Title: .COM in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: McKenzie, Cora Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
Description:
roy comedy - teenagers - identity - Canadian two characters one male; one female one act
" '.COM' downloads the audience into a chat room where two unlikely visitors tell lies to create false personas." (winnipegfreepress.com)
First place winner of the 2003 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest.
Title: #YOLO in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Bulgo, Matthew Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
Description:
roy young adult - British - growing up - health issues eleven characters four male; six female; one flexible ten scenes
ages 14+.
‘How am I supposed to deal with... that... with the idea of... when I haven't dealt with life yet?!’ It's A-level results day and Jack has it all laid out in front of him. After a summer of love and laughter with his mates, he's off to university. He can't wait for 'Freshers’ Week' and all the adventures that will follow. Life is just beginning and it couldn't be better. But when Jack gets blind-sided by a
Title: 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: McWethy, Ian Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2009
Description:
roy comedy - high school sixteen characters six male; seven female; three male or female (flexible casting) one act
When two college recruiters at a prestigious university need to fill one last spot to keep their jobs, thirteen eccentric, dim-witted and slightly-insane high school seniors are eager to come in for an interview. What seems like a simple task turns into a nightmare when the applicants turn out to be a reality TV star, a practicing vampire, an amateur magician, and others that are much, much worse. Each applicant's interview hilariously illustrates what NOT to do at a college interview. Title: 15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Haehnel, Alan Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2005
Description:
roy comedy - high school - acting large cast flexible casting one act
This is a play about not being in a play, ironically expressed through a hilarious series of monologues, duets, and ensemble scenes. From early traumas involving a glory-seeking elementary school teacher to possible disturbances in the global climate, "15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play" keeps the audience guessing just what scenario will be next.
Title: 2B WUT UR in - Other Schools of Thought / YCL Author: Panych, Morris Publisher: Talonbooks 1994
Description:
roy drama - youth - teenagers - high school - social issues six characters three male; three female one act
'Comic drama about adolescence set in teenage boy's imagination.'
Title: Abraham and Isaac in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
Description:
roy children all boy cast; four characters four boys; one act
1 exterior set.
Based on an old Miracle Play. Title: Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe, The in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Trieschmann, Werner Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
Description:
roy comedy - high school twelve characters two male; seven female; three male or female (doubling possible) one act
When a crowded elevator becomes stuck, one of the passengers, a playwriting instructor, thinks that everybody is in fact trapped in a cliched play by an inexperienced playwright. After all, the elevator does contain a quick-tempered Biker, a spaced-out New Age Woman, and an agitated Pregnant Woman. But when the Instructor goes searching for the playwright, the elevator expands to include even more stereotypes including over-eager cheerleaders, a Goth Kid who writes bad poetry and, of course, a clown. Will the Instructor find the playwright before the cliches become
Title: Accordion Shop, The in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Jumbo, Cush Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult seven characters flexible casting one act
age suitability: 15+
Mister Ellody has quietly kept his accordion shop going on his local high street for generations. One day, he steps out of his door and witnesses an extraordinary incident: hundreds of young people are surging on to the street, and they've all received the same text message on their phones which simply says: 'RIOT - THE ROAD - 7 PM TONIGHT'.
Title: Actor, The in - Dramatics (Mar 2003) / PER Author: Foote, Horton Publisher: Miscellaneous 2003
Description:
roy high school eleven characters five male; six female one act
Southeast Texas, early spring, 1932 at Harrison high school. Title: Actor, The in - International Connections / YCL Author: Foote, Horton Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy drama - acting - high school eleven characters six male; five female one act
Play is set against the Texan depression and tells the story of Horace Junior's passion of becoming an actor.
Title: Adventures of Chastity Pewke, The in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - comedy - farce five characters four boys; one girl one act
"Joe Martin, the conjuror, is down on his luck. The Devil drops in on him with the offer of some supernatural magic on the usual terms."
Title: After Juliet in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Macdonald, Sharman Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy drama - teenagers - Shakespeare - high school sixteen characters seven male; eight female; one musician one act
A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo's friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin; but Rosaline is bent on revenge. Title: Ailie and the Alien in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Pearson, Morna Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult fourteen characters; extras flexible casting one act (twenty-two scenes)
Allie is a human and things have been going wrong for her for a while now. Finn is an alien who has crash landed on earth. When Finn takes a shine to Allie things suddenly start going right in her life. But when Finn is summoned to return home everything begins to unravel.
Title: Alas, Poor Yorick in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Hurd, Ray E. Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
Description:
roy young adult all male cast; eight characters eight male one act
setting: vacant stage of the auditorium in the Parish House, about 1:30 o'clock one Saturday afternoon in November.
No further description available.
Title: Alice in - Six Plays for Girls / YCL Author: Carroll, Lewis Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1957
Description:
roy children all girl play; six characters six girls one act
An adaptation of the Alice in Wonderland story. Title: Alice by Heart in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Sater, Steven Sheik, Duncan Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
Description:
roy musical - high school - fantasy eighteen characters (or more) flexible casting (doubling possible) one act
music by Duncan Sheik.
In the throes of adolescence, determined Alice Parsley convinces her seriously ill friend Alfred to follow her one last time down the hole and play White Rabbit to her petticoated heroine. Mad as it all is, there's so much she still wants from him. And yet, how late it's getting! A rock musical about growing up and letting go of the past.
Title: Aliens vs. Cheerleaders in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Nguyen, Qui Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
Description:
roy action comedy fourteen characters four male; six female; four male or female (flexible casting) one act
specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.
After aliens abduct and scan two unsuspecting teenagers' brains to find their leader, they are led to Principal Forsman of Saint Valley High School. Little do the power-hungry aliens suspect that the school's cheerleading squad is full of brains, brawn, and butt-kicking skills. But when the cheerleaders are overpowered, it's up to hipster outsider Molly and her nerdy sidekick Lewis to
Title: Analeise in - New Plays / YCL Author: Alvarez, Lynne Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy young Adult - drama sixteen characters eight boys, eight girls one act
"Two teens living in 19th century Denmark are separated when the boy, Christian, mysteriously departs with Nina, an exotic older woman. The girl, Analeise, fearing Christian may be in danger, begins to search for hin in a small boat, her only travelling companion being a small insightful Toucan. Alvarez reveals a world that is boldly theatrical and classically intelligent." Title: And by the Way, Miss... in - ignite: Illuminating theatre for young people / CHC Author: Urge with the Ensemble Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2016
Description:
roy young adult - girls - dramatic comedy - music all female cast; five characters five female (young women) one act (prologue, fifteen scenes)
Playwrights include: Lauren Brotman, Andrea Donaldson, Amber Godfrey, Christina Sicoli, Diana Tso
An interdisciplinary piece for grade 7 & 8 girls (aged eleven to fourteen) about their lives. Devised theatre created by women developed through workshops with girls, and made exclusively for girl audiences.
Title: Angels in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: McLynn, Pauline Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
Description:
roy young adult - British - drama eleven characters six male; five female one act (five scenes)
suitable for all ages.
"A group of young strangers gather in an old graveyard for a community project, watched over by three angels. Over the course of a day and night they talk, sing and bicker as they learn more about themselves and the lives they are living." - National Theatre
Title: Anon(ymous) in - American Theatre Vol. 24; No. 2 Author: Iizuka, Naomi Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama-youth eleven characters five male; six female (doubling) one act (25 scenes)
suitable for high school.
Adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Imagine having no identity. Feeling like your life up until now was practically erased. Starting over. Meet a young Southeast Asian refugee called Anon. A contemporary Odysseus from Homer's epic tale, who also enters a country by being swept ashore, having survived a boat crash. But Anon's destination is the U.S. And the time is as now as it can Title: Anon(ymous) in - Fierce & True / YCL Author: Iizuka, Naomi Publisher: University of Minnesota Press 2010
Description:
roy drama - youth eleven characters five male; six female (doubling) one act (25 scenes)
suitable for High School.
Adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Imagine having no identity. Feeling like your life up until now was practically erased. Starting over. Meet a young Southeast Asian refugee called Anon. A contemporary Odysseus from Homer's epic tale, who also enters a country by being swept ashore, having survived a boat crash. But Anon's destination is the U.S. And the time is as now as it can
Title: Arden City in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Wertenbaker, Timberlake Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
Description:
roy young adults - British - love - identity - family relations seventeen characters; extras twelve male; five female (doubling possible) twenty-two scenes (one act)
A contemporary 'As You Like It': a story about love, identity and freedom. Rosie and Sally are two cousins who escape from home after difficulties with Sally's father. Rosie dresses as a boy for safety and the girls find their way to an allotment. Orlando also flees because his brother Oliver wants him killed, and finds his way to the allotment with Adam, his younger friend.
Title: Are We There Yet? in - Theatre, Teens, Sex Ed / REF Author: Heather, Jane Publisher: University of Alberta Press 2015
Description:
roy young adult - sexual behaviour - sex education - Alberta playwright four characters two male; two female one act
"Everybody talks about driving: how to drive, when to drive, what driving is like, drinking and driving, accidents, good drivers, stupid drivers…but sex? Well that’s a different story. "Are We There Yet?" is a funny participatory play by Jane Heather and sexuality health education workshop for 14-16 year olds. Drawing a parallel between mastering driving skills and negotiating relationship dilemmas, this award-winning play humorously opens a dialogue on sex. As teens watch and advise characters on stage, they feel as safe and free to talk about sexuality and Title: Aria Da Capo in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Millay, Edna St. Vincent Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1947
Description:
roy tragicomedy five characters four boys; one girl one act
Under the prompting of the masque of tragedy, two shepards interrupt a harlequinade, innocently kill each other and are again superseded by the harlequinade. The handling of poetic speech is vital.
Title: Audition, The in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy comedy two characters flexible casting one act
"Cat burglar who breaks into film director's office is actually actor auditioning for part."
Title: Audition, The in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Zolidis, Don Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
Description:
roy comedy - young adult - high school thirteen characters three male; ten female; extras one act
minimal set; 13-30 actors possible.
A new theater teacher is bringing a production of A Chorus Line to the high school. Though the hopefuls range from shy to outrageous, and from diva-like to determined, everyone has a chance to step into the spotlight. A hilarious and heartbreaking look at the madness of auditioning and the actors who brave the process for that perfect part. Title: Avenging Phoenix, The in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - comedy - farce six characters four boys; two girls one act
"An author, assisted by a narrator, sets out to teach the audience how to write a short story, but his own characters rebel against him."
Title: Avon Calling in - Skits and Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenager - farce - Shakespeare all male cast; four characters four boys one act
1 interior set.
"If Shakespeare were writing today... A meeting between Shakespeare and a tough theatrical impresario."
Title: Baby Girl in - NT Connections 2007 / YCL Author: Williams, Roy Publisher: Faber and Faber 2007
Description:
roy young adult - British - high school seven characters two male; five female seven scenes (one act)
Williams paints a rivetingly plausible picture of a world in which mothers and daughters are sexual rivals, ”virgin” is the ultimate peer insult and the school gates are a fertile hunting ground for male predators. The piece is unnervingly honest yet filled with William’s own irrepressible buoyancy. Title: Back of the Yards in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy drama - juvenile delinquency five characters three boys; two girls one act
"The problem of juvenile delinquency is not a new one. 'Back of the Yards', probably the best short play on that vexing problem, was published as far back as 1914; and it is as highly exciting and as relevant today."
Title: Back Where You Belong in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Battye, Susan Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
Description:
roy young adult - New Zealand twenty-three characters flexible casting fifteen scenes (one act)
suggested for high school.
Battye's play addresses the problems of cultural assimilation, peer group relationships in a school setting, as well as humanitarian responsibilities that are called for in modern times. The teenager Zaria, sent by her Montenegran parents to live with relatives in New Zealand, struggles to perform well in her school where institutional and peer group misunderstandings challenge her ability to
Title: Balcony in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Shafaat, Shahid Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
Description:
roy young adult all female cast; two characters two female one act
audience: 16+ years.
This play is from Pakistan. It has "a number of overtones. It is feminist in theme and in its character; and it has political suggestions because it deals with the various socio-cultural, even governmental constraints on free speech and writing, all of which lead to a kind of suffocation. This theme is treated symbolically by the playwright, with a cast of two female characters in the Title: Ballista in - The Second Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Tydeman, Richard Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1963
Description:
roy youth seven characters three boys; four girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Balwhinnie Bomb, The in - The Second Windmill Book of One-Act Plays / YCL Author: Daviot, Gordon Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1963
Description:
roy children - growing up - comedy four characters; three boys; one girl one act
There are quarrels and squabbles between friends.
Title: Barbie, Get Real! in - Beautiful Girls and Other Winning Plays / YCL Author: Gailus, Jennifer Martin, Olivia Publisher: Baker's Plays 1996
Description:
roy young adult - high school seven characters three male; four female one act
In the perfect world of Dazzle Barbie, image is everything! Everyone is perpetually happy, beautiful, and...perfect! For Dazzle and those lucky to be called her friend, life is full of glamour: Corvettes, Dream Houses, Jacuzzis, and Proms. But it is perfection with a price as happy pills must be taken to maintain an ideal lifestyle. But when Dazzle's best friend Neon learns that true happiness could simply be inside oneself, she breaks out on her own and threatens every plastic thing Dazzle holds sacred. Title: Bassett in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Graham, James Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy young adult - comedy - war fourteen characters seven male; seven female one act
age suitability: 15-19.
The setting is a 'Citizenship' classroom at Wootton Bassett School, and the supply teacher has gone a bit nuts, doing a runner and locking the students in. That's bad enough. but tensions are higher today than normal, on a day when only yards from their confinement a repatriation of fallen British soldiers is happening along the high street - as it has over a hundred times before
Title: Be Here Now in - Dramatics (April 2009) / PER Author: Kreitzer, Carson Publisher: Miscellaneous 2009
Description:
roy drama - high school seven characters four characters; three female one act
Inspired by Chekov's 'The Three Sisters'.
Title: Be My Friend in - First Class Acts / YCL Author: Ravel, Aviva Publisher: Playwrights Union of Canada
Description:
roy drama - adolescent - handicapped ten characters five boys; five girls one act
"A group of ten-year-olds ostracize Ada, a newcomer and burn victim, then learn to treat the outsider with compassion and understanding." Title: Bear Table, The in - International Connections / YCL Author: Garner, Julian Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy drama - high school six characters three male; two female; one male or female one act
the play is set in the present.
Teenagers are partying in the forests of Finland and experience some interesting hallucinations?
Title: Beautiful Girls in - Beautiful Girls and Other Winning Plays / YCL Author: Keyser, Catherine Publisher: Baker's Plays 1996
Description:
roy young adult - high school - love - family relations four characters one male; three female one act
Young Faith hopes to impress her new boyfriend by inviting him over for dinner with her family. But how can a "dependable" girl win the guy of her dreams when her mysteriously captivating younger sister enchants him without even trying? And when her mother is making it even more difficult by being...herself? While a menacing storm approaches, the evening gets tenser and stranger as the unraveling drama mirrors the young man's play to the letter. Though acutely self-conscious, Faith learns what she is worth and that sometimes what you dream is not what it
Title: Beauty Manifesto, The in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Leyshon, Nell Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy young adult - drama - beauty ten characters; ensemble flexible casting one act
age suitability: 13-19.
The world of The Beauty Manifesto is one of extreme physical conformity, where teenagers celebrate their sixteenth birthdays with cosmetic surgery. Jasmine and her sister Chloe are ambassadors for the manifesto and their father is the chief cosmetic surgeon. It is Silas's birthday and the time has come for his transformation. The problem is, Silas can think for himself and Title: Bermuda Triangle Mystery, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - mystery - teenagers ten characters four boys; five girls; one boy or girl one act
30 minutes.
"A pleasure cruise becomes a nightmare when the yacht Enchantress sails into the Bermuda Triangle..."
Title: Beverly Hills Waiting for Godot in - Instant Applause / CCO Author: Moore, Elsie Publisher: Blizzard Publishing 1994
Description:
roy Canadian all female cast; three characters three female one act
Two schoolmates dissect their world during a school an assembly.
Title: Big Mary in - Around the World in 21 Plays / CHC Author: Medoff, Mark Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1997
Description:
roy drama - children large cast flexible casting one act
"It is the summer of 1916, and the circus has come to the small town of Eddington, Tennessee. But the star of the show, an elephant named Big Mary, is not happy, as her trainer, Maurice Weglellen, is about to be married to a local belle, Ella Mae Clayshulte, and to commit his charge to the questionable care of his assistant, Red Lavelette." Title: Big Mess, The in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Jean-Pierre, Edwidge Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy musical - young adult - Canadian six characters; chorus one male; one female; two boys; two girls (can be young adults or adults) eight scenes (one act)
A young girl, after seeing her parents argue for the first time, believes that they are going to get a divorce.
Title: Big Top Murders, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - mystery - teenagers twelve characters seven boys; five girls one act
35 minutes.
"The mysterious death of an aerial artist creates a crisis under the Big Top..."
Title: Binti's Journey in - Things That Go Bump / YCL Author: Johnson, Marcia Publisher: Signature Editions 2009
Description:
roy drama - high school - AIDS large cast flexible casting one act
After losing her home and family to AIDS and enduring separation from her siblings, 13 year-old Binti Phiri finds her way to her Grandmother’s village and discovers a deeper understanding of the power of family and community. Title: Bird of Prey, A in - New Plays / YCL Author: Grimsley, Jim Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy young Adult - drama eleven characters six boys, five girls one act
"When Monty's family moves from Louisiana to a large city in Southern California, he and his siblings encounter a dangerous landscape where cruelty thrives among their peers, offering little comfort from their abusive home life. This gripping drama embraces the good and evil young people face alone in their lives."
Title: Birthday Present, The in - The Birthday Present and The Ground Zero Club / YCL Author: Schulman, Charlie Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1986
Description:
roy farce - young adults nine characters five male; four female one act
suggested for high schools.
"Written when the author was seventeen, and first presented as part of The Foundation of the Dramatists Guild's Young Playwrights Festival at New York's Circle Repertory Company, this rollicking dark farce focuses on a father's bizarre birthday gift to his son, a gift that ultimately changes the course of human history."
Title: Black Remote, The in - NT Connections 2007 / YCL Author: Maxwell, Glyn Publisher: Faber and Faber 2007
Description:
roy young adult - British - fantasy seven characters four male; three female one act
It's a bad night for Polly – her parents have gone away 'to find themselves', her big sisters are out on the town, and she's left alone with a brand new enormous sleek plasma-screen TV and four remote controls – a white one that does this, a grey one that does that, a silver one that does the other, and a black one – well no one knows what that does. Enter her curious friend Norman, who picks up the forbidden Black Remote and starts rapidly surfing the channels. As anyone who's done that knows well, this will cause the TV to explode and strange winged creatures to burst out Title: Blackout in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Anderson, Darvey Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy drama - young adult - bullying - British one character flexible casting (doubling possible) twenty scenes (one act)
the play can be performed by any number of actors - from one to one hundred; length: 20 min.
A play about getting bullied, fighting back, trying to make a name for yourself, turning vicious, doing something stupid, losing everything, then finding your way again. The central character explains: "All I can remember is: I could hear screaming. It was like being in a dream but still being awake at the same time. And all I can hear is - please, don't, stop it! And then ... I don't
Title: Blessings in - New Plays / YCL Author: Surface, Mary Hall Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama - disabilities eight characters four boys; four girls one act
"Looks at the forgoing of an unlikely bond between two very different 14-year-old girls - one a driven over-achiever, one a gifted artist with severe learning disabilities."
Title: Blessings in - Most Valuable Player / YCL Author: Surface, Mary Hall Publisher: Miscellaneous 1994
Description:
roy drama - disabilities eight characters four boys; four girls one act
"Looks at the forgoing of an unlikely bond between two very different 14-year-old girls - one a driven over-achiever, one a gifted artist with severe learning disabilities." Title: Blind Spot in - The Green Thumb Collection / CHC Author: Gardiner, Meghan Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2012
Description:
roy Canadian - young adult three characters two male; one female one act
audience: ages 13-18; running time: 50 min. Carrie and Tyler, bright young friends who have grown up together, are now being forced to face the facts that their friendship is changing. Tyler has developed a crush on Carrie and finds out one night at a party that Carrie has her eye on his cousin, Damien. As the evening goes on, Tyler reveals his feelings to both his cousin and Carrie. The aftermath of his admission leads to dire results as miscommunication and deception leads to actions which change everyone’s life.
Title: Blood Lines in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: McClelland, John Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
Description:
roy young adult ten characters eight male; two female one act
audience: 14+ years.
"A history play set in the 9th century AD, dealing with the impact of the Viking culture upon Ireland: it chronicles the struggle between two ethnically, politically and religiously diverse cultures as they attempt to find common ground and a way of coexisting."
Title: Blue Murder in - The First Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1960
Description:
roy children - farce - mystery five characters four boys; one girl one act
Description not available. Title: Bluffing in - Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Murphy, Peter Publisher: Avon Books 1982
Description:
roy children - youth - playwrights all male cast; six characters six boys one act
"This short play makes fun of six men who calmly play poker while surreptitiously and treacherously performing character assassinations behind each other's backs. The game metaphor informs the whole piece, and the blatant cruelty with which this exclusively male group of friends operates is a neat satire on the exclusively male operations of other groups, who play different games, such as some politicians or the Mafia."
Title: Boat Memory in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Paull, Laline Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
Description:
roy young adults - British theatre - history nine characters; extras seven male; two female eighteen scenes (one act)
running time: 70 min.
In 1830, a British Admiralty ship at anchor off the bleak coast of Patagonia has one of its landing boats stolen by the native Indians. In reprisal, the young Captain takes four aboriginal teenagers hostage - three boys and a girl, and brings them back to England, to convert them to Christianity. He plans to return them in three years in order to set up a trading station, and names the girl
Title: Boom in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 106, Spring 2001 / PER Author: Salverson, Julie Fraser, Patti Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama fifteen characters flexible casting one act
suggested for high school.
'An internationally performed play commissioned by the Canadian Red Cross as an intervention in the global struggle against land mines.' Title: BOOM in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Salverson, Julie Fraser, Patti Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
Description:
roy young adult - drama - Canadian fifteen characters flexible casting one act
suggested for high school.
'An internationally performed play commissioned by the Canadian Red Cross as an intervention in the global struggle against land mines.'
Title: Boor, The in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Baukhage, Hilmar Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
nonroy comedy three characters two boys; one girl one act
Same as 'The Bear' and 'The Brute'.
Russian landowner in financial straits visits nobleman's widow to demand repayment of loan. She refuses to pay him and he refuses to leave until she does. He then challenges her to a duel and finally proposes marriage to her. A very funny piece with wild shifts of emotion.
Title: Boor, The in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Description:
nonroy comedy three characters two boys; one girl one act
Same as 'The Bear' and 'The Brute'.
Russian landowner in financial straits visits nobleman's widow to demand repayment of loan. She refuses to pay him and he refuses to leave until she does. He then challenges her to a duel and finally proposes marriage to her. A very funny piece with wild shifts of emotion. Title: Boy on the Meadow in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Van Der Veer, Ethel Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
Description:
roy young adult - Middle Ages - Germany five characters one male; four female one act
setting: inside of a peasant's hut in Germany during the Middle Ages.
No further description available.
Title: Boy Preference, The in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Cook, Elinor Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult large cast flexible casting one act (fifteen scenes)
Age suitability: 13+.
in an affluent suburb in the near future, the birth of a boy is welcomed with shouts and firecrackers, but when a girl is born the neighbours say nothing. One night, Joey looks out of his bedroom window and sees many young women with a strange glow around them - are they the 'missing women'? Why have they come back?
Title: Bride of Gorse-Bracken Hall, The in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce five characters three boys; two girls one act
1 interior set.
"A fishy tale." Title: Bridge Over Joan in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Rickards, Rachael-Lea Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian five characters two male; three female (can be young adults or adults) one act
A journalism student comes to interview a homeless woman, whose friends include a highway and lamp post.
Title: Bring Out Your Dead in - The Fourth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
Description:
roy children - satire nine characters seven boys; two girls one act
"This makes merry at the expense of hospital drama, with its discipline and its tension, its white coats, its medical jargon, its crises in the operating theatre, and its fascinating insight on the personal drama that goes behind this routine. Several old friends turn up: the sardonic old surgeon with a heart of gold, the sensitive junior surgeon, the pretty little nurse, the spinster Sister past her youth, the taciturn anaesthetist."
Title: Broken Hallelujah in - Shell Connections 2006 / YCL Author: Macdonald, Sharman Publisher: Faber Music 2006
Description:
roy young adults - British - war seven characters four male; three female one act
Broken Hallelujah is set in the smoky hollows of war-torn Petersburg, Virginia, where two girls have a life-altering encounter with one Confederate and two Union soldiers. The play explores the effects of the failing American Civil War on young soldiers and citizens. Rich in language and boldly truthful, Broken Hallelujah is a story of the effects of war on young people that is as timely as today's newspaper headlines. Title: Broken Rainbows in - Most Valuable Player / YCL Author: Surface, Mary Hall Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama four characters three boys; one girl one act
"Offers producers a no-punches-pulled look and the complicated issue of hate-violence."
Title: Brokenville in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Ridley, Philip Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults - fantasy seven characters four male; three female one act
Philip Ridley's 'Brokenville' is set in the ruins of a city destroyed by disaster. A group of individuals gathers round a sleeping child and begins the difficult process of piecing together their lives through stories.
