TEEN PLAYS – PLAYS FOR HIGH SCHOOL

These plays are written for performance by or to appeal to teen audiences. Many of the teen plays in this category have been staged before and have been highly successful in their own right. Ideal plays for high school. 

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TEEN PLAYS

COMEDY

comedies

30 Silly skits – a Month of Short Skits

A Manger Carol – a Nativity Play for kids and teens

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespearean comedy adapted for high school

A Smart Alec and Two Idiots walk into a Closet – short one act comedy script

A Snitch in Time – time travelling comedy adventure for teens and young people

A Tale of Two Balconies – modern Romeo and Juliet meet the old versions in this comedy

Aboard Disorder – Short satire about Mental Disorders

Action Man and the Lost Kids – are modern kids losing their imagination? Action Man to the Rescue!

Aladdin – comedy script

Aladdin, the pantomime!

Alice in Wonderland – the Pantomime!

Alms – Dark Comedy about Catholicism (Digital Script)

Alms – Dark Comedy about Catholicism (Printed Book)

Anne then Some – play about teen friendship and love

ANSWER THE QUESTION! A Comedy about Personal Data

Attic Antics! Farcical Comedy set in a school

Awaiting patients – comedy for high school festivals

Beauty and the Prince – an alternative retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Boy’s Night out – comedy sketch about a super secret high school club

Condo Mania a teen sketch about a misunderstanding

Covidiots – play about the idiots amongst us out in the Corona Virus Pandemic

Crooked Hand: Game of Cups. Comical whodunit!

Dead on Stage – comedy about high school drama club

Dick Whittington – the Pantomime!

Dream Beat – 1960’s Two Act Stage Musical

Dueling Chefs – short skit on when chefs fight

Empathy – a series of monologues celebrating women’s voices

ESPN, B.C. – teen action comedy script

Family Separation – comedy sketch about parents separating..from their kids

Foreign Therapy – tongue in cheek political comedy script

Getting this close – award winning teen romantic comedy for high school

Goon today -Funny fairy tale script for older teens and adults

Holiday shorts – collection of short plays for the holidays

Hoods Forever – Superhero Versus Supervillain Adventure Comedy Script

It’s a Good Fang – ten minute dark comedy

Jack Masterson and the Case of Absurdity- a two act “who-stole-it” comedy

Jake Revolver – Freelance Secret Agent – a comedy whodunit

Juleo and Romiet – skit on Romeo and Juliet

Kate the Ultimate and Jane the Invincible:Earth’s Last Inhabitants – Short Superhero Comedy

Lawyer Skit – short skit set in the courtroom

Le Jeu Espion (The Spy Game) – World war II Comedy Spoof

Learning to Fly – comedy about an unconventional grandma

Lemonade Gurus – comedy about two down and out clowns setting up a lemonade stand

Life on the Line – when an old T Shirt’s life is about to end, two shirts hatch a plan to help him escape the line!

Lost Property – comedy about Superman, who has lost his clothes

Lord Watchout !

Mack to the Past – 30 minutes ‘Shakespeare meets Back to the Future’ comedy for teens

Man Con. A comedy about Men. Real Men

Mr Fluffy is missing – short skit about a missing pet

Murder: The Final Frontier!An interactive sci-fi comedy

Moan Alone – A Zombie Comedy!!

Myth- Modern Greek Play for Schools

Myth II – Heroes and Halfwits – a comic look at Greek Mythology

Nana and Paige – poignant comedy about escaping Lockdown

Nativity, news of Jesus – short nativity play

No Year’s Eve – comedy about the world ending on New Year’s Eve

No-Thanks-Giving! Skit

One Hot Knight – comedy skit for 4 actors

Plain as Jane – a two-act comedy where Jane Austen is brought to life to help a young writer

Rag-Na-Rock! Loki, at the local high school, is about to start a war to end all wars and it’s up to the kids and 1 teacher to stop him

Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates – PANTOMIME!

Roxanne of the Islands. Or – They’re playing our Sarong! Two act comedy melodrama

Running of the Aaah!Comedy about the bulls trying to sabotage their own Running

Santa’s Holiday – South African Christmas play

Save Our Souls – Short Comedy (Suitable for teens) set on board a ship

Saving Persephone – comedic Greek style play about Hades kidnapping Persephone because he’s, well just horrible.

