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Molly and the Magic Phone – musical for children

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MOLLY AND THE MAGIC PHONE – MUSICAL FOR CHILDREN

This is a one act musical for children. Written with age eleven and under in mind – although it is suitable for children up to around fifteen years old. A serious story with touches of comedy – with scope for being directed in a number of different ways – the emphasis being on participation for the children and entertainment for a young or adult audience.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Country Players, Nelson, New Zealand – 2018

Author: James Chalmers

Genre: Musical for children

Type: One act musical

Cast: Minimum of 10 and up to 15 children

Ages of the actors: Age 11 and under but ages of up to 15 would work

Length: 25 – 30 minutes

Suitable for: Children and the whole family

Set: No set required although the play might benefit from being performed in front of some plain flats – possibly decorated lightly with graffiti. At the front of the stage on either side – are tables for the cards carrying the text messages. The Presenters pick up cards from one side – walk across the front of the stage holding the words up for the audience to read – then they place the cards on the other table. They wait there until the next text message is to be displayed – and they walk back across the other way with the appropriate cards. The words should be on both sides of the cards because the messages are cues for the actor playing the part of Molly.

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – a nice play suitable for a small drama class

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Like this play? Other plays for kids:

The Poetry Machine – plays for children
Adventures of Mojoe and Snowy in Lochloosa
Dreidel – Jewish Children’s plays

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ESPN, B.C. – Teen scripts about sports

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ESPN – TEEN SCRIPTS ABOUT SPORTS

A fun play for teens and older children about caveman teens and how they developed all the popular sports we play today. It’s all done with actions and no words so there’s loads of room for a director’s creativity. A short play that’s less than ten minutes in length.

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Author: Jean Blasiar

Genre: Teen scripts

Type: One act play

Length: 5-10 minutes

Number of actors: 7, 1 man 5 boys and 1 woman

Suitable for: All ages

Ages of the actors: 5 teen 2 teen to adult

Set: Simple – a cave with some “rocks” that the boys throw around and a basket of apples with twigs

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – doing all the actions without words.

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Other short plays for Teens:

Rebecca, the child – short play about peer pressure
Someone to remember – short one act teen drama
Family exercise – short one act drama

Children's, Dramas, One act plays

Holiday Shorts- collection of plays for the holidays

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HOLIDAY SHORTS – A COLLECTION OF PLAYS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

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Seven short plays for both children and adults written around various festivals and the holidays such as Chanukah, the Chinese New year and Christmas. The entire evening of Holiday Shorts may be done in approximately 60 minutes, or one or several plays may be performed individually.  Together, there are about 35 roles. No play calls for more than seven actors. The use of puppets is encouraged.

Anansi and his children: An African folk tale about how the fantastic children of Anansi save him when he is swallowed by a giant fish.

Dreidel: A lovely Jewish children’s play set around the festival of Chanukah. A grandparent tells his young granddaughter, Rachel the story of a miracle, that occurred when he was just eight years old. It tells how he accidentally broke his Dreidel that he had carefully made for Chaunkah, and how he was unable to get clay to make another. Until a miracle happened.

First Christmas: A married couple spends their first Christmas together and, despite various setbacks, they discover that their love for each other is all that they need to make Christmas special.

Gifts of the Magi: an adaption of the famous O.Henry tale. A beautiful story about how a poor young couple give up their prized possession to be able to buy each other the perfect Christmas gift.

The Nian: set at the Chinese New Year, a folk tale that tells of how the terrible Nian was banished forever from China by a clever couple that arrive unexpectedly at a terrified village and how the Chinese New year is celebrated every year because of this.

O, Tannenbaum: – a young boy finds his voice at summer camp which brings him closer to his taciturn grandfather.

Yes, Virginia:  a young girl isn’t sure that Santa Claus exists anymore.

Performance History:

December 2015 – The Overseas American Army as part of their Christmas plays
Howard S. Billings High School, Quebec, Canada – 2018
Department of Theater Lafayette College, PA, USA – 2019

Read more about playwright Evan Guilford Blake. Other plays by Evan.

Recently, Evan’ story My Father’s Robe was published online in Wisdom Crieth Without. This is a traditional story, a very gentle piece that I think will appeal, especially, to those who have aging parents.

Author: Evan Guilford-Blake

Genre: Christmas, festival and plays for the holidays for both adults and children. Includes plays to celebrate the African Kwanzaa and the Chinese new year.

