minutes.
12-25 any gender.
When Tinytown USA's prize-winning rooster goes missing, the town detective must solve this fowl mystery. |
The Catnapper Mystery
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
2-6 females, 2-6 males (5-8 performers total, including 3 optional walk-on roles).
First a boy and then a cat go missing from Witchy Way, a street that appears normal but is far from it... More Info... More Info... |
Challenge Accepted
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
3 any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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Cheer Squad
Comedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
3 females.
Mean girl cheer captains teach a new cheerleader how not to be a team player. More Info... More Info... |
The Cheshire Smile
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 2 males.
In the aftermath of a Halloween party gone horribly wrong, three college students retell the mysterious tale from conflicting perspectives. More Info... More Info... |
A Chill in My Bones
Horror Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
3 females, 1 any gender.
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...? More Info... | |
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Chubby Bunny
Comedy.
10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender (3 total performers).
Two marshmallows discover each other and find true love...until they are introduced to a campfire. More Info... | |
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The Clarinet Section is Sick of Your Garbage
Comedy.
9 - 11 minutes.
4 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Closeted
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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...? More Info... More Info... |
Confessions of a Peanut Butter Addict
Comedy.
9 - 11 minutes.
1 female.
Wrestling with her addiction to peanut butter, a girl reaches out for help. More Info... More Info... |
The Cooking Gene
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
2 males.
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
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. More Info... More Info... |
Cow
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females.
Two secret teen superheroes collide in mid-air, but it's when they meet on the ground that things start to get truly interesting... |
Cracked Sky
Drama.
9 - 11 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Crackling Rainbow Comet
Drama.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
As they watch fireworks together for the last time, Amber tries to explain to Guy her need for independence. More Info... More Info... |
The Curse of the Mummy Hamster
Horror Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
5+ any gender.
When a hamster's passing casts a curse upon the land, three imaginative siblings must find a way to break it...or did they only imagine it in the first place?! More Info... More Info... |
The Dance We Do
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
3 females, 1 male.
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. More Info... | |
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The Day the Music Came Back
Drama.
9 - 13 minutes.
5 any gender.
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.
True crime podcast Modern Murder is a hit with the girls at the slumber party—until the host starts talking about them! More Info... | |
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Detention
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
Two teenage girls stuck in detention till they've written a letter of apology. No way. More Info... More Info... |
The Disappointments
Dramedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
With the high school talent show fast approaching, Eli and Amy look for a place to practice their acts. More Info... More Info... |
Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive?
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
2 females.
Freaked out Serafina hasn't been on a date in ages, so Coco comes to the rescue with a head-to-toe makeover. More Info... | |
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Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive? (Virtual Edition)
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
2 females.
Freaked out Serafina hasn't been on a date in ages, so Coco comes to the rescue with a head-to-toe makeover. More Info... More Info... |
The Dodo Pact
Dramedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
4 any gender.
Four students meet on the high school roof the morning of graduation to consider where they've been and where they're going. More Info... More Info... |
DragonSlay
Comedy.
7 - 11 minutes.
1 male, 1 female, 1-2 any gender.
A young prince goes on a quest to slay a dragon to win the admiration of a princess. More Info... More Info... |
DragonzFire
Drama.
9 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male, 1 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Dream
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
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? |
Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds
Drama.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... More Info... |
El Loro, El Gato Y El Espíritu Santo (or The Parrot, the Cat and the Holy Ghost)
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
4 females.
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. More Info... | |
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El Perdido (The Lost One)
Drama.
10 - 12 minutes.
1 male, 1 any gender.
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? More Info... More Info... |
The Elves
Horror Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 4+ any (8+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Erasing the Brain
Dramedy.
8 - 11 minutes.
1 male, 1 female, plus a female offstage voice.
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... More Info... More Info... |
Everafter.com
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
4 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
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).
