Theatre for Young Audiences
Theatre for Young Audiences ( TYA) . Modern Large Cast plays and Musicals to be performed by or for children and young people, in Schoool Shows. Play scripts include Comedies, Dramas, Classic Fairytale Based Plays, Classic Dickens Adaptations, Musicals, Plays with Music, Holiday Plays, Shakespeare Adapted for Young People.
Play lengths range from 15 minutes, One-act plays (less than 60 Minutes) and Full Length Plays, all with flexible casting.
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$9.97 – $239.70
Charles Dickens Presents A Christmas Carol
- 90 Minutes
- 21M; 25F Max 60+/ Min 20
Young Audience, Aging, Children's Theatre, Colleges, Comedy, Community, Theatrical Staging Possible
This large-cast play with a variable cast, preserves the original story of A Christmas Carol while revealing the story of its author Charles Dickens. Two families, one fictional, one historical, find their way to a brighter New Year for themselves and others around them. God Bless Us Everyone. Great for school, community, LORT, and professional theatres for a new twist on an old tale.
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$6.97 – $39.79
Numbers Have Feelings
- 10 minutes
- 1M/4M or F
Fable, Farce, Young Audience, Fantasy, Middle School
What if numbers could feel? Does a number feel diminished when it is subtracted? Originally written for a math-tutoring business open house, this short script is perfect as a classroom or meeting diversion.
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$12.97 – $129.97
Alice! In Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
- 100 minutes
- 3M/3F/28 M or F; Min 12 - Max 27+ doubling possible
Young Audience, Bare Stage, Community, Large Cast
This madcap full-length comedy chases Alice both down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass. Two 45-minute acts of mayhem and upside –down logic provides roles for all students. Mirror the logic and language of today’s global circus. Great opportunity for doubling.
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$7.97 – $55.98
A Pastor’s Tale – The True Story of Silent Night
- 15 minutes
- 1 - 5F; 2-7M; Max 7; Min 7
Comedy, Simple Props, Teens
A one-act Christmas comedy – a play with live music for young actors, telling the story of how the Christmas song “Silent Night” came to be written. Set in Oberndorf, Austria in 1818, the play is staged with live guitar in a Readers Theatre format. Memorized historical vignettes are combined with a straight-forward Christmas reading. But it soon goes “off-book” as student readers question the truth of the text they’re reading, and they end up squabbling on stage among themselves. Just when their performance seems doomed, Josef Mohr remembers a short poem he had been writing—Silent Night.
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$8.99 – $125.00
Alice in Wonderland
- 30-45 minutes
- 4 Male 5 Female Min 9/ Max 15+
Children's Theatre, Comedy, Community, Doubling Possible, Large Cast
A delightful, one-act play script adapted from the classic Lewis Carroll tale. Staying true to the original, this adaptation for the stage brings all the characters of the original Wonderland to life. Great for classrooms with a diverse student body, for children’s theater, competitions and for reader’s theater.
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$9.95 – $125.00
Alice Through the Looking Glass
- 50 - 60 minutes
- 4M. 6F. 11 M or F; Variable cast from 12 to 31
Children's Theatre, Colleges, Comedy, Community, Doubling Possible, Fantasy, Flexible Casting, Theatrical Staging Possible
Alice takes the plunge yet again in this madcap one-act comedy. A glorious romp for the stage, the world behind the mirror leads her to a realm where everything is backward. Sense is nonsense. Backwards is forwards. The faster you run, the further behind you get.
Easily performed either in the classroom or on stage. A delight for school drama groups with diverse casting challenges. Downloadable PDF’s for purchase available.
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$6.97 – $48.00
The Trunk
- 15 minutes
- 2 Male, 1 Female, Min/Max 2
Competitions, Fantasy, Simple Set, Small Cast
A man is about to board a mysterious train when he is stopped because of the size of his luggage. What is in his trunk that he is so reluctant to part with? And where is the train going? In this 15-minute play, L. Elizabeth Powers bears witness to the fact that it’s never too late to take a different path.
