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comedy set on a ship

SAVE OUR SOULS – SHORT COMEDY SCRIPT SET ON BOARD A SHIP

Captain Flubberchops and his crew greet a group of passengers on board the cruise ship ‘Eerie’, including the mysterious Mrs Strange. After a meal at the Captain’s table, the passengers disappear one by one. The Captain and his cat, Watson, decide to look for them and row to a mysterious island in the ocean. On the island, they meet a group of scary zombies, but there is something familiar about them in this short comedy script set on board a ship.

Other comedies for kids by playwright Kate Goddard – The Pied Piper of Hawaii – pantomime Pied Piper.

Author: Kate Goddard

Type: One act Play

Genre: Comedy, Kids, Teens

Cast: 14 plus the ship’s crews (Crew 1 and 2) 8F. The rest can be M or N.

Ages of the actors: Children up

Suitable for: All ages to watch and perform

Length: Thirty Minutes

Set: On board the ship, boarding on deck and then at the dining table, and then landing on a mysterious island.

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Copyright © July 2019 Kate Goddard and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other plays for kids and with zombies

Zombies in the Staff Room – play for kids stuck in detention The Summoning – Audience Participation Sketch – comedy/horror script for adults The Vampire Drudgeries – a rebellious vegetarian teen vampire wants a change. In diet!

Children's, Comedies, One-act plays, Teens

The tell tale teacher – play for middle school

February 5, 2018 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

TELL TALE TEACHER – PLAY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

After a class reads “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, their teacher is called away by the principal and disappears. Strange noises are heard, and the lights go out causing the students to wonder if the school is haunted and if their teacher is ever going to come back. The class must work together to solve the mystery and find their teacher before it is too late in this play for middle school.

This comedy, “The tell tale teacher” was written for the 2016 Virginia Beach Public School’s One Act Play Festival held on November 4-5, and was performed by a cast of students from Virginia Beach Middle School, and earned Superior ratings from all of the judges.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Westville Theatre, Durban, South Africa – 2019
Cameron Homeschool Drama Club, MO, USA – 2020
Wedgwood 6th Fort Worth Independent School District, TX, USA – 2020
Bethesda International Academy, IL, USA – 2022
Theatre Arts | Wedgwood 6th Fort Worth Independent School District, TX, USA – 2021
LIFT, UT, USA – 2023
Sister Thea Bowman School, MS, USA – 2023

Read other plays by Mary Long – Villains Incorporated – an award winning comedy for middle and high school.

Author: Mary Long

Type: One act play for middle school

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Cast of ten roles, most of which can be adapted for either sex. The janitor and Mr Hyde as well as Troy and Miles are the likely male parts, the rest can be either.

Ages of the actors: 11 up to 15 and possibly three adults which can also be played by younger players.

Suitable for: Kids aged 11-15

Length: Thirty minutes

Set: A typical classroom

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – adventure and excitement.

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Copyright © February 2018 Mary Long and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Others like it:

How we saved our homeroom teacher – play for younger children
Grace will lead me home – a girl goes on a magical quest to find a cure for her mother
Mirror – play for younger teens about a spoiled Princess and a magic mirror she banishes people with

Children's, Plays in 2 acts, Teens

Enchanted – plays for junior high

January 5, 2017 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

ENCHANTED – PLAYS FOR JUNIOR HIGH

In Enchanted, our favourite fairy tale princesses Cindi, Jasmine, Ariel, Ru, Belle and Snow are in desperate need of the right knight upon a mighty steed, to come to their aid in defeating the Wicked
Witch. Enter Ben (10) and Jesse (13) – two young boys. Not what you would call knights exactly, well, to be honest they are not knights at all but they are boy scouts, thank you very much and honourable even amongst real men. In this two act comedy, alliances are made, promises are broken, nasty minions are duped and good must conquer evil once again! Let’s just hope it happens before Jesse and Ben become the fairy tale itself. Plays for junior high.

