Middle School Plays
Middle School Theatre! We understand finding plays for middle school students is never easy. That's why we've partnered with popular playwrights to create play scripts specifically written for student actors - short plays, mysteries, comedies, and more.
Whether you are searching for a one-act play for competition, a crowd-pleasing comedy, or a riveting drama, Stage Partners has just what you need for your middle school theatre program. Beginners and advanced actors welcome.
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A Wind in the Door (Royston)
Length: 65-70 minutesCast Size: 12-40 actors (suggested casting: 6F, 6M, 8 any)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
Meg Murry, the fierce and fiery heroine of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel A Wrinkle in Time, is back in this ground-breaking sequel! In A Wrinkle in Time, Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace journeyed to outer space to save the universe, but in A Wind in the Door, their destination is inner space. With the assistance of the cherubim Proginoskes, the wizard teacher Blaje... -
Romeo & Juliet & Aliens
Length: 40-45 minutesCast Size: 10-30 actors (suggested casting: 4F, 3M, 8 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
There’s something rotten in Verona High School, students mumble in robotic unison, the faculty keeps talking about “plotting something,” and the janitor…well okay he’s always like that. Nevertheless, resident student conspiracy theorist Benvolia Bobbins takes it upon herself to expose the truth, and uncovers a secret of interstellar proportions! But, of course, that’s all going to have... -
Peter Pan's Jump Shot
Length: 25-30 minutesCast Size: 16 actors (suggested cast: 14F, 2M)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
When a scrappy girls basketball team from Littleburg, Texas (population 117) actually makes it to the finals, they're praying for divine intervention. What they get is something they never expected and hardly believe: Peter Pan. But beggars can't be choosers. With Peter's flying slam dunk, they might actually have a shot at the championship game. That is, if they can defeat Captain Hook and he... -
Refresh: Short Plays for Long Distance
Length: Short Play Collection. Each play is 10-20 minutes.Cast Size: 10-20 actors (suggested casting: 6F, 5M, 9 any)Genre: Dramedy, Comedy, DramaSynopsis:
Building a relationship over a virtual platform can be...difficult. In this collection of short plays written for virtual performance, young theatre makers explore the space that exists between us, our screens, and the person on the other side. Imagine an app that lets you talk to dead people or realize you are a character in a play. That is ending. Very soon. What if you were partnered for an on-... -
In the Forest Grim
Length: 60-65 minutesCast Size: 8-60 actors (suggested casting: 4F, 4M, 8 any)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
Hansel and Gretel are lost, and have no choice but to sleep in the forest until morning. But the forest grim is not safe for sleeping children: a dream-collecting witch is on the hunt for nightmares to stock her shelves. As Hansel and Gretel slumber, their dreams come alive, and four of the Grimm brothers' most menacing tales, including "The Robber Bridegroom" and "The Juniper Tree" unfold onstage... -
Edgar: A Ghost Story
Length: 35-40 minutesCast Size: 6-20 actors (suggested casting: 4F, 2M,)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
A first-year high school drama teacher arrives at school to find her auditorium haunted. Against this backdrop, a terminally ill girl falls in love for the first time with a troubled boy as she works against time to stage a tender, autobiographical play. A love-letter to high school theater, Edgar explores the realms of the living, dead, and dying with humor and grace. The play features virtually... -
Fake News!
Length: 30-40 minutesCast Size: 10-18 actors (suggested casting 5F 4M, 9 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
It’s time for another nightly edition of KFKE’s Newstime, your nightly real news leader despite the accusations that KFKE is fake, fake, fake. News anchors Rusty and Sandy serve up only the hottest real news including an interview with an unfrozen cave man, a revealing expose on the mysterious Illuminati, and a prospector mining for gold. Stay tuned for the weatherman, Bob Deepmantan, who clai... -
Un-Help Desk
Length: 10-15 minutesCast Size: 2 actors (1F, 1M)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
Jerry discovers his friendly attempts to help a young library patron find a topic for her paper to be unappreciated and unwanted. This play is part of the short play collection It's Her Say and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
I Said Run.
Length: 10-15 minutesCast Size: 4 actors (4F)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Shadow, Ivy, and Dolores have gathered together to snap their friend Mara out of whatever funk she's been in. Sadly, it might be the last thing they ever do. This play is part of the short play collection It's Her Say and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. -
Angela and Angie and Cynthia
Length: 10-15 minutesCast Size: 3 actors (3F)Genre: Dramedy, ComedySynopsis:
A friendship between three young women is tested in this unexpected play exploring race relations and how some only see what they want to see. This play is part of the short play collection It's Her Say and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.