Title: Bronx Zoo, The in - The Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Serrano, Lynnette Publisher: Avon Books 1982
Description:
roy children - youth - playwrights - drama fifteen characters six boys; nine girls one act
"A protest about a neighborhood that is especially violent to women... While taking the risk of portraying the cliche of crime in a minority neighborhood, the play tries to provoke an audience to question rather than passively accept an all too familiar scenario." Title: Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, The in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Zolidis, Don Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2007
Description:
roy comedy - young adult - fairy tales five characters one male; one female; three flexible one act
flexible set; 5-20 actors possible, gender flexible.
Two narrators attempt to recreate all 209 of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they attempt to combine them into one gigantic fable using Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and other more obscure stories like Lean Lisa and The Devil's Grandmother.
Title: Brothers in Arms in - The Players / YCL Author: Denison, Merrill Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1970
Description:
roy drama four characters three boys; one girl one act
interior set (cabin).
"Major Brown and his wife Dorothea are in the north and must return to the city quickly but their taxidriver is on a deer hunt. After an exasperating discussion with Syd, another backwoodsman, regarding the driver's whereabouts, Syd's military service, and deer hunting, the Major learns Syd could have taken him but did not offer to do so because he was not asked."
Title: Burying Your Brother in the Pavement in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Thorne, Jack Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
Description:
roy young adults - British - death large cast flexible casting ten scenes (one act)
songs.
A play with songs that conjures a wacky panorama which envelops the central character Tom, who is grappling with grief. As the play begins, Tom's brother is dead. He was killed by a broken bottle to the neck. This has upset a lot of people but it hasn't upset Tom. Or rather, it has upset him, but in ways he can't explain. Tom really didn't like his brother, but without him he faces a Title: Bus Stop in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Bridge, Dian Marie Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy drama - young adult - Canadian - relationships two characters one male; one female (can be young adults or adults) one act
A woman waits for a blind date in a bus shelter, when a barista from across the street joins her.
Title: Cabbie from Calcutta, The in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy comedy - social class two characters one boy; one girl one act
East Indian taxi driver drives rich widow to Wall Street.
Title: Cages in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Myers, Walter Dean Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy young adults - drama six characters four boys; two girls one act
"Symbolic drama explores concept of self-imprisonment." Title: Call the Selkie Home in - The First Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Glaser, Eleanor D. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1960
Description:
roy children - drama five characters one boy; four girls one act
This play is based on a legend which appears in Ireland and in the Hebrides, and which is the theme of the old ballad, "The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerrie".
Title: Can You Keep a Secret? in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Pinnock, Winsome Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy drama - high school - murder twenty characters twelve male; eight female seventeen scenes (one act) Can You Keep a Secret? Is a powerful and challenging piece beginning with the death of a young black boy, murdered by a white youth. Friends of the murderer witness the killing, and are sworn to secrecy. The play goes on to explore how the witnesses are haunted by what they have seen, and struggle to keep quiet. The truth has to be revealed, but who will speak out?
Title: Can't Buy Me Love in - Southern Exposures / COL Author: Milligan, Jason Publisher: Samuel French 1990
Description:
roy comedy - high school all female cast; three characters three female one act
It is a dull summer night in Batesville, Mississippi and three high school girls-- know it all Ellen, peace maker Sandy, and introverted dreamer Amy (who's been in love with the Beatles since she was six)-- are bored to tears. They discover that Paul McCartney is worth $600 million Ellen suggests they phone him and ask for a million dollars since he'll never miss it. Moreover, Ellen insists that Amy be the one to call as she has a problem with boys and this will fix it. Amy gets through to the rock star and the girls find that there is more to life than money. Title: Candida in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Shaw, George Bernard Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1898
Description:
roy satire - mystery five characters three boys; two girls one act
adapted by Aurand Harris; 1 interior set
'Domestic comedy. A clergyman is appalled to find his wife idealized by an 18-year-old poet.'
Title: Cantaloup Crescent in - The Fifth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1970
Description:
roy children - youth - comedy four characters two boys; two girls one act
"A short skit on Edwardian drawing-room comedy."
Title: Carrying the Calf in - Wanna Play?: Three plays for high school / YCL Author: Barrie, Shirley Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
Description:
roy drama - Canadian - young adult all female cast; four characters four female one act
suggested for high school.
"Four women of different ages and cultural backgrounds meet in a self-defence class for women. Each of the students is experiencing a form of violence in her life. After initial mistrust and misunderstandings, they help each other towards spiritual and physical strength." Title: Carrying the Calf in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Barrie, Shirley Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
Description:
roy drama - young adult - Canadian all female cast; four characters four female four scenes (one act)
suggested for high school.
"Four women of different ages and cultural backgrounds meet in a self-defence class for women. Each of the students is experiencing a form of violence in her life. After initial mistrust and misunderstandings, they help each other towards spiritual and physical strength."
Title: Case for Two Spies, A in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - mystery - teenagers eleven characters six boys; four girls; one announcer/narrator one act
25 minutes.
"Who is the better man to search for the missing plans? Willard Willingham, gentleman spy? Or Agent 145 1/2, tough secret agent?"
Title: Case of the Glass Slippers, The in - Junior High School One Act Comedies / YCL Author: Martens, Anne Coulter Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company
Description:
roy comedy - teenagers twenty-one characters flexible casting one act
'A mock trial.' Title: Case of the Kidnapped Nephew, The in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Alexander, Sue Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
Description:
roy mystery - children nine characters six boys; three girls one act
This Sherlock Holmes style mystery introduces students to the world of clues.
Title: Chartreuse in - Dramatics v. 80 no. 2 / PER Author: Miller, Lindsay Publisher: Miscellaneous 2008
Description:
roy young adult three characters two male; one female one act
2008 Thespian Playworks finalist. Description not available.
Title: Check Please in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Rand, Jonathan Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2003
Description:
roy comedy - dating - relationships - high school fourteen characters seven male; seven female (flexible casting) one act
prequel to "Check Please: Take 2" and "Check Please: Take 3". It can be read or performed without any knowledge of the other two versions.
Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother's bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dinner dates that couldn't get any worse -- until they do. Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel? Title: Check Please: Take 2 in - Dramatics (January 2007) / PER Author: Rand, Jonathan Publisher: Miscellaneous 2006
Description:
roy comedy - relationships twelve characters flexible casting (doubling possible) one act
sequel to 'Check, Please' and prequel to 'Check Please: Take 3.' It can be read or performed without any knowledge of the other two versions.
Soon after their relationship ends, Guy and Girl are forced by their well-intentioned best friends to plunge back into the dating pool. Unfortunately that pool is filled with foot-reading psychics, frustrated polygamists, and extreme accountants. And pirates. But are the blind dates really that
Title: Children of Killers in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Hall, Katori Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama six characters - chorus three male; three female one act
age suitability: 15-19.
The president of Rwanda is releasing the killers. Years after the Tutsi genocide, the perpetrators begin to trickle back into the countryside to be reunited with their villages. A trio of friends, born during the genocide's bloody aftermath, prepare to meet the men who gave them life. But as the homecoming day draws closer, the young men are haunted by the sins of their fathers. Who can
Title: Children of the Rainbow in - Sacred Earth Dramas / YCL Author: Surridge, André Publisher: Faber and Faber 1993
Description:
roy environmental theatre - pollution eleven characters flexible casting one act
"Children of the Rainbow" is based on the North American indian legend and prophecy about the warriors of the rainbow. It speaks of a time when peoples around the globe will unite and join forces in a struggle to protect the earth. The story appeals to humanity's highest ideals, those of spiritual awareness and the sacredness of the planet. Title: Chinese Mask, The in - The Second Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Drin, Michael Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1963
Description:
roy children all male cast; seven characters seven boys one act
Description not available.
Title: Chipko: A play for outdoors in - Sacred Earth Dramas / YCL Author: Ecole d'Humanite Publisher: Miscellaneous 1993
Description:
roy puppet play - young adult - environmental theatre - deforestation - Bread and Puppet Theatre puppets and actors; musicians flexible casting one act
Concerning deforestation in the Himalayas. The original tree hugger's movement of those people who noticed the correlation between logging and floods in India and Bangladesh.
Title: Christie Graeme in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
Description:
roy children - verse play all male cast; four characters four boys one act
1 exterior set.
Description not available. Title: Cinderella Revisited in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits all female cast; five characters five girls one act
1 interior set
"Recycled glass slippers"
Title: Cinderella Story, The in - The Fourth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
Description:
roy children - comedy - farce nine characters three boys; six girls one act
"This is the tale of Cinderella from the viewpoint of the Ugly Sisters, and everything is seen in a different light. The sisters were really nice girls, Cinderella was a little beast, the stepmother was a good sort and the Fairy Godmother an interfering old trouble-maker."
Title: City of Gold in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Smith, Charles Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
Description:
roy young adult - historical drama five characters flexible casting one act
audience: 16+ years.
"The play takes the form of a play-within-a-play that raises as many questions about our multicultural present as it does about our western European past. The play opens in the present, with a group of three players preparing a kitschy Columbus Day celebration. Suddenly the "ghost" figure of the island chief, Guacanagari, interrupts their rehearsal and demands that Columbus Title: Class Play in - Second Playbill Three / COL Author: Dyer, Charles Selbourne, David Publisher: Hutchinson Educational 1973
Description:
roy drama - adolescents - high school three characters two female; one male one act
"John, Fred and Kate are three fifteen-year-olds united only in that they all hate school. Their future is unattractive and they fear it; they are bored, lack hope and have no ambition. They fluctuate emotionally between liking each other and hating each other. In ten short scenes they inter-act, speaking their private thoughts aloud, exploring their feelings, and forming patterns as they move together or part, according to their relationships. Happiness eludes them. The future to which Kate aspires is rejected by John - to him it means kids, cooking and bingo. Fred, albeit in
Title: Clod, The in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Beach, Lewis Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1949
Description:
roy drama - young adult - murder five characters four boys; one girl one act
1 interior set.
"One evening in 1863 in the kitchen of a farmhouse on the border between the Northern and Southern states, Mary is confronted with the greatest experience of her life. A Northern soldier, hunted by two Southern soldiers, seeks refuge in her household. The two Southern officers insult Mary to the point of murder. She endures many moments of horror and then turns on the two
Title: Cloud Busting in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Blakeman, Helen from the novel by Malorie Blackman Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - young adult - bullying - friendship sixteen characters ten male; six female one act
age suitability: 13-15.
A play for younger actors about making up poems and the highs and lows of first friendships. When Sam wakes up, he fully believes today will be just another ordinary day - but that's before Mr. Mackie tells class 8M to write a poem about someone they care about. Unexpectedly, Sam volunteers to write about Davey ... Davey was Sam's friend - not that Sam wanted anyone to know Title: Cockfighter, The in - Humana Festival '99 / COL Author: Murphy, Vincent Manley, Frank Publisher: Smith and Kraus 1999
Description:
roy drama - young adult four characters two male; one female; one teenage boy six parts (one act)
"Inspired by the courage and fierceness he associates with fighting cocks, a young man rebels against an adult world tainted by his father's flawed vision of manhood. Animated by a highly theatrical rendition of the ancient bloodsport of cockfighting, this drama moves through the turbulent landscape of adolescence and traces the steps by which a boy becomes a man, not on his father's terms, but on his own."
Title: Code Breaker, The in - Theatre for Youth / YCL Author: Conley, Pauline C. Publisher: University of Texas Press 1986
Description:
roy drama - science fiction - young adults five characters two male; three female ten scenes (one act)
1 setting.
Group of teens discovers inhabitable world outside their computer dominated environment.
Title: Coleman, S. D. in - Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Wiese, Anne Pierson Publisher: Avon Books 1982
Description:
roy children - youth - playwrights - comedy three characters one boy; two girls one act
"A love-triangle between three adolescents whose friendship is abruptly shattered by one of the girl's becoming pregnant. Hope intends to marry Terry and set up housekeeping, even though this means abandoning their mutual dream of going to college. But Terry remains infatuated with Laurel, who differs from her working-class, provincial friends in her sophisticated, middle-class aspirations. While Hope prepares for her marriage the following day, Laurel and Terry finally declare their love for each other. The ending carefully balances Terry's love for Laurel against the Title: Colossal, Stupendous! in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy comedy - farce - teenagers nine characters six boys; three girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: Come What May in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - comedy - farce six characters five boys; one girl one act
"An amateur dramatic production seems doomed to disaster, but Peter, the producer, refuses to give up."
Title: Common Ground in - Dramatics Vol. 76, No. 2 / PER Author: Votipka, Brendon Publisher: Miscellaneous 2004
Description:
roy young adult - relationships thirteen character six male; seven female one act
"This play takes place in a coffee shop, with lots of dialogue about friendship, and the things that irritate the teenagers who are hanging out together in the shop." Title: Communicating Through the Sunset in - Spitting Daisies and Communicating Through the Sunset / YCL Author: Kochanski, Kerri Publisher: Miscellaneous 2010
Description:
roy drama - teenagers - rape two characters one male; one female one act
Frankie, a high school student, finds his crush, Rachel, hiding out on a dirt hill in the Midwest. He must help her confront her violent past, and move toward a place of healing and happiness. A serious drama. Themes of re-invention, rape & twisted beauty.
Title: Compressions in - George Ryga: The Other Plays / CCO Author: Ryga, George Publisher: Talonbooks 2004
Description:
roy drama - Canadian - young adult audiences five characters three male; two female one act
The play is a sustained, passionate debate about broad societal questions then current at the height of the counterculture revolution in 1969. This morality play directly asks its student audiences to ponder the larger questions of identity and purpose in their lives.
Title: Concord Floral in - Canadian Theatre Review (07/1/15) 163 / PER Author: Tannahill, Jordan Publisher: Miscellaneous 2014
Description:
roy young adult - thriller ten characters three male; seven female ten scenes
premiered with ten actors between the ages of 16 and 21.
"Concord Floral" is a million square foot abandoned greenhouse and a hangout for neighbourhood kids. But something has happened there. Something that nobody can talk about. "Concord Floral" re-imagines Giovanni Boccaccio's medieval allegory "The Decameron" in a contemporary Toronto suburb, in which ten teens must flee a mysterious plague they have Title: Cookie, The in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Stewart, Rosemarie Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy relationships - Canadian two characters one male; one female (can be young adults or adults) one act
A man, a woman and a cookie in bed.
Title: Copper Kettle, The in - The Third Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1965
Description:
roy children - youth - comedy five characters the boys; two girls one act
1 interior set; period - 1860.
Description not available.
Title: Cost of Living in - Other Schools of Thought / YCL Author: Panych, Morris Publisher: Talonbooks 1994
Description:
roy youth - high school - social issues - sexuality - AIDS all male cast; one character one male one act
'Monologue by adolescent male about awkwardness and absurdities of teenage life.' Title: Cottage in Sherwood, A in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
Description:
roy children eight characters seven boys; one girl (may be played by a boy) one act
1 interior set.
A man desires to use his brother's house to help the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Title: Coup D'Etat in - The Ground Zero Club and Other Prize-Winning Plays... / YCL Author: Jones, Carolyn Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1986
Description:
roy youth - farce twenty-three characters eight male; two women; thirteen children one act
A farcical revolution in a "bananas" republic.
Title: Couple of Right Smart Fellers, A in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits all male cast; four characters four boys one act
1 exterior set.
"Outsmarting the city slickers" Title: Courage! in - Theatre for Youth / YCL Author: Graczyk, Ed Crane, Stephen Publisher: University of Texas Press 1986
Description:
roy drama - young adult - war fourteen characters twelve male; one female; one boy one act
1 setting.
Dramatization of Stephen Crane's classic novel about the Civil War.
Title: Covenant With Death in - Ninth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1977
Description:
roy children - youth - drama all girl cast; eight characters eight girls one act
This play was suggested by Sir Leonard Woolley's book 'Ur of the Chaldess' describing his excavations in Mesopotamia and his discovery of a queen's tomb dating back three and a half thousand years BC. A beautiful harp was found with the body of the harpist lying across it. The 'lecture' by the archaeologist in the play describes the tradition which demands the whole household of a dead royal personage should be buried with their master or mistress. The story of Erida is imaginary and arose from the question "Did these girls go willingly to their deaths? Or did
Title: Cowtown in - Under 30 / YCL Author: Moore, Allison Publisher: Vintage Books 2004
Description:
roy drama - contemporary nine characters; extras three male; six female one act
When their dad dies, city kids Trina and Abby are suddenly transplanted to a farm town that's being swallowed by the suburbs. Trina, an outcast in her old school, suddenly finds herself the center of attention in this new environment. Abby, the younger of the sisters, who has always made friends easily, teeters on the brink of being ostracized for her budding relationship with an aspiring bull rider. As both girls learn the rules of their new school, they quickly discover that both integrity and acceptance carry a cruel price. Title: Cranked in - The Green Thumb Collection / CHC Author: Northey, Michael P. Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2012
Description:
roy Canadian - young adult - drugs all male cast; four characters one male (doubling) one act
music by Kyprios & Stylust (hip hop artists from Vancouver); audience: ages 13-18; running time: 50 min.
Stan a.k.a. “definition” was a rising freestyle MC who loses it all because of his meth habit. He confronts his demons as he preps for an upcoming competition without the ‘fix’ that has dominated his life. Memories of the highs and the rush of music all collide as he struggles to
Title: Crazy Sexy Cool Girls' Fan Club in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Solemani, Sarah Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy satire - young adult ten characters five male; five female (flexible casting) one act
age suitability: 13+.
What makes a 'fan' girl? Who are they? What do they want? Who are the band? What are they in it for? And at £200 a ticket, who is the band's fan base? Surely not the girls aged nine to sixteen? This riotous satire explores the teen politics of a 'friendship group' and the chaos and torment that can come with stardom at an early age. A play about desire, fantasy, and worship with a
Title: Credo in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Reichman, Richard Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Description:
roy drama nine characters five boys; one girl; three boys or girls one act
Description not available. Title: Crossing Path, The in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Chowdhry, Maya Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults twenty-two characters four male; nine female; nine flexible five scenes (one act)
'The Crossing Path' is penned by award winning playwright and poet Maya and takes place on a train journey into the New Forest. It is the story of Rhiannon Foy, a traveller who runs her life through consulting Tarot cards for nearly every decision she makes.
Title: Crusader of the World in - Prepare to Embark / YCL Author: Milner, Arthur Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2002
Description:
roy Canadian - changing the world - developing countries twelve characters eight male; four female (doubling possible) one act
"...we're fighting for the underdogs, against racism and fascism, okay? Against the army and this really vicious dictator. And I get to be known as Crusader of the People, because people know me, I'm kind of a hero. I have a really cool black outfit with a beret and leggings and, uh, I'd need a van."
Title: Crying in the Wilderness in - The Third Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1965
Description:
roy children - youth - drama six characters five boys; one girl one act
period - Trojan War.
"Everyone knows the tale of the Wooden Horse which brought about the fall of Troy. In this version, the story is told from inside Troy, and the emphasis is on the minority who foresaw the disaster and their vain efforts to avoid it. The mouthpiece of this minority is Cassandra, who prophesied the sack of the city, the deaths of her family and lover, and even her own fate; in this Title: Cut in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Monk, Ed Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2001
Description:
roy comedy - high school fourteen characters six male; five female; three male or female one act
A group of actors rehearses a play within a play. As the plot complications multiply, the actors begin to forget who is playing whom and who is the real director - as opposed to the actor who is playing the director, or vice versa. Then they can't seem t remember who they really are, as opposed to the people they are playing in any of the various scripts. Then things start to get confusing.
Title: Cyberteens in Love in - Prepare to Embark / YCL Author: Decter, Matthew Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2002
Description:
roy Canadian - drama - futuristic - love four characters two male; one female; one flexible nine scenes (one act)
Set in the future - a somewhat dark and bleak future, but one in which two young people can still fall in love. In this future world, if you don't have a licence from the medicourts to have a baby you are sent to jail and the child is raised in a workhouse. This is Su's drab situation before she meets Kon and her life is changed forever.
Title: Cyrano de Bergerac in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Rostand, Edmond Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1963
Description:
roy comedy sixteen characters thirteen boys; three girls one act
Adaptation by Aurand Harris of Edmond Rostand's play by the same name. An ugly expert swordsman, who has poetry in his soul, realizes that his looks will never win the woman he loves, so he helps his best friend win her hand. Title: Dancing Solo in - Most Valuable Player / YCL Author: Surface, Mary Hall Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy young adult - drama five characters two boys, three girls one act
"Follows 16-year-old Kara's struggle to choose the right steps in her difficult dance of life."
Title: Daniel and Bel in - The First Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Bradwell, John Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1960
Description:
roy children - drama nine characters; extras six boys; three boys or girls one act
A story from the Apocrypha.
Title: Darcy's Cinematic Life in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Crewdson, Christa Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
Description:
roy comedy - high school large cast flexible casting (16-50 actors possible) one act
Darcy struggles with issues that most teenagers deal with on a day-to-day basis. What makes her unique, however, is that she experiences the events in her life as short movies -- or "daydreams," as her teacher calls them. Often these movies grow out of her desire to fit in and be accepted. But during a class trip to a museum -- complete with a romance, an evil nemesis, and a nerd fashion show -- Darcy is able to find her way with the help of both her intelligence and her unwillingness to change who she is just to fit in. Title: Dark Doings at the Crossroads: or, Who Stole the Salad Dressing in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Kaser, Arthur L. Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
Description:
roy melodrama five characters three boys; two girls one act
Students will learn to play characters and plot in the extreme style of the melodrama.
Title: Daughter's Last Supper in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Fisseha, Rebecca Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy comedy - young adult - Canadian five characters two male; three female (can be young adults or adults) one act
A girl, her ghost and an important letter.
Title: Davy Jones Goes Hunting in - The Second Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Thomas, T. C. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1963
Description:
roy children seven characters six boys; one girl one act
Description not available. Title: Davy Jones's Dinner in - The First Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Thomas, T. C. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1960
Description:
roy children - comedy seven characters six boys; one girl one act
"This is a country comedy, with two special sources of enrichment: the Welsh setting and the railway background."
Title: Day Billy Lived, The in - Naked at School / YCL Author: Craddock, Chris Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy - teenage suicide - Alberta playwright sixteen characters nine boys; seven girls (doubling possible) one act
"This collection tackles the weighty issues of suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and sex and pregnancy in the lives of teens and their families with intelligent humour and candid reality."
Title: Day Mother Left Home, The in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy drama - family relations all female cast; two characters two girls one act
Daughter forces aged mother to move to nursing home. Title: Day of Atonement in - The Second Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1963
Description:
roy children four characters three boys; one girl one act
Description not available.
Title: Day Out, A in - The Tenth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Banks, Morton Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1978
Description:
roy children - comedy twenty-eight characters; extras; (doubling possible) eighteen boys; ten girls one act
"A lighthearted story of a harmless jail break, not intended to stir any deep thoughts about prisons, though it may suggest that many convicted criminals - at any rate when they are not occupied in crime - are ordinary, likeable lads."
Title: Days Beginning, The in - The Second Windmill Book of One-Act Plays / YCL Author: Hall, Willis Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1963
Description:
roy children - religious - Easter play twenty-one characters sixteen boys; two girls; three girls or boys one act
This play tells the familiar Easter story, but it should come to the audience as a new and compelling experience. The Roman soldiers, the elders and even biblical characters like Pilate, Caiaphas and the disciples should be thought of not as 'holy' people, of a remote time and place, but as ordinary people like ourselves. The more realistic they are, the more intensely the situation is brought home to the audience. The realistic tone is not appropriate in the beginning nor the conclusion, where strong, flowing and compelling voices demand attention. Title: Dazzling Diamond Caper, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc.
Description:
nonroy comedy mystery - teenagers sixteen characters; extras ten male; six female one act
'A young couple searches for jewels worth half a million dollars, after a daring heist in a New York hotel . . .'
Title: Dead End in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Russo, Letizia translated by Luca Scarlini Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
Description:
roy young adults - British theatre eleven characters six male; five female fourteen scenes (one act)
Dead End tells the story of a community of young people. Eight characters live under the power of Sirius, whom, in their eyes, is a new God. They worship and implore him to have all the things they would like to have. In a claustrophobic, narrow room, they go on, day after day, repeating the same gestures over and over again. Meanwhile two schoolmates (Kent and Kris) travel miles to meet Sirius. Kris is always friendly, Kent looks dangerous, he hides a dark secret - some years ago Kent had a fight with Sirius, who having killed someone, was too powerful for Kent. Kent left
Title: Death (And Other Small Issues of Communication) in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: Ardern, Jessy Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
Description:
roy dark comedy - grief - marriage - relationships - Canadian three characters two male; one female one act
When the funeral is delayed due to technological difficulties, Elizabeth and her dead ex-husband Ian have their final argument about their marriage and their separation.
Third place winner of the 2008 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest. Title: Death in the Family, A in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy drama - war all male cast; two characters two male one act
Medic recalls his work during vietnam war.
Title: DeoxyriboNucleic Acid in - NT Connections 2007 / YCL Author: Kelly, Dennis Publisher: Faber and Faber 2007
Description:
roy young adult - British - drama - high school ten characters seven male; three female (flexible casting) four scenes (one act)
A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. When a high school "it" gang takes a joke too far, a lonely and terrified boy is lost. . . isn't he? 'I am trying to keep everyone together. Ever since I came to this school haven't I been trying to keep everyone together? Aren't things better? For us? I mean not for them, not out there, but for us? Doesn't everyone want to be us, come here in the woods? Isn't that worth keeping hold of?' A shadowy story played to a hard-core soundtrack in their trademark cutting-edge style. Calling up contemporary media obsessions with 'real life
Title: Devil and Daniel Webster, The in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Benet, Stephen Vincent Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy comedy - folklore seven characters; extras six boys; one girl one act
1 interior set; music may be used;
"Jabez Stone, young farmer, has just been married, and the guests are dancing at his wedding. But Jabez carries a burden, for he knows that, having sold his soul to the Devil, he must, on the stroke of midnight, deliver it up to him. Shortly before 12 Mr. Scratch, lawyer, enters and the company is thunderstruck. Jabez bids his guests begone; he has made his bargain and will pay Title: Devil's Grandson, The in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - comedy - farce five characters four boys; one girl one act
"Joe Martin, the conjuror, is down on his luck. The Devil drops in on him with the offer of some supernatural magic on the usual terms."