Two overcaffeinated actors try to distill The Scarlet Letter into ten minutes in this ridiculously fast-paced and free-flowing madcap romp. More Info... More Info... |
Family Meeting
Comedy.
10 minutes.
2 males, 2 females.
At a family meeting, a teenage girl learns that her parents are trading her—for a foreign exchange student who can dunk. More Info... More Info... |
Fenced
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
How do two longtime friends deal with the realities of growing up and growing apart? More Info... More Info... |
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.
Two notorious superfans go head-to-head in an epic clash for the last copy of a hit role-playing game. More Info... More Info... |
First Dance
Comedy.
10 minutes.
2 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Foam
Comedy.
5 - 7 minutes.
3 females, 1 male.
A girl turns the tables on two popular girls bullying her over her diet. More Info... More Info... |
Forming Bonds
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Four Calls
Dramedy.
5 - 7 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Frankie Gets it Right
Comedy.
9 - 12 minutes.
9 any gender, plus flexible nonspeaking ensemble (9-30 performers possible).
Frankie is sent to the market for groceries, but will forgetful Frankie remember what to buy? |
Friends
Drama.
10 minutes.
2 females, plus possible extras.
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? |
Full Circle
Comedy.
5 - 7 minutes.
2-4 females, 1 male (3-5 performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Future You Says Hi
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
What do you do when your friend claims to be communicating with an older, wiser and conveniently invisible version of...you? More Info... More Info... |
G.B.F. Forever
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
Carly wants the latest school accessory, a G.B.F., but is Payton ready to be transformed into a Gay Best Friend? |
Game On
Drama.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Ghosted
Horror-Comedy.
12 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 3 any gender.
Nothing like being trapped in a haunted Halloween corn maze while you're in the middle of a crisis...or two. More Info... More Info... |
Girl Friend
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
1 female.
A teenage girl doesn't let the death of a boy she loved end their friendship. More Info... More Info... |
The Girl Who Talks to Spiders
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 females, 1 male (with an optional, flexibly-sized ensemble).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Girl Who Would Rather Not Grow Up Just Yet
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
Sixteen-year-old Wendy has a severe case of Peter Pan syndrome. More Info... More Info... |
Go! Fight! Win!
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
4 females, 2 males, 4 any gender.
Tensions rise as a high school's students clash over whether it's time to retire their "Rebels" monicker, but when a mental health crisis interrupts their meeting, it may just cause them to think differently about their school spirit and each other. More Info... More Info... |
The Godot Variations (Waiters for Godot/Call Waiting for Godot/Whining for Godot)
Comedy.
9 - 15 minutes.
3-10 any gender.
In this series of send-ups of one of the best known classics of existential drama, will Godot ever show up anywhere? More Info... More Info... |
Goggles
Dramedy.
12 - 15 minutes.
3 females, 1 male, 1-5+ any gender (5-9+ performers possible).
Kellen's brother is driving her crazy, she misses her best friend and her mom won't let her have the latest craze in technology...but what would life really be like if she got everything she wants? |
Gone Fishing Gone
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 any gender.
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.
Two sisters prepare to move out of the bedroom they share—and discover they haven't packed everything. |
Gray Matters
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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... More Info... More Info... |
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).
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...? More Info... More Info... |
Grow Up, Juliet
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 2 males.
Shakespeare's classic tragic heroine Juliet discovers that she is the victim of an elaborate hoax. More Info... More Info... |
Guts
Comedy.
6 - 8 minutes.
4 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Harley the Horse
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
8-20+ any gender.
Harley's a horse, of course, whether anyone else thinks so or not. More Info... More Info... |
Hashtag Adorable
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 male, 5-10+ any gender.
Elizabeth is dying to ask her crush to prom, but that means coming out publicly—can Elizabeth find the courage to take that step? More Info... More Info... |
Her Reign
Drama.
10 minutes.
2 females, 2-15+ any gender.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Hero's Journey
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 3 males (4 performers total).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Hipster Van Winkle
Comedy.
