Mystery/Thriller Play Scripts for Schools
Ashland Falls
Who will pay the price when the real world and the play collide?
- About 90 minutes
- 3 M + 11 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 82 pages
The Bottom of the Lake
Who lies at the bottom of the lake? An awesome combination of ghost stories, urban legends, teen issues, absurd comedy, and film noir, all in a single play!
- About 70 minutes
- 2 M + 12 F + 2 Any Gender
- Multiple Locations
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 39 pages
Camel Dung and Cloves
Sara enjoys tea parties. But camel dung and cloves are two things that should never end up on the table. The twists never stop coming in this play.
- About 20 minutes
- 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 15 pages
The Date
Demons on a date are never good.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools
David and Delaney's Guide to the Perfectly Nifty Prom
David and Delaney have been planning for the perfectly nifty prom since they were 6, and everything was going according to plan... until Delaney died. Will the day be saved by a well-manicured ancient burial ground?
- About 13 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Dead Men Don't Carry Handbags
Real life and fiction collide as radio show detective Steve Powell finds himself in the middle of a hot handbag case in cold blood. Will his fake detective skills win the day?
- About 25 minutes
- 9 M + 5 F, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Dead Men Don't Do Radio Plays
Put together a SFX crew and bring the radio sounds to life.
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 59 pages
Dead Men Don't Jaywalk
A dead body jaywalks in front of radio-star-turned-movie-star detective Steve Powell. When a lady friend gets the blame, Steve puts himself on the case.
- About 25 minutes
- 4 M + 5 F, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Dracula
A highly theatrical exploration of the evil that lurks inside all of us…
- About 100 minutes
- 5 M + 5 F + 3 Any Gender, plus Nosferatu and Assorted Monsters
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 100 pages
Frankenstein Among the Dead
Thunder and lightning tear apart the night sky while two young women explore the story of Frankenstein
- About 95 minutes
- 8 M + 7 F + 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 81 pages
Free - Version 1
A free picnic forces a struggling town to reconcile their belief systems with their greed.
- About 45 minutes
- 6 M + 10 F + 3 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Free - Version 2
A free picnic forces a struggling town to reconcile their belief systems with their greed. More parts for girls in Version 2.
- About 45 minutes
- 4 M + 12 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Free: Competition Version
A competition-length version of Free by Lindsay Price.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 5 F + 11 Any Gender + 2 M or F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 31 pages
The Fried Kobassa
A girl-heavy wacky camp comedy that centres on some missing luncheon meat.
- About 40 minutes
- 2 M + 9 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
The Girl on the Side of the Road
Cal and Jane end up stranded on a dark and lonely road. They make the unfortunate decision of helping a girl who only wants to get home to Mother.
- About 15 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Grim and Gruesome Grimm
A playful and theatrical adaptation of Grimm's grimmest tales.
- About 60 minutes
- 8 M + 12 F + 21 Any Gender, Doubling Options
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 57 pages
The Haunting of Chip Lake Lodge
Things start to go awry when four teens show up at a haunted lodge for their prom. A determined ghost could make this the most bizarre night ever.
- About 60 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 39 pages
Heirlooms
Tara and Dane find themselves in possession of the legendary “hook hand” and learn that “finders keepers” is not always what it’s cracked up to be.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Horror Movie 101: Failing Can Be Deadly
A collection of five hauntingly humorous tales.
- About 55 minutes
- 5 M + 16 F, double and triple casting possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 53 pages
The House
Based on four creepy stories about haunted houses.
- About 75 minutes
- 5 M + 9 F + 14 Any Gender
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages
