Tried and true scripts of various popularities that are perfect for high school productions.
Last Updated April 2022
Please note this list is not exhaustive and only includes published plays.
A
- 4 A.M. by Bob Krakower
- 7 Stories by Morris Panych
- 21 Chump Street by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- 39 Steps, The adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan
- About Her by Dennis Bush
- Act of Living, The by Robert Scott
- AD Man by C. Funk
- Afterimage by Michael Crummey and Robert Chafe
- Afterwards by G. McGaughan
- Age of Minority by Jordan Tannahill
- AKA by Collective
- ALiCE by Jerome McDonough
- Alice vs Wonderland adapted by Brendan Shea
- Along for the Ride by Jay D. Hanagan (in Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 28th Series)
- Alphonse by Wajdi Mouawad
- And by Alan Haehnel
- And Others by Dennis Bush
- Answers from the Centre of the Universe by Kent Brown
- Any Night by Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn
- Apple, The by Jimmy Brunelle
- Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Art Control by Carter W. Lewis (in 25 in 10: Twenty-Five Ten-Minute Plays)
- Art of Dating, The by Jeffery Scott Elwell
- Asylum by Dennis Bush
- Audition, The by Don Zolidis
- Auditioners, The by Doug Rand (also in The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2006)
- Author’s Voice, The by Richard Greenberg
- Autograph Hound, The by James Prideau
B
- Babel Rap by John Lazarus
- Bag of Green Apples, A by Jean Lenox Toddie
- Bald Soprano, The by Eugene Ionesco
- Ballerinas by Don Nigro
- Bang, Bang You’re Dead by William Mastrosimone
- Barefoot in a Nightgown by the Candlelight by Don Nigro
- Bathers by James Schempp
- Beautiful View, A by Daniel MacIvor
- Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
- Blah Blah Blah by Brian Marshall
- Bluebirds by Vern Theissen
- Box by Morgan Grau
- Boy in Hoodie by Daniel MacIvor
- Boy Meets Girl by Sam Wolfson
C/D
- Cagebirds by David Campton
- Canadian Gothic by Joanna McClelland Glass
- Chasm, The by Alan Haehnel
- Check, Please by Jonathan Rand (also in Best Stage Scenes 2004)
- Check, Please: Take 3 by Jonathan Rand
- Circle, The by Geoffrey Simon Brown
- Colours in the Storm – Jim Betts
- Commencement by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Competition Piece by John S. Wells
- Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill
- Cut by Ed Monk
- Danny, King of the Basement by David S. Craig
- Dark Road by Laura Lundgren Smith
- Dinner Party, The by Neil Simon
- Distance Between El, Ohh, Vea, and EEE, The by Chris Stockton
- DNA by Dennis Kelly
- Do Not Disturb by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore
- Doctor, Doctor by John Jakes
- Dogs of War by Marjorie R. Watson
- Doorman of Windsor Station, The by Julie Vincent
- Drop by Dano Madden
- Drowning Girls, The by Beth Graham
- Duck Variations, The by David Mamet
- Dying to be Thin by Linda Carson
E/F/G
- Early Frost by Douglass Parkhirst
- East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovitch
- Elephant’s Graveyard by George Brandt
- English Made Simple by David Ives
- Fable, A by Jean Claude van Itallie
- Falling: A Wake by Gary Kirkham
- Field, The by Clem Martini
- Fifteen Minute Hamlet by Tom Stoppard
- Fifteen Minute Minimum by Roberto F. Ciccotelli
- Final Play by William Lang
- Fortress by John Scanlan
- Frankenstein by R.N. Sandberg
- From the Mouths of Babes by Eva Anderson
- Game, A by Dennis Noble
- God and Poker by Christopher McNeil
- Great American Cheese Sandwich by Burton Cohen
- Great Gromboolian Plain by Don Nigro
- Great Slave Lake by Don Nigro
H/I/J/K
- Haiku by K. Snodgrass
- Half Time at Halcyon Days by Carol Mack
- Hamlette by A. Williams
- Here Lies Henry by Daniel MacIvor
- Hide and Seek by Drew Carnwath
- Hope Slide, The by Joan MacLeod
- Hope ‘n Mercy by Kent R. Brown
- Horse Girls by Jenny Rachel Weiner
- Hush Little Celia, Don’t Say a Word by Joseph Wallace
- I, Claudia by Kristen Thomson
- I Am Not Batman by Marco Ramirez
- I Can Fly by Royce Vavrek
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It by Bradley Hayward
- I Dream Before I Take the Stand by Arlene Hutton
- I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti
- In on It by Daniel MacIvor
- If Men Played Cards as Women Do by George S. Kaufman
- In this World by Hannah Moscovitch
- Insanity of Mary Girard, The by Lanie Robertson
- Inside A1 by David S. Baker
- Instincts by Jason Milligan
- Jilted by Royce Vavrek
- Juvie by Jerome McDonough
- King of the Pekinese Yellowtale by Sarah Brown
L/M
- Labels by Marisa Jordan
- Last Visitor, The by Allan Williams
- Late Company by Jordan Tannahill
- Laundromat, The by Eric Geyer
- Laundry and Bourbon by James McLure
