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.
Browse our selection below and read every play script for FREE!
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Margaret Cradmeier's Catalogue of Minor Yet Helpful Uncanny Abilities
Length: 25-30 minutesCast Size: 16-30 actors (suggested casting: 3F, 13 any)Genre: ComedySynopsis:
Margaret Cradmeier may not be the easiest person to get along with, but her message about people is ultimately hopeful: We do not need superheroes or magicians to accomplish the important tasks in life; we need people with “myhuas”--minor yet helpful uncanny abilities. With her limited supply of patience and barely-contained temper, Maggie attempts to work with her Ensemble to explain myhuas.�... -
The Girl with the Golden Hand
Length: 30-35 minutesCast Size: 9 actors (7F, 2M)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
Lolo is just your average teenager, until one day she suddenly acquires a Midas-like gift that turns everything she touches into literal gold. Sounds like a dream come true, right? Except she has to wear an oven mitt over her hand at school, her dad is using her as his own personal money mint, and she can’t even hold her boyfriend’s hand without accidentally killing him. With the help of her b... -
Extra Ordinary
Length: 70-80 minutes (each one-act is approximately 35 mins)Cast Size: 7-17 actors (suggested casting: 13F, 4M)Genre: DramaSynopsis:
Incredible things are happening to average teenagers in this collection of two extraordinary one-acts. In The Girl with the Golden Hand, Lolo suddenly acquires a Midas-like gift that turns everything she touches into literal gold. It's not the gift it seems and she must find a way to lift the curse before she loses everything she holds dear. In My Extraordinary Life That Almost Was, Cass's parents...