Title: Devonshire Demons, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - mystery - teenagers nine characters four boys; four girls; one boy or girl one act
40 minutes.
"After dusk, vampires prowl the mysterious mansion of Cedric Johnson, whose terrible powers live on - two hundred years after his death..."
Title: Different Kind of Woman, A in - The Fifth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Hynam, John Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1970
Description:
roy children - youth - drama all female cast; five characters five girls one act
"An imaginative and moving drama about the first stirrings of civilization among a tribe of Stone Age people." Title: Dig That Mastodon in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - teenagers sixteen characters; extras five boys; seven girls; four boys or girls one act
35 minutes.
"An average American family becomes nationwide news when the bones of a prehistoric monster are uncovered in their backyard..."
Title: Dirty Dirty Princess in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Fitch, Georgia Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy drama - young adult - British fourteen characters; extras three male; eleven female one act
The 'princess' of the story is thirteen years old and all her mates think she's well sexy. Her mum keeps her in the latest fashion, so she always looks like a proper princess. At her cousin's party, she ventures upstairs with seventeen-year-old Daniel Johnson, an athlete tipped to run in the Olympics. That night's encounter leads to a spiral of events which test her trust in boys, her relationship with her mum, and lead her to seek advice from a Christian support group. It's a play about the consequences of silence, jealousy and trying to find a way of simply being thirteen.
Title: Discontented Winter: House Remix in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Lavery, Bryony Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
Description:
roy young adults - British theatre - comedy large cast flexible casting twenty-five scenes (one act)
Everything's stuck. On hold. The World's weather's gone wild. So have the young people of this terrible city in this terrible country. Everybody feels like they are in an old rerun of a life ... they talk in mangled tv-speak and replay old tv plots. So, Ronan, a latterday Richard III, hatches a plot ... to kidnap one of the royal princes, unaware of posh Serena, who hatches a plot to kidnap the other. They snatch the princes Hal and Ed in a spanking new homeless shelter and a posh society ballroom. In a nearby tower block, anoracky Cheviot, wants to quit her world and assume her Title: Discovery Trunk, The in - First Class Acts / YCL Author: Wylie, Betty Jane Publisher: Playwrights Union of Canada
Description:
roy children - science fiction twenty characters flexible casting one act
"Aliens have mistakenly sent a "Discovery Capsule" to Earth and are determined to retrieve it, but before they can, it is found by children on their way to school."
Title: Displeasure Beach in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
Description:
roy children all male cast; seven characters seven boys one act
1 exterior set.
Description not available.
Title: Disposables, The in - Festival Voices / CCO Author: Benson, Jennifer Tisi, Emily Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy young adult - Canadian large cast flexible casting seven scenes (one act)
Description not available. Title: Do It Right in - Naked at School / YCL Author: Craddock, Chris Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy young adult - pregnancy - Alberta playwright four characters two boys; two girls one act
"This collection tackles the weighty issues of suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and sex and pregnancy in the lives of teens and their families with intelligent humour and candid reality."
Title: Do You Believe In... in - Dramatics (December 2014) / PER Author: Lepore, Rachel Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy - fantasy - fairy tales - growing up - dreams all female cast; two characters two female one act
After a visit from the College Fairy, Sarah realizes it is ok to follow her dream of studying acting at college despite her parent's hesitation.
Title: Do-It-Yourself Frankenstein Outfit, The in - Eighth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Campton, David Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1975
Description:
roy children - comedy nine characters flexible casting one act
"A comedy, partly about acting and partly about automation. Some robots in the cast move only to order and with machine-like stiffness; progress brings a generation of shop-window dummies. But there is a chilling hint that we human beings, though we think we are free individuals, may in fact be programmed to do automatically what we are told." Title: Doctor in Spite of Himself, A in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Molière, Jean-Baptiste Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1968
Description:
roy children nine characters six boys; three girls one act
adapted by Aurand Harris
The woodcutter, Sganarelle, quarrels with his wife who vows to get even with him. Her chance comes when she meets two servants searching for a doctor to cure their master's daughter. She recommends her husband as a doctor who can perform miracles, but warns them that he will have to be beaten to it. Armed with slapstick, the two men hail Sganarelle as a great doctor, whack him
Title: Dog's Life, A in - The Third Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1965
Description:
roy children - youth - comedy thirteen characters eight boys; four girls; one dog one act
Description not available.
Title: Don't Eat Little Charlie in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Dorst, Tankred Wildridge, Ella Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy comedy - high school seven characters five male; two female (flexible casting) fourteen scenes (one act)
Ella Wildridge's translation and adaptation of Tankred Dorst's work. A modern fairytale in which everything is edible. Title: Don't Feed the Animals in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Kennedy, Jemma Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult - circus large cast flexible casting one act (four scenes)
Sparks Circus is on its way down. The owners have been forced to sell their star attraction Tiny the elephant and a rival circus is poaching their artistes. With a busy bank holiday weekend approaching, it⇡s down to acrobatic twins Zack and Missy to fill the house and stop their family business from going under. When a local gang of bored youths volunteers to help them, the twins are faced with the task of training an un-trainable mob in circus skills.
Title: Don't Pet My Rock in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - mystery - teenagers eighteen characters; extras ten boys; six girls one act
35 minutes.
When avid collectors gather for the annual Pet Rock Convention, they don't expect to be involved in a jewel theft!
Title: Drama, Baby in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Brittain, Jamie Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy comedy eight characters; chorus four male; four female one act (seven scenes)
running time: approx 60 mins.; age suitability : 15+.
It's the final rehearsal before the practical A Level theatre studies exam, and Neil wants everything to be just perfect. Two competing groups of teenage students attempt to achieve that ever elusive 'A' grade, soon finding the competing forces of sex, alcohol and Artaud threatening to destroy their hopes of a good university place. As egos clash and new relationships are formed and Title: Driver's Test in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Carter, Alden Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy - youth six characters three boys; three girls one act
"Teenager loses girlfriend when he fails his driver's test."
Title: Dungeons and the Dragons, The in - Humana Festival 2012 / COL Author: Schmidt, Kyle John Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2013
Description:
roy comedy - American - short play - teenagers four characters two male; two female one act
running time: 10 min.
An elf, a warrior and Felicity Hydrangea Karmikal the destruction wizard explore an enchanted village in search of their long-sought lovers. Until reality beckons, that is—and they must return to real life in rural America.
Title: Dust in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Daniels, Sarah Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults - high school large cast flexible casting thirteen scenes (one act)
A group of students are on a trip to Shakespeare's Globe when an unattended and ultimately explosive package is discovered on the underground train on which they are travelling. Title: Early Man in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Vincent, Hannah Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy teenagers - high school - relationships thirteen characters; one voice seven male; six female (flexible) seven scenes (one act) EARLY MAN is a drama set in a museum. A school group visit the local museum for the day. Largely unsupervised, they explore the displays (ancient history versus 20th century modern classics & popular culture), argue, fight, flirt, occasionally do some school work and one of the central characters, Sam, discovers a lot more than she expected from the central display in the archaeology section - a 2,000 year-old bog boy. This is a rather surreal and touching drama exploring the various kinds of relationships within the group - friendship, romance, peer-pressure, isolation, betrayal - it's all there.
Title: Eclipse in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Armitage, Simon Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
Description:
roy young adults - British theatre seven characters three male; four female twelve scenes (one act)
"Eclipse" is set on a Cornish beach in August 1999 where a strange girl appears, during an eclipse, among a group of friends.
Title: Edelweiss Pirates, The in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Din, Ayub Khan Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult - war - history large cast; chorus; singing flexible casting one act (ten scenes)
Age suitability: 13+.
Germany, 1943. The Second World War rages into its fourth year. All internal opposition has been viciously silenced and the population follows blindly behind Adolf Hitler and his policies of total war and domination. Though the majority of young Germans have been brainwashed into Nazi Party policies from an early age, others are becoming disgruntled by the lack of basic freedoms, Title: Education is our Right in - Toronto at Dreamer's Rock & Education is Our Right / YCL Author: Taylor, Drew Hayden Publisher: Fifth House
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - Native peoples - Native playwright twenty-one characters three male; one female (doubling) one act
' (The play) borrows from the familiar story of Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol", but in this version the Spirits of Education Past, Present and Future attempt to show the Minister of Indian Affairs the errors of his ways.'
Title: Elfin Knight, The in - Prepare to Embark / YCL Author: Foster, Christine Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2002
Description:
roy Canadian - young adult - folklore nine characters; extras; a puppet five male; four female (doubling possible) twelve scenes (one act)
setting: Inverness, Cape Breton, NS, 1830
Inspired by Celtic folk tales. A retelling of the Scottish Ballad of Tamlyn. In this tale there is "a Celtic-inspired fairy world parallel to our own. For the most part the two worlds are quite separate but there are certain days, like Lammas Tide, the day on which the play takes place, when the curtain between the two worlds is thin. Then, Bogles, Water Hags and Ghillie Dhus are found in
Title: Enchanted Christmas Tree, The in - The First Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wilde, Percival Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1960
Description:
roy children - Christmas twelve characters; extras seven boys; two girls; three boys or girls one act
A Yuletide Play. Title: End of Civilization as We Know It, The in - Dramatics (May 2001) / PER Author: Kaufman, Mark D. Publisher: Miscellaneous 2001
Description:
roy teenagers - school thirteen characters - up to fifteen non speaking roles one female; four boys; eight girls one act
'This is a senior honors history class - a weekday in fall, 10:30am.'
Title: Enter My Goddess in - Festival Voices / CCO Author: Arangio, Carmela Jack-Vermey, Marguerite Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy young adult - Canadian all female cast; thirteen characters thirteen female one act
"The stories of 6 contemporary women struggling through life’s obstacles and the guided by the voices of their ancestors, all weaved together through beautiful movement and the resonating beat of the drum."
Title: Equal Frights in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy Halloween - comedy - farce - skits seventeen characters; boys chorus. flexible casting one act
may be produced as a stage play or an oral reading play.
"Witches' liberation" Title: Every Room With Bath in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers eleven characters five boys; six girls one act
1 interior set; 35 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: Exam, The in - International Connections / YCL Author: Hamilton, Andy Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy comedy - high school thirteen characters four male; six female; two male or female; one voice one act
The exam is comic look at the pressures put on young people by parents and teachers. Andrew, Chas and Bea are three candidates of mixed ability who find themselves holed up in the same exam hall waiting for their papers to arrive. As the wait lengthens, each has to survive a powerful barrage of self doubt, parental pressure and adult incompetence. They must come to terms with themselves, their peers and parents - provoked and helped by 'Ex', the mysterious, disembodied voice of the exam.
Title: Exit Velocity in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Deverell, Rita Shelton Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy drama - friendships two characters one male; one female (can be young adults or adults) one act
Two people meet while enroute to help clean up New Orleans after the storms. Title: Extremism in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Lustgarten, Anders Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
Description:
roy young adult - British - extremism - social issues - high school ten characters five male; five female (some gender changes possible) one act
ages 15+.
The police just took Jamal away. Because Miss Tomlinson called them. Because she had to. Because of Prevent. But now Miss Tomlinson and the police are gone, and all that’s left is a shell-shocked class. Who knew Jamal? What did he do? And what is gonna happen next? A play about fear, friendship and the creeping polarisation of our society.
Title: Eye of the Storm in - Plays for Young People / YCL Author: Way, Charles Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2001
Description:
roy comedy - young adult - growing up five characters two male; three female (doubling) thirteen scenes (one act)
for 12 years and over.
"A contemporary version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, exploring father/daughter relationships and the need for independence. Teenagers all over [Britain] have been enjoying this witty, perceptive and enormously entertaining play ... capturing the eternal struggle of youngsters to grow up and fly the nest, and parents to protect them from the big, bad world."
Title: Fall of the House of Usher, The in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Poe, Edgar Allan Calhoun, Dorothy C. Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
Description:
non-roy radio play nine characters four boys; five boys or girls one act
A radio adaptation by Dorothy C. Calhoun of Edgar Allan Poe's play. Emphasis on sound effects. Title: Fashion in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Mowatt, Anna Cora Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press
Description:
roy social comedy nine characters five boys; four girls one act
adapted by Aurand Harris
'Early satiric treatment of "fashionable" society in American life. . . the play is a spirited burlesque of he folly of the newly rich Americans who in the 1840's regarded everything French as elegant and everything American as commonplace.'
Title: Fifteenth Candle, The in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Field, Rachel Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy tragedy - education five characters two boys; three girls one act
"'The Fifteenth Candle' opens on one of the most important days in Rosa's young, poverty-stricken life - when she is to have her first birthday cake. She has just completed with marked success a year in high school and is eagerly making plans for the next step in her educational program. The day should be one of joyous celebration, but the promise of the day may turn to bitter frustration and tragic defeat."
Title: Flippin' In in - Flippin' In / Then and Now Author: Chislett, Anne Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1996
Description:
roy drama - Canadian five characters one boy; four girls one act
'A teenager encounters dissension and personal triumph when she attempts to form a union to protect the rights of her fellow workers at a fast food franchise.'
Winner of the Chalmers Award 1995. Title: Flow, The in - Dramatics (Sept 2004) / PER Author: Orlando, Dominic Publisher: Miscellaneous 2004
Description:
roy contemporary drama - adolescents thirteen characters; extras five male; four female; one boy; one girl; two male or female one act
A sister rescues her brother from a cult within a fairy-tale like real world.
Title: Foe, The in - The Sixth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Acland, Robin Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - drama twenty-one characters seven boys; fourteen girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Follow, Follow in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Douglas, Katie Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult eight characters four male; four female one act
Age suitability: 15+.
After an Orange Order march through the town where they live, Al, Billy, Stacey, Kelly-Anne and Big Mikey head to the local park with a gaggle of younger kids, ready to drink, flirt, and have a laugh. But when one of their group is robbed and the others assume they know who is to blame, a group becomes a gang. Events spiral out of control, ending in an act of violence that some of Title: FOMO in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: El-Bushra, Suhayla Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
Description:
roy young adult - British - love - social media nine characters five male; four female; ensemble thirty-four scenes
ages 14+.
Dani and Josh are the perfect high school couple. Their friends look on in envy as their love story unfolds on social media. But when the government switches off the internet for reasons of national security, the truth of their relationship is revealed. Told almost entirely through tweets, texts and status updates, FOMO takes a light, humorous look at the futility of comparing your own
Title: Fool's Errand in - Players, The / YCL Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey Wood, Margaret Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1960
Description:
roy tragicomedy, historical seven characters four boys; three girls one act
'Tragicomedy in verse adapted by Margaret Wood. Three men in search of Death, find a sack of gold and greedily plan each others deaths.'
Title: Forty Minute Finish in - Dramatics (April 1999) / PER Author: Hairston, Jerome Publisher: Miscellaneous 1999
Description:
roy high school drama all male cast; two characters two boys one scene
Two janitors discuss the situation after cleaning up after a man who's had a stroke on their floor. Title: Forty-Five Minutes in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Reiss, Anya Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult - school eight characters four male; four female one act
The deadline was wrong so now there⇡s forty-five minutes till the bell goes and the UCAS forms must be sent and futures secured.
Title: Forza del Miss Muffet, La in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits four characters; extras two boys; two girls one act
"A spoof of grand opera"
Title: Frank and Ferdinand in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Adamson, Samuel Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy satire - fairy tale - young adult six characters; extras three male; two female; one male or female one act
age suitability: 13-19.
A village in a war ravaged country wakes to find that one hundred and thirty children have vanished. Only four are left: Otto, Aloysius; Sarah and Flora. Interviewed by a Military Inquiry, each child tells the events of the night before. But their accounts seem to differ. Who is the elusive Sebastian and why does the Inquiry's depiction of him keep changing from delinquent to charmer Title: Friendly Fire in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Gill, Peter Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy drama - relationships - high school ten characters ten male or female one act
The story of nine young people and a statue of a private soldier in the First World War. At its heart is a trio of people - each in love with the other, but in the wrong order. Adie likes Gary, but Gary likes Shelley, who likes Adie. None of this is simple, as the three discover as they struggle to understand and cope with the hand life and love have dealt them and 'sort out what they can put up with, and what they can't'. Insightful, tough and moving, this is an important new play offering outstanding roles.
Title: From the Cave in - Six Plays for Girls / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1957
Description:
roy children all female cast; six characters six girls one act
Takes place in Ancient Greece.
Title: Fugee in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Morgan, Abi Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
Description:
roy young adults - British - orphans - family - murder large cast flexible casting thirty-six scenes (one act)
'Fugee' is set in London, but could unfold in any sprawling, seemingly heartless metropolis. Kojo is fourteen, but no one believes him; he's just one of the unaccompanied minors arriving in the city, abandoned on the streets of the UK. Ara is from and still hears the bombs at night. Cheung can do back-flips and is from a village in China that is more than a thousand years old. Orphans in London, they are the only family they have. Together they tell Kojo's story: a story of lost childhood, tall trees and a murder in motion: a murder by a child that everyone says is a man. Title: Funeral for Mittens, A in - Dramatic Debuts: Volume 2 / COL Author: Samuel French Publisher: Baker's Plays 2010
Description:
roy comedy - relationships - young adult three characters two male; one female one act
In the game of love, you must "fake it" a little, or at least that's the advice Dan gives Max after his hysterical girlfriend, Carolyn, hits a dog with her car. As Carolyn blows, stomps, and experiences the five stages of grief, the pragmatic, less-concerned Max must try to prove he's a sensitive boyfriend.
Second place winner of the 2009 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Competition.
Title: Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Fifth Period, A in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Pizzarello, Jason Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
Description:
roy comedy - high school large cast flexible casting (14 - 40 actors possible) one act
To win his freedom from school bully Bugs, smart aleck Tommy offers to help him get a date to the prom with popular actress Stephanie Mezaluna. But the only way to get her attention is to convince her that Bugs is a famous actor in hiding, and as one cover-up leads to another, it's not long before a jock, Steve, is parading as Bug's slick New York agent, and Tommy is stuck trying to get Steve's sister a date to the prom. Of course, prom tickets are only on sale until fifth period -- so Tommy has to act fast and try to control the chaos in this wild high school hallway farce.
Title: Game of Catch, A in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Theis, Jack Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
Description:
roy autobiographical six characters four boys; three girls one act
A young man explores the lessons learned over years of playing catch with his father. A one-act play by a high-school playwright. Title: Game of Chess, The in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1943
Description:
roy political-murder all male cast; four characters four boys one act
1 interior.
"Political murder in Czarist Russia."
Title: Gap in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Bano, Alia Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - young adult seventeen characters flexible casting one act
age suitability: 15-19.
Twenty-four hours in an exotic country with a medley of fifteen characters all brought together by their choice of hostel. Jay wants to rule the roost, Hailey wants Jay, Kat wants social change, and Dee just wants to make a living. Gap follows these diverse personalities from the beach to the dorm and finally to the bar to see what has brought them here, how they embrace their first steps
Title: Gargantua in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Grose, Carl Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy comedy - young adult large cast flexible casting one act
age suitability: 13-16.
Mr. and Mrs. Mungus have just had a baby. Unfortunately, it isn't the bouncing blue-eyed boy they were hoping for. After a two-year pregnancy, Mini Mungus has birthed a monster - one with an accelerated growth rate and an insatiable appetite for anything that moves (including joggers). But when a gaggle of sinister military scientists intent on cloning an army of giant babies extract Title: Generation Next in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Syal, Meera Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
Description:
roy drama - high school - weddings nine characters; dancers five male; four female three scenes (one act)
GENERATION NEXT takes place in a community centre where two young British Punjabis are about to get married. The same wedding occurs in three different generations: in 1979, 2005, and 2035. Couples fight, friends disagree, and there are always too many aunts and uncles to remember. As time speeds forward, conflicts shift and traditions change.
Title: Gift, The in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Fill, Simon Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
Description:
roy drama - teenagers - suicide two characters one male; one female one act
A concrete park in Manhattan.
Both Jones and John have lost everyone - family and friends. John plans to kill himself that night. Together, in a concrete park somewhere in Manhattan, they rediscover that life is a gift and no one is alone.
Title: Gifts of Flame in - Sacred Earth Dramas / YCL Author: Calcutt, David Publisher: Faber and Faber 1993
Description:
roy environmental theatre nineteen characters flexible casting one act
A Boy, going into the forest to hunt, has come upon a Magic Rock, who offers him the gift of stories in exchange for the life of the deer he was about to kill. Title: Girl Who Fell Through a Hole in her Jumper, The in - Young Blood / YCL Author: Wallace, Naomi McLeod, Bruce Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 1998
Description:
roy young adult - comedy eight characters five male; one female (doubling; flexible casting) one act
In this witty adventure for young audiences by MacArthur "genius" award winner Naomi Wallace, a young girl called Noil finds herself in a strange new place, and must accomplish three and a half magical tasks before she can return home. Noil is clever and resourceful, and with some assistance from a singing narrator and a talking roach, she emerges from the hole in her sweater in time for breakfast.
Title: Girl Who Loved Her Horses in - Prepare to Embark / YCL Author: Taylor, Drew Hayden Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2002
Description:
roy Canadian - drama - Native peoples - Native playwright five characters three male; two female ten scenes (one act)
"Some consider this an adult memory play, but at its core, it's a story of a little girl whose imagination is her only friend and the power that such a friend can give. In some unfortunate cases, it's the only thing that keeps us alive. I think we all have a little in us."
Title: Gizmo in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Ayckbourn, Alan Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy comedy - high school - science fiction seventeen characters; extras fifteen male; two female (flexible casting) one act
In GIZMO, Ben Mason, a barman, has been paralysed with fear since witnessing the fatal gunning-down of two lovers in his bar. The Gizmo project is a cutting-edge scientific development in which a device like a watch and a tiny brain implant allow Ben to move again by copying exactly the movements of whoever wears the device. Without this, he just crumbles to the floor. With it, he can do anything at all - provided the wearer does it with him. This technological marvel returns him to action, but when the watch falls into the wrong hands, things go very Title: Glow in - Theatre Centre: Plays for young people / YCL Author: Virk, Manjinder Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2003
Description:
roy young adult five characters two male; one female (doubling) twenty-two scenes (one act)
suggested for schools, colleges, and youth centres.
A pulsating, extrovert debut play about the will to fight for what you want, the desire to have some magic in life and fraught relationships with role models. Uncompromising in asking today's second and third generation Britons: 'Who are you?' - Virk's writing stings like a bee!
Title: Going Down! in - Two-character Plays for Young Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy comedy two characters one boy; one girl one act
New woman executive doesn't reveal her identity to lazy sexist male employee until she fires him.
Title: Gold in - International Connections / YCL Author: Mason, Timothy Marvin, Mel Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy musical - high school fourteen characters eight male; six female one act
music my Mel Marvin. A musical about the Norwegian Resistance in WWII. Title: Golden Door, The in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy comedy all female cast; two characters two girls one act
Immigrant worker is interviewed by cynical INS officer.
Title: Good Morning-And Welcome to the Last Day of the Final Test at the Berlin Ova in - The Tenth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Kramskoy, Adrian Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1978
Description:
roy children - farce fifteen characters thirteen boys; two girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Goodbye to the Lazy K in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Finch, Robert Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy comedy - farce - western six characters five boys; one girl one act
"A humorous folk play of cowboy life in the American Northwest, 'Goodbye to the Lazy K' deals in a whimsical manner with the problem of how quickly one can arrive at a very important decision. Our cowboy hero, Slim Williams, has to decide whether to remain on the Lazy K ranch and marry Bonnie, the ranch owner's pretty daughter, or to postpone marriage and leave for town to seek that 'great big opportunity for the right man' by buying a butcher shop. But Bonnie's father, Mr. Lash, wants no 'more o' this shilly-shallying.' Slim has to make up his mind 'right quick'!" Title: Gorgeous: A Journey of the Body in - Theatre Centre: Plays for young people / YCL Author: Furse, Anna Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2003
Description:
roy young adult - eating disorders - body image all female cast; one character; extras one female thirteen scenes (one act)
suggested for schools, colleges, and youth centres.
A Victorian girl, Alice, moves through time and body shapes in an unflinching portrait of self-image and eating disorders in young women. In the original production this was a one-woman show but the inventive script gives many opportunities for different production styles.
Title: Governing Alice in - Dramatics (Jan 2003) / PER Author: Swanson, C. Denby Publisher: Miscellaneous 2003
Description:
roy high school - drama six characters; chorus flexible casting one act
Events in the life of a rebellious high school girl around graduation time, whose valedictorian brother has died robbing a convenience store.
Title: Grandfathers, The in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Mullarkey, Rory Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
Description:
roy drama - high school nine characters flexible casting nine scenes (one act)
National Service in the UK ended fifty years ago, but young people across the world are still conscripted into the armed forces. THE GRANDFATHERS follows nine young recruits as they are trained to become defenders of their nation. Title: Grasshopper Pie in - First Class Acts / YCL Author: Wiseman, Janice Publisher: Playwrights Union of Canada
Description:
roy children - runaways - fantasy twenty characters flexible casting one act
"A young girl runs away with her dog to the "House on the Hill" because she feels that no one at home listens to her. She discovers the house is filled with robots which do very strange things - unless given the right commands."
