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.
TEEN PLAYS
COMEDY
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!
Alice in Wonderland – the Pantomime!
Anne then Some – play about teen friendship and love
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
Lost Property – comedy about Superman, who has lost his clothes
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
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
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
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
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 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 Sweet Spot – Physical comedy about mobile/cell phone reception
The Tell Tale Teacher – Award winning children’s to young teens adventure comedy play
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 Killed Santa? Film Noir Comedy Spoof
Zombies in the Staffroom – detention has never been so fun. Or so deadly…
TEEN SKITS
Attorney skit – we’ll get what you paid for!
Bad News, Pluto!ten minute comedy sketch
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
ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY
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
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
A Clean Break – sci-fi teen drama
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
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
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
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
After Ever After – a fairytale Musical for schools
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