The Odyssey • Full-length Play
by Eric Samuelsen (For production by Professional Groups, Colleges and Universities, Community Groups, and adventurous High Schools.) A faithful, action oriented adaptation of…
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Superpowers • TYA
A SUPER Play for Young Performers! by J. D. Newman Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays Three groups meet for the first…
Time Mirrors • TYA
by Drew Chappell Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays The town of Shoreville is situated close to a dam that was built…
The Hornswoggle Jig • TYA
by Wendy Gourley Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays Ingredients: (a) pirates (b) commedia dell’arte (c) a fight sequence (d) one large…
Noorda Theatre Youth Plays • Five Age Appropriate Scripts for Young Actors
And the curriculum/program that created them! Volume 9 of the Theatre for Young Audiences SERIES Edited by J. D. Newman “Theatre groups and…
Reflection • The Trauma of Medusa
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) In this tragic retelling of the story of Medusa, Medusa’s traumatic backstory is…
A.I., Too • A Search for Life
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) A.I., TOO by Mahonri Stewart. 3f, 2m, One simple setting. Modern/Futuristic costumes. About…
Servers • A New Musical
Book and Lyrics by Mahonri Stewart Music by Jason Fullmer (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) The humor and the pathos of…
Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens’ New Musical
Book and Lyrics by Mahonri Stewart Music by Nathaniel Drew (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) The colorful characters of Charles Dickens’…
Manifest • A Play of Meaningful Life
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Man and Woman are lost and confused in a dark and terrifying world…
The Snow Queen • A Short TYA Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) The classic fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen is retold…
Jinn • A Fantasy
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) To avoid the emotions of her life—even the joys—Calypso explores shops in the…
Immortal Hearts • A Short Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) A young man comes to grip with a break up with the woman…
The Death of Eurydice • The Greek Myth Explored
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) In this successful and beautiful short play that has been performed in theater…
Sense and Sensibility • Jane Austen’s Classic, adapted for the stage
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood…
The Trojan Children • TYA
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) After the fall of Troy, a group of refugee children must rely on…
Uneaten Cantaloupe • A Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Siblings, Oscar and Joan Godfrey are returning from their father’s funeral when they…
Swallow The Sun: The Early Life of C. S. Lewis • A Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) C.S. “Jack” Lewis became an internationally renowned author, famed creator of Narnia, and…
Secrets of Sleepy Hollow • A Thrill of a Ride
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Ichabod Crane is dead! He is the second school teacher in Sleepy Hollow…
Rings of the Tree • A Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Diana Applesong is a Victorian woman who has experienced tragedy after tragedy in…
Prometheus Unbound • A play of Greek proportions
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Phoebe faithfully serves at the temple of Delphi. There, she has a vision…
March of the Salt Soldiers • History Play
byJames Arrington and Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Commissioned by the Utah War Sesquicentennial Committee, this play takes a…
Legends of Sleepy Hollow • Halloween/Suspense
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Ichabod Crane has come to Sleepy Hollow to replace the former school mistress…
The Drownéd Book • Or, The History of William Shakespeare, Part Last
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) William Shakespeare has come home—but is he welcome back? Having traveled between London…
Cyrano From Nowhere • A Sci-Fi Comedy
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Cyrano, From Nowhere is a meaningful, metaphysical comedy, the classic story of Cyrano…
A Dickens Of A Tale • A Mono-Play
A Evening with 8 Characters of “A Christmas Carol” by Geoff Callaway It is ten years after Ebeneezer Scrooge’s “Great Epiphany” and he…
The Premature Burial • Radio Poe RADIO HOUR 1 • Part 2
by Cheryl Ann Cluff Three actors and a sound effects artist perform an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Premature Burial”. If…
The Tell Tale Heart — Radio Poe RADIO HOUR SERIES part 1
by Cheryl Ann Cluff Three actors and a sound effects artist perform an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart”. If…
The Funny Little Woman and Her Dumpling • A Short Play for Children
by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King Based on the Japanese Fairy Tale : The Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings MORE TO COME…
The Ugly Duckling • A Short Musical for Children
Book and Lyrics by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King Music and Additional Lyrics by C. Michael Perry & Mylee Bell Especially designed…
The Gift of the Magi • Part 1 of Yuletide, of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett O. Henry’s classic Christmas story “The Gift of the Magi,” originally published in 1905, it is a straightforward adaptation…
The Man Behind The Curtain • L. Frank Baum • One-man Show
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…
Magnificence • A Medieval Morality Play
by John Skelton. Translated and Adapted by Eric Samuelsen This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part…
Dreamers • a Ten-minute play
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Three English speaking friends, newly arrived in America, are searching the web for a school, an internship,…
Bumps • a play for Young Audiences • TYA
a play by Eric Samuelsen About the social order of a playground, along with the attendant bullying, BUMPS presents a microcosmic view of…
Foursquare • a Ten-minute play • TYA
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Slightly amended from its appearance in the longer play, BUMPS, this play about the social order of…
Little Men • A New Musical
Based on “Little Men” the sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” Book, Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Jo and Professor…
The Theft of Thor’s Hammer •TYA • World Tales
by Genevieve Aichele As Thor, the God of Thunder sleeps, the Ice Giants sneak in and steal his mighty hammer, symbol and source…
The Princess and the Pea • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen tale by Genevieve Aichele The typical array of princesses––all royal, all wrong. But when Prince Emory meets…
The Girl Who Found Fear • TYA • World Tales
A Turkish Fairy Tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Fear. We all know about it, have even experienced it in our lives. But we…
Persephone • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Greek Myth by Genevieve Aichele Kidnapping. Heartbreak. Evil exacting a price. Sounds like the 5 o’clock news? Well, no —…
Sleepy Hollow • TYA • World Tales
(based on the story by Washington Irving) Adapted by Genevieve Aichele This is a simple but imaginative story-theatre telling of the famous tale…
The Elephant and the Ant • TYA • World Tales
A Traditional Tale from India adapted by Genevieve Aichele Wisdom from the smallest of all helps the jungle animals to maintain order when…
Clever Manka • TYA • World Tales
A Czechoslovakian tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Riddles. Cleverness. This simple, charming story will delight children and adults alike as The Burgomaster of…
The Children of Lir • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from Irish folk lore by Genevieve Aichele A very early step-mother story, this time out of jealousy for the love of Lir,…
The Adventures of Hiiaka • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from Hawaiian Myth and Lore by Genevieve Aichele Hawaii’s rich mythology and lore provide the story for this script dealing with love,…
The Ice Front • A Play
by Eric Samuelsen It takes courage to pretend to be someone you are not in order to be who you are. The traitorous…
Slaying the Greeble • TYA
by Eric Samuelsen We hear it all the time. “I met him on the internet.” That simple statement that sends shockwaves through parents…
Five • A Ten-minute Play
by Eric Samuelsen In the world of Donkey Kong we find 5 Princess Zeldas: the Proud, the-full-of-pain, the girlfriend-not-a-princess, the Actor-princess, the Dangerous….
He & She Fighting • A Love Story
a comic play by Eric Samuelsen (Suitable for Professional, College/University and Community groups.) They are completely incompatible. He says something. She says the…