Eight edgy short plays to challenge high school actors, ideal for classroom use, competition or one-act festivals.

Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry.

A modern retelling of the famous friendships, family, and feuds between David, Jonathan, and King Saul—baseball style.

When four ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge, he is forced to look at his life—past, present and future—and witness the effect he has on others. 

A spoiled princess must find three magical Christmas gifts for her parents if she is to escape an arranged marriage to the world's stupidest prince.

Despite cerebral palsy, a family who can't understand her and the bullying girls at school, the gift of a Morgan horse she names Ringo may make all the difference for fifteen-year-old Sarah as she fights to find wholeness in her body and spirit.

An orphan named Pip overcomes adversity for the sake of childhood love in this timeless story of the enduring power of the human spirit.

If children play instead of hanging up the evergreens for winter protection, they are in danger of being kidnapped by Pinella, the Winter Witch.

Everyone's favorite vampires, wizards and werewolves battle lots and lots of evil in this crazed mash-up parody of the two biggest megahits of recent years, Harry Potter and Twilight.

A dynamic and exhilarating modernization of the story of the peasant girl who led an army to help crown a king and was burned at the stake for her efforts.     

A group of teenage girls, all excluded from their mainstream schools, are inspired by their English teacher to mount an all-female production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Mowgli, a little boy raised by wolves, learns the Law of the Jungle as he is kidnapped by lawless monkeys, watches the elephants dance and comes face to face with his arch-enemy, Shere Khan, the tiger who is trying to eat him.

When the doors of the CliffNotes Library suddenly lockdown and someone hears a gunshot (he thinks), a motley crew of students and one freaked out substitute teacher must rise about the social chaos to save a life—and maybe learn a little about tolerance along the way.

Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships and the moments that matter the most: the first kiss, flirting, dating, breaking up, going to college and what goes through their heads as they sit in the most boring class ever.

Facing indifferent audiences and inner turmoil, a struggling Commedia dell'Arte troupe battles to live up to that old saying, "The show must go on."

With the help of a ghostly librarian, a frustrated little league ballplayer and his friends take an unexpected trip into their parents' past to fix the present.

What allows children to triumph over tragedy?  When Penny is forced to deal with an impending tragedy, a neighborhood matriarch guides her through with the help of imaginative play.

Two teenagers who don't know each other deal with tragedy and struggle in the search for one good thing.

A young girl comes of age in Jim Crow Mississippi in this authorized adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning classic.

Facing frozen monsters, freezing weather, and the evil Snow Queen, young Gerda searches the northern tundra to save her brother Kai in this adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen story.

A bilingual fable of young hunters competing for leadership of an ancient society which is threatened by a mysterious beast.

A young African-American girl takes an epic fantasy journey set against the backdrop of the busing movement, as two families, one on each side of the racial divide, grow to discover their love for each other.

Step aboard the Windship, then set sail with a lost girl seeking a home somewhere in the wide world of fairy tales.

The story of the Swiss hero (famed for shooting an apple off his son's head), his son, and Switzerland's quest for independence, framed by a fictionalized story of Rossini writing his famed opera.

The youth of a town on the brink of ruin battle the students of a local prep school that is gradually buying up their town, all the while protecting one of their own whose parents have abandoned him.

A world full of teen characters, ranging from a lonely short-wave radio DJ to a modern Romeo and Juliet to the writer of a most unusual letter, try to balance their fears and dreams as the rest of the world sleeps.

Follow Alice as she discovers the bewildering world on the other side of the mirror in this musical adaptation of Lewis Caroll's Through the Looking Glass.

A musical, modernized retelling of a story from The Odyssey, in which a dog stubbornly awaits a missing soldier's return from the Korean War, long after everyone else has lost hope of ever seeing him again.

This sung-through urban opera deals with the tough choices facing youth in the streets of Philadelphia.

When a fed up principal ships a group of bratty middle school students off into space and they encounter a group of bratty aliens on another planet...what will happen when brats collide?

Little Phoebe spends her after school hours cowering in a closet -- until she spies a moth flying through a buttonhole that draws her in, hurling her into an alien galaxy and a perilous journey of self discovery.

In this fun-filled musical, a group of monster kids must work together to defeat an evil camp director and keep the world safe for weird folks everywhere.

What if you could make your senior year of high school last forever? When a group of students tries to do just that, not everybody's jumping on their bandwagon. In fact, another group of students wants to pull the wheels right off. Who will win out?

Santa quits, setting off the Halloween Witch, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and a host of other legendary characters on a mad, mischievous competition to fill the vacancy.

Can Mita, a sweet and always hungry termite, save her neighbors from starvation and find the friendship she longs for?