9 - 14 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 5-15+ any gender (7-30 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
HKFN: The Abbreviated Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (ten-minute version)
Comedy.
10 minutes.
3-7 females, 2-6 males (5-9 performers possible).
When an actor tries to escape a production of the controversial Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by running away from school, the play gives chase. More Info... More Info... |
Holding
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
4 females, 4 males.
Four teens grapple with their uncertain futures as they wait to be picked up at a police station. More Info... | |
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Hook, Line and Sinker
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
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... More Info... More Info... |
How Blue is My Crocodile
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
Two young girls wait for their wounded father to return from his tour of duty. More Info... | |
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How Not to Do Your Homework
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
3-30 any gender.
Learn how to bamboozle your parents and put one over on your teachers in this fast-paced, tongue-deeply-in-cheek guide that just might change your life...or land you in a heap of trouble! More Info... More Info... |
How Penny Got Her Pep Back
Comedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
3 females.
Everything has gone wrong during Penny's tenure as Pep Squad president, but sometimes trying is what really matters. More Info... More Info... |
How to Get Famous in Theatre
Comedy.
10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
When a boy falls in love with a girl who wants to be an actress, thus begins the search for the perfect play. More Info... More Info... |
I Know You Are But What Am I?
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
4 any gender.
Four teenagers confront their roles as bullies, bystanders, and victims and ask themselves what they have become. More Info... More Info... |
I'm Totally Getting Sent to Bible Camp This Summer
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
Is the "right" thing to do always the right thing to do? More Info... | |
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If At First You Don't Succeed
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 3 males.
Josh is determined to take Adelia to prom, but who knew promposing could be such a health hazard? More Info... More Info... |
Imitate the Sun
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
3 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Jamie's First Day
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
7 females, 4 males, 10-20 optional any gender (11-31 performers possible).
When a bratty twelve-year-old tells her mother three different versions of her first day at school, which one is the truth? |
Jax-in-a-Box
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 males.
When an unpopular teen resorts to living in a cardboard box in the parking lot, his life gets a lot easier...or does it? More Info... More Info... |
The Jumping Giraffe of the Savannah
Dramedy for young audiences.
10 - 12 minutes.
6-18 any gender.
What happens when a giraffe with a short neck, a grasshopper who can't jump and a dog who is vision-impaired meet unexpectedly? More Info... More Info... |
Kadija & Swann
Comedy.
15 minutes.
2 females.
Two sheltered girls imagine that the death of a pet rabbit means that one of them is pregnant. More Info... More Info... |
The Kennel Club
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
4 any gender.
Dogs in a rescue kennel come up with a plan to find themselves new homes. More Info... More Info... |
King's Gambit
Drama.
7 - 9 minutes.
1-6 females, 2-5 males (7-14 performers possible with addition of non-speaking chess pieces).
Transgender high school freshman Cassius plays a high stakes game of chess with himself... More Info... More Info... |
Larry of the Lake
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 males.
A harried businessman is tempted to a life of irresponsibility by a mysteriously wet man. More Info... More Info... |
Last Right Before the Void
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
1 female, 2 males.
A teenage boy hitchhikes along a highway that seems to be disappearing into a black hole. More Info... | |
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Le Goalie
Dramedy.
13 - 17 minutes.
1 male, 1 female.
In hockey, boy meets girl, girl slashes boy, girl gets a penalty, boy's team scores and boy loses girl...or not? More Info... More Info... |
The Lesser of Two Weevils
Comedy.
8 - 11 minutes.
5-7+ any gender.
When two chickadees cause a commotion over a choice nesting spot, can an old squirrel reconcile them with a tale of battling weevil larvae? More Info... More Info... |
Let Them Play
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 females, 1 male, 2 any gender (5 total performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Like A Knife
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
3 females, 1 male.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Linda
Dramedy with music.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female.
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!). More Info... | |
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The Lion and the Boar
Comedy.
6 - 7 minutes.
3 males.