Type: Collection of short one act plays

Length: The entire evening of Holiday Shorts may be done in approximately 60 minutes, or one or several plays may be performed individually.

  • Anansi and his Children – nine minutes
  • Dreidel -Twelve minutes
  • First Christmas – Six minutes
  • Gifts of the Magi – Twelve minutes
  • The Nian – Eight minutes
  • O, Tannenbaum – Eleven minutes
  • Yes, Virginia – Eight minutes

Number and ages of actors: Together, there are about 35 roles. No play calls for more than seven actors. The use of puppets is encouraged.

  • Anansi and his Children: 2w (any age), 2m (1 20-50, 1 any age), 1 either (any age), 2 children (1 girl, 1 boy)
  • Dreidel: (1m (80), 1w (45-50), 1 either (50+), 2 children (girl, 8; boy, 8)
  • First Christmas: 1m (54); 1w (37)
  • Gifts of the Magi: 2w (early 20s, 30+), 1m (25), 3 either
  • The Nian: ( 1m (30+), 3 either (2 any age, 1 40+), 2 children (1girl, 1 boy)
  • O, Tannenbaum: 3w (30s, 60s, 30-65), 2m (35-50, 60s), 1 child (boy, 10)
  • Yes, Virginia: 1m (28-35), 3 either (any ages), 1 child (girl, 8)

Suitable for: All ages

Set: Simple – staging with a few simple furnishings can easily be achieved

Level of difficulty:  7/10 – crowd control if the entire show is performed

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Copyright © 2009 as an unpublished dramatic work by
Guilford-Blake corporation. © Off The Wall Plays July 2014 as a published work

Like this play? Other seasonal and festival plays:

A manger carol – nativity play
Santa’s holiday – South African Christmas play script
A Contemporary Christmas carol – modern day Scrooge

Children's, Comedies, One act plays, Teens

Aladdin comedy script

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ALADDIN COMEDY SCRIPT

Aladdin comedy script

The wicked wizard Abanazaar seeks ultimate power to rule the world. But unfortunately, the power is only given to those who are worthy. Despite his assurances that he will use it to fix the hole in the ozone layer, he is not deemed worthy. But there is one who is.  His name is Aladdin, and he is currently pretending he is royalty (but hiding out as a peasant), so that he doesn’t get executed for staring at the local Princess.  Aladdin is being hunted by the fierce Gung Ho, and fears for his life.

When  Abanazaar arrives in Peking, he seeks Aladdin out and pretends to be a long lost relative. When he promises that he has  a ‘get rich quick’ scheme up his sleeve, Aladdin sees his chance to prove he is worthy of the Princess by getting load of money, and so agrees to enter a magical cave and retrieve a lamp for Abanazaar to do so. But things get even better when Aladdin rubs the lamp himself, unleashing the secret agent Genie inside and his sidekick, Miss FunnyPenny. This suits Aladdin perfectly, until Abanazaar steals the lamp back from him….and tries to kill him….

Author:  Bradley Coffey

Genre: Comic version of traditional tale

Type: One act play

Length: One hour

Cast: Thirteen to Twenty, 8M, 4F and rest either M/F

Suitable for: Ages 10 to 15. Suitable for younger teens

Ages of the actors: Ages 10 and up, can be played by either adults of younger teens and older children.

Set:  9 scene changes but most can be accomplished with flats and some in front of the curtain.

Level of Difficulty:  6/10 – slightly long for younger children.

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Alice in Football Land – plays for children

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ALICE IN FOOTBALL LAND – PLAYS FOR CHILDREN

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This fast paced retelling of the classic Alice in Wonderland is updated to modern times and set in a football stadium, where the Riverdale Rabbits are facing their rivals, the Duncan Dormice.

Alice, cheerleader for the Riverdale Rabbits, falls from the top of the pyramid and finds herself lost in the stadium desperately seeking Tod (the star quarterback) her ‘true love’. Along the way she encounters a strange group of characters; a coach who can’t control his players, a band leader whose band plays animals as musical instrument, the water boy who only serves water at his tea party, the referees who can’t decide what penalty to call, and the Cheshire Brand Hot Dog vendor who gives her cryptic and confusing clues. As Alice finds what she searches for, she realizes that she was chasing after the wrong things the whole time.

Alice in Football was performed at the Parkside Playhouse, Vicksburg, MS, June 24-26, 2010.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Ursuline Academy, OH, USA – 2018
Ouachita Little Theater, AK, USA – 2018

Read more about playwright Richard Van Den Akker. Other children’s plays by Richard.

