Animal Poems
14 mystery animal poems for students to read aloud and/or act out.
Crows on a Wire
Innovative crow haikus and a short story to act out.
Giggle Poems
Sixteen hilarious short poems for younger students to perform.
Noisy Poems
Eight poems full of sounds and tongue twisters for students to perform in small groups.
Winter Haiku
58 beautiful winter haiku for students of all ages to perform.
Peanut Butter Lesson
Creative Drama Lesson inspired by Shel Silverstein’s Peanut Butter Sandwich poem.
Winter Poems
Twenty-one winter poems with parts for one to sixteen actors.
Rumi Poems
35 Rumi poems for students of all ages to perform.
Merrit Malloy Poems
Eight short rhythmic poems for older students to practice cadence and creative movement.
Lewis Carroll Poems
Fourteen Lewis Carroll poems that lend themselves well to performance.
Scary Poems to Perform
50 poems suited for performance, plus instructions. 34 pages. Ages 6-18, arranged by ability level!
Rhyming Plays
Shel Silverstein Show Outline
Flexible run time, flexible cast. Use this easy outline to fully create a show based on the poems of Shel Silverstein.
The Wind-up Rookie
25+ characters 15 minutes running time. Flexible casting. A comedy about an epic baseball game, written in verse.
Dr. Seuss Show Outline
24 page outline for a variety show featuring the work of Dr. Seuss!
The Fisherman and His Wife
4-25 characters, flexible casting. Approximately 10 minutes long. Based on the classic tale, The Fisherman and His Wife.
Santa’s Little Reindeer, The Musical
17+ characters with flexible casting. Approximately 40 minutes running time. Sheet music and a link to recorded backtracks for 8 songs are included! (10 credits)
Snow White Rap
15+ characters. Approximately 7 minutes running time. Fun version of Snow White that includes rap!
Pied Piper
15-19 characters of any gender. Approximately 60 minutes running time. A fresh re-telling of the folktale, written in rhyming couplets, by Elizabeth West.
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
15 characters, flexible casting. Approximately 15 minutes long. Heartwarming play based on the classic Christmas story by Dylan Thomas.
Chinese New Year Zodiac Script
14 characters. Approximately 20 minutes running time. Funny and poetic play script featuring the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Animals speak in verse. Adapted by Jennifer Reif.
Jack and the Beanstalk Rap
12+ characters. Flexible casting. Approximately 10 minutes running time. Fun version of Jack and the Beanstalk that includes raps!
The Bravest Badger
12+ characters, 5 minutes running time. It’s no wonder the animals on Apple Tree Farm are suspicious of this new creature. None of them have ever met a badger before. Rhyming and narration make this a perfect choice for early elementary. Royalty-free for educational use.
Mad Tea Party
12 characters. 12 minutes running time. Short play based on ‘Through the Looking Glass.’
The Three Little Pigs Rap
11+ characters. Approximately 7 minutes running time. Fun version of the Three Little Pigs that includes rap!
Robin Hood Rap
11+ characters. Approximately 5 minutes running time. Robin Hood meets hip-hop for children!
Space Travel Rap
10+ characters. Approximately 5 minutes running time. Fun space-themed short play featuring a ‘rapping’ chorus!
A Man for All Seasons
10+ characters. 10 pages long. Approximately 10 minutes running time. Harvest festival play about a raggedy old scarecrow.
Alice in Wonderland Seussical Style
Flexible casting for 10+ characters. Approximately 10 minutes running time. Narration and rhyming make it perfect for elementary and middle school. Suggestions for adding more Lewis Carroll poetry to your performance.
Stopping Here
10-15 characters, flexible casting. Approximately 40 minutes long. A dramatic adaptation of four Robert Frost narrative poems.
Jabberwocky
10 characters, flexible casting. Approximately 5 minutes running time. Comedic recitation of the classic Lewis Carroll poem. Works for ages 8-18!
Little Red Riding Hood Rap
9+ characters. Approximately 5 minutes running time. Fun version of Little Red Riding Hood that includes rap!
Brer Rabbit Tricks Brer Fox
9 characters with flexible casting. Approximately 10 minutes running time. An original take on the familiar Brer Rabbit Down the Well tale. Written by Malcolm Henty.
Winnie the Pooh and a Library Too
9 characters, flexible casting. Approximately 20 minutes long. Winnie the Pooh and his friends help Piglet learn to read. Perfect for elementary and middle school. Focus on SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)
Cinderella Rap
8+ characters with flexible casting. Approximately 10 minutes running time. A comical take on the traditional Cinderella story, plus an ensemble that raps. This play has a theme of kindness and is excellent for primary grades by Val Neubecker.
The One About Shoppington
8+ characters, flexible casting. Approximately 10 minutes long. Comedy script about holiday shopping. Perfect for middle and high school reader’s theatre or performance.
Ghostly Rap
7-20 characters.6 pages long. Approximately 5 minutes running time. Ghost story play for children that includes ‘raps.’
A Lamb’s Tale
6+ characters, flexible casting. Approximately 10 minutes long. Simple play for very young children based on ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb.’
The Owl and the Pussycat
6 characters. 2 minutes running time. Adaptation of the classic Edward Lear poem into a play script.
The Lost Letters of Mother Goose
4+ characters; 1F; 3+ Either; Flexible casting; 11 pages in length. Approximately 10-15 minutes running time. A comedy based on a nursery rhyme written by Robin Blasberg.
Little Miss Muffet
4 characters with flexible casting. Approximately 5 minutes running time. Adapted by Val Neubecker.
Brer Rabbit Meets Brer Lion
4 characters with flexible casting. Approximately 10 minutes running time. Original take on a Brer Rabbit trickster tale using rhyming couplets. Written by Malcolm Henty.
