Play Scripts for Schools using Contemporary costumes
Monster Problems
The transition from middle school to high school can be filled with problems. Monster problems.
- About 40 minutes
- 9 M + 13 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 40 pages
Moving
A rapid-fire character-driven comedy with a heart.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Moving / Still: Two One Act Plays
A girl moves too fast. A boy is still the same after a heartwrenching moment. Moving/Still looks at those who want to grow up and those who don't.
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 41 pages
Ms. Spitspot’s Spick and Span Play Place
On the eve of cancellation, Ms. Spitspot clings to her TV show persona.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Much Ado High School
What if Much Ado About Nothing took place at a high school dance? An enjoyable introduction to Shakespeare with lightning-fast pace and snappy dialogue.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 M + 6 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 28 pages
My Father Went to Switzerland and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
A driving teacher and student tell the truth with crashing results.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
My Hero
Kenzie sees her brother's flaws for the first time.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Myths at the Edge of the World
Four campers are not only lost in the wood, they are lost at the edge of the world with no land, water, stars or sun. The only way to bring life back is to ask the right questions that will release stories from the wind.
- About 50 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F + 2 Any Gender, Expandable to 30
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 pages
neeT Teen
A vignette play about teen life – backwards, forwards and inside-out. Told through a variety of forms: kitchen sink, absurd, movement and song.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Nerd Herd
A funny and endearing look at love, dreams, slushes, and the unexpected twists and turns that life takes when you’re saving the universe.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F + 1 Any Gender, Extras as needed
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 39 pages
Nice Girl
Mia knows how to be a confident and assertive young woman who is not afraid to stand up for herself; the only problem is she can only act this way in her fantasies.
- About 35 minutes
- 11 F, Plus Ensemble
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 25 pages
No Horse Town
For the young men of Heywood, crossing the street is as dangerous as going off to war. A highly stylized comedy.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Normal vs Weird
What happens when parts of your brain start fighting over you?
- About 10 minutes
- 2 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Not Going Anywhere
A Mexican family struggles to get by while ICE attempts to tear them apart.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 25 pages
Oddball
A vignette play that embraces the odd. Odd jobs, odd socks, odd one out, odd reactions and odd boyfriends.
- About 35 minutes
- 7 M + 20 F + 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 38 pages
Oh Chad
The story of a love that withstands all obstacles and surpasses all boundaries... except for one.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The One
A group of friends end up at a haunted house, in a room that may or may not actually exist, where they’re faced with a decision that could doom one of them... or all of them.
- About 13 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
One Beer Too Many
Skip writes from the heart, but uncovers something no one wants to read.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
One Hundred Lies
In this poignant comedy, Liz Nostrand presents her life as a competition: 100 significant lies told by and to Liz. But what about the lies she's told herself?
- About 30 minutes
- 5 M + 10 F, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 27 pages
The Other Room
Dad is recovering from cancer and heavy chemotherapy treatments in the other room. It has become a dark corner of the house, especially for Mary, who rarely goes in there.
- About 20 minutes
- 4 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
