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High School Plays

High School Theatre! We understand finding play scripts for high school students is never easy. That's why we've partnered with popular playwrights to create plays specifically written for student actors - short plays, comedies, mainstage hits, and more.

Whether you are searching for a riveting one-act play for competition, a crowd-pleasing comedy, a large cast mystery, or a holiday hit, Stage Partners has the perfect high school play for your program.

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  • Alice in Wonderland - Jason Pizzarello Stage Partners

    Alice in Wonderland

    Adapted by Jason Pizzarello from the stories of Lewis Carroll
    Length: 75-85 minutes
    Cast Size: 10-50 actors (suggested casting: 5F, 2M, 13 any)
    Genre: Dramedy, Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Alice falls down the rabbit hole. Mad tea parties, sarcastic caterpillars, depressed turtles, and one, very, very irrational Queen. Will Alice ever escape this dream-like landscape? Or was she never meant to at all? 
  • Lawbreakers - A Fast and Furious History of Women's Suffrage - Diana Grisanti

    Lawbreakers! (a fast and furious history of women’s suffrage)

    Written By: Diana Grisanti
    Length: 60 minutes
    Cast Size: 6-19 actors (suggested casting: 5F, 1M)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    A pair of feuding modern-day stepsisters wake up at the Akron Women's Rights Convention of 1851, and find themselves on a whirlwind journey through US history. As they face the challenges of each time with fascinating suffragists, abolitionists, and freedom fighters like Sojourner Truth and Ida B. Wells, the young women must decide what they really believe and what kind of world they want to stand...
  • Don't Wake the Dragon

    Don't Wake the Dragon

    Length: 30-40 minutes
    Cast Size: 12-35 actors
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    When a fierce and deadly dragon flies over the school, everyone’s alarmed…until the internet weighs in. It’s not long before students and faculty alike are inspired to ignore the fire in the parking lot and join the movement. Soon, the only person not roaring, wearing a tail, and accepting a dragon-based curriculum is shy, awkward Stanley Berenger. But will anyone else join him in fighting b...
  • Alice in Winter Wonderland - Stage Partners

    Alice in Winter Wonderland

    Length: 75-85 minutes
    Cast Size: 6-25 actors (suggested casting 3F, 3M)
    Genre: Drama
    Synopsis:
    Alice is having a horrible holiday. Her parents are busy, her neighbors are mean, and her brother is totally annoying. On top of all that, she has homework -- on Christmas Eve! -- which involves writing a book report on Alice in Wonderland. While reading, Alice becomes drowsy, sees a White Rabbit, and follows it down a rabbit hole, plummeting her into Wonderland in the middle of winter. Now it's u...
  • The Cosplay - short play by Elissa C. Huang

    The Cosplay

    Written By: Elissa C. Huang
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 5-11+ (suggested cast: 5 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    A trio from a fantasy land play a role-playing game set in the equally magical realm of New Jersey.  This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
  • The Power of the Elves - short play by Kathryn Funkhouser

    The Power of the Elves

    Written By: Kathryn Funkhouser
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 4-7 actors (suggested cast size: 4 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Elves seem to have it all together - but lost in the woods, it becomes clear Lemondil may have been exaggerating about a few key things... This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.  
  • The Wizards of Northwick, a 10-minute comedy by Patrick Greene

    The Wizards of Northwick

    Written By: Patrick Greene
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 3-10 actors (suggested cast: 5 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Epic journeys involve a lot of long walks...unless you're a wizard. Then magical montages are the only way to travel...unless something goes wrong. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
  • The Three Thieves

    The Three Thieves

    Written By: Matthew Byrd
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 3 actors (3 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    A riddle causes three thieves to turn on each other in the final room in a dungeon…but the treasure may not be what it seems. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
  • Most Special Child

    Most Special Child

    Written By: Jason Pizzarello
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 3-5 actors (suggested cast: 3 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    If you're supposed to be the Chosen One's wise mentor, you might not choose this one. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
  • Possessed - short play by Ian McWethy

    Possessed

    Written By: Ian McWethy
    Length: 10 minutes
    Cast Size: 5 actors (5 any)
    Genre: Comedy
    Synopsis:
    Only the bard notices that one of the traveling companions seems...different after their battle with a witch. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
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