A respectful yet hilarious take on a traditional fairy story of three young pigs and their battle with the Bad Wolf, with eleven original songs, all carefully written to work well with young voices.

What is a true friend? A fun, often zany contemporary fairy tale about identity and friendship.

A girl who has never been cared for by her parents experiences love for the first time when she discovers an abandoned secret garden, and helps to bring it back to life.

This delightfully spooky family musical makes Ichabod Crane the comic villain in a fresh, funny take on Washington Irving's tale of the Headless Horseman. 

An interactive musical for kids about the very first day with the big train for two young train cars, and how they learn to follow the rules and make new friends.

When a young girl enrolls as a human exchange student at a school for animals, she must learn to co-exist with creatures who consider humans their natural enemies, as a common enemy threatens them all.

It's up to a bumbling, absent-minded hero to save Basiltown and his own crumbling world from the insane and misguided crimes of a sentimental and emotionally fragile villain.

A very young, very Goth, very pregnant teenaged girl teaches her irresponsible husband to love their unborn baby.

Four characters grow up before our eyes as they journey from elementary to middle school in this fast-paced series of scenes that inspire us to appreciate the extraordinary moments of ordinary life.

Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry.

Nobody's perfect, but Anna can't stop trying - until she meets an Amazing Magician who makes her wish come true!

For a young girl aching to grow up, what could be better than to find a fairy that can grant her that wish?

The Native American tale of an eagle being raised as a prairie chicken is retold with a happy ending and as many bad chicken jokes as possible.

A fast-paced ensemble work exploring the varied accounts of the historic events in Boston Commons that transformed a collection of colonies into a democratic nation.

A child, through the magic of his grandmother's attic, is transported into the fable of the Brave Little Tailor and must outwit a host of colorful characters to learn where true bravery comes from.

Based on an Italian folktale, this lively play centers on the joys of family and the wonders and magic of Italian food.

Born in prison, Chou is befriended by an enchanted butterfly whose stories take Chou around the middle kingdom; could they take Chou to freedom?

Jenna's plans to escape her small town through a diving scholarship are put in jeopardy when a dive damages her inner ear, and she can no longer keep her balance.

Friends and family come to terms with the death of a teenage girl at the hands of an eating disorder through sadness, anger, and regret. 

Forced to work together on a group project, three very different high school students confront their stereotypes and anxieties—and even more troubling, their wishes and dreams.

 Bully Bree waits for her meet-up, poetic Locust, but her snarky comments outrage hippie chick Jessica, who Bree once stabbed in the back. 

A group of students who each have a unique physical feature become an alliance of friends who must stand up for their originality against a group of students who want everyone to be normal.

Strange things are afoot in Storyland.  Can the world's greatest special agent get to the bottom of this fairy tale mystery?

Dandelion overdresses for a come-as-you-are party and is turned away because the hostess does not recognize him in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book.

When a lazy but basically good elf disappears, will her apparent abduction trigger a war between the elves and the gnomes?

Four high school students struggle to confront their own biases of multiculturalism and language.

Mike's gotta break some...awkward...news to Tony, despite the doctors, tango dancers, and guerrilla platoon blocking his way.  Part of the "It Gets Better" project.

Against a rich 19th century theatrical backdrop, a great stage diva and her first love, now an Anglican Bishop, revisit their all-too-brief backstage romance and question why they parted and whether a long-delayed happy ending is still possible. 

When the animals in Furry Tale Land begin losing their tails because the famous book characters are forgetting the fairy tales, it's up to three brave animals to find a human who still knows the stories, bring her back to their magic land and unscramble the mess before the tales and tails are gone forever!

Three teen apprentices at a summer Shakespeare festival experience the rollercoaster highs and lows of young love...all while awaiting their entrance for that evening's performance.

In the spirit of Shrek, this fractured fairy tale comically chronicles the exploits of Goldilocks as she flees the Three Bears and seeks asylum with the compulsive kisser Georgie Porgie and a host of nursery rhyme characters.

A fractured fairy tale based on Little Red Riding Hood takes a contemporary comedic look at overcoming loneliness and self-pity.

Two families and an amorous dolphin seek the ultimate contentment.

An intergalactic detective discovers a well-intentioned and possibly beneficial fraud, and must decide whether to reveal it.

The universe may very well be at stake when Rose Plum pressures middle school rocket scientist Herby Alice to provide the juicy story she needs to get in good with the school broadcast elite.

A play rich with the finely-drawn characters from the Brothers Grimm entices you into a magical world of once upon a time.

Johnny Appleseed and his friend Pete travel the countryside encountering real and fictional female figures in American folklore.

