(Organized by cast size with whole-class plays first, and plays for smaller groups last.)
List of 75 children’s books to use in drama class. Includes extra information on each title!
Whole Class Plays
Full-length play for 20-60 actors. Features ten fables told individually. Flexible cast! (10 credits.)
Flexible run time, flexible cast. Use this easy outline to fully create a show based on Dr. Seuss stories.
Flexible run time, flexible cast. Use this easy outline to fully create a show based on the poems of Shel Silverstein.
45-minute adventure/comedy. Parts for 23 young actors. Ages 8-12. Flexible casting! (5 credits)
45-minute adventure/comedy. Parts for 25 young actors. Ages 8-12. Flexible casting! (5 credits)
30-45 minutes running time. Parts for 30 actors, flexible cast. Teaches the virtue of kindness! (5 credits)
25-35 minutes running time. Parts for 20 actors, flexible cast. Ages 8-12. A play that teaches students to accept each other’s differences. (5 credits)
14 fairy-tale characters. Approximately 30 minutes running time. Fun, mixed-up fairytale/nursery rhyme play! (3 credits.)
10 minutes long. Parts for 20+ actors (flexible cast). Best suited for ages 6-10. (3 credits.)
Five-minute play. 20 parts. Best-suited for ages 6-10. Includes discussion questions, production notes and extension activities! (3 credits)
18 minutes long. Parts for 12+ actors. Original pirate-themed play best suited for ages 7-13.
15 minutes long. Parts for 25+ actors. Original monster-themed play best suited for ages 5-11. (3 credits.)
4-20+ characters. 1M, 1F, Flexible Cast; 25 pages in length. Approximately 20-30 minutes running time. A fantasy adventure for children and teens written by Leonard Goodisman. (5 credits)
16 characters. 8M, 8F, Flexible Cast; 8 pages in length. Approximately 5-10 minutes running time. A time-travelling comedy for children written by Terence Patrick Hughes.
21 characters. 2M, 3F, 16 Either. 8 pages in length. Approximately 5-10 minutes running time. A comedy for children about the unpredictability of the weather by Barbara Henderson.
Plays for Smaller Groups
Ten minutes long. Parts for 16+ actors. Best suited for ages 9-13, however, this story is really ageless and may be performed by children all the way up to adults. (3 credits.)
Approximately five-minutes long. 10 characters. Humorous re-telling of the classic Lewis Carroll poem.
18 minutes long. Parts for 12+ actors. Original pirate-themed play best suited for ages 7-13.
Approximately 7 minutes long. 9 characters. A twisted narrator brings a play to life in real-time.
Approximately 8 minutes long. 7 characters. Short play adaptation of the classic Mark Twain story!
Approximately 6 minutes long. 7 characters. A mystical fairy tale based on lyrics from a 1960’s song.
8 characters, flexible cast, 7 minutes long. Best for ages 7-10. A monster tries to outsmart a band of pirates.
8 characters; Flexible Cast. 9 pages in length. Approximately 10-15 minutes running time. A comedy for young performers written by Andy Pavey.
7 minutes long, parts for 7 actors. Ages 7-10. Adaptation of the classic story by Beatrix Potter.
7 characters; 4F; 3M. 7 pages in length. Approximately 5-10 minutes running time. An adaptation of the classic tale written by Andy Pavey.
7 characters; 2F; 3M; 2 M or F. 5 pages in length. Approximately 5-10 minutes running time. An adaptation of the nursery rhyme written by Andy Pavey.
7 characters; 1F; 1M; 5 Either. 8 pages in length. Approximately 5-10 minutes running time. A comedy for teens written by Andy Pavey.
6 characters; 2F; 2M; 2 Either. 8 pages in length. Approximately 5-10 minutes running time. A comedic adaptation written by Andy Pavey.
7+ characters; Flexible cast. 12 pages in length. Approximately 10-15 minutes running time. A drama for children ages 10 and older written by Cynthia Morrison.
7 characters, 11 pages. Short script that teaches tolerance and the value of diversity. For ages 11 and up.
5 characters; 2M, 2F, 1 Either; 6 pages in length. Approximately 5 minutes running time. A drama for children written by Barry M. Putt, Jr.
6 characters, 4 M, 2 F. (Mechanic could be female.) Approximately 7 minutes long. Best for ages 8-11. A funny play about a pizza man who cannot make pizza.
6 characters. Flexible cast. Approximately 6 minutes long. Best for ages 8-11. A girl has a strange experience when she falls into a pool.
Approximately 7 minutes long. 9 characters. A twisted narrator brings a play to life in real-time.
3 characters; 1F, 2M; 10 pages in length. Approximately 10-15 minutes running time. A comedy for young performers written by Sarah Thewlis.
2 characters; 1F, 1M; 13 pages in length. Approximately 10-15 minutes running time. A comedy for teens written by Luke Stapleton.
2 characters. 7 pages in length. Approximately 5-10 minutes running time. A puppet play written by award-winning playwright, Barbara Henderson.
3 characters (flexible casting). 4 pages, approximately six minutes running time. A short play for children by Evan Guilford-Blake.
2 characters. 3 pages long. Approximately 1-5 minutes running time. A comedy for children about the loss of a pet by playwright, Scot Walker.
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