Title: Great Caesar's Ghost! in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
roy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits all male cast; four characters four boys one act
1 interior set.
"Friends, Romans, countrymen..."
Title: Greenheart and the Dragon Pollutant in - Sacred Earth Dramas / YCL Author: Miles, Cresssida Publisher: Faber and Faber 1993
Description:
roy environmental theatre - pollution - young adult seven characters; storyteller; extras flexible casting one act
Greenheart shows his concern for the environment by clearing rubbish in the introduction even though he is aware that the rubbish consists of 'dust' and 'disgusting old dinners', he steels himself to clean it out "for everyone's sake". Title: Ground Zero Club,The in - The Ground Zero Club and Other Prize-Winning Plays... / YCL Author: Schulman, Charlie Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1985
Description:
roy youth - drama eight characters four boys; three girls; voice-over one act
suggested short play for high schools.
"It's the meeting that every member of the Club has been waiting for: right on top of the Empire State Building, and right before a nuclear attack."
Title: Ground Zero Club,The in - The Birthday Present and The Ground Zero Club / YCL Author: Schulman, Charlie Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1986
Description:
roy drama - young adult seven characters four male; three female one act
suggested short play for high schools.
"Produced at New York's Playwrights Horizons as part of The Foundation of the Dramatists Guild's Young Playwrights Festival, this brilliantly offbeat doomsday vision deals with an unlikely assortment of characters who assemble at the top of the Empire State Building (which is targeted as ground zero), to await the nuclear holocaust."
Title: Group in - Give Voice / CCO Author: John, Aisha Sasha Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy relationships - Canadian seven characters one male; two female (doubling) (can be young adults or adults) one act
A group of friends get to together to improvise a scene for the author in the group, and one of them accidently becomes hypnotised. Title: Guest, The in - More Festival Plays / YCL Author: Petherick, Dorothy M. Publisher: University of London Press 1958
Description:
roy youth thirteen characters nine boys; four girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Guffin, The in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Brenton, Howard Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult - identity eleven characters six male; four female; one flexible casting one act (four scenes)
Four young people hanging out in a derelict house find a strange object; it's the Guffin. Touch it and your life is changed forever.
Title: Guilty Generation, The in - The Third Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1965
Description:
roy children - youth - drama eight characters four boys; four girls one act
period - A. D. 2000.
"This play is about responsibility." Title: Guy is Not For Burning, The in - More Festival Plays / YCL Author: Samuel, George Publisher: University of London Press 1958
Description:
roy youth eleven characters; extras nine boys; two girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Hactivists in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Ockrent, Ben Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adults twelve characters six male; six female one act (four scenes)
Age suitability: 13+
When Eloise is tasked with showing new girl Beth around the school she takes her to the 'hacker space' where she and her gang of nerdy friends hang out - a disused Portakabin they've turned into a student-run IT lab. Although the gang call themselves hackers, their activities are entirely harmless... until their self elected leader, Archie, is humiliated by the school bully and Beth
Title: Half Fare in - Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Marchand, Shoshana Publisher: Avon Books 1982
Description:
roy children - youth - playwrights three characters two boys; one girl one act
"The absent mother is divorced, and the father and daughter are left to stake out their emotional territory in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a one-bedroom apartment. Claudia's sexual precociousness is used not simply as a device to embarrass her middle-aged father, but as the springboard into the main theme of the play - her insecurity. She yearns for discipline, a set of rules and objectives against which she can measure standards of conduct, ways of living. But George finds this anathema, refusing to be stereotyped as a father-figure and fearful of closing off Title: Handbag, A in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Horowitz, Anthony Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy dark comedy - young adult - crime and punishment - British six characters four male; two female one act
A portrait of a group of young people rehearsing Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. But the choice of play seems strange and inappropriate, the cast has almost no understanding of what they are doing, and the place where they will be performing is certainly not a theatre. As they struggle to make sense of the text, we see that they are actually fighting for their own survival. This is a dark and disturbing comedy that explores crime and punishment in an increasingly vengeful world and questions whether there is a group in society that is actually beyond
Title: Happy Haunting! in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits all female cast; six characters six girls one act
1 interior set.
"A school for spooks."
Title: Happy Man, The in - More Festival Plays / YCL Author: Adams, H. Publisher: University of London Press 1958
Description:
roy youth fifteen characters; extras twelve boys; three girls one act
Description not available. Title: Haunting of Hathaway House, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - mystery - teenagers fourteen characters six boys; seven girls; one narrator one act
30 minutes.
"There is no logical explanation for the mysterious events in the old Hathaway House, and no one is sure if the inhabitants are living - or dead... "
Title: He's Talking in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Wright, Nicholas Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
Description:
roy young adults - British - apartheid - friendship eight characters six male; two female five scenes (one act)
'He's Talking' cunningly tells a tale of a group of politically active young people in the 1960s. It's a fact-based fiction about an anti-racist bombing group in apartheid South Africa. Luke, the leader, is seized and questioned. Every word he speaks will have a lifelong effect on his young friends and on himself. What would you do if you were caught and interrogated? Would you betray your friends? One year later, they all meet up. Or some of them do. Or only a few. It all depends on whether he talked... or not.
Title: Headstrong in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: De Angelis, April Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
Description:
roy young adults - British theatre eleven characters; extras; chorus six male; five female thirteen scenes (one act)
As a result of her mother's actions Rose Phillips has become a ward of the parish. She has been taken in by a religious household to train as a servant and is then sent to work for the Lowe family. Captain Lowe is a partner in the new opium clipper trade. His partner, Mr Logan, looks after the Indian side of the business, buying opium in India which Captain Lowe then ships to China in the clipper Sea Witch. The marriage of his daughter Lila Mae to Mr Logan would cement a business dynasty. Title: Heartbreak Beautiful in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Hill, Christopher William Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy comedy - life - love - sports - young adult - British twenty-two characters twelve male; ten female one act
AJ is the best athlete St Bart's Comprehensive has ever seen; his brother, Dan, wants to push him to the limit. Amber has other ideas: she's desperate to settle down with AJ, have kids, get fat and watch daytime TV. AJ; however, only has eyes for Ellie, a geek with a heart of gold and a lethal set of dental braces. But the course of true love never did run smooth, and Oscar is determined to pair up with Ellie himself, no matter what the cost - even if it means breeding an army of killer bird-bees. 'Heartbreak Beautiful' is a fast-paced comedy about life, love and sport.
Title: Hearts in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: Norris, Luke Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
Description:
roy young adult - British - comedy - soccer - sports - romance fourteen characters eight male; six female one act (three scenes)
audience: ages 14+.
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death… I can assure you it’s much, much more important than that.” Bill Shankly, Sacred Heart FC’s days are numbered, but they’re not going down without a fight. Despite the dead mice in the toilet and the left-back in the bin, Harry spends the season trying to keep everyone together for one more year. But when the boys are
Title: Heights, The in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: McGee, Lisa Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy dark comedy - young adult - British fourteen characters seven male; six female; one flexible twenty-one scenes (one act)
At the centre of the story is the reclusive Lillie Lee, who lives on the Heights estate. Confined to her bedroom by sickness, Lillie feels isolated and abnormal. Her bedroom window is her only connection to the outside world, and from this she obsessively watches her neighbours and keeps herself occupied by making up stories about them. An unusual encounter with Dara, another girl from the estate, leads the two teenagers to strike up a firm friendship that is potentially dangerous. Title: Hen Party in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits all female cast; five characters five girls one act
1 interior set.
"A dangerous dinner date"
Title: Her Majesty's Mustache in - First Class Acts / YCL Author: Zacharko, Larry Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy children - mystery - comedy fourteen characters seven boys; seven girls one act
"Henry has lost an old ten-dollar bill. Miss Cochran has lost her bag, with all of her class's math tests. A Portugese woman has lost her son. The boys challenge the girls to spend two hours in the "haunted house" where two thieves are hiding out. A mysterious blind accordian player seems to hold the key to some of these puzzles."
Title: Herbal Nightmare in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Namioka, Lensey Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy thriller - ghost story - youth five characters two boys; three girls one act
"Ghostly figure frightens teens in Chinatown." Title: Here We Are in - Players, The / YCL Author: Parker, Dorothy Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1931
Description:
roy young adult two characters one boy; one girl one act
A married couple is going for their honeymoon and have funny discussion.
Title: Heritage in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: James, Dafydd Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
Description:
roy young adult - British thirteen characters six male; seven female one act
audience: ages 15+
"It's May Day, and a group of misfit children are specially chosen to close the day's festivities; but as they gather together in uniform to rehearse the village anthem, all is not well. Tubbsy's hiding a cat in his bag; Deirdre-May's grieving her Nanna and Mark's turned up as Stegosaurus.⌦As the rehearsal breaks down, they soon begin to suspect that they've been chosen for a far darker
Title: Hide and Seek in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
Description:
roy children all male cast; six characters six boys one act
1 exterior set.
A boy who is running away gets sidetracked. Title: Highest Mountain, Fastest River in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Abela, Donna Salamanca Theatre Company Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
Description:
roy young adult - Australian large cast flexible casting ten scenes (one act)
revised edition; suggested for high school.
The play aims to evoke the refugee experiences of the Hmong people. Disconnected character journeys and stylised movement are used in order to avoid sensationalism and melodrama.
The original version won the 1992 Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Award for Drama. The
Title: History of Bad Good Wood, The in - Eighth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Sumner, Derry Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1975
Description:
roy children - youth - morality play - drama large cast flexible casting one act
"A light-hearted study of children, the consciously good and the aggressively bad - who turn out in the end to be not so different after all. The framework for this 'morality play' is a circus ring."
Title: Holding Out in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Sebestyen, Ouida Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy youth - drama two characters; extras one boy; one girl one act
"Runaway teens hide-out on Modoc Indian battle site." Title: Home is the Sailor in - Ninth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1977
Description:
roy children - youth - comedy - canadian ten characters; extras six boys; four girls one act
"It would be a good idea to read the account of Odysseus's return in the Penguin edition of 'The Odyssey'. This play deals with the return of the master from the domestic point of view. What must it have been like for his wife Penelope, warding off rapacious suitors with a ruse which is wearing thin? For his son Telemachus, who cannot even remember the father who has been absent for nineteen years? For Odysseus's old nurse, who knows him even better than Penelope?"
Title: Honest Injun! in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers ten characters eight boys; two girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: Honorable Urashima Taro, The in - Now Playing / YCL Author: Jennings, Coleman A. Publisher: Nelson Canada
Description:
roy Japanese folklore nine characters; extras two male; two female; five boys one act
'This play is an adaptation of two Japanese folk tales. The story of how Taro the fisherman comes to the aid of sea creatures he loves emphasises our close connection with nature.' Title: Honorable Urashima Taro, The in - Theatre for Youth / YCL Author: Jennings, Coleman A. Publisher: University of Texas Press 1986
Description:
roy Japanese folklore nine characters; extras two male; two female; five boys one act
'This play is an adaptation of two Japanese folk tales. The story of how Taro the fisherman comes to the aid of sea creatures he loves emphasises our close connection with nature.'
Title: Hood in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Chandler, Katharine Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult eight characters; puppets; extras; chorus flexible casting one act
age suitability - 13+
Hood's mam has run off with a bacon-licking vegetarian, while her dad spends his days and nights lost in a chair, feeding his addiction to the Waterboys. There's no money left, there's five struggling kids to feed, and interfering Father Tuck just won't let them be. But our modern-day hero Robyn Hood is determined to keep her family together, whatever it takes... a modern day tale
Title: Horizon in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: Hartley, Matt Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
Description:
roy young adult - British - drama twelve characters six male; six female one act
audience: ages 15+.
"It’s the last day of the summer holidays and for one group of friends that means there is only one place to be: Horizon Shopping Centre. For some it's a chance to gossip and flirt, grab a milkshake and a bargain in the sales, earn some money and catch a film. But for two sisters it’s everything they've come to resent: an image of what their future looks like. As closing time approaches a Title: Hospital Food in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: O'Hare, Eugene Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult - cancer ten characters six male; six female one act (five scenes)
Age suitability: 15+
Set in the present day, ten teenagers from the ages of fourteen to seventeen are the residents of a cancer unit in a city hospital. All of them (a mix of boys and girls) are undergoing various conventional treatments for different cancers at different stages of progression. Their shared illness bonds them and they support each other as they reveal their fears and hopes for the future
Title: How Do I Forgive My Dying Father? in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Anthony, Laurence Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
Description:
roy drama - family relations - Canadian eight characters four male; four female (can be young adults or adults) three acts (short)
As a father is dying, his children struggle to come together at his hospital bed.
Title: How Hi is Your Fi? in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers twelve characters seven boys; five girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available. Title: How Nous Avons Met in - Festival Voices / CCO Author: Nabben, John Anthony Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy comedy - Canadian - young adult - love - french six characters; extras three male; three female five scenes (one act)
A one-act bilingual comedy about love, language, and Canada.
Title: How to Write a Play in - Around the World in 21 Plays / CHC Author: Terson, Peter Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1997
Description:
roy playwriting all male cast; two characters; extras two male one act
'Comedy about playwriting.'
Title: How We Got On in - Humana Festival 2012 / COL Author: Goodwin, Idris Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2013
Description:
roy drama - American - teenagers - growing up four characters two male; two female one act
running time: 90 min.
Hank, Julian and Luann are the flip side to the A story of hip hop’s rise in the late 1980s—kids who forge a cultural identity in the white suburbs by dueling with poetry in parking lots and dubbing beats on a boom box. In this coming-of-age tale remixed, A DJ loops us through the lives of three Midwestern teen rappers who discover the power of harmony over discord. Title: Hum It Again, Jeremy in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Okimoto, Jean Davies Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama - youth four characters three boys; one girl one act
"Supportive friend helps teenage boy deal with depression and broken home."
Title: Hunger in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: McIntyre, Hope Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
Description:
roy young adult many characters one female; one flexible one act
audience: 16+ years.
"Based on a true story set in Guatemala in the early 1990s. The central character, Jesse, is a human rights lawyer who, while investigating human rights abuses in Guatemala, married the Commandante of a Guerilla group. Later, her husband disappeared. Knowing that this was a common government tactic, Jesse began a hunger strike on the steps of the Guatemalan
Title: I am a Dustbin in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - comedy - farce seven characters six boys; one girl one act
"Boloni, the ageing artist, recounts the love story of the Maesstro and Lily, the Cockney waif. We see the story enacted, and it turns out to be somewhat different from what Boloni remembers." Title: I Love You, Mr. Klotz in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers eight characters four boys; four girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: I'll Ring For More Toast in - The Fourth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
Description:
roy children - comedy eight characters five boys; three girls one act
"Although the behaviour of all the characters is more than far-fetched, it has a point; the humour resides in everyone's rigid resistance to change. Mrs. Swayne expects to be provided with toast, even though revolution is raging round her doors; Betty cannot see the point of marrying; Charles wants to play tennis in the rain; the Reds murder each other because they cannot agree about a point of policy."
Title: I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Gregg, Stacey Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult ten characters five male; five female one act (ten scenes)
It's the daily scramble across no-man's-land: you flinch as you pass those even more clueless than you strewn from the barbed wire of exams, first dates, evil former best mates. . . but hell's ok if you stick together. Title: Icarus in - Dramatics v. 80 no. 2 / PER Author: Slattery, Luke Publisher: Miscellaneous 2008
Description:
roy young adult all female cast; two characters two female one act
2008 Thespian Playworks finalist. Description not available.
Title: Ice Palace, The in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Vesaas, Tarjei Coxon, Lucinda Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults fourteen characters; extras four male; nine female; one flexible ten scenes (one act)
'The Ice Palace' has been adapted by Lucinda Coxon and translated from the Norwegian by Elizabeth Rokkan. Set in a remote village at the onset of winter, it tells of what happens when an outgoing young girl called SISS goes to visit her new and mysterious classmate.
Title: If I Were Your Superhero in - Dramatic Debuts: Volume 2 / COL Author: Barron, Laignee Publisher: Baker's Plays 2010
Description:
roy drama - young adult eight characters two male; five female; one boy eighteen scenes
The troubled world of teenaged Kylie is transformed when she becomes the babysitter of the young, autistic Guthrie. Through their summertime adventures with superheros, swimming pools, and basketball hoops, Kylie learns what it means to overcome obstacle and to really care for another person. But when her plans to run away from her difficult home life and live with her older brother finally are realized, Kylie can't seem to let go of her mentor-relationship with Guthrie. Will she move on to a new life, or will she learn to find peace with her past? Title: Illyria in - International Connections / YCL Author: Lavery, Bryony Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy drama - war - high school eighteen characters nine male; nine female ten parts (one act) A young war reporter gets abducted and finds herself in the midst of a cycle of violence, in a land crippled by hate.
Title: Importance of Being Earnest, The in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Wilde, Oscar Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1950
Description:
roy comedy nine characters five boys; four girls one act
Adaptation by Aurand Harris. The name of a man's fictional older brother is used, unbeknownst to each other, by two friends who are trying to escape certain social duties and trying to win the hearts of the women they love.
Title: Impressionist Wing, The in - Festival Voices / CCO Author: Yugo, Mia Rose Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy young adult - Canadian large cast flexible casting nine scenes (one act)
Description not available. Title: In the Way in - Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Gutwillig, Stephen Publisher: Avon Books 1982
Description:
roy children - youth - playwrights all male cast; two characters two boys one act
The play "investigates the effect of a woman's death on her surviving husband and son. The bereavement redefines the parent-child relationship, releasing long suppressed frustrations and feelings of guilt and anger. On the day of the funeral father and son try to care for each other in ways that do not betray the memory of the woman they loved so very differently."
Title: In This World in - Little One and Other Plays / CCO Author: Moscovitch, Hannah Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult - high school - relationships - Canadian all female cast; two characters two female one act
Bijou, a pretty blonde from a privileged background, and Neyssa the daughter of a Jamaican immigrant family, wait in detention after getting into a vicious fight at school. As the girls confront each other about what happened, they realize that a deeper tragedy lies between them. Ultimately, they are forced to choose between doing what they were taught was right and making a choice that could have lasting consequences.
Title: In This World in - Things That Go Bump / YCL Author: Moscovitch, Hannah Publisher: Signature Editions 2009
Description:
roy drama - high school - relationships - Canadian all female cast; two characters two female one act
Bijou, a pretty blonde from a privileged background, and Neyssa the daughter of a Jamaican immigrant family, wait in detention after getting into a vicious fight at school. As the girls confront each other about what happened, they realize that a deeper tragedy lies between them. Ultimately, they are forced to choose between doing what they were taught was right and making a choice that could have lasting consequences. Title: Innkeeper's Daughter, The in - Six Plays for Girls / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1957
Description:
roy children - Christmas all female cast; thirteen characters thirteen girls one act
An adaptation of the story about the birth of Christ in Bethlehem.
Title: Inside a Kid's Head in - The Player / YCL Author: Lawrence, Jerome Lee, Robert E. Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1945
Description:
roy young adult twelve characters plus ten voices; extras eight boys; four girls one act
A couple take a tour through Ritchie's head.
Title: Instruments of Darkness in - The First Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1960
Description:
roy children - tragedy eight characters; extras five boys; three girls one act
Description not available. Title: Invisible Kids in - New Canadian Kid and Invisible Kids / CCO Author: Foon, Dennis Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1989
Description:
roy Canadian - youth - racism - immigration five characters three male; two female one act
"The Canadian version of a play originally produced in Europe which won the British Theatre Award for the Best Production for Young People. It centers on a group of children from a variety of ethnic backgrounds whose own camaraderie fails to instruct them on how to deal with the very adult issues of immigration and institutionalized racism when the sister of one of the children is prevented from joining her family in Canada because of immigrant quotas. The spirit of youth prevails over differences in colour and culture, promoting the message that in the end, kids are
Title: Is Horror Your Neighbor? in - The Fourth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
Description:
roy children - comedy eleven characters ten boys; one girl one act
"A Tussaud Horror"
Title: Isabella in - Dramatics (Oct 2001) / PER Author: Anderson, Emily Publisher: Miscellaneous 2001
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roy drama - high school seven characters three male; four female one act
Description not available. Title: Island Far from Here, An in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Ruohonen, Laura translated by David Hackston Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
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roy British theatre - young adults eleven characters five male; six female twenty-six vignettes (one act)
In 'An Island Far From Here', leading Finnish playwright Laura Ruohonen tells the story of two young sisters who discover an old lady living in their cellar who is hiding from her prisoner son. It is a humorous story - yet dealing with serious themes - of what happens when the son arrives at the house having been released on parole.
Title: It Snows in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Lavery, Bryony Hoggett, Steven Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
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roy young adults - British large cast flexible casting five scenes (one act)
It's the same old story. Boy doesn't meet Girl. Girl doesn't meet Boy. The threat of the terrifying Lads Gang. The threat of the awe-inspiring Girl Gang. Mum and Dad have declared war against each other. There's a weird neighbour in the building opposite. It's the usual ordinary gloominess. Then, one day, it snows. And everything changes.
Title: It's Time for a Change in - The Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Berger, Adam L. Publisher: Avon Books 1982
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roy children - youth - playwrights eleven characters seven boys; four girls one act
"Expresses a universal fear of failure in the very particular tale of an eight-year-old's humiliation in front of his classmates in the competitive world of school sports and the gymnasium. The way the play's hero, Kirk, copes with his anxiety is to fulfill in fantasy what he knows he can do in reality: cross-country skiing; except this time it will be in the gym, not on the ski slopes." Title: Jack and the Box in - More Festival Plays / YCL Author: Smith, G. Publisher: University of London Press 1958
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roy youth eighteen characters eight boys; five girls; five boys or girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Jacob Comes Home in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Kozlenko, William Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
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roy drama - World War II five characters two boys; three girls one act
"The play is, accordingly , a human record of a particularly tragic period in our history. It is also more than that. The oppression of the individual because of his race or his belief did not stop with Hitler's death. Around the world there are still men, whether of fascist or communist persuasion, who use Hitler's ideas and methods in their attack on personal dignity and freedom. So, in a way, the tragedy of the Braun family we are about to meet in the play is a tragedy of our century."
Title: Jimmy Clay in - The Tenth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Sumner, Derry Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1978
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roy children - drama twenty characters, incl. chorus seven boys; six girls; seven boys or girls one act
"Jimmy Clay, dying on the battlefield, has always been alone, even among comrades and companions, and always doomed to die young. The sequence of the building of the figure tells us that the soldier is born, bred and trained for one end - death. So we go back to Jimmy as a baby, being given toys, growing into boyhood amidst fun and games about soldiers until, as a youth, he proudly takes an oath and joins the army, in a ceremony that is a parody of the kind of mumbo-jumbo that communities cultivate in order to impress people into unquestioning Title: Jinsey in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Bland, Margaret Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
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roy young adult - drama - black theatre all female cast; four characters four female one act
No further description available.
Title: Joan in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
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nonroy drama - historical two characters one boy; one girl one act
Joan of Arc speaks to priest on the day before her execution.
Title: Johnny Dunn in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Gard, Robert Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
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roy young adult - Canadian folklore three characters, extras two male; one female one act
suitable for Junior High School.
"The story of a Canadian Paul Bunyon" - The Ubyssey, Nov. 16 1944. Title: Journey to X in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Harris, Nancy Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
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roy drama - high school ten characters; dancers six male; four female eleven parts (one act)
A group of friends have formed a new band and are scheming to raise money to get to London to audition for the world's biggest talent contest. Their costumes, songs and fundraising techniques may divide opinion but one of the girls has a far more important choice to make. Their journey for fame and fortune is really a journey for something far less glamorous - something their country doesn't approve of, something their parents wouldn't condone. In a culture of instant fame and talent-show 'stories', the importance of life and friendship come to the fore.
Title: Juniper; Jubilee in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays - 33rd series / COL Author: Nabers, Janine Publisher: Samuel French 2008
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roy drama - American - high school - female genital mutilation six characters two male; three female; female chorus one act
Juniper is a thirteen-year-old South African girl who has just moved to America and is homesick for the country she left behind. She quickly meets Matt; a drum-playing, yarmulke-wearing kid from school and the two hit it off. When Juniper’s innocent sexual encounters with Matt begin to trigger certain memories from her forgotten childhood in Sudan, Juniper is forced to come head to head with the ghosts of her past.
Title: Just Another Decoration Day in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Worthington, Etta L. Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
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roy family relations - death eight characters one boy; seven girls one act
This adaptation shows a young girl coming to terms with family and death. Title: Just Beyond the Trees in - Dramatics (Oct 2000) / PER Author: Heiti, Matthew Publisher: Miscellaneous 2000
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roy high school - baseball - drama all male cast; two characters two boys one act
Two friends gradually reveal their part in the death of a third.
Title: Kaddy in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: Prodan, Hannah Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
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roy drama - suicide - depression - friendship - Canadian four characters one male; three female one act
Years later, Kayla remembers and reflects on the suicide of her best friend Kaddy when they were in high school.
Second place winner of the 2004 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest.
Title: Kind of Justice, A in - Ninth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1977
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roy children - youth - drama five characters three boys; two girls one act
"A war between two powerful forces has ruined the lives of the simple people over whose country it has been fought. They do not know the reasons for the war nor what the winners hope to gain from it. As the girl says, they know only that it has destroyed them and that they will, if they can, destroy those responsible." Title: King Arthur and His Knights in - Now Playing / YCL Author: Morley, Olive J. Publisher: Nelson Canada
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roy legend twenty-two characters; extras twenty male; one female; one boy (doubling possible) one act
A brief re-telling of the King Arthur legends.