Two boys fight over one cupcake, until a bully threatens to take it away from them both. |
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Comedy for young audiences.
10 - 15 minutes.
8-14+ any gender.
A hotshot city mouse promises to protect headache-prone field mice from Little Bunny Foo Foo, a giant rabbit with a bat and a bad attitude, but when that fails, how will they stop the bopping? | |
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Log Off
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
2-3 females, 1-2 males (4 performers total).
The afternoon of a party, four teenagers "connect" on social media, and things take a troubling turn. More Info... More Info... |
Loose and Missing Teeth
Horror.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 any gender.
Two friends are enjoying a night out, until they realize that's something's off... More Info... More Info... |
A Loser Like You
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 females, 3 males (5 gender-flexible performers total).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Lunch Labyrinth
Comedy.
12 - 15 minutes.
11-43+ any gender.
Lost in a labyrinth of Greek mythological creatures—or maybe just the cafeteria at a new school—Parker searches for a place to belong. |
The Man Card
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
4 males.
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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Manuelo, the Playing Mantis
Young Audiences.
10 - 15 minutes.
6 any gender.
After many failed attempts, Manuelo the praying mantis learns to make a cello with the help of his friend the spider in this adaptation of the book by Don Freeman. More Info... More Info... |
The Mask on the Bench
Horror Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 any gender.
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...? More Info... More Info... |
Masks
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
4 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Math Problems
Dramedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 3 males, 3+ any gender (8-20+ performers possible).
Competing for the final spot on her school's Mathalon team, Sarah realizes there's a bigger problem than just solving for X. |
Math-O-Freak
Comedy.
10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
Libby and Robin calculate how to make ballet as much fun as football for their math-mad friend Kirk. More Info... More Info... |
A Memory to Forget
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 males.
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." |
Message to Grandma
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
1-3 females, 1-3 males (4 performers total).
A young boy devises a unique way to send a message to his grandma in heaven. More Info... More Info... |
Metalhead Thread
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
3 females, 1 non-binary; or 4 females.
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. |
Moby (No Last Name Given)
Comedy.
10 minutes.
3-10 females, 1-10 males, (5-13+ performers total).
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. More Info... | |
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Mop Top
Young Audiences.
10 - 15 minutes.
1-3 females, 2-4 males (3-7 performers possible).
An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hair tries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book. More Info... More Info... |
The Morgan Show
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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Much, Much Later
Comedy.
10 minutes.
3 any gender.
When three aliens try to unravel the mystery of humanity's disappearance, could their last, best hope for answers be a Barbie doll? More Info... More Info... |
Murder by Midnight
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 2 males (with some gender flexibility).
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. More Info... More Info... |
My Little Brother
Dramedy.
6 - 8 minutes.
1 any gender.
A little brother can be a big pain in the you-know-what--but he's still your brother. More Info... | |
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The Naming of Things
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
A boy in a dark hole and a girl surrounded by anxious birds find one another and begin a conversation. More Info... More Info... |
A New Story from Rabbit and Frog
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
3 any gender. 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. More Info... More Info... |
The Night Before Christmas
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 females, 2 males, 10+ any gender (8-30+ performers possible).
The famous poem that begins "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" comes alive and goes awry as its characters try to figure out what it all means. More Info... More Info... |
Ninja In Blue Jeans
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
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...? More Info... More Info... |
No Talking Allowed!
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
6-12 any gender.
Jordan may have gotten kicked out of class for talking, but nobody would ever believe who (or what!) starts talking next! |
A Number of Secrets
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
Two teenage girls joke about eating disorders until they realize one of their classmates is bulimic. More Info... | |
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Odysseus Comes Home
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 females, 4 males, 6-20+ any gender (11-25+ performers possible).
With help from the Goddess Athena, Odysseus finally comes home—but learning humility may prove to be a lot harder than killing people. More Info... More Info... |
An Old-Fashioned Christmas
Drama.
