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A blog for playwrights, dramatists, dramaturges and theatre enthusiasts.
One-Act Plays for Kids: Short Scripts for Schools and Community Theater
Discover the best one-act plays for kids with fun, flexible scripts for schools, churches, and youth theater programs.
Best Elementary School Play Scripts for Young Performers
Find the best elementary school play scripts with flexible casting, simple staging, and engaging stories perfect for young performers and school audiences.
Script Spotlight: Traveling Back to the Old West — A Timeless Crossing by Bruce Thomas
Time travel meets the Wild West in this 60-minute play by Bruce Thomas—where one day in the past costs 16 months at home.
Great Plays for School Drama Groups
Plays for elementary, middle, and high school stages—age-appropriate scripts with flexible casting, easy tech, and school-friendly run times.
Script Spotlight: Milley and the Three Parrots That Learned to Be Kind by Gerald Okafor
Script Spotlight on Gerald Okafor’s Milley and the Three Parrots That Learned to Be Kind—a short, playful play about kindness, growth, and positive influence.
Scriptmore Blog: Large Cast Plays to Get Everyone Involved
Discover the benefits of large-cast plays for schools, churches, and community theaters—and find scripts that give everyone a meaningful role onstage.
Adapted Scripts to Bring Classic Stories to Life
Bring timeless stories to life with Scriptmore’s classic play adaptations—streamlined, flexible, and perfect for schools, churches, and small theaters.
Script Spotlight: The Storekeeper by David Beshears
David Beshears’ play The Storekeeper brings a Twilight Zone-inspired mystery to the stage, following a group of strangers who arrive at a remote general store with no memory of how they got there. Originally written as a novella, Beshears adapted it for theater, emphasizing eerie atmosphere, dynamic dialogue, and suspenseful storytelling. With its moody setting and unanswered questions, The Storekeeper keeps audiences guessing until the very last moment.
Comedy Play Scripts for a Good Laugh
From slapstick to satire, these comedy play scripts feature many styles and themes, catering to diverse tastes and preferences.
Script Spotlight: Rainbow Valley by Graham Donahue
Little House on the Prairie. Anne of Green Gables. The Waltons. They don’t make many warm-hearted, period-piece family dramas like those any more, but Virginia playwright Graham Donahue thinks there’s still a place for them on modern stages. “Rainbow Valley,” now available on Scriptmore, makes a good case for that.