DRAMAS FOR SCHOOLS

Dramas for Schools

Written by: Mandy Conner Running time: 40-50 minutes Cast: HM; 5F, 2M, 4 any (11-30 actors possible)

The time has come for headstrong Kera to be fully initiated into her tribe of healers, but she’s questioning what she truly wants. Could the key to her future be found on a quest into her dark past?

Written by: Laura Lundgren Smith Running time: 40-45 minutes Cast: H; 8F, 3M, 1 any (9-26 actors possible)

When a German girl takes a job as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp to provide for her younger sister, their fates become intertwined in this powerful drama about the choices that allow evil to become ordinary.

Written by: Mandy Conner Running time: 35-45 minutes Cast: HM; 8F,7M, (15-25 actors possible)

When the yellow fever epidemic entangles Lizzie’s fate with the forgotten orphans of New Orleans, all must band together to hold the city accountable for its most vulnerable citizens in this haunting historical drama.

Written by: Douglas Craven Running time: 20-25 minutes Cast: H; 4F, 4M, 1 any (9-11 actors possible)

Eight students sit in a classroom lockdown, not knowing if it’s just a drill or an actual emergency, but when their teacher goes after a younger girl who bolts from the room, they must choose whether to stay or run.

Written by: Bradley Hayward Running time: 30-45 minutes Cast: H; 5 any (5-32 actors possible)

A series of monologues and scenes confront the funny and tragic challenges of growing up, from clueless parents, to rumors, to bullying, to suicide, which form the teenage experience and often remain unspoken.

Written by: Alan Haehnel Running time: 40 - 55 minutes Cast: H; 4F, 4M, 13 either (12-30 actors possible)

Fifteen sculptures are part of a high-tech work of art about to be sold by their owner. One catch – the figures are alive. The race is on against their desperate owner’s destructive plan as they reach for autonomy!

Written by: Jason Pizzarello Running time: 100 - 120 minutes Cast: H; 2F, 2M, 1 either (5-41 actors possible)

Enter seven weird, futuristic, haunting worlds eerily similar to our own in this collection of strange and humorous plays in the spirit of The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror.

Written by: Stephen Gregg Running time: 75-85 minutes Cast: H; 12F, 10M, 5 any (10-46 actors possible)

In this wildly inventive thriller, a theatre ensemble brings the story of a strange event to life, documentary-style – but as the strands weave together, it seems like the danger may not be entirely in the past.

Written by: Stephen Gregg Running time: 75-85 minutes Cast: M; 12F, 10M, 5 any (10-46 actors possible)

Middle-school performers can reveal every delicious twist of the mystery in a new version of Trap crafted specifically for them.

Written by: Laura Lundgren Smith Running time: 35 - 40 minutes Cast: H; 4F, 3M, 8 either (9-30 actors possible)

As the Troubles rage through Northern Ireland, young Colleen is determined to join the IRA, but her sister is desperate to prevent the bloody conflict from claiming more of their family.

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