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| Stoneybroke Hall by Georgina Cawood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 14. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children. Written for children to perform, but could be played by a mixture of adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Melodrama. Multiple sets, but sets can be stylised rather than realistic. |
| Synopsis | Stoneybroke Hall used to be an excellent school, but recently it has started to go down hill. Staff have been leaving and, mysteriously, the rival school at Graspyng Grange seems to have benefit. The mystery is unfolded by a cast of teachers, pupils and historical figures accidentally caught in a time machine |
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| Stoppit by Marcus Grollman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Characters are 12 children and three adults (assumed to be played by children). |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act ghost story for kids, set in a playground/classroom (originally played in--the-round so needs little in the way of set), simple props. |
| Synopsis | It's time to hand in homework again and no-one is looking forward to another of Mrs. Devenish's bad moods. It's especially worrying for Luther, who is running out of imaginative excuses for why he hasn't done his work again. No-one was expecting the strange events that were going to transform this normal school day into something that no-one was ever likely to forget! |
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| StreetBox by Deanna Alisa Ableser |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Gender of characters could be altered to suit production. |
| Run Time | Around 61 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama for youth theatre with a simple split stage setting, in American English. |
| Synopsis | A subtle examination of homelessness amongst teenagers, with an inspirational message delivered with a tender touch and dramatic staging. |
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| Student Teacher's Day by Garry R. Keane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. All characters are sixth graders (which is year seven in English money). |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for a school class. |
| Synopsis | It's the traditional day when one of the Sixth-Graders gets to be teacher, but is Anita abusing her privilege? And what will the class report to the school during tomorrow's assembly? |
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| Tap Tap by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. The characters are a mix of adults and children, either to be played by that mix or by children. Whilst there are 28 (gender-specific) named parts, these could be cut down by reassigning lines amongst the 'oldies' and 'kids' groups. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for one song (new lyrics, familiar tune!) is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Play for kids with music (one song). Single set - a Youth Hostel common room (and since Youth Hostels come in a variety of shapes, this gives a lot of freedom!) |
| Synopsis | A group of school children and their teachers find themselves in a Youth Hostel without beds due to a booking error. Is their fundraising trip finished before it begins? Luckily, sharing space with a group of old folks leads to more than just community spirit. |
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Three Nil Down at Half Time by Jonathan Edgington
A production by Watlington Young Players won Best Youth Production at the 2013 Hunstanton Drama Festival and a production by Cathal Ferry School (in a translated version) won the all Ireland Gaelic language schools drama competition in 2007. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. The characters are a mixture of adults and children (could be played by that mix, or all played by kids). There is opportunity for up to 11 additional characters (non-speaking), all female - the other members of the girls' football team. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Single set (the touchline of a soccer game) Minimal set and props. Chiefly British English, though the play has been successfully adapted for American performers. |
| Synopsis | The girls' soccer team is on a losing streak - until a half-time bet leads to a change of management! |
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| Time To Move by Iris Winston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The characters are written as ninth graders (14- to 15-year-olds), but could be played at other ages. There is an option for an on-stage band, and possibly other extras. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play for school kids. |
| Synopsis | It's the night of the big school dance, but Kim has something besides getting the gym ready on her mind. She's just found out she might be moving, and is scared to leave all her friends behind. A one act that examines the pros and cons of moving while young. |
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| Tom and Huck by Steven Bergman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. The characters are a mix of children and adults. The adult roles could be played by children or adults. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with a piano & vocal score for all the songs plus two (instrumental) chases. |
| Style | Musical for kids based on the classic story 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain, set around the Mississippi river in the late 19th century. |
| Synopsis | Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn get themselves and their friends into various scrapes, but ultimately emerge as heroes. |
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| The Treasure of Adrian Caesar by Marcus Grollman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. A mixture of children and adults (assumed to be played by children). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act adventure play for children, with a little light history thrown in! |
| Synopsis | 'The Eagle of the Ninth' meets 'The famous five' as a group of schoolchildren on a history field trip to Hadrian's wall foil a gang of jewel thieves. |
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| A Trip to the Beach by Sarah Cowan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children, assumed to be played by children. The roles could be redistributed over a larger or smaller group. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song and incidental music suggestions included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Humorous tale of a contemporary school outing. Suitable for a full class production. |
| Synopsis | Miss Brown takes her class on an educational trip to the seaside. A diverse, argumentative group of children sets out to examine cliff-top habitat, an examination which comes too close to comfort for Miss Brown. |
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