Self-image-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
The Tower of Tyler
Tyler is a star. But his sister is getting tired of keeping his secrets.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 8 F + 7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Tumblefur
A sweet teenage girl takes her dog for a walk in the park and discovers that there is something exciting around every corner.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Tuna Fish Eulogy
The tragedy of a young boy's death is examined. Written in the Ladder play format the text runs in vertical columns for fuller choral work.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F + 1 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's comedy filled with unrequited love, disguises, and a shipwreck.
- About 45 minutes
- 6 M + 3 F + 6 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Typecast
Students have all mysteriously been cast in the “wrong” roles.
- About 60 minutes
- 7 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 42 pages
Underneath
Brittany wants to scream. Echo wants to shout. And Josie wants O-U-T, out.
- About 25 minutes
- 5 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Virtual Support Group from Hell
Wendy joins an online teen support group. However, she quickly discovers that the others are anything but typical.
- About 15 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Waiting Room
A group of teenage cancer patients wait to hear about their progress. A bond is created as they discover their similarities and eccentricities.
- About 25 minutes
- 4 M + 7 F + 1 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Waking Moment
Julie would do anything to be just like her best friend Rhonda. But she soon finds out Rhonda's perfect world is a nightmare. Deals with sexual abuse.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 27 pages
Walls
An abstract look at generational barriers.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
We Are Masks
We all wear a mask. What will happen when the world sees who you really are?
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
who are we, who we are
Addresses anxiety and depression in teens.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 14 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
Will and Whimsy: Sixteen Dramatically Illustrated Sonnets of Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets come alive in this play where modern scenes play hand in hand with the original text. Very flexible casting.
- About 50 minutes
- 8 Any Gender, Expandable to 35
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
There is no place like home.
- About 95 minutes
- 5 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages
Yes, Virginia, There is a Virginia
An ordinary shopper survey takes absurd twists and turns for Virginia as she struggles to answer the surprisingly cosmic question: Is Ann Landers real?
- About 25 minutes
- 15 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
You're Cosplaying My Song
Love conquers all, even for a Queen Elf and a Jedi in Omega Six.
- About 15 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 9 pages
