PLAYS AND MUSICALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND

MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTORS

Below is a list of one acts, musicals, rhyming plays and youth theater plays, suitable for
primary, middle and high schools and available for free perusals.
Just go online and read all these shows for free!

ONE ACT PLAYS

“The Lady or the Tiger” – adapted from the Frank Stockton short story
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/OneActPlays/The_Lady_Or_The_Tiger.htm

“Blind Date, Inc.” a series of comedic blind dates

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/OneActPlays/Blind_Date_Inc.htm

“Blind Date II” more comedic blind dates

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/OneActPlays/Blind_Date_Inc2.htm

“Tartuffe in Texas” based on Moliere’s “Moliere,” a religious hypocrite takes over a Texas family
http://www.histage.com/playdetails.asp?PID=2212

“Death to the Drama Club” – a temporary principal plans to dismantle the high school drama
club
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1641
“Silas Marner” – Adapted from the George Eliot novel
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/OneActPlays/Silas_Marner.htm

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – 90 minute adaptation

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/A_Midsummer_Nights_Dream_G
M.htm

“Pride and Prejudice” – adapted as a one-act from the Jane Austen novel.
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/OneActPlays/Pride_And_Prejudice.htm

“Difficult People” - adapted from a Chekhov short story.

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Difficult_People.htm

“A Lottery Ticket” – adapted from a Chekhov short story

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/A_Lottery_Ticket.htm

“The Story of an Hour” – adapted from Kate Chopin story

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/The_Story_Of_An_Hour.htm

“The Tell-Tale Heart” – adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’a story

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/The_Tell_Tale_Heart.htm

“The Pardner’s Tale,” 3M, 5F, based on Chaucers’ Canterbury Tales, 20 minutes
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/OneActPlays/Pardners_Tale.htm

“Ulysses and the Dogman” a sly O Henry story with a surprising ending
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Ulysses_and_the_Dogman.htm

“Ragtime Mystery” – Ragtime Charlie, the ragtime piano player, solves a mystery!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/oneactplays/Ragtime_Mystery.htm

The Diary of Adam and Eve, 1M, 1F, based on Mark Twain’s writing.
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/OneActPlays/The_Diary_of_Adam_and_Eve.htm

“A Beautiful Day for a Duel” – a naïve young man is forced into a duel against his will
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Beautiful_Day_for_a_Duel.htm

“War Prayer” – satire based on a Mark Twain essay.

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/War_Prayer.htm

“Natalie’s Vacation” Natalie trip to Mexico puts a strain on her marriage

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Natalies_Vacation.htm
“A Meeting on a Train” – two character comedy based on a Chekhov story
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/A_Meeting_on_a_Train.htm

MUSICAL SHOWS – short and full length

“Nun Fun in the Arizona Sun” – orphans and nuns against greedy land grabbers
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Nun_Fun_in_the_Arizona_Sun.htm

“Billionaire School” – a musical history lesson!

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Billionaire_School.htm

“Lotta Crabtree” – a musical history of the Gold Rush in California

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Lotta_Crabtree.htm

“Drama Club Must Die” – the drama club must put on “The Wizard of Oz” with only one week’s
rehearsal or the club will be dead!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Drama_Club_Must_Die.htm

“Olivia Twist” – Olivia is “saved” from the streets, but at what cost?
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Olivia_Twist.htm

“Romeo Loves Juliet” – Shakespeare’s tragedy with a happy ending!

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Romeo_Loves_Juliet.htm

“Little Bigfoot” – Teenagers ‘hooked” on technology are sent to Camp Logout to be weaned
away from cell phones and computers. Then Bigfoot shows up!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Little_Bigfoot.htm

“Princess on the Rocks” – will the princess who sleeps on a rocky bed get the prince?
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Princess_on_the_Rocks.htm

“Hamelin Rats” – will the pied piper save the town of Hamelin from the rats?
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Hamelin_Rats.htm

“Rapunzel” – she’s trapped in a tower! How can she be saved?

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Rapunzel_Murphy.htm

“Shut the Door” – two married people would rather fight than stop a robbery!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Shut_the_Door.htm

“Bullies” – a musical which comes to grip with problem of bullying in our schools.
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Bullies.htm

“Gruff” – the fats goats want to cross a bridge, but there’s this troll!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Gruff.htm

“The Little Red Hen” – Peggy Pullet does all the work with no help from her friends.
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Little_Red_Hen.htm

“The Wild Wolves of Wyoming” – the wolves are tired of exploitation by pigs!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/The_Wild_Wolves_Of_Wyoming.ht
m

“Aesop’s Fables – the Musical” – a musical from four of Aesop’s tales!

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Aesops_Fables_Musical.htm

“McRumpelstilstkin,” 4M, 5F, 3 Either, Musical, 40 minutes

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/McRumpelstiltskin.htm

“Echo and Narcissus, the Musical,” 1M, 3F, 15 minutes, based on Greek mythology.
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Echo_and_Narcissus.htm

“The Fisherman and His Wife” fairy tale with a magical fish and a greedy wife
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Musicals/Fisherman_and_his_Wife.htm

RHYMING PLAYS

“Rhyming Pied Piper” – the rats have taken over Hamelin

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Rhyming_Pied_Piper.htm

“Cagic Mup” – a play with spoonerisms galore!

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Cagic_Mup.htm

“Rhyming Christmas Gift” – The Gift of the Magi in rhyme!

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Rhyming_Christmas_Gift.htm

“Rhyming Storyteller” – Saki’s famous short story in rhyme for the stage!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Rhyming_Storyteller.htm

“Rhyming Hansel and Gretel” – how will this brother and sister escape the witch?
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Rhyming_Hansel_and_Gretel.htm

“Rhyming Three Little Pigs” – The three little pig story in rhyme!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Rhyming_Three_Little_Pigs.htm

“Rhyming Magic Goose” – a magic goose teaches the princess to laugh!

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Rhyming_Magic_Goose.htm

“The Nightly News” – spoonerisms, rhymes, hyperbole and clichés – all in a news show!
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/The_Nightly_News.htm

“The Gossip” – funny one act based on “A Slander” by Chekhov

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/The_Gossip_Play.htm
“Rhyming Goldilocks” – Goldilocks sets out to steal from some innocent bears
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Rhyming_Goldilocks.htm

“Rhyming Three Sillies” – Can the prince find anyone sillier than his fiancé?
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/Rhyming_Three_Sillies.htm

PLAYS FOR YOUNG ACTORS

A Magic Paintbrush, 1M, 3F 13 characters, 20 minutes, based on Chinese fairy tale

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/A_Magic_Paintbrush.htm

“Stone Soup” – the family has only stones to eat! How will they survive?
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Stone_Soup.htm

“Aesop’s Fables” – four fables for the stage

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Aesops_Fables.htm

“Aesop’s Fables II” – more fables for the stage

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Aesop_Fables_II.htm

“Aesop’s Fables III – even more fables for the stage

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Aesops_Fables_III.htm

“Billy Goat Gruff” – can the goats cross the bridge despite the troll?
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Billy_Goat_Gruff_Play.htm

“Thars Gold in Them Hills” – the story of Lotta Crabtree for the stage
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/Thars_Gold_in_Them_Hills.htm

“A Meeting on a Train” – two character comedy based on a Chekhov story

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Sketches/A_Meeting_on_a_Train.htm

“A Pottle of Brain” – fairy tale about a boy who less than brilliant
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/A_Pottle_Of_Brains.htm