Title: King of the Castle, The in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Reid, Christina Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
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roy drama - relationships - high school nine characters; extras four male; five female one act
Exploration of perceptions and relationships in the aftermath of war (1940's Britain). A wasteground in Belfast, early 1950s. Children play amongst the bricks and rubble of World War II making the place their own with their skipping ropes, balls and pavement games. Eileen has a new baby brother, Jean runs the shop for her mother but she'd rather be in the movies. Eileen and her friend Rose dream of being as sophisticated as her. Shell-shocked from the war, Arthur watches them silently, the child inside wanting to join in, his experiences as a man holding him back.
Title: King Tom and the Sheriff in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
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roy children all boy cast; eight characters eight boys one act
1 interior set.
Description not available. Title: Kristal Dreams in - Canadian Theatre Review No. 60, Fall 1989 / PER Author: Pody, David Publisher: Miscellaneous
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roy high-school, teenage peer pressure five characters two male; three female one act
'High school students confront their own prejudices when their classmate Kristal returns from drug rehabilitation.'
Title: Lady Chill, Lady Wad, Lady Lurve, Lady God in - International Connections / YCL Author: Adshead, Kay Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
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roy drama - gangs - high school large cast flexible casting nineteen scenes (one act) A cartoon - style, rapping play about a girl gang and their neighbourhood.
Title: Lady Liberty and the Donut Girl in - Plays for Two / COL Author: Lane, Eric Publisher: Vintage Books 2014
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roy drama - teenagers⌦two characters one male; one female one act
Two teenagers meet unexpectedly on Main St. Title: Large Fears, Little Demons in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Malmgren, Dallin Publisher: Miscellaneous
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roy drama - family drama seven characters four boys; three girls one act
"Family and friends help teenage girl with frightening recurring dream."
Title: Last Time I Saw Paris, The in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
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nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits four characters one boy; three girls one act
1 exterior set.
"A visitor to Mount Olympus"
Title: Late in - Give Voice / CCO Author: Johnson, Marcia Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2011
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roy drama - young adult - Canadian - relationships all female cast; two characters two female (can be young adults or adults) one act
A woman visits another woman to console her after her husbands death. The wife has not let the husband go.... Title: Latin Lesson, A in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
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roy children - comedy - farce ten characters eight boys; two girls one act
"A 30-minute sketch which makes merry at the expense of Latin textbooks. A Roman family who don't believe 'it can happen here' are invaded by barbarians."
Title: Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Rand, Jonathan Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2007
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roy comedy - young adult - fairy tales - high school large cast flexible casting one act
minimal set; 25-60 actors possible, gender flexible.
In the fairy tale criminal justice system, the characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes are represented by two separate yet equally ridiculous groups: the fairy tale police who investigate fairy tale crime, and the fairy tale district attorneys who prosecute the fairy tale offenders. These are their stories.
Title: Learning the Game in - Things That Go Bump / YCL Author: Salkeld, Janice Publisher: Signature Editions 2009
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roy drama - learning disabilities - hockey - women - monologues all female cast; eight characters one female one act
Meet Lanni, teenage female hockey player - with a secret, she has a learning disability. On the ice, Lanni is cool, calm and in control, but when she steps into the classroom, number 23 just can't keep up. Will her secret get out? A one-woman play where life is as unpredictable as a hockey game - at the disadvantage. Title: Leaving Hope in - Festival Voices / CCO Author: Castleman, B. J. Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
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roy young adult - Canadian five characters three male; two female five scenes (one act)
Description not available.
Title: Letter to Lacey, A in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: Johnson, Catherine Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
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roy young adult - British - drama - abuse - relationships thirteen characters five male; eight female one act (fourteen scenes)
audience: ages 14+.
“What we had was stronger than other couples because we went through so many emotions together – I couldn’t imagine being in a boring, safe relationship where no-one ever said a cross word ...” Kara sits down to write an email to someone she’s never met: her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend. Reece was the love of her life and as Kara spills her heart out, we learn just what it took
Title: Letting Go in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: Fouree, Rochelle Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
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roy drama - family relations - addiction - child abuse - Canadian seven characters three male; four female one act (nine scenes)
Jessica, Melissa, Jason, and Michelle are four kids trying to survive their living situation with their drug addicted parents and abusive Uncle Tom.
Third place winner of the 2006 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest. Title: Liar: This High School Musical is a Play in - Shell Connections 2006 / YCL Author: Burke, Gregory Publisher: Faber Music 2006
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roy young adults - British - comedy - high school seventeen characters; extras seven male; ten female seventeen scenes (one act)
A fantastically funny and warm hearted comedy. Katie is a bit of a goddess with a brain. Donnie is the new boy at school. He is also a liar. In fact, he's not even called Donnie, he's really called Ronnie, but he thinks that's the sort of name a girl like Katie will go for. Unfortunately, like all the best liars, Ronnie has a tendency to get caught out. But that's not going to stop him. He's going to get this girl and he's prepared to weave any outlandish fiction to make sure she can't resist. Assisted by his two advice giving sidekicks Eck and Beefy and up against Katie's cynical friends
Title: Liars in - Skin and Liars / YCL Author: Foon, Dennis Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1988
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roy drama - teenagers - social issues - alcoholism - youth - Canadian four characters two boys; two girls one act
Two very different teenagers discover something they have in common: alcoholic parents. Together, they each find ways to cope with their disturbing secret.
Title: Liars in - Cues and Entrances / CCO Author: Foon, Dennis Publisher: Gage Educational Publishing 1993
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roy drama - teenagers - social issues - alcoholism - youth four characters two boys; two girls one act
Two very different teenagers discover something they have in common: alcoholic parents. Together, they each find ways to cope with their disturbing secret. Title: Liars in - Skin and Liars / YCL Author: Foon, Dennis Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013
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roy drama - teenagers - social issues - alcoholism - Canadian - youth four characters two boys; two girls one act
The 2nd edition of the play. Two very different teenagers discover something they have in common: alcoholic parents. Together, they each find ways to cope with their disturbing secret.
Title: Life Science in - Other Schools of Thought / YCL Author: Panych, Morris Publisher: Talonbooks 1994
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roy drama - teenagers - high school - social issues - canadian all female cast; one character one female one act
'Monologue by high school girl reacting to death of a homeless man.'
Title: List, The in - Dramatics (Oct 2002) / PER Author: Covell, Joshua A. Publisher: Miscellaneous 2002
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roy high school seven characters; extras one male; one female; four boys; one girl one act
A boy who has been home schooled enters into a public school and auditions for the school play. Title: Listen to your Parents in - Theatre Centre: Plays for young people / YCL Author: Zephaniah, Benjamin Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2003
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roy young adult - drama - teenage life four characters; extras three male; one female fourteen scenes (one act)
suggested for schools, colleges, and youth centres.
Set against the backdrop of domestic violence, this portrayal of teenage life and ambition is deeply moving. Zephaniah's poetry imbues the piece with rhythm and flavour. Religion, patriarchy and the sense of being a refugee, even at home, are the unsettling themes running through the play.
Title: Little Foot in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Higginson, Craig Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
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roy drama - high school five characters; chorus three male; two female five parts (one act)
Deep within some South African caves, group of friends dare each other to spend the night and explore the mysteries of the nearby area known as the "Cradle of Humankind". As the young friends venture deeper into the sepulcher of the oldest human remains, relationships within the circle of friends become strained. With truth revealed and loyalties strained, these modern teenagers find themselves stripped back to their primordial instincts. Surrounded by a chorus of ancestral voices, the group unravels. Just how far will modern humans go to exact revenge? This
Title: Little Glass Houses in - The Players / YCL Author: Johnson, Philip Agg, Howard Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1957
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roy young adult - historical all female cast; five characters five girls one act
Description not available. Title: Little Monster's Journal, A in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Marinelli, Claudia Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
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roy young adult - Italian all female cast; one character one female one act
suggested for high school
This solo performance piece for a young actress was originally written as a short story and later adapted by the author for the stage. On the surface, it seems a satirical piece that is deeply suspicious of American youth pop culture, but upon closer examination the play can be seen to direct its sharpest criticism at universal attitudes of cultural discrimination that are widespread
Title: Little Sister in - The Hope Slide and Little Sister / CCO Author: MacLeod, Joan Publisher: Coach House Press 1994
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roy Canadian - teenagers - growing up - eating disorders five characters two male; three female one act
"Tackling the issues of self image, weight preoccupation and eating disorders in teenaged girls, Little Sister tells the story of five teenagers - three girls and two boys - who are caught in the web of contradictory messages about how they should look, feel and behave."
Title: Lock, Stock, and Barrel in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
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nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers twelve characters six boys; six girls one act
1 interior set; 35 minutes.
Description not available. Title: London Calling in - Thick as Thieves / COL Author: Marchant, Tony Publisher: Methuen 1982
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roy drama - adolescents - unemployment - high school all male cast; five characters five male one act
1 exterior; 1 interior; background music.
"Set in London. Unemployed teenagers confront personnel officer in futile attempt to prove their worth, with tragic results."
Title: Look at Me in - Theatre Centre: Plays for young people / YCL Author: Reynolds, Anna Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2003
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roy young adult - teenage life eight characters four male; three female (doubling) twenty-six scenes (one act)
suggested for schools, colleges, and youth centres.
A highly sophisticated stage technique allows Reynolds to tell the stories of two young women facing exclusion from mainstream education. Gritty, hard, witty and fast paced, the play will test actors and directors of every generation.
Title: Lucky Peter's Journey in - Around the World in 21 Plays / CHC Author: Strindberg, August Swortzell, Lowell Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1997
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roy allegory twenty-one characters; extras seventeen male; four female (may be played by boys and girls) seven scenes (one act)
adapted by Lowell Swortzell
'Freely adapted from Strindberg's allegory. Innocent young man n quest of self-discovery.' Title: Luggage in Advance in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Gibbs, Margaret Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
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roy young adult - thriller six characters three male; three female one act
A family leaving Lyria in a hurry at the start of a revolution, hide a baby in a suitcase to protect him from the police.
Title: Madagascar Lily in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Janaczewska, Noelle Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
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roy young adult - history large cast flexible casting one act
audience: 16+ years.
"The play ostensibly deals with the regional history of Australia, the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia, but it is more concerned with the way we perceive the present than it is with representing the epic past."
Title: Magic Wood, The in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Averill, Ric Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
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roy legend - Robin Hood nine characters six boys; three girls one act
This excerpt splits the stage suggesting a New England village separated from Sherwood Forest by a magic wood. Students will enjoy plenty of action in this wonderful time-travel play. Title: Magician's Niece, The in - Six Plays for Girls / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1957
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roy children all female cast; seven characters seven girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Make Your Play in - The Fourth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
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roy children - melodrama - western nine characters; extras seven boys; two girls one act
"This is a burlesque version of the eternal Western... The circumstances of Martha and the Old Timer are not stated exactly, but we gather that they make money out of telling Western yarns to tourists, who in this case are the audience. The Old Timer is as it were hypnotized by his own drawl, and carries on without a change of tone no matter how outrageous the plot becomes. Martha, shrill and exasperated, tries to make him stick to the point and give the audience their money's worth; but he ambles on, telling the wrong story, to its absurd happy ending."
Title: Make Your Play in - The Players / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
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roy children - melodrama - western nine characters; extras seven boys; two girls one act
"This is a burlesque version of the eternal Western... The circumstances of Martha and the Old Timer are not stated exactly, but we gather that they make money out of telling Western yarns to tourists, who in this case are the audience. The Old Timer is as it were hypnotized by his own drawl, and carries on without a change of tone no matter how outrageous the plot becomes. Martha, shrill and exasperated, tries to make him stick to the point and give the audience their money's worth; but he ambles on, telling the wrong story, to its absurd happy ending." Title: Making Babies in - Dramatic Debuts: Volume 2 / COL Author: Farrar, Paxton Grey Publisher: Baker's Plays 2010
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roy comedy - fantasy - young adult ten characters three males; three females; four boys or girls three parts
Set inside the embryo, shortly after conception, and shortly before the cell splits, Making Babies follows the bureaucratic meeting of nine genes, seen as stereotypes of the traits they represent. As the Genes toil over what traits the infant will have, they are thrown by the arrival of a newcomer - a mutant gene. With time running out, the group is faced with the decision to block the mutant or allow him entry into the gene pool. What will they do?
Title: Man in the Box, The in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
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nonroy comedy - theatre two characters one boy; one girl one act
Short play about imagination and the theatre. Actor mimes being trapped in box and woman spectator argues that no such box exists.
Title: Man Who Sprinkled Water, The in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Williams, G. Mountford Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
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roy young adult seven characters; extras six male; one female one act
No further description available. Title: Mary in Charge in - Six Plays for Girls / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1957
Description:
roy children all female cast; eight characters eight girls one act
Description not available.
Title: May Colven in - Six Plays for Girls / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1957
Description:
roy children all female cast; four characters four girls one act
Takes place long, long ago in the days of Ballads and Knights.
Title: Mechant Enfant in - Dramatic Debuts v. 1 / YCL Author: Mayer, Samuel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
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roy drama - young adult four characters two male; two female one act
"Mechant Enfant" revolves around two seven year-olds that are wildly intelligent beyond their years. Their parents are dysfunctional, and many of the scenes take place in an eerie children's toy shop. As they struggle to make a life for themselves in the city, they have many strange encounters that influence their general ennui. A bizarre and fascinating script.
Second place winner of the 2008 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Competition. Title: Meet Miss Stone-Age in - Skits and Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
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nonroy children - teenagers - farce - skits five characters one boy; four girls one act
1 interior set.
"A prehistoric beauty pageant"
Title: Metronome, The in - Dramatic Debuts v. 1 / YCL Author: Neustadt, Gabriel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
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roy drama - young adult all male cast; two characters two male one act
A young man comes over to an elderly gentleman's home to teach him piano. It soon becomes clear that the old man is more interested in visiting with the boy than playing the piano. Ultimately, they both learn a little something from their encounter.
Third place winner of the 2008 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Competition.
Title: Midge Goes to the Movies in - Junior High School One Act Comedies / YCL Author: Bothwell Tull, Jewel Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company
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roy comedy - teenagers nine characters five boys; four girls one act
junior high school.
Description not available. Title: Midsummer Night's Dream, A in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Shakespeare, William Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1993
Description:
roy comedy eleven characters; extras thirteen boys; eight girls one act
Aurand Harris' adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
It is the magical story of star-crossed lovers, overly ambitious homespun clowns and misadventures with fairies. The fun can be multiplied by mixing and matching the male/female roles. The action begins at the beautiful court of Theseus, Duke of Athens, and later moves to mystical forest inhabited by Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies.
Title: Millennials, The in - Dramatics (Oct 2001) / PER Author: Vaughn, Jessica Publisher: Miscellaneous 2001
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roy high school seven characters one male; one female; two boys; three girls one act
A high school counsellor and University recruiting officer play with some high school students futures.
Title: Minor Leagues in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Ott, Gustavo Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
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roy young adult two characters one male; one female one act
audience: 16+ years.
"The encounter between "the colossus of the north" (USA) and an unnamed third world Latin American nation forms the center of this delightful two-character comedy. But the drama studiously avoids any political commentary, focussing instead upon the power struggle between a Miami card-broker, Goosy, and the teenager Vanessa in his hotel room over the Christmas Title: Mish-Mosh Bird, The in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
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nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers fourteen characters; extras nine boys; five girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: Misha in - Shakin' The Stage / CCO Author: Pettle, Adam Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2003
Description:
roy drama all male cast; three characters three male one act
Description not available.
Title: Miss Hepplewhite Takes Over in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers eight characters four boys; four girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available. Title: Mixed Babies in - Manhattan Class Company Class 1 Acts 1991-1992 / COL Author: Lampley, Oni Faida Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1992
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roy young adult - one-act all female cast five female; possibility of sixth character one act
"Set in Oklahoma City in the mid 1970s. Reva, a black girl of sixteen, and four of her friends are having a slumber party. The girls are in the process of discovering who they are in terms of themselves, their race and their womanhood. Reva believes that she will be able to find something special in herself by embracing her African heritage. In the pursuit of that Reva wants to undergo a "Rite of Passage" that she has found in a book on African cultures... MIXED BABIES won Washington, DC's 1991 Helen Hayes award for Outstanding New Play."
Title: Mobile Phone Show in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Cartwright, Jim Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy comedy - young adult large cast flexible casting one act
A communication cacophony, a fully charged up chorus line of chaos in a rhapsody of rap, text, tweet and gabble.
Title: Mockery Hollow in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
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roy children - comedy - farce - Irish play twelve characters six boys; six girls one act
The play "is set in the West of Ireland. An English filming team visit a peasants' cottage in County Wicklow to find a 'wake' about to take place. This they decide to film; but complications arise owing to the strange behaviour of the corpse." Title: Monstrum, The in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Smith, Kellie Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
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roy young adult - British - gothic melodrama - adolescence eleven characters; chorus seven male; four female one act
suitable for any age.
In a cold village on the edge of nowhere, a disease has broken out, infecting the young and transforming them into monstrous creatures. The villagers fearfully watch their children for symptoms of the disease, whilst the Mayor has adopted tough measures for dealing with those who are infected. When Bolek, the local scholar, makes a breakthrough in finding a cure, few are
Title: Montana Night in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Finch, Robert Smith, Betty Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
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roy young adult - drama - American - western all male cast; four characters four male one act
setting: supply station of Gallagher and Benson in Virginia City, Montana Territory.
A drama of the Old West set on New Year's Eve, 1863.
Title: Moonfleece in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Ridley, Philip Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
Description:
roy young adults - British theatre eleven characters seven male; four female one act
Moonfleece is the central play in Philip Ridley's Storyteller Sequence, which also includes Sparkleshark (Connections 1997) and Brokenville (Connections 2002).⌦⌦Curtis has arranged a secret meeting in a flat of a derelict tower block. Years ago, when he was a child, Curtis lived here but, then, tragedy struck and his elder brother died. Now Curtis is seeing his brother's ghost. With the aid of Gavin and Tommy, fellow members of the right wing political party of which he is a leading figure, and his ex-girlfriend, Sarah, Curtis aims to find out why this ghost is haunting Title: Moonshine in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Hopkins, Arthur Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
Description:
roy young adult - American all male cast; two characters two male one act
setting: moonshiner's hut.
No further description available.
Title: Moontel Six in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Congdon, Constance Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults - comedy - fantasy ten characters five male; five female ten scenes (one act)
A 22nd Century-set comedy of cosmic proportions about a group of genetically altered teenagers set on the dark side of the moon.
Title: Morality Play for the Leisure Class, A in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Balderston, John Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Description:
roy drama - morality play all male cast; nine characters nine boys one act
Description not available. Title: Moss Park in - Moss Park and Tough! / CCO Author: Walker, George F. Publisher: Talonbooks 2015
Description:
roy Canadian - young adult - relationships - pregnancy two characters one male; one female one act
sequel to "Tough!".
Two years later, it's an early evening in late summer, and the on-again, off-again couple meet up again at the same neighbourhood park. Is Bobby still emotionally incapable of accepting responsibility?
Title: Most Valuable Player in - Most Valuable Player / YCL Author: Surface, Mary Hall Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama seventeen characters twelve boys; five girls one act
"The highly-acclaimed play about Jackie Robinson's courageous breakthrough into major league baseball is published here for the first time."
Title: Multiplex in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Hill, Christopher William Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults fifteen characters eight male; seven female one act
A fantasy of what lies in the sinister parallel world beneath the dimly lit auditoria and candy-coloured foyers of a multiplex cinema. Title: Murmurs in - Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Twenty-first Series) / COL Author: Sickles, Scott C. Publisher: Samuel French 1997
Description:
roy coming of age drama all male cast; two characters two boys one act
'Two teenage boys find comfort in each other.'
Title: Musical Differences in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: French, Robin Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
Description:
roy young adult - British - music - love - high school multiple characters variable size ensemble one act
ages 14+.
In the summer of Year Ten, Alex Stokes takes the fateful step of buying an electric guitar and forming his own rock group. He teams up with a mysterious young singer by the name of Joel Lawrence. What follows could well be the most incredible saga in the school’s musical history. The band survives different line-ups, impossible love affairs and brutal school politics. By Year
Title: Musicians, The in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Marber, Patrick Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
Description:
roy young adults - British theatre sixteen characters two male; fourteen flexible three scenes (one act)
In just over two hours time the UK's Ridley Road School Orchestra will give the most important concert of their life, playing Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony to an invited audience of cultural bigwigs. There's just one problem – they have no instruments. On stage at the concert hall Roland, the quiet and intense orchestra leader, is befriended by local musician and The Who fanatic Alex. With a broom for a guitar the cheeky cleaner gyrates to the sound of Pinball Wizard. The two tease one another and share their passion for rock and classical music alike. But tension Title: Mutiny in Crazyland: A Play for Little and Old Children in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Buljan, Mirjana translated by Nina Antoljak and Mirjana Buljan Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
Description:
roy young adult - musical play - Croatian nineteen characters eleven male; eight female thirteen scenes (one act)
suggested for ages 10+.
As the 'generation gap' continues to widen between adult and youth culture, the play touches on the generational conflict over the values embedded in themes such as buying and selling in today's society, the obsession with technology and the influence of pop media.
Title: My Baby in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy drama all female cast; two characters two girls one act
Woman has promised to give baby up for adoption to her best friend, but reconsiders after birth.
Title: My Days as a Youngling - John Jacob Niles in - Theatre for Youth / YCL Author: Sexton, Nancy Niles McBride, Vaughn Publisher: University of Texas Press 1986
Description:
roy drama - biography - young adult large cast flexible casting one act
1 setting.
Ensemble piece combining narration, poetry, and song to examine early life of folk musician John Jacob Niles. Title: My Face in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Williams, Nigel Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
Description:
roy young adults - British - comedy - love nine characters five male; four female one act
Susie decides to hold a party for all her My Face internet friends, but things go disastrously wrong as the virtual people become real. Mark is in love with Susie, but Susie is more concerned with the fact that Lou is in love with Sam. But Sam (although he doesn't know it) is in love with Emma and - to make things even worse - Lou may be in love with Susie's brother, Pete. Disaster!
Title: My Friend Never Said Goodbye in - Two Character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
roy drama - adolescents two characters one male; one female one act
Teenager visits grave of boyfriend.
Title: My Proud Beauty in - The Second Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1963
Description:
roy children - melodrama seven characters; narrator four boys; two girls one act
Description not available. Title: My Son, The Prince in - Skits and Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - skits five characters four boys; one girl one act
1 interior set.
"A reluctant bridegroom"
Title: Mystery Liner in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - mystery - teenagers thirteen characters; extras seven boys; six girls one act
35 minutes.
"Little do passengers on board the cruise ship Venture expect that in addition to sun, good food, and pleasant companions their ocean voyage will include - murder..."
Title: Napalm the Magnificent in - Rites of Passage / CCO Author: Craig, David S. Publisher: Playwrights Guild of Canada 2010
Description:
roy Canadian - comedy - monologues - young adult one character flexible casting one act
"A three-foot high racing tout called Napalm the Buffoon, who claims to be the older brother of Jesus Christ, carries the audience on a race towards truth, pain, and the true nature of entertainment. The audience may be invited to throw buns at the producer's discretion." Title: New Dawn, The in - The Tenth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Harvey, Trevor Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1978
Description:
roy children - youth - drama five characters five male or female one act
Description not available.
Title: Nightswim in - Humana Festival 2002 / COL Author: Jordan, Julia Publisher: Smith and Kraus 2002
Description:
roy drama - adolescents all female cast; two characters two female one act
"Black water, black sky, midnight - it's a beautiful night for a swim, but for two young girls, the lake holds the promise of both velvety warmth and danger. Will Rosie convince Christina to come out and play?"
Title: No Fault Driving School, The in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy comedy two characters one boy; one girl one act
Driving instructor teaches very nervous inept student driver, who happens to be her brother. Title: Noodle Doodle Box in - Theatre for Youth / YCL Author: Page, Anita Page, Alex Publisher: University of Texas Press 1986
Description:
roy young adult - drama - music all male cast; three characters three male one act
one setting.
Two friends each have unique boxes that they refuse to share. Drum Major pits them against each other to steal boxes, teaches them lesson in friendship and sharing.
Title: Not My Fault in - Naomi in the Living Room / COL Author: Durang, Christopher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1998
Description:
roy drama - adolescents - drug addiction four characters two male; two female one act
"A serious play about alcoholism, written for school audiences, to trigger discussions about addiction and denial. Jack denies he is an alcoholic, while his ex-wife says he is. He gets arrested for stealing and looks to his mother, Selina, and his brother, Harry for help. Selina drinks wine all day and is overly protective of Jack, and never calls him all the ills he's done. Harry is sick of both his brother and mother."
Title: O. Henry Holiday, An in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Averill, Ric Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
Description:
roy romance - young adult - Christmas seven characters five boys; two girls; one boy or girl (doubling) one act
Inspired by the stories of O. Henry and his love, as well as a PBS vignette featuring a bag lady and a junk man on a date. This play takes place under a railroad overpass in the early 1900's. The junk man picks up the bag lady in his horse and cart and escorts her to the deserted underpass. They set up a skeletal dining room, using things from his cart. The room becomes a complete interior dining room environment. In this environment the two become sophisticated and romantic. Hobos are invited to the feast, each bringing something to add to the surroundings. Title: Odyssey of Runyon Jones, The in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Corwin, Norman Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Description:
roy drama thirteen characters three boys; three girls; seven boys or girls radio play (one act)
Description not available.