Two sheltered girls imagine that the death of a pet rabbit means that one of them is pregnant.

Dogs in a rescue kennel come up with a plan to find themselves new homes.

In hockey, boy meets girl, girl slashes boy, girl gets a penalty, boy's team scores and boy loses girl...or not? 

A theatrical adaptation of Washington Irving's timeless tale of Ichabod Crane, the fair damsel Katrina Van Tassel, and the most feared spectre of the realm, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.

Santa quits, setting off the Halloween Witch, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and a host of other legendary characters on a mad, mischievous competition to fill the vacancy.

Young Bessie Smith tries to find the courage to perform before a northern audience for the first time.

Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships and the moments that matter the most: the first kiss, flirting, dating, breaking up, going to college and what goes through their heads as they sit in the most boring class ever.

After many failed attempts, Manuelo the praying mantis learns to make a cello with the help of his friend the spider in this adaptation of the book by Don Freeman.

Children will actively participate in these four updated and charming folk tales from around the world.

A young slacker tries to hide the incompetence of his band by lip syncing the William Tell Overture.

The Princess Ariadne promises her brother—known as “The Minotaur”—that she will not let anyone hurt him, but now Theseus has come from Athens to slay the famous monster. 

An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hair tries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book.

Two teenaged girlfriends hesitantly share their fears and hopes about motherhood when they meet for the first time since one has had an abortion.

A little boy, a seal, and a mermaid join forces to save Nessie when a troll threatens to drain Loch Ness.

When a storyteller tells the story of his tribe - of his past - what characters does he become?

A feisty kid sabotages a live television broadcast to make a statement about gun violence in this anti-violence comedy.

Miles locks himself in the bathroom on the day he is supposed to meet his girlfriend’s parents.  Hilarity ensues.

When Persephone runs away with the boyfriend from hell (literally), her mother--who happens to be the goddess of the harvest--holds the whole earth hostage. 

When the Pied Piper comes a-callin', it's up to three unlikely heroes - a cat, a mouse and a bird - to save the lost children of Hamelin Town and give this traditional tale a happy ending.

When a curious stuffed bear is left at the Laundromat, many adventures await him in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book.

When a beautiful princess is cursed with the face of a pig, she sets out on a magical journey - only to discover that true beauty is found within.

A mother and daughter go shopping for a prom dress and battle for control over who will choose which dress to buy.

Maybe he's an artist...maybe he's an oddball...but teenage Shiloh knows one thing for sure:  his dreams are dying a slow death in suburbia, and it's time to escape before it's too late!

Puss N. Boots leads a ragtag group of misfits to help Robert, Duke of Wessex, regain his dukedom from an evil Ogre.

Professor Sasha Marlowe's newest experimental device has split her into seven elemental parts, but now that they're free, not all of the elements of Sasha want to go back to the way things were before.

Events rapidly "go viral" after a group of teens put an inappropriate photo online.

A new kid shows up and disturbs the secret hideout of a group of misfits in this play about making friends, navigating change and exploring imaginative worlds lurking just beneath the stairs.

When the world's greatest supercriminal, Von Darkness, gets a new partner, the heroic Daybreak learns that he may need to reach out to succeed.  

A snowflake wishes to stay a snowflake forever, and a boy wishes he could keep her forever in this story about wishes coming true.

When a new boy shows up at the bus stop, Lizzy “Camera Girl” Slominski has to put down her camera and look at a complicated world of love, divorce, and cell phones with her own eyes for once.

A bright young suburban teen hesitantly reveals affection for a recently transplanted inner city teen who is both streetwise and emotionally mature, with surprising and moving results.

A bright young suburban teen hesitantly reveals affection for a recently transplanted inner city teen who is both streetwise and emotionally mature, with surprising and moving results.

A bright young suburban teen, born in Iran, hesitantly reveals affection for a recently transplanted inner city teen who is both streetwise and emotionally mature, with surprising and moving results.

When her role as Storyteller is challenged by an enthusiastic new neighbor, Ivy must decide whether it is more important to be a lonely queen, or a creative collaborator!

When a gnome and a troll become friends, they must overcome the prejudice of their families if they are to maintain their friendship.

A Japanese serving woman dresses as a man to accompany her mistress through a dangerous forest.

The gun is missing from the pot on the right rear burner at the Doe house, replaced by an egg.

A high school senior stands on the edge of triumph or disaster:  she has received the response to her college application. 

When a high school senior puts on his dancing shoes, he discovers that it's not who you love that matters...it's how you love.

Two young men trying to make it in the big, bad city fall for the same girl - with hilarious results.

Five comic Christmas vignettes tell stories themed on the (public domain) Christmas carol that accompanies them.

