Browse through our wide variety of plays and musicals by venue, whether you need a piece for a children’s theater, a festival of one-acts or forensics competition, middle or high school, or professional theater. You can browse by plays that were commissioned, premiered, or written by a theater or group. Also, you may choose to browse by theme (from College and Christmas to Shakespeare and Sports plays), casting (male, female, and ethnic characters), genre (classics, farces, mysteries, satires), or setting (from California to Florida, Russia to The South).

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Venue Children's theater - Ideal for young audiences, approx. age 10 and younger Colleges and Universities - Festival one-acts - Roles for six or more actors, ideal for school festivals Forensics: Duo pieces - Plays with two-person scenes ideal for speech competitions High school theater - Ideal for high school performers, approx. age 14-18 Middle school theater - Ideal for middle school performers, approx. age 10-13 Professional theater - Full-length plays for adult audiences

Credentials Actors Theatre of Louisville - Commissioned and/or staged by Actors Theatre of Louisville Ensemble Studio Theatre - Premiered in New York City by The Ensemble Studio Theatre Guthrie Theater - Commissioned by the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis (learn more) Keen Teens - Commissioned by Playscripts and produced by Keen Company, ideal for high school performers (learn more) National New Play Network - Commissioned, developed and/or premiered by member theaters of the National New Play Network (learn more) New Dramatists - Written by members of New Dramatists (learn more) Playwrights Horizons - Premiered in New York City by Playwrights Horizons Thespian Playworks - Winners of the International Thespian Society young playwrights program