School

58 pages

3 m, 10 w, 7 flexible, extras, 3 optional m roles

Meet the Nancy Drew audiences know and love: brave, independent, curious, and never afraid to challenge injustice. This one-hour stage adaptation brings the pioneering heroine to life as a determined young detective who trusts her instincts, champions the underdog, and refuses to accept that “the way things are” is good enough. When Josiah Crowley’s missing will threatens to strip a deserving family of their rightful inheritance, Nancy is drawn into a tangled mystery involving would-be heirs, long-buried secrets, and a community full of suspects. What follows...

62 pages

6 m, 10 - 11 w, 5 - 6 flexible and extras

The Templeton family bands together to save their theatre from destruction and to stage their comeback performance of Romeo and Juliet. The chaos grows rapidly as Grandma keeps playing characters from various Shakespeare plays, three women compete for the part of Juliet, the tax accountant tries to hide the embezzlement of theatre funds, and the gangster is determined to get a loan shark’s money. Complicating things even further, the real estate agents are ready to tear down the building and local protestors are fighting to save the thea...

52 pages

3 m, 5 w, 5 flexible, extras

This poignant teen drama, inspired by true events, explores loss, unlikely friendships, and the journey to parenthood. Set in an alternative education center facing closure due to budget cuts, the play follows Maddy Joyce, a dedicated teacher who has built her career around helping at-risk teenagers. Maddy is privately navigating an unexpected pregnancy after experiencing multiple miscarriages. Her life becomes intertwined with Jubilee, a brilliant but guarded pregnant teenager who arrives at the center carrying her own grief, fears, and uncertainty about the...

64 pages

Flexible cast of 33+

“Going Viral” is a fast-paced, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt play set at the ultimate internet convention, ViralCon, where creators, superfans, and branded products collide. As livestreams, fan challenges, and sponsorship deals swirl around them, a group of teens must navigate the crazy realities of life online. When one rising star is tempted to trade authenticity for instant popularity, the pressure to “go viral” threatens to turn her world upside down. Packed with humor, relatable characters, and timely commentary on internet culture, “Going Viral” exp...

37 pages

4 m, 4 w, 10+ ensemble

This dramatic play follows three powerful brothers as they try to navigate honor, responsibilities, and love in their daily lives. The oldest, Santiago, is forced into an arranged marriage to a woman who yearns for a child, but he is keeping a secret from her that will ultimately destroy their marriage. Meanwhile, the middle brother creates an unforeseen situation with his philandering ways, while the youngest brother pursues a love long denied. This play is filled with sorrow, joy, laughter, and a final choice that leaves the audience gasping. Loosely based ...

34 pages

Entirely gender flexible cast of 6-38+

When a high school election shifts from policy to personality, Lauren finds herself fighting a charismatic opponent who uses digital rumors and tyrannical tactics to divide the student body. Through a metaphorical multiple-choice test, the play examines how easily truth is traded for a vibe and how silence can become a vote for the loud. In a world of rigid categories, these students must decide if they’ll fill in the answers they’re given or find the courage to write their own. With simple scenic requirements, contemporary characters, and a gender flexible c...

38 pages

3 m, 4 w, 1 flexible

Taylor is the new girl in school but seems to be carrying a lot of secrets.  Her friendship with Sean, a bright senior, is sparked over a mutual love of science and  time travel theories.  As she becomes a part of his friend group, it becomes clear that she may be new to more than just the school, but this timeline as well.

39 pages

3 m, 6 w, 12+ flexible

Trajectory follows “The Solar Flares,” a middle school rocket team, as they prepare for the annual American Rocketry Contest. Guided by a chorus of Sassy Scientists, the students navigate friendship, family drama, and the high-stakes pressures of building and launching their dream rocket, Sheila! The play is ensemble driven with a flexible cast that blends comedy, drama, and science.

It showcases a wide range of students, with meaningful roles for every actor, and opportuniti...

68 pages

5 m, 9 w, 4-6 extras, 18-20 roles

Perfect for high school performers, this fresh adaptation sets Jane Austen’s beloved novel in the hallways of Pemberley High School. Elizabeth Bennet is a smart, outspoken cheerleader just trying to survive junior year. But life gets complicated when wealthy transfer student Charles Bingley arrives and instantly falls for Elizabeth’s sister Jane. His pretentious best friend and president of the drama club, William Darcy, seems determined to ruin everyone’s happiness – especially Elizabeth’s.

As Elizabeth navigate...

28 pages

3 m, 4 w, 4 flexible, doubling possible

Chad's got a problem. Every time he goes on a date with a girl, he gets so nervous he has no idea what to say. So, his friend Steve gives him some advice: pop in an earbud and let Dia-Logic, a great new AI app, tell him everything to say. Of course, not everything goes as planned... Awkward moments and raucous laughter abound in this one act comedy that examines what it means to really connect with someone in the 21^st century.

52 pages

6 m, 10 w, 3 flexible, 2 extras

This murder mystery play set in the 1920s opens on a party in full swing at novelist Scarlett Stringfellow’s chic Manhattan apartment. All of Scarlett’s friends and loved ones--and even a few strangers--are there to celebrate her forthcoming third novel and her impending marriage to Jasper Banks, the son of one of Wall Street’s most notorious businessmen. Like all good murder mysteries, the lights cut out, a gun goes off, and the worst person in the room ends up dead. Enter Detective Charlie Dolan, who has to find the murderer amongst a group who can’t stop a...

28 pages

1 m, 1 w, 3 flexible

When our darling couple finds their newly purchased house haunted, they call in an expert, Harper Davidson, Ghost Exterminator. Little do they know that Harper has plans to remove more than just ghosts from their house. She is attempting to rob their house in their absence when the real ghost of the house appears. Harper must face not only the supernatural, but her own conscience. This dark comedic ghost story explores the hilarity of the supernatural and the horrors of capitalism. It asks what makes a “perfect home,” and unpacks how loss attaches itself to p...

60 pages

5 m, 9 w

   Clarise and Daphne Montague have just inherited the Center Stage Theatre which their uncle founded years ago. It closed three years earlier but they plan a grand reopening by restaging the first play ever performed there, a funny but cheesy melodrama. The sisters have contracted a famous acting couple for the starring roles while local talent fleshes out the cast.

   The players quickly learn the Center Stage Theatre has a reputation of being haunted by a Phantom. Most folks think it is the ghost of a young actress who ...

52 pages

Flexible cast of 21 actors, plus extras

It’s Group Project Day at school, and two ambitious students are on a mission to livestream the madness in a new episode of their web series, Surviving School: Tips and Tricks to Make the Grade. While documenting the chaos of group dynamics, they capture the absurdities and frustrations that unfold when personalities clash, deadlines loom, and expectations skyrocket. One group attempts a dramatic interpretive dance, another secretly enlists the help of a high-tech AI robot, a perfectionist engineers the ultimate A+ plan, and one rogue student believe...

31 pages

2 w, 6 flexible

Portrayed in a fantasy world, six teens were suddenly collected and taken to a secret government laboratory. Their parents didn’t react to their abrupt departure, and they had no choice on the matter. When the doctor arrives, he immediately begins the experiment. Seemingly simple tests are done to challenge their minds and bodies. Soon the tests really amp up and challenge their entire way of thinking. The teens, both in the dark and suspicious, are then told the truth about their existence. Can they live up to their planned futures? This show requires very l...