10 - 12 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
A girl tries to make Christmas for her cynical brother in their elegant, cold New York apartment. More Info... More Info... |
On a Scale of One to Ten
Comedy.
10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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? More Info... More Info... |
One Last Trick
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... More Info... |
One Word Too Many
Comedy.
10 minutes.
12-16 any gender (plus possible extras).
Navaeh's drama class seems to be invading her other classes: is she dreaming or is this nightmare real? More Info... More Info... |
Oprah
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 males.
Two boys think they've discovered the home of Oprah Winfrey, but the true discovery is about their friendship. More Info... More Info... |
Options
Comedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Orni-what?
Comedy.
10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
For three high school friends, the big riddle is figuring out the difference between a dream and pie in the sky. |
The Other Side
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 male, 4+ any gender (7-16+ performers possible).
Gabriel crosses the brook against the friar's warning to the dark forest that howls in the night, but will he ever return? More Info... More Info... |
Our New Tradition
Drama.
12 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 2 any gender.
Three siblings must find a way to rekindle some lost holiday magic during their first Christmas without two loved ones. |
Our Song
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
2-3 males.
Our Song explores the bonds between a father and son by juxtaposing three generations across time riding in the same pickup truck. More Info... More Info... |
Out Post
Drama.
6 - 8 minutes.
2 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Pepperoni Apocalypse
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
5 any gender.
A pizza delivery arrives at the exact moment a doomsday cult expects the world to end. More Info... More Info... |
Phantom
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
2 any gender.
When Maria's best friend is "regenerated" after a fatal accident, can their friendship grow back like his body? More Info... More Info... |
Phantom Limb
Drama.
10 - 12 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Phone Less
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
8+ any gender (8-15+ performers possible).
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...? More Info... More Info... |
Pick Nick
Dramedy.
9 - 12 minutes.
2 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Piggy Pit
Dramedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
As disaster hits the Piggy Pit barbecue restaurant, June and Carrie are forced to confront their futures. More Info... More Info... |
Piglet
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
2-3 females, 3-4 males (6 performers total, with the possibility to expand the cast with background animals).
The Bard meets the barnyard in this ten-minute parody of Hamlet—with farm animals. More Info... | |
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Pitched
Dramedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Playing Games
Dramedy.
5 - 8 minutes.
1 female, 1 any gender.
Two stepsiblings come to a tiny truce over a video game. More Info... More Info... |
Plum Luck
Dramedy for young audiences.
5 - 10 minutes.
6-12+ any gender.
When River is hungry for a plum high in a tree and nothing seems to work, is there a chance that help will come from an unlooked-for place? More Info... More Info... |
A Pocket for Corduroy
Young Audiences.
10 - 15 minutes.
2-4 females, 1-3 males (5 total performers).
When a curious stuffed bear is left at the laundromat, many adventures await him in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book. More Info... More Info... |
A Poodle More Beautiful
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 any gender.
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? More Info... | |
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A Portal to Fairy Tale Kingdom
Comedy for young audiences.
10 - 15 minutes.
5 females, 5 males, 1-10+ any gender (11-20+ performers possible).
When sister and brother Victoria and Ben fall into their own storybook, they must work with a wacky group of fairy tale characters—from Goldilocks to Rumplestiltskin—to help save Fairy Tale Kingdom and find their way back home. More Info... More Info... |
Poster Children
Comedy.
9 - 11 minutes.
1 male, 1 female.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Pretty
Drama.
7 - 9 minutes.
2 females.
Will a teenage girl's reunion with the mother who abandoned her be everything she's wished for? More Info... | |
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Pride and Prejudice Abridged
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
5-7+ females, 5-7+ males (10-12+ performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
The Prom Dress
Dramedy.
12 - 15 minutes.
3 females.
A mother and daughter go shopping for a prom dress and battle for control over who will choose which dress to buy. More Info... More Info... |
Prom Ninja
Comedy.
12 - 15 minutes.