Author: Richard Van Den Akker

Genre: Plays for children, fairytale

Type: Three act play

Number of actors: Nineteen plus, Cast 19-29. 1M, 2F, the rest either M or F. Actors may play up to four different roles.

Ages of the actors: Older children and younger teens

Suitable for: Kids and younger teens

Set: The football field and sidelines

Level of Difficulty:  7/10 crowd control.

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The poetry machine – play for children
The Wandering bard’s Tale – a fairytale in one act

 

 

Children's, Dramas, One act plays

Dreidel – Jewish Children’s Plays

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DREIDEL – JEWISH CHILDREN’S PLAYS

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A lovely Jewish children’s play set around the festival of Chanukah. A grandparent tells his young granddaughter, Rachel the story of a miracle, that occurred when he was just eight years old. It tells how he accidentally broke his Dreidel that he had carefully made for Chaunkah, and how he was unable to get clay to make another. Until a miracle happened.

Production History:

Neighborhood Playhouse, Decatur GA – 2005
OnStage Atlanta, Decatur, GA – 2011
Westwood High School, TX, USA – 2017


National Public Radio selected “Dreidel” to be broadcast as part of NPR’s annual “Hanukkah Lights” program in December 2017

Among the stations carrying it:

Iowa Public Radio: Ames/Des Moines WOI 104.7 FM
Northern Public Radio: WNIU 90.5
KSTX – San Antonio: 89.1

WABE Atlanta – 90.1: https://www.npr.org/series/hanukkah-lights/ and as a podcast, via https://www.npr.org/2017/12/06/566900064/hanukkah-lights-2017?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=storiesfromnpr

And on WBAA 105.9FM, also via podcast: http://wbaa.org/post/hanukkah-lights-2017#stream/0

Read more about award winning playwright Evan Guilford-Blake. Other plays by Evan Guilford-Blake.

Author: Evan Guilford-Blake

Genre: Jewish Children’s Play

Type: Short one act play

Length: 15 minutes

Number of actors: Five, 2M 2F 1M/F

Ages of the actors: Two older(or made up) one middle aged(or made up) and two children

Suitable for: Children round eight years old

Set: Simple. Just a chair and possibly other decorations in a room

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – getting the characters right

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A fairly tall adventure – full length children’s adventure story

Adevntures of Mojoe and Snowy in Lochloosa – short children’s play

A manger Carol – nativity play for kids

Children's, Plays in three acts

A Fairly Tall Adventure – Adventure Plays for Kids

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A FAIRLY TALL ADVENTURE – ADVENTURE PLAYS FOR KIDS

Children’s Comedy/Fantasy. Cindy and Jack Reiley spend an evening at home with their step-sitter (a substitute baby sitter). Jack makes a board game for them to play and, as they play, they notice strange things happening; fairy tale characters appear, spells are cast, and it seems the only way to set things right and get rid of the unwanted house guests is to finish the game before their parents come home. An adorable cast of unusual characters make this an exciting comedy the whole family will love.

Read about playwright Richard Van Den Akker.

Production History:

Actors of Tomorrow, North Carolina, USA – 2016
Fairy Tales Theater, MS, USA – 2019

 

Author:Richard Van Den Akker

Genre:  Plays for kids, adventure play script

Type:  Full length play

Length: One and a half hours

Number of actors: 9-13. Up to 10 girls,  up to 5 boys

Ages of the actors: All can be played by children.

Suitable for: All ages, aimed at children

Set: The play is set in the living room/den of a middle income family. There is a couch, a few chairs and a low coffee table down center. There is also a door to outside, a door to the bedrooms, and a door to the kitchen. There is a sewing machine and a phone off to one side.

Level of Difficulty:  6/10 – a nice play aimed at older primary school children or younger middle school children.

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Copyright  March 2014 Richard Van den Akker and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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The Poetry Machine – play for children

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THE POETRY MACHINE – PLAY FOR CHILDREN

In this play for older children, an ageing poet is suffering a severe case of writer’s block. The poet comes across a gypsy who promises that a poetry machine will be able to help him/her write by simply placing material in the machine to form a story. The writer takes the machine home and after putting his/her grandchild’s toys in the machine, concocts a story in poetry about a pirate, robot and teddy bear. The poet finishes reading the story to find that his/her grandchild has disappeared, presumably having crept inside the poetry machine.

