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
The Wind-up Rookie
25+ characters 15 minutes running time. Flexible casting. A comedy about an epic baseball game, written in verse.
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.
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.
Mad Tea Party
12 characters. 12 minutes running time. Short play based on ‘Through the Looking Glass.’
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)
The Owl and the Pussycat
6 characters. 2 minutes running time. Adaptation of the classic Edward Lear poem into a play script.
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.