2 females, 2 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Proud Mary and Prejudiced Lydia
Comedy.
9 - 11 minutes.
3 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Pursued by a Bear
Comedy.
9 - 11 minutes.
1 any gender.
When you're a bear and your habitat disappears...it's time to join the high school track team. More Info... More Info... |
The Randomness of Bees
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 females.
When Ryder tells Charlotte she's adopted, she sparks a true friendship between them that lasts even after Charlotte has to move away. |
Ranger
Drama.
11 - 14 minutes.
2 males.
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? More Info... More Info... |
The Raven and the Swan
Comedy.
4 - 6 minutes.
2 females or 2 males (not mixed).
If you can't change who you are, be happy with your green hair. More Info... More Info... |
re'open our eyes
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
6+ any gender.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Refloat Our Whale
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
3 females.
A high school principal and two of her students deal with the aftermath of a cyberbullying case. More Info... More Info... |
Rising Sophomore
Drama.
9 - 10 minutes.
2 males.
What do you do when a kid who's bullied you for years suddenly wants to talk? More Info... More Info... |
Romancing the Tombstone
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
3 females.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Romeo and Juliet Revised
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
2-20 females, 2-20 males (7-25 performers possible).
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? More Info... More Info... |
Rondo à la Bongo
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
Two girls, a guy and a cat named Bongo. More Info... More Info... |
Room for Two
Drama.
10 - 12 minutes.
2 females.
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.
A teen tries to deflect a bully by responding with openness, but his sister insists on fighting fire with fire. More Info... More Info... |
Rules for Toasting Marshmallows
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
3 any gender.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Secrets
Drama.
10 - 12 minutes.
3 females.
Sixteen-year-old Rory is on the cusp of coming out as ace—asexual—but who can she trust her secret to? More Info... More Info... |
Seesaw
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
1 female, 3 males.
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? More Info... More Info... |
Shovels and Hacksaws
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 1 any gender (optional).
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? More Info... More Info... |
The Silent Ones
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
5 any gender.
The Letter K has formed a Secret Society of Silent Consonants, but it's not turning out to be as exclusive a club as K imagined. More Info... | |
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Silver Linings
Dramedy.
7 - 9 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
Two teenagers, each trying to recover from a devastating loss, discover their shared grief might lead to a special friendship. More Info... More Info... |
Six of Beer
Comedy.
6 - 8 minutes.
2 males, 1 any gender (3 performers total).
In the face of impending/imminent beer, teenager Brice finds six reasons and six ways to say no to drinking on a school night. More Info... More Info... |
The Smallest Heroes
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
2 females, plus a female offstage voice.
Ellen wants Alice to come out to her parents, but is Alice ready to go down that rabbit hole...? |
Smart Kid
Drama.
7 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 6 any gender.
Jaime's a smart kid—everybody tells her so—so when she keeps dodging her book report, what's the real reason? |
Smitten
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
1 female, 2 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Snakes in a Lunchbox
Dramedy.
10 minutes.
2 females, 1 any gender.
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... More Info... More Info... |
Snow White and the Seven Chilaquiles
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
3 females, 2 males, 0-6 any gender (5-11 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
Speech & Debate
Drama.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
Can Karen convince her mom that wanting what's best for her doesn't mean running her life? More Info... | |
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Spinning
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
6 females.
On Lili's first day of school in America, will her cousin Bella's efforts to help her fit in bring them closer together, or pull them apart? More Info... More Info... |
Spinning
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
2 any gender.
A teenage sign spinner suddenly has competition for their favorite corner. More Info... More Info... |
Stak
Dramedy.
12 - 15 minutes.
2 females or 2 gender-neutral roles.
A young girl's imaginary friend may not be so imaginary... More Info... More Info... |
Stars (two females)
Drama.
12 - 14 minutes.
2 females.
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. More Info... | |
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Stars (two males - Persian version)
Drama.
12 - 14 minutes.
