FREE CLASSROOM SCENES FOR TEENS - Scenes for drama class
Below are scenes from published plays and short scenes that have been used in play festivals. They are free for classroom use and forensic competitions only (sorry but not to be used in one-act festivals or student one-acts even if no admission is charged). Otherwise, print, play and enjoy!
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FREE SCENES FOR TEENS
FOR TWO
Cast: 2 - Both roles can be male or female
Colorado: Bill Cody's Grave; comedy; Who's really buried in Bill Cody's Grave? Inquiring minds want to know.
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California: Don't Pet the Seal - comedy; California wildlife and friendship.
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I am the Walrus - Sibling rivalry about who is the walrus and who is the oyster is happening. Comedy. From Beatles-Song-Titled Anthology.
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Texas - Invasion of the Tumbleweeds; comedy, pseudo-horror. The tumbleweeds are coming.... from THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology
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Christmas: Oregon - Fa La La La Llama - comedy, fantasy - looking at climate change from a llama's point of view. From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology
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Pennsylvania - Scrapple - comedy - What is scrapple anyway? A Pennsylvania Dutch specialty and ... other things. From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology
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We Interrupt this Program - Drama; Gun Control
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North Dakota - The Enchanted Highway; 4 minute serio-comic discussion of art along the highway.. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Montana - Where the Buffalo Roam; comedy; it turns out that the buffalo in Yellowstone Park are not fond of human tourists. Yes, the characters are buffalo. From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICAN anthology.
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Delaware - Protect Our Chickens; 5-minute comedy about Delaware and chickens. From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Quarantined with Human - two minute comedy; Dogs are apparently happy with their humans sheltering in place. But not every cat is.
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Cast 2 - 1 male, 1 female
New! Curled Geese - comedy; a hard-of-hearing genie and his stressed-out mistress.
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NEW! Louisa and her Little Women - serio-comic; Thoreau advises Louisa on her writing. (From full-length play Louisa and her Little Women. Read play here.)
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And the Universe Didn't Blink - drama, fantasy, science; a scene where Miranda (age 15) tries to see if the laws of physics will allow her to see her father one more time. From the full length And the Universe Didn't Blink.
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I Want to Hold Your Hand - comedy; puppy love; part of a new anthology based on Beatles song titles.
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Eleanor Rigby - serio-comic; 2 lonely teens in their high school cafeteria; part of a new anthology based on Beatkes song-titles.
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Missouri - Redbird - Romantic Comedy; a blind date where a couple discovers they have nothing in common. Does it matter? From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Christmas (well, winter anyway): Frosty the Rogue Man - serio-comic; a cat-calling snowman is transformed.
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Remembering Margot; drama about Margot Frank (Anne Frank's sister). Scene with Margot and her classmate Jakob arguing over Romeo & Juliet.
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Indiana - All You Need is Love - romantic comedy; Is this really a proposal? From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Alaska - Moose Lips - Daisy's on a mission and it involves moose lips. Comedy. Note: There are kisses at the end. Or not. You decide. From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Idaho - Craters of the Moon; dark comedy; one could commit murder in this state park. But only if one was a murderer.
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Minnesota - A Paper Forest - serio-comic; a tale of climate change on the shores of Lake Superior. From THE UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Almost Mary - Bio of Mary Anning; serio-comic; Mary Anning (age 12) receives 2 books From Henry de la Beche (age 15); scene from full length play ALMOST MARY. Read published script at YouthPLAYS.
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Soundscapes - a teen play about synesthesia; serio-comic; Iris and Tony are 13-14. Scene from full-length play SOUNDSCAPES. Read published script at Stage Partners.
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Alabama: The Proposal; comedy; a monkey monument and a proposal.
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New York - Water Lilies; a perspective on Monet's Water Lilies; serio-comic; 5 minutes
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Founding Daughters; A play about four unsung, young heroines from the Revolutionary War. Read entire published script at Stage Partners.
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My Brother's Gift - Drama - A brother and sister during the Holocaust. (True Story) Read full script at Stage Partners.
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Under a Midsummer Moon - Drama (read publisher's script - Dramatic Publishing) Viet Nam, the Moon landing and magic
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Antigone in Munich - The Sophie Scholl Story - Nazi Germany resistance. Drama (from a full length; read script and obtain rights from Stage Partners.)
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Kafka and the Doll - fantasy (from full length; read script from my Youth Plays Page) a fantasy of Franz Kafka writing letters from a doll; scene with Lisette (a doll) and a singing Porpoise from full length Kafka and the Doll.