The poet also enters the machine and encounters the characters invented from the previous story, each inhabiting the opposite persona from that of the story. In the quest for his/her grandchild, the poet tries his/her best to comfort the chaotic characters when the gypsy reappears. Blaming the gypsy for the disappearance of his/her grandchild, the gypsy continues to infuriate the poet by speaking in riddles until the poet is finally awoken by his/her grandchild. Back in reality the poet realizes that the machine was not necessary to renew his/her writing and that s/he had the talent all along.

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Photo of the cast of a 2014 production of The Poetry Machine. Courtesy of Western Stage Youth Theatre

Author: Revelly Robinson

Genre: Two-act play for children

Type: Two-act play

Length: Twenty Five  Minutes

Number of Actors:  Six, 6 actors,  all N/M/F

Ages of the actors: It can either be performed by children aged 6-13 years old, or alternatively with 5 older actors and one child

Suitable for: All ages, aimed at children.

Set:   Act 1: Scene one and three are in a house with a writing desk, scene two is a market, but can be performed elsewhere on the stage. Act 2: Inside the dream world of the poetry machine and ends back at home.

Level of Difficulty:  6/10 – script is easy to remember as it is mostly in verse.

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A Manger Carol – a funny nativity play for kids
Adventures of Mojo and Snowy in Lochloosa – an alligator filled adventure!
The Wandering Bard’s Tale – a children’s fairytale in one act

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THE ROCKING HORSE CHRISTMAS – CHRISTMAS MOVIE SCRIPTS

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THE ROCKING HORSE CHRISTMAS – CHRISTMAS MOVIE SCRIPTS

This lovely Christmas movie screenplay is centered around a hand carved rocking horse, passed down from Ben’s Grandfather, who got it from his grandfather and then gave it to Ben. It’s Christmas and Ben, his wife and their son Cody decorate the tree with their Christmas decorations and the little rocking horse. Unknown to the family, there are little mice, Porter and Tobi that live with them, that love the rocking horse just as much as Ben and his family do. When the rocking horse accidentally falls into the trash, it takes the two mouse friends, Porter and Tobi on an adventure to recover the precious magical family heirloom.

This script won first place in the Animation Genre of The Santa Clarita International Screenplay Competition, 1997 and second place in The Burbank Children’s Film Festival, 2001. Mark Mcquown is a produced screenwriter.Credits include PJ, starring John Heard, Vincent Pastore, Robert Picardo and Hallie Kate Eisenberg.  This film is available on Netflix.

Other plays by Mark Mcquown.

Author: Mark Mcquown

Genre: Christmas movie screenplay

Type: Screenplay

Length: Ninety minutes

Number of Characters: 5 main characters and a number of smaller roles.

Suitable for: All ages, aimed at children.

Ages of the actors: Adult and children (and mice)

Level of Difficulty: Can be done with animation or with puppets.

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Children's, Comedies, Musicals, Pantomimes or Fairytales, Plays in 2 acts

The Wizard of Odd – Pantomime Wizard of Oz

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THE WIZARD OF ODD – PANTOMIME WIZARD OF OZ

A modern day Dorothy living in London is transported to the land of Odd, where she meets the fabulous dame of the North and has to defeat the wicked witch of the west with the help of the brainless Scarecrow, Tin Man who lost his heart to the wicked witch, and  the Lion who has lost his Mojo. This is to prevent the catastrophic events that the wicked witch has planned in which she will take over the rule of Odd, and do away with the Wiz, all with the help of the ruby slippers.  A fun filled musical version of the traditional movie, complete with Broadway Musical numbers that will get the cast and audience tapping their feet.

Production History

St. Dallan’s Primary School, Northern Ireland, 2016
Franklin Players – Roosevelt Park, South Africa, 2016
Berwick Amateur Theatre Society, Australia – 2016
Acting UP/Unexpected Places, United Kingdom – 2016
Spag Bol Productions – Ferny grove Primary, Australia – 2017
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom – 2017
Creative Projects plus, Tasmania, Australia – 2017
The Matt Dann Theatre and Cinema , WA – Australia – 2019
Sprowston Parish Players Committee, Norfolk, UK – 2020

Have a look at this promotional video of a recent production by Spag Bol productions – Ferny Grove Primary School

Photographs all from Spag Bol productions – Ferny Grove Primary School, Australia.