2 males.
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. More Info... | |
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Stars (two males)
Drama.
12 - 14 minutes.
2 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Straight Eye for the Gay Guy
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 males.
When you're a gay teen but apparently not the right kind, where else can you turn for help...but to your straight friend!? More Info... More Info... |
The Strong Friend
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
2+ females, 1+ males (3+ performers possible).
Hannah, known as Rocky, is that strong friend everyone leans on again and again—but who can she lean on? More Info... More Info... |
The Student and the Mathematician
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 2 males.
David will do anything to get out of his math homework. More Info... More Info... |
Sugar Horror
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
Trick-or-treaters Ansel and Retta are lured by irresistible candy. More Info... More Info... |
The Summoning Sky
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 any gender.
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. More Info... | |
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Sunset Johnson
Drama.
10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
An innocent but dangerous flirtation between a young black soldier and a white farm girl in the WWI-era South. More Info... More Info... |
sunset on seb and hiro.
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
2 any gender.
In this hauntingly poetic play about the aftermath of an incident at school, Sebastian waits for Hiro—but can their close friendship be repaired? |
Super Sleuth Sam and the Shiny Bag Monster
Comedy.
12 - 15 minutes.
8-18+ any gender.
Clean your room, or else...the trash bag is coming! Can Jody and her lively ragtag band of toy friends rally together to stop this terrifying menace? Or will their lives be forever altered by...The Shiny Bag Monster?! |
Sweet Dreams
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
Jordan's Harvard dreams are in danger of dying, but when her B-F-F fairy introduces her to the power of sleep... More Info... | |
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Sweetheart
Comedy.
8 - 13 minutes.
3-4 females, 1-2 males (5 performers total).
On a rainy night, a happy family comes to the haunting realization that they are not all as happy and perfect as they perceived. More Info... More Info... |
Tag
Drama.
7 - 10 minutes.
3 any gender.
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. More Info... More Info... |
A Taste of Oz
Horror Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 3-4 any gender (5-6 performers possible).
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. More Info... More Info... |
There Is No Down
Drama.
11 - 13 minutes.
1 female, 2 males.
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. More Info... More Info... |
There Is No E in Ski
Comedy.
6 - 8 minutes.
4 any gender.
It's a perfect day for skiing, but for the letters of the alphabet, spelling comes first. More Info... More Info... |
Thinking Outside the (Litter) Box
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
4 any gender.
When four cats realize they do their best thinking outside the litter box, great things could be just a whisker away...or maybe not. More Info... More Info... |
Three First Kisses
Dramedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
3 females.
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...? More Info... More Info... |
The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Storm
Comedy.
15 - 20 minutes.
7-16+ any gender. Join the Three Little Pigs and their animal friends in preparing for the Big Bad Storm in this new twist on the fairy tale classic that makes storm safety fun. More Info... More Info... |
Three Padded Walls
Drama.
8 - 12 minutes.
2 females, 1 optional any gender (2-3 performers possible).
How can Jenny be crazy when she's the only one who knows what's really going on? More Info... | |
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Three Sides to Every Story
Comedy.
8 - 12 minutes.
3 any gender.
Math makes laughs when one side of a right triangle is ready to pack up their puns and go their own way. More Info... | |
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Tidal
Dramedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
3 any gender.
When the tide rises on two hermit crabs and a sea anemone, one of the crabs may have to decide between their haul of human "treasures" and survival. | |
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Time Warp
Comedy.
10 minutes.
2 any gender.
A parent hatches a plot to get a hard-core gamer teen away from the virtual world and out into the sunshine. More Info... More Info... |
To the Rescue
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
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. More Info... More Info... |
Tough Girls Don't Pull Hair
Drama.
10 minutes.
2 females.
When one sister wants the other sister to learn to defend herself against a school bully, who will throw the first punch in this play about bullying at school and at home? More Info... More Info... |
The Trestle
Romantic Comedy.
