Play Scripts for Schools set in Present day
See the Light
The truth hurts. Especially when you're afraid to tell it and not expecting to hear it.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Shakespeare on a Shoestring - Cymbeline!
Faked Death! Mistaken Identity! Parental Marital Veto! But wait, there’s more!
- About 50 minutes
- 6 M + 6 F, Plus percussionist. Easily expandable.
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 46 pages
Shakespeare's Super Snowy Seasonal Sleigh Ride Stage Show!
Shakespeare’s characters deserve to celebrate the holidays too!
- About 70 minutes
- 6 M + 11 F + 19 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 58 pages
She Wrote, Died, Then Wrote Some More
Tonight was going to be writer Alina Deveraux’s most important night, the unveiling of her memoirs. Until she ended up dead. Or not dead.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 7 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
Shout! (Full Length Version)
Four teens just can't express themselves. What happens when you don't shout? An a cappella musical created especially for high school performers. You can sing this!
- About 105 minutes
- 7 M + 14 F, Plus Vocal Orchestra (Minimum of 9 is suggested)
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 74 pages
Shout! (One Act Version)
A one act version of our wonderful and accessable a cappela musical.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 7 F, Plus Vocal Orchestra (Minimum of 9 is suggested)
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 25 pages
Shreds and Patches
A re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 2 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 26 pages
Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less
The lives of seven teenagers become intertwined in this humorous and oftentimes bittersweet collection of ten minute plays. Multiple lengths available.
- About 100 minutes
- 4 M + 5 F + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 13M+17F+3 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 88 pages
Skid Marks: A Play About Driving
Your first car. Getting your license, Getting pulled over. The relationship between teen and car makes a great backdrop for this vignette play.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 24 pages
Skid Marks 2: Are We There Yet?
The cross country road trip is the focus of this vignette play. Great for a classroom project or for competition. Short scenes with interesting characters.
- About 40 minutes
- 2 M + 5 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Slow Songs Make Me Puke
The girls of a rather unusual club find it hard to commit to the cause. Boys are too tempting.
- About 10 minutes
- 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Smarty Pants
Dallas is a real smarty pants and can't wait to show off. But he's in for a shock. His new class is very different. A fantastic competition piece.
- About 30 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 32 pages
The Snow Show
A character driven toboggan ride through every experience you've ever had with snow. Wish for a snow day, make a snow angel, catch the first snowflake.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 8 F, Expandable to 7M 13F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 28 pages
Something Bad is Happening
A friend disappears from an online session.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F
- Online Performance
- Recommended for High Schools
Something to Keep us Warm
A heartbreaking and hilarious one act. How does a family deal with watching one of their own disappear?
- About 25 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 5 Any Gender, Plus offstage voices
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 23 pages
Somewhere, Nowhere
Senior students in a small town face a dilemma. Do they stay close to home, or do they run far away? A heartwarming and heartbreaking story.
- About 105 minutes
- 3 M + 13 F, Expandable to 5M+15F+7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Split
Children of divorce are united through humor in this honest and theatrical look at the day to day reality of growing up in a family that's been torn apart.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F + 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable to 28
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Status Update: A Symphony
Seven teenagers express their hopes and fears online in a rousing symphony of status updates.
- About 10 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Stereotype High
High school is full of stereotypes – or is it?
- About 105 minutes
- 9 M + 9 F + 4 Any Gender, Plus onstage crew
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 107 pages
Still
Nate doesn't want to grow up, and Caroline already has. A bittersweet story with a twist.
- About 15 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