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$7.95 – $40.00
Plays, Poems and Pratfalls: Will Shakespeare, An Introduction
- 45 Minutes
- 1 or 2 Males, 1 or 2 Females
Audience Participation, Comedy, Drama, High School, Middle School
A 45-minute introduction to various works of The Bard. Written to be performed by 2 or 4 actors within a single class period. ideal for ages 8 – 12. Includes excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, As You Like It, and one of the sonnets: number 18. Printable PDF available
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$9.95 – $75.00
Talk: The Musical
- 45 Minutes
- 2 Male, 2 Female. 7 Male or Female Min 6/Max 12 Doubling Possible
Children's Theatre, Comedy, Community, Musical
In this musical play about the environment, there are plenty of roles for school and community drama groups A large-cast one-act musical for children and community audiences featuring talking and singing stones, trees, and yams, and animals that help the natural world blossom and bloom once a year. Things are going wrong in this magical village, and trees, flowers, and animals tell it in story and song. Full of lively songs like “We Are Here for the Halibut,” these characters sing and dance their way into our hearts. Music Lead Sheets available.
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$13.95 – $60.00
Shakespeare-On-The-Go: 4 Touring Plays For Young Audiences
Collection, Touring
4 skilfully adapted plays for young audiences: Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, A Midnight Summer’s Dream, and Macbeth. Plays are each around 45 to 50 minutes, are fast-paced, engaging, and make the language more accessible to young audiences, while including both Shakespeare’s original language and theatrical devices. As exciting participatory theater they appeal to elementary school students. With the participatory elements removed, each play’s frame story is producible as a play for teens or for teen drama groups to perform for a younger audience.
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$9.00 – $75.00
The Snow Queen
- 50 Minutes
- 6F: 6M or F Min 9 Max 15 (doubling possible)
Audience Participation, Fairy Tale, Young Audience, Community, Large Cast
This 60-minute Christmas play for the whole family is adapted by Gillette Elvgren from “The Snow Queen” story by Hans Christian Anderson. Follow the adventures of the young girl Gerda as she strives to free her best friend Kay from the icy grip of the Snow Queen. A modern version with optional audience participation, for Children’s Theatre or students to perform for family audiences.
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$9.00 – $75.00
Cinderella
- 90 Minutes
- 10 Males 8 females Max 18 Min 15 (Doubling Possible)
Fairy Tale, Comedy, Doubling Possible
Cinderella Comedy Play Script – Meet the feisty take-charge Cinderella!
This full-length comedy version of Cinderella features delightfully nasty stepsisters and a fierce Cinderella, in addition to several original characters. This is a play for children of all ages. Easily performed by a children’s theater, or by teen or college drama groups, it has possible casting for young actors as well.
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$7.97 – $75.00
The Tempest for Youth
- 45 Minutes
- 4 Male, 2 Female, 6 Min, 12 Max
Colleges, Comedy, High School, Middle School
A 45-minute appealing comedy adaptation of The Tempest to be relished. It has all the exciting elements: of the original play: shipwrecks, a love story, an evil plot, and the fun exploits of the spirits Ariel and her adversary, the rebellious fish-man, Caliban. The flexible cast roles ensures a part for everyone. A must-see for young audiences.
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$9.00 – $150.00
Snow White
- 120 Minutes
- 12 Male, 9 Female, Min/Max 21
Children's Theatre, Community, Large Cast, Middle School
Snow White, often considered a Grimm Fairytale, actually came from books by the French Huguenot Charles Perrault, the creator of Mother Goose. This re-creation of the story is very modern in its dialogue and conception of the characters. Snow White is saucy and flippant, and the play has a sense of humor, timeless charm and a touch of “camp” that adults, as well as children, enjoy.
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$9.00 – $90.00
Sleeping Beauty
- 90 Minutes
- 4 Male, 5 Female, 9 Mim, 15+ Max (Doubling Possible)
Children's Theatre, Community, Large Cast
Once upon a time…in an enchanted kingdom, all gathered to celebrate the birth of the royal princess. Mickey Coburn’s adaptation brings wicked Godmothers, good Godmothers, magicians, kings, clowns – all fantastically intertwined into a delightful tale luxuriating in sorcery, processions, and whimsical escapades! Easy and economical to stage.
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$7.99 – $75.00
The Selfish Giant
- 60 Minutes
- 3 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 5
A full-length fantasy play for five characters, based on Oscar Wilde’s Story The Selfish Giant. This adventure tells the enchanting story of a group of city kids who discover a beautiful house and garden in the middle of their cement and broken glass environment. But they are chased off by the selfish giant, Gorgon, who places a ‘No Trespassing’ sign on the gate. Because of his selfishness, the elements of Frost, Snow, and Hail invade his garden and transform it into a place where Spring is banished.
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