7 - 9 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
A train loving thrill-seeker tries to scare some romance into his straitlaced date by taking her onto a train trestle at night. More Info... More Info... |
Twilight of the Grizzly
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
Trapper Joan has the last surviving California grizzly in her sights...until an unlikely savior comes to its rescue. More Info... More Info... |
The UnderGroundHog Railroad
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male (gender flexible).
Two middle schoolers try to save a baby groundhog before it gets picked up by Animal Control. More Info... More Info... |
Up A Tree
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
Up a tree in the middle of the night, two children consider pressures from parents, classmates, and unwanted Barbie pajamas, and come up with an exciting new adventure forward. More Info... More Info... |
The War on Little Women
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
4 females.
The Little Women of Alcott's classic novel promise to be together always, but promises aren't so easy to keep, especially when men are involved. More Info... More Info... |
The Warrior's Belt
Comedy.
7 - 9 minutes.
1 female, 1 male, 1 any gender (3 performers total).
Miguel is willing to do whatever it takes to get his karate yellow belt, even if it means going to the mat with his twin sister. More Info... More Info... |
The Water Tower
Dramedy.
7 - 10 minutes.
2 males.
The local water tower is the perfect place for Richard to try out his elaborate promposal, but why does he need Damon's help—hey, who is this promposal for, anyway? More Info... More Info... |
Wax Fruit
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
When Billy unironically shows up in a banana suit for the school "costume" party, will social outcast Paula join in on the ridicule, or will the two of them learn that being yourself beats fitting in any day? More Info... | |
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We Aren't Aliens
Drama.
9 - 11 minutes.
6 any gender.
A group of undocumented migrant children do their best to cope with their detention in a Texas shelter. More Info... More Info... |
We're Alright
Drama.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 female, 1 male.
When your lab partner asks you to a virtual prom, that would be exciting news—until you realize that nobody's going to see you together and start to wonder if that's the whole point... More Info... More Info... |
What A Day!
Comedy.
10 - 20 minutes.
10-50+ any gender.
Froggie experiences the fullness of a day with the anticipation of Grandpa's birthday party, the excitement of sharing his song with everyone, the letdown of party's end, and his sweet recollections at bedtime. |
What the Well Dressed Girl is Wearing
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females.
When Jennifer makes the mistake of asking Sandra for help choosing the perfect outfit for a date with Sandra's secret crush, will Jennifer end up wearing a pope's hat and puke-green fishing waders? More Info... More Info... |
Wherefore Art Thou...Todd?
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
1-2 females, 2-3 males (4 performers total).
After Todd, cast as the lead in Romeo and Juliet, gets knocked out by a stray ball, he may suddenly have awakened a little too in character. More Info... More Info... |
White Roses and Gooseberries
Drama.
9 - 12 minutes.
2 females.
When two young pioneer girls stop along the trail on their way West, they find strength in each other as they continue forward on the dangerous journey ahead. More Info... More Info... |
Who Remembers Éponine's Sister?
Comedy.
10 - 12 minutes.
3 females.
Azelma Thénardier gets a chance to escape her notorious elder sister's shadow and be the heroine of her own story. More Info... More Info... |
Why Rabbit's Nose Twitches
Comedy.
10 - 15 minutes.
1 male, 6+ any gender.
When angry Tiger is accidentally awakened from her daily nap, the animals of the bamboo forest pass the blame down the line until only quiet, shy Rabbit is left as a suspect—and only her twitching nose can save her. More Info... More Info... |
Wrong End Of The Stick
Dramedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 females, 1 male.
When it comes to the dating game, will even the friendliest of advice prove to be the proverbial Trojan Horse...? More Info... More Info... |
Wrong Number, Romeo!
Comedy.
8 - 10 minutes.
2 any, plus 1 offstage voice (any).
Shakespeare's classic love story takes a turn when Romeo spouts proclamations of love, not at Juliet's window, but at Brenda's... More Info... More Info... |