Enliven, enthrall, enchant!

Author: Prince Duren

Type: Two act play, plays for junior high

Genre: Adventure, teens

Cast: Main Characters: 2 – M, 4 – F. Total cast of 15 – 2F and 7N (smaller parts may be doubled)

Ages of the actors: 10 – 14

Suitable for: Kids aged 10-15

Length: One and half hours

Set: The enchanted forest

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – full length play for younger actors

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Copyright © January 2017 Prince Duren and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other plays for older kids and younger teens:

Alice in Football land – take Alice in Wonderland and put her on a football field
Launching a Kid’s comedy club – book of skits

Children's, One-act plays

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

August 7, 2013 Demmer Dewan Leave a comment

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.

Read about authors Michael Holtzhauer and Shirley Gambrell

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Copyright © August 2014 Michael Holtzhauer + Shirley Gambrell Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Looking for something else? Have a look at these great children’s and teen plays

The Wandering Bard’s Tale – a funny fairytale for ages 10-15

After Ever After – A full length musical for kids with all your favourite fairytale characters

The Dragons of Spring – a fairytale for young teens

Action, Children's, Comedies, Plays in 2 acts, Romance, Teens

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

July 9, 2013 Demmer Dewan 2 Comments

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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Like this play? Looking for something different?

Sleeping Beauty – the modern day pantomime

After ever after – a fairytale musical for high schools

The condition – a humorous look at an the inhabitants of an insane asylum

Missing the Mark – a farce in 2 acts where 2 on artists get conned!

Comedies, Crime, Plays in 2 acts, Teens

Jack Masterson and the Case of Absurdity – a two act teen farce

October 26, 2011 Demmer Dewan 2 Comments

SCRIPTS ABOUT CRIME

JACK MASTERSON AND THE CASE OF ABSURDITY – A TWO ACT TEEN FARCE

In this two act farce, Jack Masterson has just started a private detective agency with his friend Lisa and they are awaiting their first case when Miss Lovely walks through their door in need of assistance. It seems that a priceless family heirloom of Miss Lovely’s has gone missing and she needs Jack to find it for her. Jack gladly accepts the case and starts by checking out the scene of the crime and questions Miss Lovely’s maid, Yvette and her obnoxious neighbor Sandra Moody.

Jack comes to the conclusion that his old nemesis, Professor D. Veous must have some information on the whereabouts of the missing heirloom. While Jack goes off to question the Professor at his headquarters underneath the local Happy Hamburger Hut, Lisa goes down to Club Shady to question some of the local thugs about the theft. While there she runs into Jack’s biggest rival Detective O’Malley who decides to help her out questioning the criminal element. What heirloom could possibly worth so much trouble? With three different endings it could be anything!!!

Author: Michael Maxwell

Characters: 18 (12F/6M)

Genre: Comedy, Two act Farce, TWO ACT TEEN FARCE

Type: Full Length Stage Play in 2 acts

Length: 90 Minutes

Suitable for: Any ages

Ages of Actors: Teen and Up

This show was produced and performed at Theatre 29 in Twentynine Palms, California in 2001 and was presented as a Summer Youth Play. It was also nominated for Best Original Writing in 2002 by the Desert Theatre League of Palm Springs.

FURTHER PRODUCTION HISTORY

Maranatha Baptist University-Music and Drama Camp, WI, USA -2017
Towson High School, MD, USA – 2017
Tallulah Falls School, GA, USA – 2019
Carrollwood Players, FL, USA – 2019
White Oaks Secondary School, ON, Canada – 2021
St Columba College, SA, Australia – 2022

Michael Maxwell has been writing plays for the past 10 years and has written 13 plays and had 11 of them produced both domestically on the community theater level and internationally at schools for English language programs. He has also written close to 60 “Saturday Night Live” style skits for a live sketch comedy show that performs in the Inland Empire. His show “Like Clockwork” won the Desert Theater League of Palm Springs’ Best Original Writing Award in 2001.