Plays for Teens

The plays on this page are appropriate for teen performers, and most were written specifically with them in mind. Why not consider them for possible production at your school, theatre, camp or other program?

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A world full of teen characters, ranging from a lonely short-wave radio DJ to a modern Romeo and Juliet to the writer of a most unusual letter, try to balance their fears and dreams as the rest of the world sleeps.
A world full of teen characters, ranging from a lonely short-wave radio DJ to a modern Romeo and Juliet to the writer of a most unusual letter, try to balance their fears and dreams as the rest of the world sleeps.
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Two young adults look for love in a convenience store—with more than the usual baggage.
When a man and woman in suits take Emmett away in the middle of math class, why is it that no one noticed him until he was gone?
What do you do when you’re addicted to beef and there’s only one cow left on earth?
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When the smart but far from cool kid is trapped in the closet with the girl who’s way out of his league during a game of the infamous teen rite of passage Seven Minutes in Heaven, will it be hell on earth or the heaven that neither of them expected…?
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A bullied teen’s random encounter with another student before school might be just the hope he’s looking for, or everyone else’s last chance.
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Mayhem takes off when two passengers think their airplane is about to crash.
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Some people wish the high school years would last forever. Others would do anything to get them over with. What if they all had a chance to get their way?
Through scenes and monologues, a group of teen characters search for their “Chuck,” that elusive moment of knowing who you are.
Through scenes and monologues, a group of teen characters search for their “Chuck” that elusive moment of knowing who you are.
Through a connected series of scenes and monologues, Declaration explores the befores, durings and afters of a group of students whose school is yet another ground zero for a mass shooting.
A teenage girl repeatedly relives the cyberbullying of her best friend as she tries to cope with the aftermath.
When Romeo reveals that he plans to revenge himself upon Shakespeare by killing him in a duel, it’s up to three characters from the comedies to make sure that all’s well that ends well and save the Bard.
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Escaped convict catfights, epic vomiting, questionable vaguely Eastern European accents, air guitar virtuosity, teen ice princesses and the greatest of expectations—can those all happen to one boy in a single summer…?
Everyone’s favorite vampires, wizards and werewolves battle lots and lots of evil in this crazed mash-up parody of the two biggest megahits of recent years, Harry Potter and Twilight.
Everyone’s favorite vampires, wizards and werewolves battle lots and lots of evil in this crazed mash-up parody of the two biggest megahits of recent years, Harry Potter and Twilight.
In this parody of Disney’s High School Musical, join Toy Boatin, Gaberella, Shitzu, Cryin and the rest as the Roswell High bowling team goes for a state championship, students pursue their dreams of performing in the Winter Muse Cycle and surgical decathletes compete in real live surgery, but when Gaberella’s singing voice turns out to be so bad it could cause mass casualties, what will win out—following your dreams, or preserving life as we know it?
When a desperate high school drama troupe gambles that adding a zombie or two to the cast will bring them enough audience to save their program, their hungry new actors threaten to change forever the meaning of “live theatre.”
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A teenage boy hitchhikes along a highway that seems to be disappearing into a black hole.
When two jumpers end up on the same rooftop and neither wants to have their thunder stolen, who, or what, will end up over the edge in this dark comedy?
Through a series of scenes and monologues—everything from an accidental first date to a most unusual art project to creating that last, best selfie—we meet a group of teens who are struggling to find the balance between documenting their lives and living them.
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A missing roommate. An eight-year-old thief on the loose. Sleep deprivation. A gift of a chicken. It all comes to a head on Valentine’s Day.
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A teen thespian detective discovers a vast black market for plagiarized papers and an unlikely ally.
A pair of residents at a home for troubled teens wait for a photo op with Newt Gingrich.
A play about what happens when young people slip through the cracks, and what drives them to violence.
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A pizza delivery guy arrives at the exact moment a doomsday cult expects the world to end.
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A door-to-door gun salesman comes home from work to learn from his young son that “something happened today.”
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What do you do when you’re a bear and your habitat disappears? Join the high school track team, of course.