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Maine - serio-comic - a 2-minute ditty starring the Northern Lights. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Cast: 2 females
New! 13 Seconds with Lin-Manuel Miranda - comedy; what if you met your favorite celebrity in an elevator?
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I Only Want to Dance with Your - serio-comic; LGBT; it's prom night - from an anthology based on Beatles Song Titles, Scene
Yours until Niagara Falls - Lina and Izzy meet. A play about friendship told through letters. Serio-comic. The characters are ten but should be played by performers in their teens. The entire play was overhauled this spring so the scene is new.
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Yours Until Niagara Falls - Izzy and Lina tell each other their secretest secrets. Serio-comic.
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Yours until Niagara Falls - Izzy and Lina go to Junior High; the characters are 12-13 and should be played by older teens.
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Yours Until Niagara Falls - Izzy and Lina in high schhol - their first real fight. Drama.
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Scene 8 from REMEMBERING MARGOT; Anne and Margot Frank - going into hiding scene, drama.
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Hiking - drama; about self-harm, trying to be perfect and a chance meeting that may change all of that
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Kansas - serio-comic; one sister wants to go to Oz - for real. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICAN anthology.
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West Virginia - Smothering Ramps - comedy - a lesson in making ramps tasty - the southern way. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Iowa - Crashing Tulips; LGBT; a tulip festival and love and maybe more
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Almost Mary - Mary Anning (age 12) teaches Philippa (age 15) about fossil hunting; scene from full length ALMOST MARY. Read play at YouthPLAYS.
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South Dakota - The Sunflower Field - Serio-comic; two sisters plan on scattering their mother's ashes in a sunflower field. They have different memories of their mother. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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7 Weeks, 3 Days - drama; a close friend of Mari visits. Mari is sick. The visit is awkward. They are awkward. It's all awkward.
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Dear Anne from Nina - drama; pen pal correspondence between Anne Frank and Nina in Iowa. Read script and/or obtain rights at Stage Partners.
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Dear Anne from Nina - drama; scene between Anne Frank and Margot Frank. Read script and/or obtain rights at Stage Partners.
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Just in Case Texts - serio-comic; school shootings; two young teens
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By Candlelight - drama - full length play; teens and healing after 9/11. From fulel length BY CANDLELIGHT (obtain rights and/or read publisher's script - Playscripts)
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Shakespeare Unbound - comedy; Shakespeare mash-up. (obtain rights or read publisher's script - Dramatic Publishing)
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Overscheduled - comedy - a 3-minute ditty
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It's Special - drama - a two minute play; A mother has a surprise for her teen daughter after some back-to-school shopping
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2 males
Be Brave and Don't Look Back - drama - A celebration of a police officer's life who was killed in the Boulder grocery store shooting. The characters are middle-aged but the material is appropriate and accessible for high school and university students. Part of Code Red Playwrights.
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Oklahoma - comedy - What's in a Name? What do you do when your name is Peter Babbit and you're from Rabbit Cove Trap, Oklahoma? When do you own up to your name?
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Nebraska: Child of the Corn - comedy , fantasy - Xan's a corn farmer. Dan's fears he is turning into an ear of corn. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Under a Midsummer Moon - drama from full length play (obtain rights and/or read publisher's script - Dramatic Publishing)
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La Bella Cinderella - from full length comedy for youth based on the Italian Cinderella (obtain rights and/or read publisher's script - YouthPLAYS)
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1 male, 1 either male or female
The Fisherman and His Wife - full-length, fairytale comedy for young audiences (obtain rights and/or read publisher's script - Playscripts)
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1 female, 1 either male or female
Kentucky - comedy - Burgoo is a traditional food in Kentucky. What makes it authentic? The eye of newt? From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Wisconsin - Why a Duck? - comedy, fantasy - A poet meets a duck on a bridge in Milwaukee. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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FOR THREE
3 female
I Feel Fine (comedy), a back-stabbing, backstage comedy from a new anthology based on Beatles song titles, Scene
Massachusetts - Bewitched, Ghostly goings on in Salem, MA. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology..
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1 female, 1 male, 1 either male or female
Christmas: A Tale of Two Ornaments - comedy; two ornaments are falling in love as they are being terrorized by a kitten
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Sam and Willa and Jeeves; comedy about a magical fish, fish and chips, and Shakespeare.
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Christmas: Connecticut - The Reindeer Constellation, comedy; Christmas; Pretty sure Santa's not supposed to arrive on a tugboat.
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Colorado - Rocky Mountain Oysters; Who knew Colorado had Oysters? Comedy for "foodies."