Author: Claire Linda Demmer

Type:  Two-act full length musical play

Genre: Musical, Pantomime Wizard of Oz

Length: 90 minutes

Cast: 15-22 speaking characters with chorus, but many smaller parts may be doubled.

Ages of the actors ; Child to adult any age

Suitable for: All ages, family show

Set: There are three scenes – the house where Dorothy lives, the land of Odd and   Emerald city.  Sets can be constructed inexpensively using screens on wheels and backdrops to allow ease of set changes.

Level of difficulty:  7/10 – characterization.

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A Manger Carol – One Act Nativity Play

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A MANGER CAROL – A ONE ACT NATIVITY PLAY

 

Every year, in churches across the United States, children perform the story of the nativity before an audience of proud and excited parents. In many cases a large group of children are dressed up and paraded across the stage while a narrator reads the story of the birth of Christ. Often this tradition becomes boring and commonplace, even though they are acting out the greatest story ever told.

This nativity play is designed to be a little different. It initially starts off with a departure from tradition, by introducing comedic elements into what has become, through habit, a solemn proceeding. At the end the play closes with an important message about Christmas and our Savior Jesus Christ; that the story isn’t about the scenery or the costumes, but about the people in that story. A group of ordinary people who came together to take part in an extraordinary event that changed the world forever.

My hope for this play is that people will enjoy and laugh through the comedy, and then take home the message that Jesus himself often took chances, shook things up, and stepped out in faith, and that we, as his disciples, should do the same.

“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! Tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.”  – Benjamin Franklin

Author:  Richard Van Den Akker

Type: One act nativity play

Genre: Nativity play, comedy

Length:  Forty Minutes

Number of  Actors: Twenty to  Sixty  (20-60) Some of the parts can be doubled if you don’t have enough children.

Ages of the actors: A large number of children to early teens

Suitable for : All Ages

Level of Difficulty:  7/10 – many costumes.

Set:  Simple – the inn and stable can be made of of large cardboard boxes such as refrigerator boxes. There is  a lamp that needs to be plugged in but quite simple otherwise.

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Copyright August 2013 Richard Van Den Akker and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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Adventures of Moe Joe and Snowy in Lochloosa! – a children’s play

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THE ADVENTURES OF MOE JOE AND SNOWY IN LOCHLOOSA – A CHILDREN’S PLAY

 

In this children’s play, the teacher, Miss Ann, reads to her class out of a book, ” The Adventures of Moe Joe and Snowy in Lochloosa.” As she reads, the imagination of the children transports them into the book to a house on a lake where their teacher, Miss Ann and the principal of the school, Mr Timothy are married. They live with a cat and a dog in the little house. There is also a fierce alligator living in the lake that wants to eat them, but they are protected by ‘Eagle Eyes’ who sees the alligator and keeps them safe from harm. The children from the school class also play the animal creatures in the book.

Authors:  Michael Holtzhauer and Shirley Gambrell

Genre: Children’s Play

Type:  Short one act play

Length: Twenty- twenty five minutes with scene changes. 20-25 min long play

Number of Actors: Seven, play for 7 actors

Ages of the actors : Two adult, rest children or early teens

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – easy script for the kids with lots of fun. There is a spider puppet

Set: Two simple sets – one a classroom with a board and desks and chairs, the other is a lakeside cabin.

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Santa’s Holiday – South African Christmas play

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SANTA’S HOLIDAY – A SOUTH AFRICAN CHRISTMAS PLAY

In this South African Christmas Play, Santa is forced to take a holiday in October by his doctor, who says the stress of being Santa is putting him at risk for a heart attack.  Santa and his wife decide to go to camping in South Africa for their holiday and drink some wine and have fun in the sun.

Unfortunately, Santa is kidnapped and held for ransom by the Tokoloshe, who keeps him in his shack until he gets the ransom. Mrs Claus cannot afford the ransom, and appeals to the embassy of the North Pole to pay it, but it isn’t their policy to pay ransoms or negotiate with kidnappers!

Time passes and Christmas eve approaches. At the North pole,  the elves and other fairytale characters are in a flat panic. In desperation they appeal to Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet to deliver the presents. Unfortunately they don’t drive and will have to deliver the presents on foot…

Author: Pillar Pringiers-Spinnox

Genre: Christmas play – full length play

Type: Two act play

Suitable for : All ages

Number of actors: Thirty two  32 – ideal for a school production

Ages of the characters/actors: Young to old but can be played by any age with makeup

Level of difficulty:  7/10 –  quite wordy

Set:  There are a number of different scenes but most can be accomplished with two simple backdrops – one for the South African scenes and the other for the North pole scenes and the odd furnishings to represent their current location.