Two versions of reality collide when a senior boy disappears on graduation day and his classmates and friends struggle with their loss and confusion about him and their own uncertain futures.  

What do you do when you're a ghost, but nobody is afraid of you?

A recovering transplant patient determined to stock up before he leaves the hospital. Doctors supplementing their salaries by selling an organ or two. A kleptomaniac kid on the loose. A soup-cooking candy striper right out of Sweeney Todd. Calling it a health care crisis would be an understatement...

Chloe is enjoying a slumber party with her new friends when she suddenly learns that nothing in her neighborhood is as it seems.

In the style of La Ronde, a group of high school students meet at a local coffee house to gossip, confess and confront each other about everything from relationships to addictions and longings to suicide...

A typical teenager's attempt to get his driver’s license turns into an epic struggle against unenthusiastic employees, catastrophic traffic, and violent parental guardians with anger management issues.

Four strange, funny, and offbeat stories told in rhyming couplets.

A wise peasant girl teaches King Alexander how to solve the bizarre problems in his kingdom.

Two teenagers struggle with how to defend themselves against a bully.

Two young adults look for love in a convenience store--with more than the usual baggage.

Will Jack and Jill finally break the vicious cycle that they've been trapped in for as long as they can remember...?

While two sisters watch a meteor shower, their divorced mother's annoying cell phone "tweets" force them to question their uncertain future and the reality of their lives, ultimately bringing them closer together.

Shannon is Shaun's idea of perfection, but when she forces her admirer to come up with one flaw, could it spell the not-so-perfect ending for their relationship?

When two teenagers find a dying bird, is the act of mercy to leave it be or end its life?

An updated version of the classic fable The Ant and the Grasshopper.

A titmouse among the bus-stop pigeons--a messenger from God? A twisted encounter between strangers.

Two teenage boys find that a Girls Gone Wild DVD is a lot more--and less--than they bargained for.

In the aftermath of a Halloween party gone horribly wrong, three college students retell the mysterious tale from conflicting perspectives.

A gay teen shakes things up in his home ec class when he wants his boyfriend to be his "husband" for a family budget assignment.

Two teenage girls stuck in detention till they've written a letter of apology.  No way.

Freaked out Serafina hasn’t been on a date in ages, so Coco comes to the rescue with a head-to-toe makeover.

 A young prince goes on a quest to slay a dragon to win the admiration of a princess.

A battle between two siblings over a diary and a video game controller gives way to fears about their Dad being "erased" from their memories...

When best friends Rain and Sophia attend their first school dance, they accidentally cause the boy who's captured both their hearts to fall, quite literally, for another.

Carly wants the latest school accessory, a G.B.F., but is Payton ready to be transformed into a Gay Best Friend?

A teenage girl doesn’t let the death of a boy she loved end their friendship.

Two young girls wait for their wounded father to return from his tour of duty.

A harried businessman is tempted to a life of irresponsibility by a mysteriously wet man.

A teenage boy hitchhikes along a highway that seems to be disappearing into a black hole. 

Libby and Robin calculate how to make ballet as much fun as football for their math-mad friend Kirk. 

Christmas Eve, 1971: Amidst the pall cast by the Vietnam war, a pair of young lovers in a sleepy coal mining town struggle to find hope and common spiritual ground as they confront news which threatens to alter the course of their lives.

Two teenage girls joke about eating disorders until they realize one of their classmates is bulimic.

A girl tries to make Christmas for her cynical brother in their elegant, cold New York apartment. 

Two stressed-out senior girls at a high school dance look for a way out of the frenetic round of résumé-building--maybe accidentally on purpose forgetting the condoms on prom night could provide a welcome escape?

For three high school friends, the big riddle is figuring out the difference between a dream and pie in the sky.

Our Song explores the bonds between a father and son by juxtaposing three generations across time riding in the same pickup truck.

When Elliot takes younger brother Jeff on a backpacking trip in Yosemite National Park and their water supply is on the verge of running out, it's probably not a good time to discover that their only set of maps has gone missing.

Will a teenage girl's reunion with the mother who abandoned her be everything she's wished for?

An innocent but dangerous flirtation between a young black soldier and a white farm girl in the WWI-era South.

When one sister wants the other sister to learn to defend herself against a school bully, who will throw the first punch in this play about bullying at school and at home?

A train loving thrill-seeker tries to scare some romance into his straitlaced date by taking her onto a train trestle at night.

Up a tree in the middle of the night, two children consider pressures from parents, classmates, and unwanted Barbie pajamas, and come up with an exciting new adventure forward.

When it comes to the Dating Game, will even the friendliest of advice prove to be the proverbial Trojan Horse...?