Title: Odyssey, The in - Theatre for Youth / YCL Author: Falls, Gregory A. Beattie, Kurt Publisher: University of Texas Press 1986
Description:
roy young adult thirty-seven characters six male; two female (doubling) one act
A celebrated new version of Homer's masterpiece. Odysseus' epic journey home from the Trojan War is a fanciful adventure with the man-eating, one-eyed Cyclops, the twin Sirens, the sorceress Circe, King Aeolous, and the trickster god, Hermes. This is a fifty-minute version for a versatile cast of eight or as many as twenty-five if the producer desires. It uses masks, songs, mime, and theatrical effects that will challenge both actor and director. A fast-moving realization of the Homeric classic that will intrigue both children and adults, while remaining faithful to the poetic
Title: Offensive Fouls in - Things That Go Bump / YCL Author: Long, Jason Publisher: Signature Editions 2009
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - racism - high school - relationships two characters one male; one female one act
This play looks at interracial dating, racism, violence and tolerance seen through the eyes of a high school couple. A darkly comic piece which debates what it means to be racist. Title: Olaf and the Ogre in - The Sixth Windmill Book of One-Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - comedy - fairy tale twelve characters; nine boys; three girls one act
This is an unlikely tale, but you must tell it as if you expected the audience to believe it. It is light and amusing, but you must pretend to be serious. The narrators are important. The other actors must carry on from the narrators without hesitation or lagging. "The King is specially proud and royal, and the Lord Chamberlain immensely dignified and deferential. The King takes it out on the Lord, the Lord on the Footman, the Footman on Olaf. Each tries to bully his inferior in the style of his superior, and each one says "Don't get above yourself."
Title: Olive in - International Connections / YCL Author: Oglesby,Tamsin Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy dramatic comedy - high school eleven characters three male; eight female twenty eight scenes (one act)
A curious, dark and highly stylised comedy about youth, religion, loss and the happenings inside little Olive's head. Olive is a teenage girl, who is 'reclaimed' by her real father. But as they begin to live together again, personal and religious differences build to an intolerable level, her father cuts off her fingers, and Olive flees into the world. She meets Oliver, a young man who has similar issues with his monstrous mother, and as the two lovers plan their wedding, she too hatches a scheme to do away with Olive; but, in a bizarre and mysterious way, she is saved, her
Title: On the Road in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: Shelton, Colin Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - historical - England - Canadian three characters two male; one female one act
No description available.
Third place winner of the 2002 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest. Title: Once and Future Frog, The in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits four characters two boys; two girls one act
1 interior set.
"Can this marriage be saved?"
Title: Once Upon a Midnight Dreary in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc.
Description:
nonroy drama teenagers eleven characters seven boys; four girls one act
'Terrifying creatures and eerie voices frighten the visitors to a deserted desert mansion. . . '
Title: Ordinary Girl, An in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: Parsons, Lauren Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - suicide - depression - relationships - grief - Canadian five characters two male; three female one act
"An Ordinary Girl" features Tammy, a young girl who feels invisible amongst her four friends.
First place winner of the 2002 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest. Title: Out of their Heads in - Young Blood / YCL Author: Romer, Marcus Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 1998
Description:
roy young adult - drugs twelve characters two male; one female (doubling) one act
'Out of their Heads' explodes the myths surrounding drugs and the club scene by depicting the betrayal and friendship of three young people who take a trip beyond anything they ever expected.
Title: Pariah in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Strindberg, August Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Description:
roy drama all male cast; two characters two boys one act
'Drama of intellectual one-upmanship between murderer and blackmailer.'
Title: Park Bench, The in - Two Character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy romance two characters one boy; one girl one act
Old man and woman meet in a park and discover that they are each other's long lost love. Title: Pass It On in - Shell Connections 2006 / YCL Author: Lucie, Doug Publisher: Faber Music 2006
Description:
roy young adults - British - war nine characters five male; four female four scenes (one act)
In four scenes spanning 1971 to the present day, 'Pass It On' looks humorously and movingly at some of the ways in which war impacts on the lives of young people. From Irish rebel Nev in '71 to squaddies Chris and Glen in Iraq '04, via warring sisters Kelly and Monique whose Dad has just sailed on the Taskforce in '82 and Giles in '97 who sees New Labour's General Election victory as the end of his dream of an army career, the play shows teenagers for whom war is either far off in the distance or an immediate reality. Whichever it is all their lives will inevitably be
Title: Pawns in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Wilde, Percival Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy tragedy - democracy six characters flexible casting one act
"In 'Pawns', Percival Wilde has written a stirring plea against wars instigated or dictated by rulers far removed from the common people, the pawns who must fight those wars, sometimes even against their neighbors and friends."
Title: Peace Hath Her Victories in - Ninth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1977
Description:
roy children - drama thirteen characters ten boys; three girls one act
"Based on a true story about a Quaker settlement in the early days of the War of American Independence. Quakers, or The Society of Friends as they are now called, is a religious group who, among the other beliefs, refuse to fight their fellow men or to carry arms. The Journal of George Fox, the first Quaker, is full of stories of his struggles and sufferings when he put his beliefs into practice. Quaker 'Meetings' are usually conducted in silence unless someone is moved to say something, or to read aloud, but on this occasion there is a reason for open discussion in Title: Penance in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: MacLeod, Bailey Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - philosophy - Canadian five characters three male; two female one act
"The lives of a park warden, a nurse, a young girl, and a homeless man intersect in a philosophical examination of life." - cbc.ca
Title: Perfect Couple, The in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers ten characters; extras five boys; five girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: Persephone and the Rubbish Bin in - Sacred Earth Dramas / YCL Author: St. Peter's Youth Group Publisher: Faber and Faber 1993
Description:
roy environmental play - pollution seven characters; reader; extras flexible casting one act
Verse style play about earth's pollution and polluters, and the god's reactions to it. Title: Personal Effects in - Present Tense and Personal Effects / YCL Author: McNamara, John Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1986
Description:
roy comedy - romance seven characters three male; four female one act
"The scene is the living room of the Mallory's Midwestern home, where Kevin Mallory, a rather meek and malleable high-school student, who has a history of striking out with girls, has decided to give a party (hopefully an orgy) in his parents' absence. Encouraged by his more "sophisticated" friends, Artie and Bill, Kevin invites Eileen Sorenson, a new girl at school whom he'd like to get to know better and who, his buddies claim, is "hot" for him. However, all of Kevin's plans go quickly and hilariously awry, and the party descends into chaos as fights break out,
Title: Perspective in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: Funk, Maria Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - family relations - grief - Canadian four characters two male; two female one act (six scenes)
Anya's world is turned upside down when she ends up in the hospital with a terminal illness.
Third place winner of the 2007 Scirocco Drama Manitoba Highschool Playwriting Contest.
Title: Petronella in - The Players / YCL Author: Clark, Philip Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1970
Description:
roy young adult fourteen characters; extras eight boys; six girls one act
Description not available. Title: Phoenix Rides a Skateboard in - Shakin' The Stage / CCO Author: Rigg, Kate Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2003
Description:
roy monologue - women all female cast; twelve characters one girl one act
Description not available.
Title: Pie in the Sky in - Festival Voices / CCO Author: Berius, Livia Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy young adult - Canadian all female cast; four characters four female ten scenes (one act)
Description not available.
Title: Pilgrimage, The in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Goetzee, Paul Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy comedy - high school - fable fourteen characters; chorus six male; seven female one act
THE PILGRIMAGE is a funny, original and powerful fable about friends and enemies, families and foes, set in a fictitious country. The country is a wild and remote landscape that only supports sheep and goats. Two tribes, the shepherds and the goatherds, live in mutual animosity and fear. Tradition is everything. Nothing new is allowed to change the time-honoured ways. The Grimm family are shepherds of an ancient line, and this is the story of what happens to them when one day Josef, a goatherd, happens upon the twins Chaff and Mendel. One of the twins wants to Title: Pinballs, The in - Around the World in 21 Plays / CHC Author: Harris, Aurand Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1997
Description:
roy relationships five characters, extras two male; two female; one boy one act
'Dramatization of novel by Betsy Byars. Two teenagers and eight-year-old boy come together in supportive foster home.'
Title: Playing from the Heart in - Plays for Young People / YCL Author: Way, Charles Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2001
Description:
roy drama - young adult five characters three male; two female (doubling) one act
for 8 years and over.
Based on a true story. "A poetic yet gritty piece exploring the trials of the young Evelyn Glennie to become a percussionist despite her profound deafness. It provides an opportunity for movement, music and text to be combined in performance."
Title: Poor John! Poor Jean! in - The Fifth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Harben, Edward Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1970
Description:
roy children - youth - comedy seven characters four boys; three girls one act
"Play-within-play interludes, music and dancing, all combine in a laughing-yet-serious inquiry into love and marriage." Title: Post Early For Christmas in - More Festival Plays / YCL Author: Wood, R. H. Publisher: University of London Press 1958
Description:
roy youth ten characters five boys; five girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Postman's Knock in - The Seventh Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - comedy - farce three characters two boys; one girl one act
"Reggie, having posted a letter proposing marriage to Angela, loses his nerve and demands it back from the postman, who refuses in the name of the law, offering instead some fatherly advice."
Title: Precious in - Theatre Centre: Plays for young people / YCL Author: Turvey, Angela Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2003
Description:
roy young adult all female cast; three characters three female thirteen scenes (one act)
suggested for schools, colleges, and youth centres.
Decisions made at a young age are filtered through bitter adult experience in a tender, beautifully-written piece centred in the experience of black and Asian women as generations clash and art and life combine. Title: Present Tense in - Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: McNamara, John Publisher: Avon Books 1982
Description:
roy comedy - high school - teenagers six characters; extras three boys; three girls one act
1 interior set.
"Insecure seventeen-year-old boy nervously awaits his date for high school prom."
Title: Present Tense in - Present Tense and Personal Effects / YCL Author: McNamara, John Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1986
Description:
roy comedy - high-school - teenagers five characters three boys; two girls one act
1 interior set.
"Insecure seventeen-year-old boy nervously awaits his date for high school prom."
Title: Price of a Cure, The in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
Description:
roy children all boy cast; sixteen characters sixteen boys one act
1 interior set.
A one-act based on the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Title: Price of Wisdom, The in - Eight Plays for Boys / YCL Author: Clay, N. L. Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1971
Description:
roy children all boy cast; thirteen characters thirteen boys one act
Description not available.
Title: Prince of Denmark in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Lesslie, Michael Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
Description:
roy drama - high school - Hamlet ten characters; ensemble nine male; one female seven scenes (one act)
Set about ten years before the death of old Hamlet, the story stands completely apart from Shakespeare's play, though it borrows characters, riffs on themes and reverberates with the rotten state of Denmark in a way which will be intriguing both for those who haven't yet experienced Hamlet and those who have. PRINCE OF DENMARK presents a generation of teenage characters we rarely see in European historical plays about royal families. Apathetic and broody, they loll around Elsinore castle, killing time by sword-fighting with each other. The swagger and poise of
Title: Prodigy in - Most Valuable Player / YCL Author: Surface, Mary Hall Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy young adult - drama four characters; extras two boys; two girls one act
"A moving portrayal of Mozart's early life, exploring the triumphs and traumas of being extraordinarily gifted." Title: Prom in - Fierce & True / YCL Author: MacLaughlin, Whit Children's Theatre Company and New Paradise Publisher: University of Minnesota Press 2010
Description:
roy comedy - youth twenty characters ten male; ten female one act
suitable for high school.
Conceived by Whit MacLaughlin; developed by Children's Theatre Company and New Paradise Laboratories. The rite-of-passage celebration that is everyone's high school prom turned inside-out at a breakneck speed. Staged as a sporting event, students vs. chaperones, PROM is a bittersweet, wickedly funny, and thoughtful barrage of questions and outrageous imagery set to a
Title: Pronoun in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: Placey, Evan Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
Description:
roy young adult - drama - relationships - LGBTQ+ seventeen characters three male; four female (doubling) one act (eighteen scenes)
audience: ages 15+.
A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean. Josh and Isabella are childhood sweethearts. They were meant to spend their gap year together, they were meant to be together forever. But Isabella has now become a boy.
Title: Proposal, The in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy romance two characters one boy; one girl one act
Engaged couple decides to postpone wedding. Title: Punk Rock in - Plays: 3 (Simon Stephens) / COL Author: Stephens, Simon Publisher: Methuen Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - teenagers - school - peer pressure - mental illness nine characters five male; four female one act (seven scenes)
Based on his experience as a teacher, Stephens describes his play as 'The History Boys on crack'. It explores the underlying tensions and potential violence in a group of affluent, articulate seventeen year old students. Contemporary and unnerving, with elements of 'The Catcher in the Rye,' 'Punk Rock' follows the story of seven sixth-formers as they face up to the pressures of teenage life, while preparing for their mock A-level exams and trying to get into Oxbridge. They are a group of educated, intelligent and aspirational young people but step-by-step, the
Title: Purple in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Fosse, Jon translated by David Harrower Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults five characters four male; one female one act
The hugely acclaimed playwright Jon Fosse has written Purple, translated by David Harrower. It tells of the trials and tribulations of a band rehearsing in a cold dank underground room beneath an old factory.
Title: Pyramus and Thisbe in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Shakespeare, William Publisher: Miscellaneous 1988
Description:
nonroy youth - Shakespeare ten characters nine boys; one girl one act
The rehearsal scene from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Title: Pyramus and Thisbe in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Shakespeare, William Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
Description:
roy comedy - Shakespeare eight characters; extras seven male; one female four parts
scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
"Pyramus and Thisbe, a source of inspiration for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, are a pair of star-crossed lovers whose feuding parents forbid them from seeing one another. They live next-door to each other but are separated by walls. Through a crack in one wall they whisper their love and make plans to meet on a moonlit night under a mulberry tree. Thisbe arrives first,
Title: Queen Must Die, The in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Farr, David Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults - farcical comedy seven characters four male; three female six scenes (one act)
A dark but sweet piece, which looks at why the English Monarchy is still so powerful, and about how faintly embarrassing it is to be a politically committed teenager in our modern consumer world.
Title: Quiz Biz in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers twelve characters; extras eight boys; four girls one act
1 interior set; 35 minutes.
Description not available. Title: Race in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Terkel, Studs Pachino, Jamie Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
Description:
roy young adult - multiculturalism - conflict four characters two male; two female one act
audience: 16+ years; adapted by Jamie Pachino
Adapted from the book "Race: How Blacks and Whites Feel About the American Obsession" by Studs Terkel. "An animated collage of attitudes and experiences on the problem of multicultural conflict in the United States."
Title: Rainy Afternoon, The in - Summer Brave and Eleven Short Plays / COL Author: Inge, William Publisher: Random House 1962
Description:
roy children three characters one boy; two girls one act
'Three children play house in a barn.'
Title: Rainy Tuesday in - The Tenth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Bartlett, Nicholas Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1978
Description:
roy children - drama nineteen characters; extras ten boys; nine girls one act
Description not available. Title: Ralph Roister Doister in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Udall, Nicholas Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press
Description:
roy farce - Tudor verse play twelve characters; extras eight boys; four girls one act
adapted by Aurand Harris
'Wealthy widow routs objectionable suitor with aid of his parasitic friend.'
Title: Realm, The in - Dramatics (March 2007) / PER Author: Myers, Sarah Publisher: Miscellaneous 2005
Description:
roy drama - science fiction six characters two male; four female sixteen scenes (one act)
ensemble or video projection may be included.
Science-fiction play that follows two teenagers as they escape from a plastic-coated, slogan-filled underground dystopia of the future. Winner of the 2005 National Waldo M. and Grace C. Playwriting Workshop.
Title: Red Coat, The in - 13 by Shanley / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1992
Description:
roy drama - adolescents two characters one boy; one girl one act
1 exterior.
"Teenage boy lays in wait outside party to see girl he hardly knows." Title: Red Coat, The in - Telling Tales / COL Author: Shanley, John Patrick Publisher: Penguin Books 1993
Description:
roy drama - adolescents two characters one boy; one girl one act
1 exterior.
"Teenage boy lays in wait outside party to see girl he hardly knows."
Title: Red Red Shoes in - Plays for Young People / YCL Author: Way, Charles Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2001
Description:
roy drama - war seven characters three male; four female (doubling) one act
for 9 years and over.
"Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Red Shoes. [The play] uses dance, music and drama to explore the inner world of a traumatised child fleeing from war in Eastern Europe, powerfully dramatising a life and death conflict."
Title: Red Sky in - NT Connections 2007 / YCL Author: Lavery, Bryony Publisher: Faber and Faber 2007
Description:
roy young adult - British - mystery eleven characters; extras eight male; three female nine scenes (one act)
'Red Sky' is the companion piece to 'More Light'.
In a hot, alien landscape, Ross, Tark and Luce, three argumentative archaeology interns are cataloguing the latest artifacts. Near them, a gaping dark hole marks the entrance to a recently-opened tomb. On the trestle table, under a baking sky, stand a fragile paper bird, a richly-jewelled ceremonial robe and an axe made of human bone… Title: Remedial English in - The Ground Zero Club and Other Prize-Winning Plays... / YCL Author: Smith, Evan Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1986
Description:
roy youth - drama six characters five male; one female one act
Vincent leads a life of fantasy, passion, and romance - in a Catholic boys' school?
Title: Remote in - Connections 2015 / YCL Author: Smith, Stef Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015
Description:
roy drama - young adult seven characters; chorus two male; four female; one male or female (flexible casting) one act
Age suitability - 13+
A girl called Antler steps out of her front door and throws her phone on to the ground. She stamps on it. She then climbs the tallest tree in the park. She doesn't want to be found, not by anyone. The lives of seven teenagers all intertwine over the course of a single evening as they make their way through the park in a seemingly normal autumn's night. REMOTE is a play about
Title: Rennings Children, The in - Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Lonergan, Kenneth Publisher: Avon Books 1982
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roy children - youth - playwrights five characters four boys; one girl one act
"Set in a mental hospital, the play is less about why Paul Rennings is confined to an institution than about his love-hate relationship with his sister who visits him. Mary brings no solace from the outside world and eventually contributes to a further breakdown of her brother's fragile sense of stability. Ironically, Paul appears at one stage to be happier than his sister. But his confinement is never sentimentalized; in two memorable scenes, first with a fellow patient and second when he describes his recurring nightmare, Paul's real situation is agonizingly portrayed." Title: Rented Tux, The in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers eight characters four boys; four girls one act
1 interior set; 25 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: Riding Out the Storm in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Forshay- Lunsford, Cin Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama - adolescents seven characters four boys; three girls one act
"Teens discover that their friend's motorcycle 'accident' was in reality attempted suicide."
Title: Rihannaboi95 in - Age of Minority / CCO Author: Tannahill, Jordan Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013
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roy Canadian - young adult - drama - solo performance - LGBTQ+ all male cast; one character one male one act
The award-winning "rihannaboi95" centres around a Toronto teen whose world comes crashing in when YouTube videos of him dancing to songs by his favourite pop heroine go viral.
Nominee! 3 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, 2013. Winner! Best New Play in the Theatre for Young Audiences division. Winner! The play is in a collection that won the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, 2014. Title: Ring of General Macias, The in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Niggli, Josefina Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
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roy melodrama - Mexican Revolution five characters three boys; two girls one act
"In 'The Ring of General Macias' we find melodrama at its best and most exciting. The action of the play is set against the background of the Mexican Revolution of 1912."
Title: Ritual, The in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Yazbek, Samir Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
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roy drama - thriller - high school seven characters three male; four female one act
THE RITUAL is about a secret organisation with a set of rules its members must follow, instructing them that they must engage only in relationships which are devoid of affection or emotional investment. This intense psychological thriller tracks their weekly endeavors to follow the ritual, and explores the extremes people are prepared to go to, in order to remain one of the group.
Title: Rival Peach-Trees, The in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Riley, Alice C. D. Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
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roy young adult - fantasy large cast flexible casting one act
A short fantasy somewhat in the Chinese manner. Title: Road to Damascus, The in - The Third Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1965
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roy children - youth - drama nine characters (may by played by all boy cast) eight boys; one girl one act
The action of the play passes in a room in the Hall Judgement, Jerusalem, circa AD 34. "It is fascinating to take a famous event - in this case the conversion of St. Paul - and to imagine the circumstances leading up to it. Was it a sudden conversion, swift as the flash that blinded him? Or was it the result of a slow accumulation of those pricks against which he found it so hard to kick? This play takes the second view and attempts to show Saul in his last hours before his fateful journey to Damascus."
Title: Robert of Sicily in - More Festival Plays / YCL Author: Petherick, Dorothy M. Publisher: University of London Press 1958
Description:
roy youth thirteen characters; choir; extras twelve boys; one girl one act
Description not available.
Title: Robert of Sicily in - The Fifth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1970
Description:
roy children - youth - drama nineteen characters; extras ten boys; six girls; three boys or girls one act
"A drama in fluid verse based on a familiar legend of a proud king humbled and chastened." Title: Rockway Cafe II in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Dielleman, Dale Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
Description:
roy teenagers eleven characters three boys; seven girls one act
A play with rock music by Max Bush. Music and lyrics by Dale Dielleman. his excerpt explores the differences between the real world and the world lived by a teenager and her television characters.
Title: Roimata in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Brown, Riwia Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
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roy young adult - New Zealand - Maori - drama eight characters three male; five female seventeen scenes (one act)
suggested for ages 18+.
Roimata, having been brought up on the East Coast by her grandmother, comes to the city to stay with her half-sister, Girlie. There she meets Eddy, the leader of an urban gang and Kevin, a childhood friend who has since joined the Salvation Army.
Title: Romancers, The in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Rostand, Edmond Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1969
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roy comedy - romance five characters; extras four boys; one girl one act
Adaptation by Aurand Harris. Fanciful variation of Romeo and Juliet theme satirizing romantic naivete of two adolescent lovers who, after wandering independently in search of love, find it together at home. Title: Romancers, The in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Rostand, Edmond Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1969
Description:
roy romantic comedy five characters; extras four boys; one girl one act
1 exterior.
Fanciful variation of Romeo and Juliet theme satirizing romantic naivete of two adolescent lovers who, after wandering independently in search of love, find it together at home.
Title: Romantic Robots, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
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nonroy children - comedy - teenagers fifteen characters; extras eight boys; seven girls one act
35 minutes.
"Can a mechanical mind win a contest, fall in love, and come to the aid of the U.S. Government?"
Title: Ruckus in the Garden in - NT Connections 2007 / YCL Author: Farr, David Publisher: Faber and Faber 2007
Description:
roy young adult - British - high school ten characters six male; four female ten scenes (one act)
Riverdale Comprehensive and St Nectan's Grant Maintained find themselves in the Garden of Cecil Fortescue on a school trip. A ruckus is inevitable, as is customary when these two schools meet. Magic waits amongst the topiary in the form of Cupid, who brings about transformations romantic, revealing and hilarious. Title: Rules in - The Sixth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Challen, John Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - drama all male cast; eleven characters eleven boys one act
The play is "an observation of the way that boys carry on their battles for dominance or membership of their groups, or for survival outside the groups."
Title: S.P.A.R. in - Dramatics (April 2003) / PER Author: Gregg, Stephen Publisher: Miscellaneous 2003
Description:
roy fantasy - teenagers eight characters; extras five male; three female one act
Renata's staging a play in her bedroom, and it's becoming more difficult to finish.
Title: Sail On! Sail On! in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits six characters five boys; one girl one act
1 interior set.
"Columbus makes headlines" Title: Saint Stanislaus Outside the House in - Manhattan Class Company Class 1 Acts 1991-1992 / COL Author: Breen, Patrick Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1992
Description:
roy young adult - one-act five characters three male; two female one act
"In SAINT STANISLAUS OUTSIDE THE HOUSE five young punks pass the night on the stoop of St. Stanislaus' church on East 7th Street in the East Village of New York holding their own Academy Awards ceremony for their favorite cartoons, with DUMBO winning in nine categories. As the sun rises, they pair off and contemplate their place in the world."
Title: Salmonberry: A West Coast Fairy Tale in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Hoogland, Cornelia Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
Description:
roy fairytale - young adult nine characters; extras (doubling) two male; two female nineteen scenes (one act)
audience: 12+ years; hand puppet required; music.
"The young Salmonberry trying to find her way in a home full of strangers, Teabag, the ornery seal who befriends her, and the Prince who seems more at home as a fisherman and organic gardener than he does as the palace clothes horse and rescuer of unmarried young women we have come to know from the Brothers Grimm."
Title: Same in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: Bruce, Deborah Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
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roy young adult - British - family relations - aging fourteen characters six male; eight female one act (three scenes)
audience: ages 13+; doubling possible.
" 'Same' is set in an old people's home in the week that Josie dies. Her teenage grandchildren reminisce about their memories of her, and the residents in the home feel the effects of her death on their lives as her funeral takes place. Is the gulf between the young and old as wide as it feels, or are we fundamentally the same inside whatever age we are?" - National Theatre Title: Scenes from Family Life in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Ravenhill, Mark Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
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roy young adults - British - growing up - fantasy fifteen characters; extras six male; nine female; one flexible three scenes (one act)
An expressionistic landscape in which young adults are growing up. Jack and Lisa are two ordinary teenagers who want to have a baby. The only problem is, Lisa keeps vanishing - literally - into thin air. Their friends Barry and Stacy, who is eight months pregnant, have the same problem. Soon, everyone in the whole world is dematerialising. Six months on, Jack and Stacy find they are the only boy and girl on the planet. For Jack it's a dream, for Stacy a nightmare. And when the vanished start to return, Jack has to learn how complex adult relationships are.