Note: Some pop songs are incorporated in the script. The license to perform these songs may need to be acquired separately. Otherwise they can be substituted at the director’s discretion.

More about playwright Pillar Pringiers-Spinnox.  Other plays by Pillar

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Copyright July 2013 Pilar Pringiers-Spinnox and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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The Dragons of Spring – two-act comedy script for teenagers

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Teen Plays

THE DRAGONS OF SPRING – A TWO-ACT COMEDY SCRIPT FOR TEENAGERS

 

In this two-act comedy script for teenagers, King Bob is informed by the ‘Queen for a day,’ his wife, that it is high time that their daughter, Clementine was married, being at the ripe of age of fifteen.  Clementine, however is, desperately in love with Claudius, the castle plumber.  In an effort to ensure that she marries someone of noble blood, the King and Queen issue a Royal Decree stating that anyone who kills the local dragon will win 5000 pounds.  (And in small print,”Marry the Princess Clementine.”)

two-act play script for teenagers

When the Princess Clementine hears about this, she is determined that her true love, Claudius, the plumber shall be the one to slay the dragon and so she drags the unwilling Claudius and her maidservant to the forest to slay the dragon.  However, her younger sister is determined that Clementine shall be married, to whoever, so that she can get her Clementine’s bedroom. So she drags her maidservant off to the forest to slay the dragon, and to pin it on one of the local elderly knights sent by the King to perform this errand.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Home School Academy Drama Club, USA – 2022
Dramatic Repertory Association for Music and Arts, MS, USA – 2023

 

Author:Richard Van Den Akker

Genre: Adventure fairytale for younger teens

Type: Two-act play

Length: One hour and ten minutes

Number of actors: 16-20, sixteen to twenty  12M,  5F, rest anything

Level of difficulty: 7/10 Easy script and quite funny. There are special effects but how to make them is well described by the playwright in a separate document

Set: There are four scenes and three sets – the throne room, the village green and the woods. these can easily be accomplished with backdrops and minimal furnishings.

Read more about playwright Richard Van Den Akker.

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Copyright July 2013 Richard Van Den Akker and Off The Wall Play Publishing

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After Ever After – a fairytale musical for schools

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AFTER EVER AFTER – A FAIRYTALE MUSICAL FOR SCHOOLS

After Ever After is a full length fairytale musical play that would be suitable for middle school or older primary school pupils. It has a large cast based on popular characters from literature. In  ‘After Ever After,’ the ‘baddies’ have been send to Dungeon,’ the rehabilitation centre for ‘the baddies, ‘ and the ‘goodies’ are living out their happy lives in Camelot. Unfortunately things are not going as smoothly as they could hope –  the baddies are plotting their revenge and escape from rehab, aided by the evil Claude Frollo, who runs the rehabilitation centre. They plan to attack the ‘goodies’ and take over Camelot. Who will win this final battle between good and evil?

“Carnivals of the Heart,” a young amateur theatre group based in Somerset-West,  performed AEA in December 2011. The play contains songs from popular music and popular animated movies.The musical rights for these songs would have to be purchased from the relevant local musical licensing authority or the songs substituted.  The authors will allow workshopping of the play with their permission, but the title is not to be changed.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Monkayo College of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Compostela Valley, Philippines – 2017
Alternative School in Keaau, Hawaii – 2018
Kambala, Sydney, Australia – 2022

Read more about Pilar Pringiers-Spinnox and C.J. Opperman

Authors: Pilar Pringiers-Spinnox and C.J. Opperman

Genre:  Fairytale Musical for schools in two acts

Type: Two act fairytale musical for schools

Length:  1-1.5 hours

Suitable for: All ages

Number of actors: 40, Forty

Ages of actors:  10 and up

Set: On one side of the stage is ‘the Dungeon’ and on the other side is ‘The village,’ and in between is the forest. Pinocchio’s bedroom is set up at the side. A table with 2 chairs is set up at the other side with the Dete and Huntsman, writing the story.

 

Level of Difficulty:  7/10 crowd control and placing the characters on the stage

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Copyright May 2013 Pilar Pringiers-Spinnox,  C.J. Opperman and Off The Wall
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