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Vermont - One with Nature - comedy - Move to Vermont! There's snow on the ground all year, the biting flies are huge and it's paradise on earth. Maybe.,
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1 female, 2 either
She Loves You - comedy - three teens in a (maybe) love triangle. Who knows? From a new anthology of Beatles song titles (without the songs).
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2 male, 1 female
The Boy with the Triangle; comedy; Meredith Wilson struggles and struggles to create The Music Man. True story.
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By Candlelight - drama - from full length play about teens coming together after 9/11 (obtain rights and/or read publishers script - Playscripts)
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2 female, 1 male
New! A Day of Dreaming - "Nobody Can Hear You Scream" scene - comedy; a young girl trying to take the perfect photo meets a stranger with a penchant for horror stories... or worse. A new vignette play published by Eldridge Publishing. Read script here: A Day of Dreaming - Eldridge
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She Came in through the Bathroom Window - A long-lost scene from Romeo and Juliet that Shakespeare deleted. Maybe. From a new anthology of Beatles' song titles.
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She's Leaving Home - drama; After a childhood of taking care of her mother, Eloise leaves home and strikes out on her own. From a new anthology of Beatles' song titles.
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Hanukkah: Hanukkah Scene from Remembering Margot, serio-comic
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Robbery Scene from Remembering Margot, drama,
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Kafka and the Doll - adventure- fantasy; Lisette meets some alley-cats; from full-length youth play Kafka and the Doll
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Christmas: Washington - December 26 - Christmas is perfect. December 26th is another thing. Comedy. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology
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Remembering Margot - Anne Frank, Margot Frank, Peter Van Pels - a scene between the three young people hiding in the Secret Annex. Serio-comic.
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2 female, 1 either male or female
Rhode Island; Maddie visits the lighthouse of Ida Lewis every day. Ida Lewis was once known as "the bravest woman in America." And Maddie needs to be brave. Drama.
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3 either male or female
Hawaii - The Invisible Birds - comedy; It's not fair that only a god can see birds. Or is it? Adapted from lore.
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Something - comedy, Cat is upset when they cast a human as "Cat" and not Cat! From the new anthology of Beatles' song titles.
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Here Comes the Sun: Bernie, Dakota and Moon take off very early to see the sun rise. It's very important.
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Ohio - Revenge of the Squirrels; comedy; Ohio is the "Buckeye" state and squirrels like Buckeye nuts... and more. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMErICA anthology.
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New Mexico - Green Chilies Roasting on an Open Fire; gentle comedy; New Mexico's state "aroma" from UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Tarred and Feathered - comedy; three kids trying to stage a protest when everything goes wrong
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FOR CAST OF 4
4 female
New! Louisa and her Little Women - comedy. An early scene in the play introducing the four Alcott sisters.
(From full-length Louisa and her Little Women - read full play here.)
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New! Louisa and her Little Women - serio-comic. The Alcott sisters devise ways to save their home in Concord, MA. (From full-length Louisa and her Little Women - read full play here.)
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2 male, 2 female
Christmas: 1 male 1 female, OR 1 male, 1 female + 2 or more (much more) of either gender
And Frank Sinatra Singing in a Fig Tree - a holiday play about romance and Italian food
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Maryland - Under the Boardwalk; comedy, semi-romantic and the characters are crabs. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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Utah - Time; Serio-Comic; 2 grandparents and 2 of their grandchildren; time passes; don't let gratitude wait. From UNITED PLAYS OF AMERICA anthology.
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1 male, 3 females
NEW Christmas: Total Male Syndrome - 4 (3 female, 1 male)Video games, Christmas wrapping and surprises. Comedy.
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Gentle Assassins - WW2 drama; language appropriate but subject matter best for high school. Based on three female, teen spies in Amsterdam and the one assignment they refused to do.
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4 any gender
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Life Goes On. 4 (4 any gender) about grief. From Beatles anthology of song titles.
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Christmas: We Three Cats - 4 any gender. Three cats are determined to knock off the star on top of the Christmas tree. Who are you rooting for? Comedy.
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Cast of Five or More
Christmas: Tyrannical Angelicals - 5 (1 male, 1 female, 3 any gender). A young couple is trying to get their newborn to sleep. Angels singing loudly and a drummer is not helping the situation. Comedy.
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The Magic Fishbone - Scene 1; Cast of 5. 2 female, 1 male, 2 any gender. How Alicia acquired the Magic Fishbone - adapted from the Charles Dickens short story. Published by Big Dog Plays. (To read more of the play, go to The Magic Fishbone.)
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