Title: School Film, The in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Marber, Patrick Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
Description:
roy young adult - British multiple characters variable size ensemble of any size or age one act
suitable for any age.
"What are great expectations?" "It means he's going to be rich. And a gentleman" The whole school assemble in the hall to watch 'the school film' which turns out to be an old British classic from the 1940s, in black and white no less. As the young viewers absorb the adventures of the characters in the old story they begin to
Title: School for Witches in - Eighth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Bradwell, John Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1975
Description:
roy children - satire - pantomime large mixed cast flexible casting one act
"A satirical romp, making fun of the excesses of the cult of Youth. It presents great opportunities for 'taking-off' the more ludicrious pop singers, TV advertisers, exhibitionists and other phenomena of today, in song, mime, and pantomime dialogue." Title: Séance, The in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Neilson, Anthony Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
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roy drama - young adult - British seven characters four male; three female one act
A group of teenage friends attempt to contact a dead school friend by means of a séance, but the tensions released thereby are more frightening than any supernatural phenomenon they could have envisaged. It's a frank and sometimes funny drama about a group of friends on the cusp of adulthood, who are just dimly beginning to perceive that life and love are finite.
Title: Second Class in - New Plays / YCL Author: Slaight, Brad Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy young Adult - drama eight characters three boys, five girls one act
"Scott is a cyber space Cyrano, Maggie and Herm communicate only through prerecorded tapes being played on boom-boxes, and Andrew is tormented by his peers because of his scars. These, and other teens, are part of a troupe of students experiencing the travails of out-of-class encounters in high school. Adding to the tapestry of his successful 'Class Action,' Slaight digs further into the extraordinary world of today's youth."
Title: Second Shepards' Play, The in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Anonymous Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press
Description:
roy English - Medieval Play five characters four boys; one girl one act
adapted by Aurand Harris
Short version of the story of Abraham and Isaac, set forth in Genesis 22. Title: Selma Goes Psychic in - Junior High School One Act Comedies / YCL Author: Kelsey, Ruth Wilson Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1939
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - high school six characters three boys; three girls one act
Selma fancies herself a medium and neglects her lessons so she can forecast the future.
Title: Sergeant Peter Best's Lonely Hearts Club Band Syndrome in - Beautiful Girls and Other Winning Plays / YCL Author: Piatt, Christopher Publisher: Baker's Plays 1996
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roy young adult - high school seven characters two male; five female one act
The scene is a waiting room of Seventeen Magazine where several high school scholarship contestants await a grueling interview. Each of the young women has already written an essay on "what teens find confusing these days," and the interview will determine who gets the single college scholarship. The competition is fierce and things are made quite interesting when a boy shows up for the interview. It seems that nowhere in the contest rules does it state that the contestant must be female! The pressure is intense and each candidate has an excellent chance.
Title: Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, The in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Bloedel, Peter Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2004
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roy comedy -Shakespeare adaptation - high school large cast flexible casting one act
A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with if he ever had his way with the script... Title: Seventh Man, The in - The First Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Redgrave, Michael Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1960
Description:
roy children - drama all male cast; six characters six boys one act
"A powerful realistic drama about the degeneration of ordinary men under the terrible strain of hardship, loneliness and hopelessness in the long Arctic darkness. Suffering and fear bring out the worst in them; some are near to nervous or mental collapse: others become quarrelsome and even murderous. Only the Gaffer, his upright character fortified by faith, struggles to keep his crew together in a condition to meet their troubles."
Title: Shallow End, The in - The Shallow End and The Lost Colony / COL Author: MacLeod, Wendy Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1993
Description:
roy drama all female cast four female; girls one act
"Teresa, Becca and Addie, best friends, lounge around a pool talking about their tans, and, of course, boys and clothes, while they constantly make fun of Marjorie, a non-member of their clique. Over a period of days they become fascinated by Marjorie's friend Brendan, a boy with a heart condition, expected to die at any moment (which makes him romantic). Addie finds Brendan cute and the other girls convince her to approach him. Rather than befriending the boy, she finds that Marjorie is not the "dufus" Teresa and Becca claim she is."
Title: She Stoops To Conquer in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Goldsmith, Oliver Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press
Description:
roy comedy ten characters seven boys; three girls one act
Adaptation by Aurand Harris. Two young men from the city are tricked into believing that a country squire's home is an inn and they treat the family accordingly. They are totally surprised to discover that the inn is actually the home of the family they had intended to visit. Title: Sherlock Holmes: 10 Minutes to Doom in - Two-character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
non-roy comedy - parody all male cast; two characters two boys one act
Parody of mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An inept Sherlock Holmes finds bomb planted by Professor Moriarity.
Title: Shirts in - Eighth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Challen, John Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1975
Description:
roy children - comedy - satire nine characters; extras nine boys or girls one act
"Deals with a limited area of the exploitation industry... A boy tries to break free of the pressures to conform, but finds them too strong for him."
Title: Shooting Truth in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Davies, Molly Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - witchcraft - young adult sixteen characters eight male; eight female one act
age suitability: 13-19.
Deep in the woods near an abandoned village, a group of students is about to shoot the story of the youngest ever witch - and Alice feels she's finally found a role. In the same woods, four centuries earlier, a gang of teenagers gather, fearful and intrigued to have found a witch in their midst - and Freya thinks at last she has some power. Past and present collide in an unsettling tale Title: Shop Selling Speech, A in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: Mahfouz, Sabrina Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
Description:
roy young adult - British - drama eight characters four male; four female one act
audience: ages 13+.
"There's an armed robbery in a newly opened shop in Cairo, Egypt. What is being stolen? Speech. Can the robbers succeed? Can the staff stop them? Should they be stopped? Questions of freedom, power, gender, greed and revolution are examined in this heightened drama." - National Theatre
Title: Show and Spell in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Brownell, Julia Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
Description:
roy comedy sixteen characters five male; eight female; three male or female (doubling possible) one act
Five middle schoolers take on overzealous parents, crazy coaches, and nostalgic relatives as they prepare for the annual spelling bee in this insightful comedy for young actors. With contestants that range from an unflappable cheerleader who cheers all her words to the anxiety-prone daughter of a movie star, spelling the words correctly may be the least of these kids' worries. This play wonderfully illustrates the pressure that kids feel to compete, and the family support that makes it all bearable.
Title: Show and Tell in - NT Connections 2007 / YCL Author: Paull, Laline Publisher: Faber and Faber 2007
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roy young adult - British - comedy characters; extras six male; eight female twelve scenes (one act)
A comedy which sees a group of school children determined to uncover the secret life of their teacher. Title: Shut Up in - Shell Connections 2006 / YCL Author: Payne, Andrew Publisher: Faber Music 2006
Description:
roy young adults - British - high school nineteen characters eight male; four female; seven flexible ten scenes (one act)
running time: 60 min.
It's exactly eleven months, two days and thirteen hours since Dexter shut up. Since then he's been nagged, cajoled, counseled, therapised and generally messed about ... but Dexter still isn't talking. Why did Dexter shut up? Will he ever talk again? Dexter has one last chance. A new school, a new beginning. Perhaps. If he makes an effort. If he would only (as his Dad says) 'Start
Title: Single Numberless Death, A in - New International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Strejilevich, Nora Mayberry, Bob Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2002
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roy young adult - Argentinian - American six characters; multiple narrators five male; one female; flexible narrators ten scenes (one act)
adapted by Bob Mayberry; translated by Kathy Odgers and Nora Strejilevich; suggested for ages 18+
During the late 1970s and 80s, thousands of people disappeared during the reign of the Milicos, the secret police of the Argentine military junta. 'A Single Numberless Death', based on the book of the same name by Nora Strejilevich, recounts the abduction, torture and escape of a central
Title: Six Parties in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Boyd, William Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy drama - young adult - British six characters; extras four male; two female six scenes (one act)
Although 'Six Parties' is loosely set in Africa, this play could easily be relocated to a setting which would be pertinent and have resonance for audiences in a similarly divided community. The action takes place around six parties over a period of a few months. A group of young people, all in their late teens - two girls, four boys, white and black - encounter each other at these gatherings. The dynamics vary as the months roll on: power, sex, fun, patronage, friendship, inebriation, betrayal. But by the end of the sixth party all the fun and friendship have Title: Skin in - Skin and Liars / YCL Author: Foon, Dennis Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013
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roy drama - racism - teenagers - Canadian - young adult fourteen characters seven boys; seven girls one act
doubling possible; 2nd ed.
Teenagers from diverse cultural backgrounds experience racism in the education system.
Title: Skin in - Dramatics (November 2014) / PER Author: Edgren, Derick Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama - love - folklore - Irish twelve characters four male; six female; two girls (doubling possible) one act
"Finian is a Northern Irish teenager. His mother is dying, his father is an alcoholic and his new love interested is a mythical creature of the sea - a Selkie. Will Finian be empowered by his past or confined by it? Will his Selkie love survive is she's forced to shed her skin?" - Dramatics
Title: Skin in - Skin and Liars / YCL Author: Foon, Dennis Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1988
Description:
roy drama - racism - teenagers fourteen characters seven boys; seven girls one act
Teenagers from diverse cultural backgrounds experience racism in the education system. Title: Skin in - Playing the Pacific Province / CCO Author: Foon, Dennis Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2001
Description:
roy drama - racism - teenagers fourteen characters seven boys; seven girls one act
Teenagers from diverse cultural backgrounds experience racism in the education system.
Title: Slam! in - Men Without Dates and Slam! / COL Author: Willis, Jane Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1985
Description:
roy drama - teenagers - growing up all male cast; two characters two male one act
'Two young slam dancers from New York high school express frustration over their uncertain future.'
Title: Slop-culture in - Dramatics (May 1999) / PER Author: Badlam, Robb Publisher: Miscellaneous 1999
Description:
roy high school four characters two boys; two girls one act
Amidst a converstion about cartoon culture, a girl asks her friends for help with a job application. Title: Small World in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Wilson, Tracey Scott Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
Description:
roy comedy - dating - high school six characters three male; three female one act
Six people go on three different blind dates, all of them unfolding simultaneously, with many unexpected interconnections emerging along the way.
Title: Small World in - Under 30 / YCL Author: Wilson, Tracey Scott Publisher: Vintage Books 2004
Description:
roy comedy - dating - high school six characters three male; three female one act
Six people go on three different blind dates, all of them unfolding simultaneously, with many unexpected interconnections emerging along the way.
Title: Smokescreen in - Rites of Passage / CCO Author: Craig, David S. Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy drama - drugs all male cast; three characters two male; one boy (teen) one act
Trent has been convicted of trafficking marijuana and must meet with Rayzee de Grujter, a newly minted youth-care worker assigned to easy cases. Smokescreen is an exploration of truth and denial between a father and son with the adolescent drug culture as a backdrop. Title: Snow Dragons, The in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Nunnery, Lizzie Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
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roy young adult - British - World War II - Norway eight characters; extras; chorus four male; four female eight scenes
suitable for any age.
"The Snow Dragons" is an imagined story based on actual events.
Raggi and her friends spend their free time in the woods and mountains around their sleepy fjord town playing games of Vikings, dragons and war. When soldiers occupy the town, they watch
Title: So What Are We Gonna Do Now? in - The Young Playwrights Festival Collection / YCL Author: Garson, Juliet Publisher: Avon Books 1982
Description:
roy children - youth - playwrights nine characters five boys; four girls one act
"The play is about two pubescent girls growing up on the violent, male-chauvinist streets of New York. Driven out of the house by hostile or uncomprehending parents the two girls have to survive by their wits, each threatening encounter pointedly forcing them to construct an increasingly unreal role. The finale takes this to its hilarious and logical conclusion when these two twelve-year-olds impersonate prostitutes bent on murdering their clients. The burlesque style does not obscure the awful irony of young girls who are forced to compromise their dignity
Title: So You Think You're a Superhero? in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Virk, Paven Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
Description:
roy drama - high school large cast flexible casting one act
The prestigious Sports Academy has a secret sporting superhero lined up for the Olympics. When Teen TV goes under cover to find out more, any hopes of Olympic success are put in jeopardy. Title: Socialism is Great in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Lustgarten, Anders Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
Description:
roy drama - high school eleven characters; ensemble ten male; one female one act
A new generation of the Chinese Republic faces the reality of their parent's ideals - shifting between the revolutionary young men and women who took to the streets Socialism and their children who take to the streets to sell iPhones. Set in one of the world's most populous countries, the play focuses on three separate encounters between two young girls in a factory, two schoolboys debating British culture, and a girl and boy who both pretend to be other people. The propaganda of the East meets the propaganda of the West in a play about love, work and
Title: Sonata in - The Ground Zero Club and Other Prize-Winning Plays... / YCL Author: Hirschhorn, Elizabeth Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1985
Description:
roy youth - mystery seven characters four boys; three girls one act
A child's mysterious disappearance has a startling effect on her parents.
Title: Song of One; or, The Journey of Ti Marie, The in - International Plays for Young Audiences / YCL Author: Hippolyte, Kendel Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 2000
Description:
roy young adult - Caribbean culture twelve characters flexible casting one act
music; audience: 14+ years.
"A play from St. Lucia, Caribbean. It is rich in the sounds, colors, music, and dance rhythms of that island nation. It speaks to us of the vibrancy of the earth and the sky, the mysterious ocean, the high mountains, and the life of the animals, rivers and forests. It is a folk tale, saying much about the Caribbean people, about their myths and beliefs, their daily lives, and the natural world Title: Sorry, Wrong Number in - The Players / YCL Author: Fletcher, Lucille Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1952
Description:
roy drama seven characters; extras three boys; four girls one act
"A mystery thriller, the tale of a neurotic invalid, whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder, which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to enlist help through the only means at her disposal, her growing terror and realization of the truth, and (along the way) the hints about her own life and personality she lets drop, make this a full character portrait not only of herself but of the unseen murderer, whose identity and motivations are surmised but never revealed. A tour de force of acting for the
Title: Sorry, Wrong Number in - Plays to Remember / COL Author: Fletcher, Lucille Publisher: MacMillan 1967
Description:
roy drama seven characters; extras three boys; four girls one act
"A mystery thriller, the tale of a neurotic invalid, whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder, which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to enlist help through the only means at her disposal, her growing terror and realization of the truth, and (along the way) the hints about her own life and personality she lets drop, make this a full character portrait not only of herself but of the unseen murderer, whose identity and motivations are surmised but never revealed. A tour de force of acting for the
Title: Sorry, Wrong Number in - Reading and Staging the Play - YCL Author: Fletcher, Lucille Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1948
Description:
roy drama seven characters; extras three boys; four girls one act
"A mystery thriller, the tale of a neurotic invalid, whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. One night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder, which turns out to be her own. Her frantic efforts to enlist help through the only means at her disposal, her growing terror and realization of the truth, and (along the way) the hints about her own life and personality she lets drop, make this a full character portrait not only of herself but of the unseen murderer, whose identity and motivations are surmised but never revealed. A tour de force of acting for the Title: Souls in - Theatre Centre: Plays for young people / YCL Author: Williams, Roy Publisher: Aurora Metro Press 2003
Description:
roy young adult all male cast; three characters three male six scenes (one act)
suggested for schools, colleges, and youth centres.
Three brothers from a black British family struggle to connect with each other emotionally in the wake of their mother's death and under the shadow of their father's suicide. Written in vibrant dialogue, the play unlocks the problems men have with communicating their feelings, with making choices and facing up to responsibilities.
Title: Soundclash in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Henry, Lenny Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult - music - gangs eight characters; extras flexible casting one act (eight scenes)
A bunch of mates have been challenged to put together a reggae sound system to perform at a 'Sound Clash' a recreation of a legendary music competition between DJs and MCs. None of them have the money or the equipment. But they do know a little kid whose dad used to be a DJ. Deep in the cellar of Lil Kid's house, they find out more about music than they could possibly have imagined.
Title: Sounds of Triumph, The in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Inge, William Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy drama six characters; voices flexible casting one act
"Against the background of a track meet, the principal characters reveal their innermost feelings." Title: Sparkin' in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Conkle, E. P. Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy comedy four characters one boy; three girls one act
1 interior set.
This is a delightful little comedy of small-town Nebraska people and has to do with a timid young man who goes courting, but is unable to come to the point until Granny teaches him how to become a man.
Title: Spider Men, The in - Shell Connections 2006 / YCL Author: Sarma, Ursula Rani Publisher: Faber Music 2006
Description:
roy young adults - British ten characters; extras seven male; three female nineteen scenes (one act)
An act of rebellion goes horribly wrong. David wants Michael to camp in the woods all night to teach their parents a lesson, but Michael just wants to go home. The boys' disappearance and the eventual realisation that David is never coming back force their friends to reassess their values, to find their own identity beyond the whitewash of the label 'teenager' and to search for their own truth amidst the chaos of peer pressure, a sometimes dangerous world and the need to be loved.
Title: Spitting Daisies in - Spitting Daisies and Communicating Through the Sunset / YCL Author: Kochanski, Kerri Publisher: Miscellaneous 2010
Description:
roy drama - romance - teenagers - suicide two characters one male; one female one act
Frank, a psychology student, approaches a depressed Girl on a subway car at 2AM, and offers to give her therapy. As Girl continually rejects his attempts at connection, Frank must reveal the most important night of his life, the night Girl, unbeknownst to her, saved his life. A quirky romantic drama. Themes of individuality, human connection, depression & teen suicide. Title: Spreading the News in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Gregory, Lady Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Description:
roy comedy ten characters seven boys; three girls one act
1 exterior set.
"A group of gossip and rumor-mongers creates and spreads the news of a non-existent murder which snowballs at an Irish fair, culminating in the appearance of the "dead" man. A good natured sort of comedy; requires good ensemble acting."
Title: Spying High in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits four characters three boys; one girl one act
1 interior set.
"The case of the not-so-secret agents"
Title: Squeegee in - Canadian Theatre Review (Summer 2000) / PER Author: Headlines Theatre Publisher: Miscellaneous 2000
Description:
roy interactive theatre - teenagers large cast four boys; three girls (doubling) one act
'An interactive theatre event created and performed by street involved youth.' Title: Stand and Deliver in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Daniel, David Scott Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
Description:
roy adventure - young adult eight characters flexible casting one act
A highwayman comes to a house to rob a visiting aunt of a necklace.
Title: Starstone in - International Connections / YCL Author: Martin, Christian translated by Penny Black Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy drama - love - high school sixteen characters; extras nine male; three female (doubling) seventeen scenes (one act) A story of love against a backdrop of conflict.
Title: Status Update in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Etchells, Tim Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
Description:
roy young adult - British - teenagers - growing up multiple characters variable size ensemble one act
suitable for any age.
We know facts. We know secrets. We have opinions, we have intuition and we have the stage. "Status Update" is an unflinching and funny catalogue of the things teenagers learn, believe and have sussed out about the world. From the ridiculous to the highly charged, all these truths and half-truths are laid bare before us, without the safety net of character or fiction. Title: Still Alarm, The in - The Players / YCL Author: Kaufman, George S. Publisher: Miscellaneous 1925
Description:
roy comedy - satire all male cast; five characters five boys one act
"Set in the bedroom of a hotel which is on fire. The fun lies in the manner in which it is put out. In the face of most exciting danger, the characters play in the well-bred manner of English drawing room actors. All amenities are preserved, even when two firemen come in. One of these might be called a practicing professional, but the other is an amateur musician. Although the fire under them becomes hotter every moment, he begins to tune his fiddle. Against a background of flames seen outside, he advances to the center of the stage and begins to play 'Keep the Home Fires
Title: Still Alarm, The in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Kaufman, George S. Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1925
Description:
roy comedy - satire all male cast; five characters five boys one act
"Set in the bedroom of a hotel which is on fire. The fun lies in the manner in which it is put out. In the face of most exciting danger, the characters play in the well-bred manner of English drawing room actors. All amenities are preserved, even when two firemen come in. One of these might be called a practicing professional, but the other is an amateur musician. Although the fire under them becomes hotter every moment, he begins to tune his fiddle. Against a background of flames seen outside, he advances to the center of the stage and begins to play 'Keep the Home Fires
Title: Stolen Prince, The in - Adventures in Acting / YCL Author: Toheroh, Dan Publisher: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. 1957
Description:
roy children - Chinese - fantasy eleven characters; extras; orchestra flexible casting one act
1 interior set.
This fantasy is written to be acted in the Chinese manner and tells a story that is both comic and in spots pathetic. Title: Strange Inheritance in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - teenagers eight characters four boys; four girls one act
35 minutes.
"Phineas Slag's relatives are divided in their opinions of him, but all are curious about the terms of his will..."
Title: Success in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Drake, Nick Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy drama - success - love - young adult - British large cast flexible casting one act
Tom Rakewell is a lucky man. In one midsummer night he makes a fortune and meets Lucy, the love of his life. He is immediately engulfed by well-wishers, led by the all-powerful Nick Shadow. Everyone who is anyone is keen to be his friend, and to help him spend his new cash on clothes, parties and the high life. It seems all his dreams of success have come true. But what is the cost of success? And what does success really mean if you lose the thing of greatest value in your life? The play is a collision of the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries, and a story of luck, success,
Title: Sunny Morning, A in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Quintero, Serafin Alverez translated by Lucretia Xavier Floyd Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1914
Description:
roy comedy - marital relations four characters two boys; two girls one act
1 exterior set.
This play is a favorite with amateurs since it requires the simplest sets and no accessories. It has to do with an aged couple who years before had been in love. A delightful mixture of sentiment and wit. Title: Take-Away in - International Connections / YCL Author: Kay, Jackie Publisher: Faber and Faber 2002
Description:
roy drama - addictions - high school twelve characters six male; six female⌦eleven scenes (one act) TAKEAWAY tells the story of a city taken over by onions, everyone wants them, everyone is getting hooked, and only Darcus, a travelling poet, can see what is happening. The play deals with some important teenage issues: drug abuse, peer pressure, the desire to fit in, and the lure of material possessions.
Title: Taking Breath in - New Connections 99 / YCL Author: Daniels, Sarah Publisher: Faber and Faber 1999
Description:
roy drama - high school ten characters four male; six female one act
When plans for a new road are put into action threatening an ancient tree, a group of young people build a platform in the tree and chain themselves to it in order to protest against its destruction. What they have not bargained for is the secret history the tree seems to hold; falling back through time, Elliot meets Lucy, a young suffragette. They find a common bond between their two kinds of protest, and Elliot also starts to discover the strange connections between Lucy and her great grandchildren, Alana and Gemma. Alana is caught up in her own tragedy; but she slowly
Title: Tale of Mighty Hawk and Magic Fish, The in - Sacred Earth Dramas / YCL Author: Dorras, Jo Walker, Peter Publisher: Faber and Faber 1993
Description:
roy environmental play - young adult - pharmaceutical pollution five characters flexible casting one act
Tale concerning pharmaceuticals that are flushed into the ecosystem. Title: Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me A Song in - Now Playing / YCL Author: Toddie, Jean Lenox Publisher: Nelson Canada
Description:
roy drama - family relations - relationships all female cast; two characters two female one act
'This play is about a mother and daughter, whose relationship changes and fluctuates over the years.'
Title: Telltale Heart, The in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Poe, Edgar Allan Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
nonroy melodrama all male cast; four characters four male (flexible casting) one act
Patient in a psychiatrist's office in an institution for the criminally insane relates his story to his doctor.
Title: Ten-Year-Old Detective, The in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits all male cast; four characters four boys one act
1 interior set.
"How to solve a baffling crime" Title: That's the Spirit in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenager ten characters four boys; six girls one act
1 interior set; 30 minutes.
Description not available.
Title: Then and Now in - Flippin' In / Then and Now / YCL Author: Chislett, Anne Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
Description:
roy drama, Canadian four characters two boys, two girls one act
'An anglophone father and daughter and a francophone father and daughter are transported via Star Wars game to the past where they relive the roots of French-English conflict. Intended to aquaint anglophone students with the basis of Francophone rights.'
Title: There's an End of May in - Eighth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1975
Description:
roy children - comedy eleven characters eight boys; three girls one act
"An everyday story of country-folk"
"An amusing burlesque, based on police dramas of rural life, in which an alleged crime is re-enacted by its alleged perpetrators as a convenient means of recapitulating the evidence for the police." Title: Thin Ice in - Wanna Play?: Three plays for high school / YCL Author: Cooper, Beverley Rubess, Banuta Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1987
Description:
roy Canadian - drama - socail issues - rape - high school four characters two boys; two girls one act
"A fast-paced witty teen drama about sex, with date rape as the main theme of the Chalmers Award winning play."
Winner of the 1987 Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Children's Play Award for Outstanding Children's Play. Winner of the 1987 Dora Moore Award for Outstanding Theatre for Young Audiences.
Title: Things She Sees, The in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Boyle, Charles Power, Ben Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy drama - heritage - young adult - British large cast flexible casting fifteen scenes (one act)
Adaptation of Charles Boyle's novel.
A thirteen-year-old girl in a big city grappling with her family heritage, which is a melting pot of cultures and nationalities. Ben Power has adapted Boyle's novel in a way which will empower companies staging the piece to experiment in hugely ambitious visual styles, embracing techniques and technology both primitive and sophisticated.
