NEW! There's a new edit up as April 15. Take a look. Can best-friends-forever really last forever? A tale of a forty-year friendship told through school notes, letters, and emails. Can be done with two to 10 female actors. Serio-comic. 70-80 minutes. No set, no memorization, few props. Read for free: Yours until Niagara Falls
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Welcome to the plays of Claudia Haas. Thank-you for the visit! The plays have had over 1500 productions in every state in the USA as well as on six continents. I have a large body of work for teen performers. I skype and zoom for free. Message me so I can take a break from working.
My new plays can be read in their entirety on this site for free. Be kind. Read but don't produce without obtaining rights. Not that you would do that. NEWS: Almost Mary (science play about 12 year-old Mary Anning's big fossil discovery) to be published by YouthPLAYS. Not in Our Town (about the "Not in Our Town" movement to combat hate; now published by Pioneer Drama. A Day of Dreaming. Flexible cast of 8-17. Vignettes about dreams and finding love. Just published by Eldridge Publishing. NEW PLAY: Yours Until Niagara Falls was professionally developed and a new (and more exciting) version is now on the website. Info on the side bar. Read for free. More information about it on the Youth Plays Unpublished page. Remembering Margot - Read entire play for free - updated 7/25/2023 Minimum cast: 8 Maximum cast: 15+ This was just reworked after a reading at Utah Valley University. This play is a re-imagining of Margot Frank's brief life based on newly-surfaced photos of her. Rather than the depressed, “head always in a book” snapshot of Margot, the photos show an athletic, fun-loving teen enjoying the company of friends. Read the play for free: Remembering Margot A one-act version is available. It uses 8 actors (6 female, 2 male), has an easy set up and is under 35 minutes. Remembering Margot One Act The United Plays of America is available for download in Word or pdf. 51 plays from every state in the USA plus Washington D.C. suitable for classroom use. They are free to use in the classroom. Examples are on the Free Scenes for Teens page. There is a royalty attached for use with an audience. The plays have been tested in classes across the country, in 4 countries, and have been used in festivals. Message me if you want the anthology (it's 51 plays so a BIG file). American Alliance for Theatre Education's Playwrights for Change contest winner: Hiking. Read it on the Free Scenes for Teen page. Cast: 2 females; ten minutes. Things I should tell you about: Honors and Awards and Play Development: I won't bore you with them but if you are so inclined they are on the About Me page. Sign up for my free newsletter detailing what's new on the website. It's one page, no spam and comes out the first week of the month from August through May. You can sign up on the Contact page. More details on the Free Scenes for Teens page. IN THE NEWS: Soundscapes is now published by Stage Partners and you can read the play here: Soundscapes. The focus in the play is on being neuro-divergent. The lead characters have "synesthesia." CAST: 10-30+ flexible. It was developed through NYU'S New Plays for Young Audiences especially for the high school stage. Director Dawn Fuller noted that "Soundscapes shows us that learning differences don't have to separate us." More plays for young performers on the Youth Plays Unpublished Page. The Published Youth Plays page will focus on a different genre every few months. The six plays currently featured celebrate summer and can be done outdoors with squirrels in attendance. Free Scenes for Teens: They are still going strong and I am adding to them. They are free to use in the classroom (and please and thank-you - only in the classroom). You must contact me with your name, school, city and state to get the rights. Ask to get on my mailing list for the once a month listing of "what's new" on the page. (It's only once a month and just during school year.) You can also find me on the New Play Exchange. All of the plays have full scripts for you to read. Like my page Claudia Haas, Playwright on Facebook and follow my latest news there. Scroll through and enjoy the site. |