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Dramatic events are absolutely fantastic for reaching out into the community, fundraising, raising awareness for various causes, and having a great time while you're at it. If your school ha…
Whether you're looking for a great production piece, a superior competition entry or simply some great material for cross-curricular classroom study, Lindsay Price's Shuddersome: Tales of Po…
Theatre and drama class are hugely collaborative. Students are always engaged in group work and scene work with others, which helps students gain skills in teamwork, problem-solving, and col…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Scarlet Heart by Allison Williams is an excellent introduction to commedia for any student performer. The script can be performed as written or…
Are you looking for an easy-to-stage one-act play with parts for 8 or 80? The Absolutely Insidious and Utterly Terrifying Truth About Cat Hair by Bradley Walton might be just what you're loo…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. More love, less death! Drop Dead, Juliet! by Allison Williams is an adaptation of the classic Romeo and Juliet story that goes well beyond your classi…
Countless hours are spent in rehearsal: learning, reviewing, and practicing material. Let's focus on the first aspect: learning. At the beginning of the rehearsal process, everything is new.…
Available in full-length and one-act versions, The Hope and Heartache Diner by Lindsay Price is truly a wonderful character piece with parts for everyone. Diners are a special place. You can…
Everyone is familiar with the term "practice makes perfect," right? But in the theatre, there's really no such thing as a perfect performance, and there is especially no such thing as a perf…
If you need a holiday show that's great for beginners, can accommodate almost any sized cast and has lots of room for audience participation, then you need The Merrie Christmas Show by Linds…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The middle school comedy, Rebootilization by Alan Haehnel, is a full length extravaganza with parts for everyone " and we mean everyone. Stories al…
Acting is supposed to be real, right? We talk with our students about bringing honesty and realness to the stage when they are performing. With that in mind, however, how often have you hear…
Everyone can find the true meaning of Christmas in their heart. In Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol by Lindsay Price, it only takes a couple of ghosts and a dead lunch lady. Eddie…
Theatre is a funny thing, isn't it? Teachers and students spend hours upon hours rehearsing, exploring, practicing, and reviewing. And that's not even counting the hours spent working on the…
Vignettes. Flexible casting. Expandable cast size. Excellent small scene and monologue opportunities. If you're looking for a middle school play for your students that truly has a bit of eve…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Hoodie by Lindsay Price is one of our most popular middle school plays that asks all of the tough questions that middle schoolers deal with every d…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. You may think you know the classic Bram Stoker story, but the theatrical adaptation, Dracula, by Laramie Dean is a version like no other. Based on …
This is a simple and fun improvised game that is great to use in your show rehearsals. I've found it's especially useful for younger, newer, or shyer students, who might be afraid of looking…
Chemo Girl by Christian Kiley is part of a collection of plays that examine the impact of cancer as seen through the eyes of teenagers. Camille is given a video game system from her mom as a…
An assumption is when someone accepts something as true about a person, place, thing, or idea without proof. People do this all the time, often without thinking. We assume all sorts of thing…
Frankenstein vs. the Horrendous Goo by Treanor Baring is a fast-paced, action-packed comedy that's sure to delight both middle school actors and their audiences. A mix-up in the chemistry cl…
A "digital footprint" is the information about a particular person or company that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity. This goes hand-in-hand with the concept of "di…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Adapted by Todd Espeland, Treasure Island is a thrilling journey to Skeleton Island, complete with easy staging (including Silver's peg leg) and gende…
If you're looking for an excellent and challenging Reader's Theatre script that chronicles the correspondence between the battlefront and home, Letters by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt is one you won'…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Drum Taps by Lindsay Price is a theatrical adaptation of a selection of Walt Whitman's civil war poems. Available in both large cast and small cast…