Title: Think Global, Act Loco in - Sacred Earth Dramas / YCL Author: Whisenand, Rick Publisher: Faber and Faber 1993
Description:
roy environmental play - Inuit peoples - pollution three characters flexible casting one act
The play is based on stories about Eskimo shamans from the book 'Teachings from the American Earth" by Tedlock and Tedlock. When the Eskimo run short of game or the weather is foul, a shaman is asked to travel beneath the earth to attend to the sea spirit Takanakapsaluk, who is sick and dirty from people's abuse of her an from their other sins. When he returns, the villagers have to confess and promise to live better. Title: Think, Then Speak in - I Was a Teenage Playwright / YCL Author: Gyles, Dylan Publisher: Scirocco Drama 2011
Description:
roy drama - mental health - relationships - Canadian six characters five male; one female one act (seven scenes)
No description available.
Winner! 2006 Scirocco Drama Manitoba High School Playwriting contest.
Title: Third Richest Man in the World, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers /YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - teenagers thirteen characters three boys; six girls; four boys or girls one act
35 minutes.
"An eccentric billionaire with a mania for privacy becomes the target for two newspaper reporters, who are after the story of a lifetime..."
Title: This Play Is About Pirates in - Dramatics (September 2014) / PER Author: Derreberry, Caleigh Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy comedy - young adult - adventure seven characters five male; two female one act
"This Play Is About Pirates" was presented in a staged reading at the 2014 Thespian Festival.
No description available. Title: Those Legs in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Clarke, Noel Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy psychological drama - young adults - friendship - romance six characters three male; three female one act
age suitability: 15-19.
Georgia, Aaron, and Leon have been friends since they were kids. Now they're young adults, in their first jobs, and sharing a house in the city with newcomer Lana. It's been two years since the accident in which Georgia lost the use of her legs and she's doing her best to adjust, but her boyfriend and friends find the change testing. An intense psychological drama that presents the
Title: Three in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: Braun, Harriet Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
Description:
roy young adult - British - love - friendship twelve characters; narrator four male; eight female; one flexible seven scenes
ages 14+.
It’s a long, hot summer. Six teenagers are in various states of lust, longing and unrequited love. A boy has a crush on the girl next door; only she’s going out with the school heartthrob. Two teenagers meet for a blind date but they’re both thinking about someone else. A shy girl with a secret makes friends with the most popular girl in her class. Only these are love stories with a
Title: Three Gentleman of China in - More Festival Plays / YCL Author: Wood, R. H. Publisher: University of London Press 1958
Description:
roy youth - Chinese drama all male cast; ten characters ten boys one act
Description not available. Title: Three Swine of Most Small Stature, The in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits five characters five boys or girls one act
"An old favorite goes Oriental". The three little pigs story adapted as a farce.
Title: Three's a Crowd in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: McCarty, Sara Sloane McCarty, E. Clayton Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy comedy - teenager five characters three boys; two girls one act
"In this popular teen-age comedy, your imagination will not be too greatly overtaxed, for the characters are familiar to you, and the situation well within your experience."
Title: Ticket to Hitsville in - The Sixth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Tordoff, Bill Doughan, David Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - satire thirty characters four boys; seven girls; nineteen boys or girls one act
"The Pied Piper of Browning's poem lured away the children of Hamelin town by offering them the prospect of a joyous land... The authors of 'Ticket to Hitsville' suggests that the Piper's tune would be from the top of the pops, and the Piper would promise the kids a chance to scream applause at a TV show. The play is not so much scoffing at the young as giving them scope to make fun of the adults - mothers and fathers, the mayor and corporation, and the swinging pop scene." Title: To Be Frank in - Things That Go Bump / YCL Author: Drader, Brian Publisher: Signature Editions 2009
Description:
roy drama - censorship - high school five characters three male; two female one act
Frank is your average disorganised, distracted, net-surfing high school kid, who's also assistant editor of the school newspaper. Emma, the paper's editor, orders Frank to cut an anonymous letter about one of the school’s most unpopular teachers. When the letter accidentally gets printed and Emma gets into trouble with the school principal, Frank ⌦desperately tries to find a way to appease the situation. With an unhappy administration censoring their every move, Frank proposes a risky solution that could counteract their school’s suppressive actions, or add fuel to
Title: Toby Show, A in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press 1981
Description:
roy children - farce - melodrama - adaptation seven characters three male: four female one act
"Brings back to the stage an American folk character - Toby, the country bumpkin who through naivete, honesty, and homespun humor outwits the city slickers. This farce-melodrama recreates with traditional situations and stock characters - as well as jokes and stage business - a colorful segment of American drama: the traveling tent repertoire shows. Starring in the Cinderella story, Toby enacts a comic variation of the fairy godmother. With music and specialty numbers, the production excitingly evokes a Toby Show for children of all ages, allowing them the joy of
Title: Tomorrow I'll Be Happy in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Harvey, Jonathan Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult nine characters five male; four female one act (nine scenes)
When a stranger comes to a crumbling seaside town looking for his friend Darren, he discovers that he was killed in a homophobic hate crime. As the secrets of the past come spilling out, we learn that for Darren's group of friends, all is not quite as it first seems. Title: Too Fast in - Connections 2011 / YCL Author: Maxwell, Douglas Publisher: Methune Drama 2011
Description:
roy comedy - young adult twelve characters four male; eight female one act
age suitability: 13-19.
Sensation Nation is a vocal group founded and led by the unstoppable DD. Her grand plan is for the group to storm next year's Britain's Got Talent. But first they need a gig, and more importantly a heartbreaking back-story that will win them later on down the line. So she's booked them to sing at a funeral. And not just any funeral either. Sensation Nation is to sing at the funeral of Ali
Title: Top Table in - Ninth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1977
Description:
roy children - youth - comedy - satire eleven characters; extras flexible casting one act
"A satire about Summit, or Top Level Conferences where the avowed object is World Peace, but where peace seems most endangered. Satire, of course always exaggerates, but it is difficult to exaggerate some of the absurdities of real life. In the Indo-Chinese border dispute, war almost broke out over a few sheep and goats and a piece of linoleum which has strayed across the border: the Vietnam peace conference in Paris was delayed for weeks by disputes about the shape of the table and an American plane was shot down inside the Russian border at a most crucial
Title: Toronto at Dreamer's Rock in - Toronto at Dreamer's Rock & Education is Our Right / YCL Author: Taylor, Drew Hayden Publisher: Fifth House
Description:
roy young adult drama - Canadian - Native peoples - self awareness - Native playwright all male cast; three characters three boys one act
'(The play) is a moving portrayal of a teenage boy who is torn between the traditions of his people, which he only vaguely understands, and the lure of modern life. His magical encounters with two members of his tribe - one from 400 years in the past and one from the future - make him aware of how little he has thought about what it means to be an Indian.' Title: Totally Over You in - Shell Connections 2003 / YCL Author: Ravenhill, Mark Publisher: Faber and Faber 2003
Description:
roy British theatre - young adults fifteen characters; extras seven male; eight female two scenes (one act)
One of the UK's most well known contemporary writers is Mark Ravenhill He has penned 'Totally Over You', a wonderfully wry look at the folly of modern celebrity.
Title: Tough! in - Moss Park and Tough! / CCO Author: Walker, George F. Publisher: Talonbooks 2015
Description:
roy Canadian - young adult - relationships - pregnancy three characters one male; two female one act
prequel to "Moss Park".
Nineteen-year-old Bobby doesn't know what he's walking into in Tough!, when his girlfriend, Tina, tells him to meet her and her best friend, Jill, at the neighbourhood park. He's totally blindsided when she drops the bombshell: she's pregnant.
Title: Trammel in - New Connections 2009 / YCL Author: Lesslie, Michael Publisher: Faber and Faber 2009
Description:
roy drama - young adult - British eleven characters; extras aged between thirteen and eighteen eight male; three female twenty-seven scenes (one act)
The play is set in the academies of English power, in the present day. Aron, a popular, brilliant kid from a local comprehensive, reluctantly takes on a scholarship to the single-sex public school that looms over his town. He quickly becomes seduced by the power the conservative doctrines can offer and is compelled to choose between his two ways of life. Soon, however, Aron's fellow pupils see his conversion as a threat, and put to work the manipulative skills in which they have been trained in order to preserve their old system of goverment. A chilling Title: Trial and Error in - The Sixth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wilson, Ivor Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - satire - comedy nineteen characters; extras five boys; one girl; thirteen boys or girls one act
This play is "a comedy, making fun of the language and procedures of Space Administration, the outlandish (but often earthbound) ideas of science fiction and predictions of the future, and the present-day tendency to computer-worship. The fun comes from setting the common-place against the far-fetched, so that flights of the imagination are subject to heavy bumps... but under the comedy there is a serious note: where is scientific development likely to lead? And when the computers stop or go wrong, can Man, here or on Perfectos, survive?"
Title: Trial of Adbot 579, The in - American Theatre (September 2014) / PER Author: Bass, Francis Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy drama - young adult six characters five male; one female one act
"The Trial of Adbot 579" was presented in a staged reading at the 2014 Thespian Festival.
No description available.
Title: Tricks of Scapin. The in - Short Plays of Theatre Classics / YCL Author: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Harris, Aurand Publisher: Anchorage Press
Description:
roy romantic farce ten characters seven boys; three girls one act
Adaptation by Aurand Harris. 'Set in 17th century Naples. Rogue Scapin tricks two wealthy avaricious fathers into financing their children's marriage.' Title: Trifles in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Glaspell, Susan Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy melodrama - murder five characters three boys; two girls one act
1 interior set.
"Unusually powerful and effective, and gives fine roles for two good actresses. The wife of a strangled farmer is arrested on suspicion. While officers and neighbors are searching the old farmhouse for evidence, two women friends discover a slain canary and a broken cage. This evidence can prove the wife guilty, but by keeping her secret, they free her."
Title: Trifles in - Reading and Staging the Play / YCL Author: Glaspell, Susan Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1951
Description:
roy melodrama - murder five characters three boys; two girls one act
1 interior set.
"Unusually powerful and effective, and gives fine roles for two good actresses. The wife of a strangled farmer is arrested on suspicion. While officers and neighbors are searching the old farmhouse for evidence, two women friends discover a slain canary and a broken cage. This evidence can prove the wife guilty, but by keeping her secret, they free her."
Title: Try Data-Date in - Skits and Short Farces for Young Actors / YCL Author: Olfson, Lewy Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1973
Description:
nonroy children - teenagers - comedy - farce - skits five characters four boys; one girl one act
1 interior set.
"Match-making by computer" Title: Two Travellers, The in - The Eighth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Bartlett, Nicholas Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1975
Description:
roy children - Christmas - satire large cast flexible casting one act
"A Nativity Play with music, specially devised for children. It has secular scenes of broad comedy and satire with a contemporary slant, as well as more traditional passages of touching innocence and simplicity."
Title: Umbrella God, The in - The Fifth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Roberts, Don Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1970
Description:
roy children - youth - comedy - drama large cast; extras flexible casting one act
"A serious comedy about superstition and gullibility in a primitive community, with a large cast demanding varying standards of ability and experience."
Title: Uncle Vanya in - Theatre Arts / YCL Author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Cohen, Lorraine Publisher: National Textbook Company 1997
Description:
roy monologues - women all female cast; one character one girl one act
adapted by Lorraine Cohen
This monologue introduces students to the style of Chekhov and suggests life in the old Russian Country. Title: Unlikely Lad in - The Tenth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Bradwell, John Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1978
Description:
roy children - youth - drama eleven characters eight boys; three girls one act
Description not available.
Title: Unwanted Adventure in - Dramatic Debuts v. 1 / COL Author: Johnson, Brandon Publisher: Samuel French 2009
Description:
roy comedy - young adult large cast flexible casting one act (four scenes)
All average teenager Beth wanted to do was go to sleep, but due to a case of mistaken identity, she gets caught up in an adventure to save the planet, and has to deal with a cocky narrator that she can't reason with, and is never seen.
Honorable mention at the 2008 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Competition.
Title: Uptown/Downtown in - Two Character Plays for Student Actors / YCL Author: Mauro, Robert Publisher: Meriwether Publishing 1988
Description:
nonroy comedy two characters one boy; one girl one act
Rich high school girl teaches gang leader to read. Title: Us and Them in - The Sixth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Campton, David Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1972
Description:
roy children - drama five characters flexible casting one act
"A simple story about the way human beings split up into groups, parties, nations, in which we forget how much we are all the same and think only of differences. Differences breed suspicions, suspicions grow into fear, fear into hatred, and hatred into fighting. In the play there isn't really any difference between the two groups: they invent it all. The 'Us and Them' spirit may not be a main cause of wars, but it certainly makes wars possible. So what happens in the play is a simplified picture of the past history of the human race, of how peoples have come to fight each
Title: Vagabond Vampires, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - mystery - teenagers nine characters four boys; four girls; one boy or girl one act
35 minutes.
"Thurston Tempest and his wife Voracia, two happy vampires, will have their house demolished unless they can solve a baffling whodunit..."
Title: Valiant Villain, The in - Comedies and Farces for Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1959
Description:
nonroy children - comedy - farce - teenagers eight characters four boys; four girls one act
2 interior sets; 30 minutes.
Description not available. Title: Valiant, The in - Plays as Experience / YCL Author: Hall, Holworthy Middlemass, Robert Publisher: Odyssey Press 1962
Description:
roy drama six characters four boys; one girl; one boy or girl one act
1 interior set.
A man to be hanged for murder refuses to reveal his identity. Takes place in the Warden's office in the State's Prison at Wethsfield, Connecticut.
Title: Vampire Story, A in - New Connections 2008 / YCL Author: Buffini, Moira Publisher: Faber and Faber 2008
Description:
roy young adults - British - vampires nineteen characters six male; eleven female; two male or female thirteen scenes (one act)
Two young women arrive in a nameless small British town. Their names are not their own. They don't declare their ages. Are they sisters, as their assumed identities declare? Or are they mother and daughter? Are Ella and Claire vampires? Or are they troubled young women on the run?
Title: Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me in - Connections 2012 / YCL Author: Bell, Hillary Publisher: Methune Drama 2012
Description:
roy drama - high school sixteen characters; ensemble flexible casting nine parts (one act)
A Girl commits a crime without punishment or remorse. Her Sidekick is ordered to serve a prison sentence. The Victim's Boyfriend offers his unconditional forgiveness. Rather than receiving the court's punishment, the Girl is welcomed into the home of her Victim's friends and family. At first she takes this for granted, but as she's affected by their kindness her conscience is aroused - to the point where she craves a chance to atone. But what are they really doing? If it's not as simple as mercy, if they're not using her to fill the victim's place, then perhaps they're exacting a Title: Villa On Venus, A in - The Fourth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
Description:
roy children - comedy - satire all male cast; seven characters seven boys one act
"Members of the Human Race do not show up well in this light-hearted satire. We are the backward boys of the Solar System, arrogant, stupid, and addicted to destruction. The Venusians, a much more intelligent lot, are correspondingly decent. Sham and Gimble want nothing so much as to help others and make them happy. The Earthmen set them a problem, which the Mercurian salesman, Spiv, helps them, providentially, to solve. And if blowing the Earth to pieces is rather drastic, it seems to be what the Earthmen want; it makes a fortune for Spiv, and it prevents the
Title: Waning Crescent Moon in - The Ground Zero Club and Other Prize-Winning Plays... / YCL Author: Serpas, Stephen Publisher: Dell Publishing Company 1986
Description:
roy youth - drama three characters two male; one female one act
Two friends find a way to leave home - but not the past - behind.
Title: War at Home in - Under 30 / YCL Author: Quinn, Nicole Shengold, Nina Publisher: Vintage Books 2004
Description:
roy young adult - drama - American large cast flexible casting one act
bare stage (may be decorated with shrine elements and a graphic representation of the Twin Towers).
A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of this ensemble piece was created from journal writings of over 40 students, teachers, and community members in the weeks immediately Title: War of the Words in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Brancato, Robin F. Publisher: Miscellaneous
Description:
roy youth twelve characters six male; six female one act
Description not available.
Title: War on Safety, The in - Dramatics, vol. 79, no. 1 / PER Author: Posner, Max Publisher: Miscellaneous 2007
Description:
roy drama - relationships five characters (doubling) one male; one female; one flexible ten scenes (one act)
"The story of a kid whose parents go on vacation and never come home, and what happens to his relationship with his girlfriend as the national threat level begins to rise from yellow to orange and beyond."
Title: Wardrobe, The in - Connections 2014 / YCL Author: Holcroft, Sam Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014
Description:
roy young adult - British - drama twenty-eight characters flexible casting one act (twelve scenes)
audience: ages 13+.
"Across five centuries of British history, small groups of children seek sanctuary in the same solid, old wardrobe. It's the safest place they know – but is it safe enough?" - National Theatre Title: We All Fall Down in - Festival Voices / CCO Author: McAllister, Brenna Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
Description:
roy drama - Canadian - young adult - Toronto - Ontario eighteen characters; extras five male; three female; ten flexible one act
"We All Fall Down" explores theme of youth homelessness in Toronto.
Title: We Lost Elijah in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Craig, Ryan Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
Description:
roy drama - young adult nine characters four male; five female one act (fourteen scenes)
Elijah's older brother and two friends were charged with getting him home safely while the riots were raging. Somehow though, somewhere on route, something happened and they didn't make it home together. Did Elijah get caught up in the events or was there another reason for his disappearance?
Title: Welkin, The in - Dramatics (Jan 2012) / PER Author: Orlando, Dominic Publisher: Miscellaneous 2011
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roy young adult - thriller nine characters four male; five female (doubling possible with two male; two female) one act
"The Welkin" was commissioned by "Dramatics" magazine. The play, a thriller (zombies! kissing!) was workshopped and presented in a staged reading directed by the author during the 2011 Thespian Festival at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The action takes place at a summer camp in Maine, one week before the start of the season. The scenes move quickly from place to place and can be suggested by minimal props and/or sound and lighting changes. Be theatrical. Title: What a Difference a Day Makes in - First Class Acts / YCL Author: Hamilton, Wendy A. Publisher: Playwrights Union of Canada
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roy children - comedy fifteen characters, choir two male; thirteen boys or girls one act
"On the first day of school, three friends are worried about what their new teacher will be like. When he pulls a spectacular stunt - launching a rocket in the schoolyard in spite of the principal's objections - he begins to win them over."
Title: What Are They Like? in - Connections 2013 / YCL Author: Coxon, Lucinda Publisher: Methuen Drama 2013
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roy drama - young adult - relationships twelve characters five male; seven female one act
Adolescence is a rough ride. You've got existential angst, mood swings, fashion fiascos, terrifying physical changes, never enough money... And that's just the parents. How well do you know yours?
Title: What Men Live By in - The Players / YCL Author: Church, Virginia Publisher: McClelland and Stewart 1970
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roy young adult - Russia twelve characters seven boys; five girls one act
Description not available. Title: What We Talk About When We Talk About Planned Parenthood in - Dramatics (November 2014) / PER Author: Derman, Alexa Publisher: Miscellaneous
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roy drama - young adult - relationships - abortion - addiction two characters one male; one female one act
" 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Planned Parenthood' is an unflinching two-character study by Alexa Derman. What’s left to say when a young couple has done the unspeakable?" - schooltheatre.org
Title: Where I Come From in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Nelson, Richard Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
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roy young adults - British theatre thirteen characters six male; seven female five scenes (one act)
A young man tells us this story, set in 1987 in a sitting-room of a B&B in London. A school group of American High School students has just completed an exhausting week of culture, seeing mostly boring plays and visiting mostly boring museums, though with the occasional visit to a GAP tossed in to keep their spirits up. Tomorrow they go home, but tonight the owners of the B&B are away nursing an ill relative, so Cat, their sixteen year-old daughter, has been left in charge. With the group's teachers staying in another B&B, the kids are on their own.
Title: White Elephant Comes Home, The in - Junior High School One Act Comedies / YCL Author: Martens, Anne Coulter Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1939
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nonroy children - comedy - high school all female cast; five characters five girls one act
One of Sally's birthday presents is a horrible picture. Sally gets rid of it but it doesn't take long for it to return home again. Poor Sally! Title: Whole Shebang, The in - Random Acts of Comedy / YCL Author: Orloff, Rich Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011
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roy comedy - high school six characters one male; one female; four male or female one act
This play asks the question, "What if the entire universe was just some nerd's science project?" In a classroom in a dimension far beyond ours, a student striving for a "Master of the Universe" degree gives an oral presentation on an unusual thesis -- the creation of the heavens and the earth. Two professors and a dean interrogate the student and his two visual aids, a "typical" man and woman.
Title: Willow Pattern, The in - Shell Connections 2004 / YCL Author: Johnson, Judith Publisher: Faber and Faber 2004
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roy young adults - British theatre - love seven characters; extras three male; three female; one flexible one act
puppets; music; dancing.
A rich Mandarin has a much cherished daughter, Knoon–She. He lavishes presents on her, including two beautiful pet doves. The Mandarin is a widower, and very protective of his daughter. She, however, is strong-willed and feisty and when she falls in love with her fathers secretary Chang, she is determined to be with him, despite knowing her father would disapprove,
Title: Wish You Were Here in - The Fifth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Smithson, Norman Bradley, Alfred Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1970
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roy children - youth - comedy eleven characters six boys; five girls one act
"A realistic view of a holiday afternoon by the sea, likely to provoke question and discussion about the phenomenon of holiday-making." Title: Witches, The in - The Third Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1965
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roy children - youth - drama all girl cast; five characters five girls one act
period - Seventeenth Century.
"There are two 'witches' in this play. Old Mall, lonely, bewildered, devoted to her cat, is in outward appearance all that the seventeenth-century superstitious mind regarded as a witch; yet she is innocent. It is Dorcas Kimball, who denounces her, who is the real witch, using the evil that is in herself to work the magic in which she believes and which in the end brings about her own ruin."
Title: Withington Warrior in - Ninth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Wood, Margaret Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1977
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roy children - comedy ten characters seven boys; three girls one act
"This play was written in the original home of all Hereford cattle, for a village group who know all about pedigree bulls and the affection and rivalry they can create among breeders. It is fun for both actors and audience, but its success depends very much on the authenticity of the setting and the occasion, and the genuineness of the characters."
Title: Woman Who Owned the West, The in - Fifteen Plays for Today's Teenagers / YCL Author: Murray, John Publisher: Plays, Inc. 1979
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nonroy children - comedy - teenagers fifteen characters six boys; nine girls one act
35 minutes.
"The nation's capital is in an uproar when a sweet but firm old lady turns up with a deed that shows she owns almost half of the United States!" Title: Workout! in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Asher, Sandy Publisher: Miscellaneous
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roy young adults - drama three characters; extras one boy; one girl; one voice one act
"Awkward college students begin friendship."
Title: World Affairs in - Center Stage / YCL Author: Pfeffer, Susan Beth Publisher: Miscellaneous
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roy drama - youth four characters one boy; three girls one act
"Teenage girl discovers that her mother is having an affair."
Title: Wrecked in - Naked at School / YCL Author: Craddock, Chris Publisher: Miscellaneous
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roy young adult - alcohol and drugs - Alberta playwright four characters two boys; two girls one act
"This collection tackles the weighty issues of suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and sex and pregnancy in the lives of teens and their families with intelligent humour and candid reality." Title: Wrecked in - Rites of Passage / CCO Author: Craddock, Chris Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2010
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roy young adult - alcohol and drugs - Alberta playwright four characters two boys; two girls one act
"This collection tackles the weighty issues of suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and sex and pregnancy in the lives of teens and their families with intelligent humour and candid reality."
Title: Writer's Block in - Dramatic Debuts v. 1 / YCL Author: French, Samuel Publisher: Samuel French 2009
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roy dark comedy - young adult all male cast; three characters three male one act
A children's author, Aleck, is dealing with a case of depression that is only made worse by his insensitive agent, Danny. The depression turns more severe as he struggles to overcome his writer's block, and to produce material for Danny. Unable to handle his life, Aleck turns to suicide and meets Teddy, who will forever change his outlook on friendship, writing, and life.
First place winner of the 2008 Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Competition.
Title: Www.SelfStory.com in - Dramatics v. 80 no. 2 / PER Author: Hunter, Katie Publisher: Miscellaneous 2008
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roy young adult twelve characters six male; two female; four flexible ten scenes (one act)
2008 Thespian Playworks finalist. Description not available. Title: Year and a Day, A in - NT Connections 2007 / YCL Author: Reid, Christina Publisher: Faber and Faber 2007
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roy young adult - British - fantasy large cast flexible casting one act
A travelling storyteller and a girl meet in a land devastated by war and famine. The storyteller remembers and conjures a long-long-ago land of peace and plenty – a beautiful garden inhabited by The Kritters of the land, the trees and the water. And then the humans come to the garden – two tribes who worship different Gods. The storyteller's tale of the corruption and loss of the ancient garden is a love story that becomes a never-ending story of old ghosts who still haunt the earth. A legend with a warning for the girl and the audience. “Don't be seduced by the music. Don't look
Title: Yellow Tulips in - Junior High School One Act Comedies / YCL Author: Martens, Anne Coulter Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1939
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nonroy children - comedy six characters two boys; four girls one act
Judy loves the new hat she has earned, but she sacrifices it for a pot of yellow tulips to bring Easter joy to a lonely old lady.
Title: You Never Heard Such Unearthly Laughter in - The Fourth Windmill Book of One Act Plays / YCL Author: Lillington, Kenneth Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
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roy children - comedy nine characters four boys; five girls one act
"A Psychic Phenomenon" Title: Zero for the Young Dudes! in - National Theatre Connections / YCL Author: McDowall, Alistair Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017
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roy young adult - British multiple characters variable size ensemble sixteen scenes
ages 14+.
The inmates at a bizarre summer camp are plotting a revolution. Or has it already happened? Spending a day watching their schedule of exercise, lessons and meals, a long history of unrest and injustice lies hidden, and as the day wears on, a violent future looms large on the horizon.