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Adolescence-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
Finding Jo March
You should know right away that this is not a traditional adaptation of Little Women.
- About 120 minutes
- 5 M + 5 F + 1 Any Gender + 3 F or NB
- Recommended for High Schools
- 85 pages
Finishing Sentences
A play that forces us to consider the human side of the people we often dismiss.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 F + 8 Any Gender, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 44 pages
Fireworks
A couple of teenagers in love look up at the night sky and wait for colorful explosions to dance among the stars.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Recommended for High Schools
Flaky Lips
Two girls live in two communities that have been separated by a wall for a hundred years.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
Floating on a Don't Care Cloud
An emotional tug of war between a sister and brother and what really happens in the world of teenage marijuana use. A vivid personification of drugs.
- About 40 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F + 7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 pages
Football Romeo
A hilarious full length modern take on the clash between school cliques. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet.
- About 75 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 76 pages
Football Romeo (Ten Minute Version)
A football player tries to tackle Shakespeare.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Frankenstein vs the Horrendous Goo
A mix-up in the chemistry club creates a horrendous goo that takes over John Dalton School.
- About 50 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F + 6 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Frankenstein vs the Horrendous Goo: Competition Version
A 35 minute cutting of the original suitable for competition.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F + 6 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Friend Request
Thanks to a series of ill-fated friend requests, a doctored photo of a student spreads like wildfire among a group of teenagers.
- About 10 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Frying Pan to Frying Pan
Should Echo follow her English teacher's dream or her mother's wishes?
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Unit Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Funhouse
This middle school play looks at the bullied, the bully, and the bystander through mostly non-verbal vignettes.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 16 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
The Gift
A teen transforms from shallow and selfish to giving and selfless. How did it happen? A wonderful holiday play inspired by The Gift of the Magi.
- About 90 minutes
- 4 M + 13 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 96 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
Girls and Boys
A football player freaks out when his math tutor turns out to be a girl.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High 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
Hairball
A light vignette play about our obsession with hair. Flexible casting.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F, Expandable to 14M+27F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Hall Pass
No hall pass? No entry. No matter what you say. No matter what you do. No matter what history you bring up.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Happiness Shop
Why aren't middle school students full of smiles, hugs and hi-fives? They’re too young to have problems.
- About 35 minutes
- 6 M + 9 F + 13 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 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