Shriek! The Fairytale – teen musical comedy

Shoot this Picture – A Guardian Angel Comedy Script (Part 3 of the Tales of the Cul De Sac)

Sinbad The Sailor! Pantomime of course!

Sir Lyonel and the legion of unlikely heroes – funny fantasy script

Six days till Sunday – one act play for teens and amdram

Slim Fat Commercial – skit about weight loss fads

Snow White – the pantomime. Traditional British

So Easy, a Caveman can do it – short skit about inventing the wheel

Sock Hops, Recorders and Owl Pellets – Tips on Surviving the 4th Grade – written to be played by teens playing kids. 

Stand and Deliver!A Pantomime about Dick Turpin, notorious Highwayman

Teamwork – A Play for Teens (A Play of Perfection, Flipped Blankets and Janky Smiles 🙂

The 7th Officer – large cast adventure play for high school

The American Way – A Satire featuring American Right Wingers

The Appointment – A Comedy about Counseling

The astounding works of Simon Trout – hilarious teen one act

The Christmas Ghosts – a children’s play about the three ghosts of Christmas. With a tech savvy approach

The confederation of radically altered people (CRAP) – superhero comedy play

The Dragons of Spring – a two-act medieval teen comedy

The Duck of the Baskervilles – punful Sherlock Holmes play

The Dummies Guide to saving the USA – CIA comedy script

The End of Class – Teen sci-fi comedy

The First Thanksgiving – a short Thanksgiving comedy sketch

The Fourth Wall – teen one act adventure comedy

The Last Time I saw Paris – teen parody on the whole horse of Troy thing

The Legend of the Rogue OR Mask me no Questions! Comedy Melodrama set in the Old West

The M.A.D. – a comedy about getting out of high school tests, forever!

The Operation – short skit about Siamese (conjoined) twins

The Real Lost Boys – ten minute comedy for teens about two stupid bullies

The Return of the Idol – adventure comedy script for teens and children

The Seven Suits – teen sci-fi comedy about the apocalypse (well almost) and an unlikely team of heroes who save earth

The Sweet Spot – Physical comedy about mobile/cell phone reception

The Tell Tale Teacher – Award winning children’s to young teens adventure comedy play

The Three UNWISE men – the REAL story

The Wandering Bard’s Tale – A Fairytale in One Act – for junior high or middle school

The Way Out- comedy about escaping from the loony bin

The Wish – a comedy about three teenage boys and a somewhat unusual genie

Trouble on Tatu Ween – War Stars Parody

Two Peas – short comedy sketch about twins

Tumbleweed – large cast comedy set in the wild, wild west

Villains Anonymous – a supervillain story

Villains incorporated – award winning Teen one act

Where there’s a Will, there’s a Play! Fun Contemporary Shakespeare

Who I am – Play for Teenage Girls

Who Killed Santa? Film Noir Comedy Spoof

Zombies in the Staffroom – detention has never been so fun. Or so deadly…

TEEN SKITS AND SKETCHES

skits

Attorney skit – we’ll get what you paid for!

Bad News, Pluto!ten minute comedy sketch

By Faith – Christian Skits

Call of the riled – short skit for Thanksgiving

Christmas in the country – American period romantic drama

Disharmony commercial – short comedy skit about a dating agency

Doctor Duplicate – short medical skit

Handsome and Griddle – short skit on Hansel and Gretel

Judge Chewout – courtroom comedy skit

Little Red Walking Hood – skit on little red riding hood

My Little Mermaid – skit on The Little Mermaid

One fine day in the operating room – short medical skit

Orphan Antsy – skit on the musical Annie

So Easy, a Caveman can do it – short skit about inventing the wheel

Start Wreck – short skit on Star Trek

Stumps – female driven dramatic LGBT play

The Comfort of Concrete – one act drama about a missing girl, presumed dead

The masked avenger – superhero skit

The Trail’s Creek – a drama  about mental disability in a young girl that isn’t quite what it seems

Town Crisis – short comedy sketch about sensational, but fake news

Vet Skit – short skit set at the vet

Virtual Teacher – comedy sketch about online learning during lockdown

When Santa got caught – skit for the holidays

Woke Coffee – a comedy about being OFFENDED!