- Least Offensive Play in the Whole Darn World, The by Jonathan Rand
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow by K. S. Milligan
- Legoland by Jacob Richmond
- Less? by The Company
- Liars by Dennis Foon
- Life as a Fly by Margaret Matulie
- Life Sentence, A by Mark Seaman
- Little Sister by Joan MacLeod
- Lone Star by James McLure
- Look Me in the Eye by Lindsay Price
- Lot 13: The Bone Violin by Doug Wright
- Louder Than Words by Morgan Day and Greg Wolcott
- Lust by David S. Raine (in Plays in Ten)
- Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicote
- Math by Don Zoldis
- Matt & Ben by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers
- Medea by Euripedes
- Minor Incident, A by H. Brooks
- Mirrors by John O’Brien
- MMMbeth by Allison Williams
- Monster by Daniel MacIvor
- Most Massive Woman Wins, The by Madeleine George
- Mother Tongue by Betty Quan
- The Murderous Mansion of Mr. Uno by Don Zoldis
N/O/P
- Naomi in the Kitchen by Christopher Durang
- Neck-Breaking Car Hop by Stewart Lemoine
- Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor
- New Canadian Kid by Dennis Foon
- Night in the Ukraine, A by Dick Vosburgh (in A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine)
- Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ so Sad by Arthur L. Kopit
- Oh, What a Night by Jody Crawford
- Our Place by Terry Gabbard
- Paper SERIES by David Yee
- Passage by David S. Raine
- Penguin Blues by Ethan Phillips
- Personal Effects by John McNamera
- Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread by David Ives
- Pillow Talk by Peter Tolan
- Play by Samuel Beckett
- Postcards by James Prideaux
- Power Play by Lindsay Price
- Pvt. Wars by James McLure
R/S
- Raft of the Medusa, The by Joe Pintauro
- Raven, The by Edgar Allen Poe, adapted by B. Boyd
- Reflex Action by Douglas Craven
- Rope Against the Sun, A by Al Pittman
- S.P.A.R. by Stephen Gregg
- Salt Water Moon by David French
- Sanctuary by Emil Sher
- Savage / Love by Sam Shepard
- Scarecrow by Don Nigro
- Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World by Peter Parnell
- Self Phone by Brendon Etter (in The Best 10-Minute Plays 2010)
- Selfie by Bradley Hayward
- Sermon, A by David Mamet
- Serpent: A Ceremony, The by Jean-Claude van Itallie
- Shape of a Girl, The by Joan MacLeod
- Showdown at Sand Valley by Ken Mitchell
- Silent Snow, Secret Snow by Conrad Aiken
- Skin by Dennis Foon
- Sociability by Charles Dizenzo
- Specter by Don Nigro
- Staggering Heartbreak of Jasmine Merriwether, The by Don Zoldis
- Stonewater Rapture, The by Doug Wright
- Suddenly Shakespeare by Kim Selody
- Sultans of the Street by Anusree Roy
- Sure Thing by David Ives
- Swagger – by Eric Coble
T
- Take Five by Westley M. Pederson
- The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
- Terezin Promise, The by Celeste Raspanti
- That’s Not How I Remember It by Don Zolidis
- This House has Quiet Rooms by Larry Jon Maness
- This is a Play by Daniel MacIvor
- This is a Test by Stephen Gregg
- This Phone will Explode at the Tone by Lindsay Price
- This Property is Condemned by Tennessee Williams (in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton)
- This Side of Heaven by Don Zoldis
- Threnody by David-Matthew Barnes
- Three by Colin Carbonera and Chris Metcs
- This is a Play by Daniel MacIvor
- This Side of Heaven by Don Zoldis
- Ths Phne 2.0 by Lindsay Price
- Tick Talk by Lindsay Price
- Time Flies by David Ives
- Time Out by Ken Dashow (in Da-Show Must Go On)
- To Burn a Witch by James L. Bray
- Tracks by Peter Tarsi
- Trouble with Guys, The by Robert Mauro (in On Stage)
- Tuesdays and Sundays by Daniel Arnold
- Tuna Fish Eulogy by Lindsay Price
U-Z
- Ugliest Girl Meets Elvis by C. Brave Rock and R. Big Head
- Ugly on the Inside by Steven Boe and Whitney Boe
- Unholy by Diane Flacks
- The Unforgetting by Alan Dilworth
- The Unknown Part of the Ocean by Sheri Wilner
- Us and Them by David Campton
- Waiting in Tobolsk by Norman Allen
- Wake-Up Call by Stephen Gregg
- Waiting for Death by Michael Maiello
- Wanda’s Visit by Christopher Durang
- Washtub Farce by Tony D. Morinelli
- Watermelon Boats by Wendy MacLaughlin
- Well-Diggers Daughter; Or, She Found Herself in Deep Water, The by Eddie Cope and Carl L. Williams
- When God Comes for Breakfast by Gary Apple
- When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet by Charles George
- Where Have All the Lightening Bugs Gone? by Louis E. Catron
- Who Gets Charlie? by Mike Willis
- Why Do We Laugh by Stephen Gregg
- Winning Number, The by Sarah Brown
- Wooden Pear, The by Gillian Plowman
- Woodman and the Goblins, The by Don Nigro
- Words, Words, Words by David Ives
- WROL (Without Rule of Law) by Michaela Jeffery
- Y’Know adapted by Stephen Goyette and Nathan Lone
- Zoo Story, The by Edward Albee
