A Christmas Without Christmas • Musical TYA
a Musical Christmas Tale for young people by James Arrington Music and Lyrics by Lisa Radulovich Another year. Another Christmas. Another crisis. Or…
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a Musical Christmas Tale for young people by James Arrington Music and Lyrics by Lisa Radulovich Another year. Another Christmas. Another crisis. Or…
A comedy for the young by Rob Lauer Based upon the famous Oz books by L. Frank Baum In this comedy adventure, Dorothy returns to…
by Genevieve Aichele A Collection of 15 short playlets for use in classrooms, seminars, workshops, and in performance for an audience, with curriculum…
Book by Charles W. Whitman Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Additional Material by Michael Evenden Thrill to the “War Prayer”! Laugh and…
a collection of raw thoughts in the aftermath of senseless tragedy by Stacey Tirro On May 25, 2020, amidst a pandemic that shut…
by J. D. Newman Episode 3 of the Sandy Hunter Saga Twelve-year-old Clara doesn’t know what she wants to be, but she knows…
Welcome to the Magic! Book by SUSAN KIM Music by MATTHEW MARTIN WARD Lyrics by STEPHEN COLE Trying to fit into a new…
#13 — FIVE Small Cast Touring Plays for Young Audiences (Order #5031) (5×8) (COMING SOON) The Emperor’s New Clothes by E. Gray Simons…
Volume 12 — Plays of the Sandy Hunter Saga by J.D. Newman (Order #5030) (5×8) (COMING SOON) Clicking on any title below will…
#11 …Half A Dozen of the Other Clicking on any title below will take you to that plays’ Performance Licensing page. Liberated Cinderella by…
A SUPER Play for Young Performers! by J. D. Newman Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays Three groups meet for the first…
by Drew Chappell Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays The town of Shoreville is situated close to a dam that was built…
by Wendy Gourley Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays Ingredients: (a) pirates (b) commedia dell’arte (c) a fight sequence (d) one large…
And the curriculum/program that created them! Volume 9 of the Theatre for Young Audiences SERIES Edited by J. D. Newman “Theatre groups and…
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) In this tragic retelling of the story of Medusa, Medusa’s traumatic backstory is…
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) The classic fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen is retold…
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) After the fall of Troy, a group of refugee children must rely on…
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Ichabod Crane has come to Sleepy Hollow to replace the former school mistress…
by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King Based on the Japanese Fairy Tale : The Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings When this Japanese…
by J.D. Newman (Perfect for Professional, College/University, Community, High School, Middle School, and other Youth Theatre Groups) A one-man play that tells the…
a play by Eric Samuelsen About the social order of a playground, along with the attendant bullying, BUMPS presents a microcosmic view of…
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Slightly amended from its appearance in the longer play, BUMPS, this play about the social order of…
by Genevieve Aichele As Thor, the God of Thunder sleeps, the Ice Giants sneak in and steal his mighty hammer, symbol and source…
Adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen tale by Genevieve Aichele The typical array of princesses––all royal, all wrong. But when Prince Emory meets…
A Turkish Fairy Tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Fear. We all know about it, have even experienced it in our lives. But we…
Adapted from the Greek Myth by Genevieve Aichele Kidnapping. Heartbreak. Evil exacting a price. Sounds like the 5 o’clock news? Well, no —…
(based on the story by Washington Irving) Adapted by Genevieve Aichele This is a simple but imaginative story-theatre telling of the famous tale…
A Traditional Tale from India adapted by Genevieve Aichele Wisdom from the smallest of all helps the jungle animals to maintain order when…
A Czechoslovakian tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Riddles. Cleverness. This simple, charming story will delight children and adults alike as The Burgomaster of…
Adapted from Irish folk lore by Genevieve Aichele A very early step-mother story, this time out of jealousy for the love of Lir,…
Adapted from Hawaiian Myth and Lore by Genevieve Aichele Hawaii’s rich mythology and lore provide the story for this script dealing with love,…
by Eric Samuelsen We hear it all the time. “I met him on the internet.” That simple statement that sends shockwaves through parents…
by Joanna H. Kraus A collection of FIVE plays that speak to young hearts and minds whether they are in school, in the…
by J.D. Newman Growing up, making choices, being responsible for yourself and the choices we all make might seem everyday to some, but…
by J. D Newman Episode 2 of the Sandy Hunter Saga Sandy Hunter’s entrance essay has earned her admission to Memorial Catholic School….
by J. D. Newman Episode 3 of the Sandy Hunter Saga Twelve-year-old Clara doesn’t know what she wants to be, but she knows…
by Joanna H. Kraus When Hak Soo, a nine-year old Korean boy, arrives at a New York airport, he’s frightened by the excited…
Two Short Plays for Young People [and others] To Perform (TYA) by Joanna H. Kraus The Dragon Hammer comes from an old fairy…
Adapted from the Collodi Classic by E Gray Simons III MORE SOON Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY DETAILS…
Crazier then Grimm by E Gray Simons III and Tara Franklin MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side…
From Rudyard Kipling’s Classic by E Gray Simons III So, just how do you suppose the leopard got his spots? Why is the…
From the Lewis Carroll Classic by E Gray Simons III MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY…
From the Charles Perrault fairy tale by E Gray Simons III MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side…
Adapted from Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto from the Mozart Opera by E Gray Simons III MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from…
Three interwoven stories from the Book of One Thousand and One Nights by E Gray Simons III Three tales—Prince Ahmed and the Fairy…
From Hans Christian Andersen by E Gray Simons III MORE SOON Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY DETAILS TYA…
Based on the Chinese Folktale “Journey to the West” by E Gray Simons III written in collaboration with Blue Hill Performance Ensemble MORE…
Suggested by the ballads and legends by E Gray Simons III written with Foster Durgin MORE SOON Part of the Series: Tales from…
From the Kenneth Grahame classic by E Gray Simons III MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY…
by Joanna H. Kraus Two girls, raised in opposite parts of the country, accidentally meet in an upscale California mall. Madison and Emily,…