Ten Large Cast Plays for Middle School

Entertain your audiences and delight your actors with ten humorous and thought-provoking one-act plays for middle school and junior high students. And, the best part? Each and every one is royalty-free! This collection has something for every drama teacher and theater arts department, from adaptations of classics like Romeo & Juliet and A Christmas Carol to plays that allow your budding thespians to socially distance on stage or perform entirely through Zoom. Written by a 21-year veteran middle school educator and author of four books, each of Quinn Baldwin’s plays have between 20-30 largely gender neutral (and flexible!) parts, a compact run-time of 30-35 minutes, age-appropriate humor, dialogue and situations, and simple set designs. Not only can you use these plays for performances, but you can also utilize them for reader’s theater, character education, and language arts classes. Each play features discussion questions to take the content to the next level. Don’t pay hundreds of dollars for a single play you can only perform once. You’ll be able to come back to these plays again and again for a one-time low price! Contents include: SPLIT DECISION (regular & Zoom versions): a humorous play for character education ROMAYO & JULIE: a modern adaptation of Romeo & Juliet THE CONVERSATION CLUB: a retelling of The Breakfast Club THE POE PLAYS: modern twists on Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories FOUR SQUARE: a middle school Rocky-esque underdog story DISTANCE DUETS: duets that can be performed remotely or socially distanced STUCK: a revamp of Groundhog Day THREE GHOSTS AND A JOCK: humorous Christmas Carol retailoring MRS. FRANKENSTEIN: a futuristic adaptation of Frankenstein Praise for Quinn Baldwin’s plays from teachers around the world: “The students and I love it!” -Arizona “Your script was perfect!” -New York “My students and I are having fun!” -South Korea “The script is wonderful.” -Hawaii “Loads of fun!” -Ontario “We laughed the entire way through it!” -Utah “It’s funny, relevant, hilarious, has great young people humor, and I love the message about reading.” -Wyoming “Your play has been our favorite production to work on.” -Virginia “I have to tell you how much I love your scripts and your writing! Thank you for writing such awesome plays!” -Saudi Arabia