 

ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY

adult fairytale comedy script

Enchanted – plays for Junior High – two scouts lost in the woods encounter a magical kingdom

Final Conversations – award nominated short drama about the last morning a son spends on earth

Forgotten – what happened after Neverland? Large cast fantasy play

Grace will lead me home –  Grace’s quest to find a magical cure for her ill mother takes her on a fantastic adventure

Hynde Horn and the King’s Daughter – play for teens based on a Scottish legend

Kingdom – young teen’s musical about a dragon who loses his flame

On Tour – large cast teen play for mostly male cast

Peter’s Dream – a three act play for high school

Return to Vardia – Three act adventure for a large cast

Ronnie the Fird – period school drama set in the 1960’s

The Blueberry Balladeer – plays for youth theatre

The Dragons of Spring – a two-act medieval teen comedy

The Great Incan Treasure of Confusion – plays for high school about pirates, treasure and Arrgh!!!

The Gold Medallion – three act adventure play for a large young cast

The Magician’s Nephew – an adaptation of the classic children’s story

The Pendragon Sacrifice – award winning play about Merlin and King Arthur

The Roses of Oshiro Village – fantasy adventure for teens

Trolls Stole the North Pole – musical Christmas play

Wandering Bard’s Tale – A Fairytale in One Act – for junior high or middle school

Ursula – fairytale about a princess who escapes her imprisonment in a castle by turning into a bear

Villains incorporated – award winning Teen one act

DRAMA

drama play scripts

A Clean Break – sci-fi teen drama

Anna, alone – teen play about a girl dealing with multiple personality disorder brought on by abuse

Beyond the Edge – a play for secondary schools about climate change

Boy-1 – science fiction play for teens

Bride and Seek – short female monologue about a fateful wedding day

Chauffeur Driven – Short British drama about a spoiled teenage boy

Choices – South African plays for teenagers

Conformity – drama for high school students

Dark Matters – a play about the demons of Depression and Mental Health

Dreamtime – play about teen murder based on the notorious murders of two Dartmouth Professors in 2001

Enchanted – plays for Junior High – two scouts lost in the woods encounter a magical kingdom

Finding my Root – South African Monologue

Foreign gifts – powerful play for teens/young people about communism and capitalism

Friends and Family – teen drama script

Forgotten – what happened after Neverland? Large cast fantasy play

Grace will lead me home –  Grace’s quest to find a magical cure for her ill mother takes her on a fantastic adventure

Holiday shorts – collection of short plays for the holidays

Hynde Horn and the King’s Daughter – play for teens based on a Scottish legend

In tents – one act teen play about bullying

Jason and Ali – play about dating a high school girl with a bad reputation

Lady T – one act drama for high school and drama college

Mask of Thorns – teen drama about the effect of divorce on kids

Mirror – play for younger teens

Molly and the magic phone – musical for children and young teens

My Child – a short drama about an unwanted teen pregnancy

Never alone – play about teen depression

Oedipus the play – classic Greek mythological tale in the format of a play

Parallelodram Two – short drama that parallels two families with the same problem but two very different outcomes – nature versus nurture!

Peter’s Dream – a three act play for high school

Rebecca, the child – a short one act play about teen peer pressure

Ribbit – award winning comedy script about believing in fairy tales

Return to Vardia – Three act adventure for a large cast

Someone to remember – a one act teen drama

Stone Cold Sober – monologue by a child of an alcoholic

Survivors include – one act teen drama about teen suicide

The Back Seat – drama about college rape

The book of souls – teen drama about bringing loved ones back from the dead

The Group Session – play about multiple personality disorder

The Most Important Thing – Christian one act drama

The Vampire Drudgeries – teen comedy about a rebellious vegetarian vampire

The Well Keepers – play for older children based on a traditional folk tale

The Witch’s Cackle – one act ghost story for Halloween

The Wrong side of the Road – teen drama about a fatal accident

Think before you vote – South African school story

Unhappily Ever After. A fairytale. Gone horribly wrong!

Ursula – fairytale about a princess who escapes her imprisonment in a castle by turning into a bear

White widow – teen ghost story script

PANTOMIME AND MUSICAL

children's musicals

After Ever After – a fairytale Musical for schools

Aladdin – comedy script

Hot Fudge Pickles – THE Musical for tweens

Molly and the magic phone – musical for children and young teens

Shriek! The Fairytale – teen musical comedy

Sleeping Beauty – the Pantomime – teen pantomime

Snow Good – Hilarious Snow White pantomime in the style of the Goons

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves – British Snow White panto

Snow White and the Seven Ugly Sisters – alternative funny pantomime script

Trolls Stole the North Pole – musical Christmas play

The Wizard of Odd – a pantomime script of the Wizard of Oz

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