A band of teenagers struggles for survival and to find the little moments of joy in the wake of a global warming disaster.
A band of teenagers struggles for survival and to find the little moments of joy in the wake of a global warming disaster.
When Tiny Tim throws away his crutches and declares his intention to run the marathon, he could inspire millions—but with big business behind Oliver Twist as their inspirational figure of choice, Tiny Tim may never make it to the starting line…
When Puritan rivals accuse each other of witchcraft, everything in their small town goes off the rails in this madcap mashup of The Crucible and Our Town…with a dash of Avenue Q. Yes, there are puppets.
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When “teen” vampire Celeste accidentally sucks the life out of her date…again, is it time for yet another burial, or for a long overdue awakening?
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A teenage sign spinner suddenly has competition for their favorite corner.
When your mother tells you at the age of three that you’re going to end up stealing saxophones from homeless people, it’s all downhill from there.
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When you’re a gay teen but apparently not the right kind, where else can you turn for help…but to your straight friend!?
When a high school debate tournament’s sudden death round turns out to be exactly that, losing is no longer an option…
When a convention center collapses and all of the world’s supermodels are trapped in their dressing rooms beneath the rubble, will the “regular folks” ride to their rescue? No supermodels required to cast this play.
After two of their classmates stage a Columbine-style massacre at their school, a pair of students hiding in a custodian’s closet must decide whether ten minutes of silence means it’s safe to come out, or something else entirely…
As two bullied students try to survive their daily lives, they wrestle with a terrible question: is the only way out to become the people they hate?
A gay teen shakes things up in his home ec class when he wants his boyfriend to be his “husband” for a family budget assignment.
Alisa arrives at a new high school in the middle of the year to find her locker next to a shrine for a popular lacrosse player who’s died in an auto accident, but as she digs deeper, she discovers another loss that no one talks about, even as it’s left many of the school’s students trying to pick up their own pieces.
Alisa arrives at a new high school in the middle of the year to find her locker next to a shrine for a popular lacrosse player who’s died in an auto accident, but as she digs deeper, she discovers another loss that no one talks about, even as it’s left many of the school’s students trying to pick up their own pieces.
A world full of teen characters, ranging from a lonely internet radio DJ to a modern Romeo and Juliet to a serial letter writer who’s never sent a single letter, navigate that magical hour between night and morning as they wrestle with the changes in their lives.
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A group of teen monsters—a zombie nerd, a rebel without a cause vampire, a werewolf jock, an overly sweet and sentimental witch and an existentially depressed ghost—are thrown together in midnight detention in this homage to the classic 1980s John Hughes film, The Breakfast Club.
With so much of our lives spent in bathrooms (more than a year!), whether it’s private time with a favorite floating bath toy to discovering “ancient” graffiti to the invention of a new dance craze, the teens of this vignette-style, flexible-cast comedy are growing up…in the throne room.
When he discovers a used bookstore is removing the pages from classic books and replacing them with blank ones, a customer fights back.
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In a dystopian America where families are limited to three members, what do you do if you have twins?
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The gun is missing from the pot on the right rear burner at the Doe house, replaced by an egg.
When Tiny Tim throws away his crutches and declares his intention to run the marathon, he could inspire millions–but with big business behind Oliver Twist as their inspirational figure of choice, Tiny Tim may never make it to the starting line…
A madcap parody of the Dickens Christmas classic.
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A recovering transplant patient determined to stock up, doctors selling organs, a kid kleptomaniac and a soup-cooking candy striper right out of Sweeney Todd…calling it a health care crisis would be an understatement…
The youth of a town on the brink of ruin battle the students of a local prep school that is gradually buying up their town, all the while protecting one of their own whose parents have abandoned him.
The untold story–until now–of why Godot, one of the most famous characters in all of theatre, never showed up.
A backyard wrestler traces his career as he wrestles with whether to continue in a match after suffering a concussion.
Sweeney Todd meets high school in this dark comedy with scheming cheerleaders, mysterious loners and a couple of teens just trying to survive their daily lives with their dignity—and their vital organs—intact.
Two teenagers struggle with how to defend themselves against a bully.