FIVE Plays for Young Audiences • Volume 8 Theatre for Young Audiences Series
by Joanna H. Kraus A collection of FIVE plays that speak to young hearts and minds whether they are in school, in the…
Tag: Women Playwrights and Composers
Listing of Women who write plays, musicals, music or lyrics
Kimchi Kid • TYA Family Play about the power of Adoption
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…
For The Glory • A Play
by Joanna H. Kraus (with Hobart Brown) Dawn, wanna-be journalist, is tired of being an Indy 500 driver’s trophy girlfriend. Instead, she’ll cover…
The Dragon Hammer and The Tale of Oniroku • Two TYA Plays from Korean and Japanese Legend
Two Short Plays for Young People [and others] To Perform (TYA) by Joanna H. Kraus The Dragon Hammer comes from an old fairy…
My Turn On Earth • Storybook
by Carol Lynn Pearson Illustrated by Cam Clarke Cover Illustration by Kay Stevenson Available after a long absence from the bookshelves! The…
Me2 • short TYA
by Joanna H. Kraus Two girls, raised in opposite parts of the country, accidentally meet in an upscale California mall. Madison and Emily,…
Joanna H. Kraus • Playwright/Author
Joanna H. Kraus is an award-winning playwright of twenty Theatre for Young Audiences produced/published plays, among them The Ice Wolf (Dramatic Publishing) and…
Tamales and Roses • short TYA
by Joanna H. Kraus When a flower girl gets stage fright and can’t start the wedding procession, she’s convinced no one will forgive…
Do I Look Like Anyone? • a short ZOOM play
by Sheila Rinear THE PERFECT TWO CHARACTER ZOOM PLAY WITH TWO PERFORMERS WHOSE CHARACTERS NEVER MEET IN PERSON! Meeting your Birth Mother? Important,…
Morag Shepherd • Playwright
Morag Shepherd is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. Shepherd grew up in rural Scotland and England before studying playwrighting at Brigham Young University,…
Flora Meets A Bee • a play for grades K-3
by Morag Shepherd Eight-year-old Flora has lived in six foster homes since the age of five. One day Flora meets Bee and their…
River.Swamp.Cave.Mountain. • TYA (Grades K-3)
by Elaine Jarvik This is the story of five-year-old JJ (who has lots of questions) and eight-year-old Izzy (a know-it-all who…
Myrth Elizabeth Burr • Author
Myrth Elizabeth Liston Burr, was born March 9, 1921 to Hazel G. Riddle and Don Carlos Liston in Escalante, Utah. Myrth spent her…
American Dreams: Immigration Stories – A Monologue Play
by Linda Britt (Ideal for Professional, Amateur and Educational theatrical productions groups.) Also perfect for Online Events as great Online theatre. A powerful,…
An Enchanted April a musical • Vocal Selections/Song Book
Music & Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Book and Lyrics by Elizabeth Hansen 17 Songs in Piano-Vocal format In just one short Enchanted…
FIVE Plays by Sheila Rinear • Playwrights on the Page Series • Book 12
BOOK 12 FIVE Plays by Sheila Rinear Lifelines Merry Gentlemen Counter Intelligence A Day Without Palestine Do I Look Like Anyone? Sheila Rinear…
Little Women — a musical
Book and Lyrics by R. Rex Stephenson Music by Emily Rose Tucker UNDER CONSTRUCTION PLAY DETAILS: Order# 3330 Performance License…
The Cricket On The Hearth — Staged Radio Play
Adapted from the Charles Dickens story by R. Rex Stephenson & Jody D. Brown (For performance by any amateur, educational or professional theatre…
Patricia Mew — Author
Patricia Mew’s short plays have been produced at the Maine Playwrights Festival (2012, 2013, 2014), PortFringe (2015, 2016), and King of Crows II…
All The Wrong Moves — a ten minute play
by Patricia Mew For production by Professionals, Amateurs, Colleges/Universities and High Schools. Two millennial couples meeting at a restaurant for an evening out…
Merry Gentlemen — a play inspired by “A Christmas Carol”
The story of “A Christmas Carol” provides a loose framework and several characters for this exploration of parent-child relationships. Tired of the same old Christmas Carol? This may be exactly what you are looking for!
The Skeleton In The School — An Elementary Musical
A skeleton is discovered in the school’s boiler room and the rumors start flying!
Who’s Running The School – an Elementary Musical
Book & Lyrics by Linda Britt Music by Colin Britt The premise is simple: What if you came to school and couldn’t find…
Chosen: Stories On Adoption — play
A warm, moving, and sometimes funny look at adoption from the minds and hearts of the adopted and those who adopt them.
Mrs. Smith Goes To Washington — One Woman Play
A Tour-de-Force for a solo actress portraying Margaret Chase Smith, first female Senator from Maine
An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile — play with songs
The North Maine Woods are many things — haunted is one of them; as 10-year-old Olivia soon finds out.
The Scarlet Letter — a play
One of America’s most powerful stories created for only FOUR performers.
SUFFRAGE — a play
The struggle over voting rights for women in the second State ever to adopt that amendment: Utah.
Cinderella’s Miss-Adventures — TYA
From the Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads come this most imaginative retelling of one of the most beloved Fairy Tales
The Not-So-Scary Nightmare Adventure — TYA
The land of sleep and dreams and all that can be found there make up this clever story of Bri, the Toothfairy, and her travels to save her ‘children.’
Freedom Song — A Story of Hope — TYA
One of the most powerful and inclusive scripts on the Underground Railroad and the power of personal freedom we have ever come across
Alexandra Grace Gaver — Author
Biography and listing of Plays for a playwright from the Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads
RUFF! by Jenifer Nii — TYA
Two dogs in an Animal Shelter — what better location for a play about prejudice and overcoming fear
The Little Mermaid’s Little Sister — TYA
A delightful twist on the fairy tale as both the mermaid and her prince have a younger, same-gender sibling who get them and others into trouble; but it’s the little sister who is at the center of this story.
The Zenith Escape — a short musical TYA
TV screens, computer screens, video screens, phone screens — what if they were the literal gateway to our scariest nightmares?
Christmas On The Blue — A New Musical for Christmas
1940s, World War 2, Big Band, Radio station on the brink of collapse musical! With a Christmas Theme to boot!
Toad! — A “Wind In The Willows” Musical
A lush and lovely score with unforgettable characters and situations, brings this Kenneth Grahame tale to life in a Broadway-style adaptation.
The Wind in the Willows — Short Musical
“The Wind in the Willows” as a melodrama? It’s not as strange as it might sound!
Before Nevermore: A Poe Adventure — Short Musical
Where did Edgar Allan Poe get his ideas? Who was he before he became the successful writer? This is one likely (or unlikely) scenario that will delight your audiences!
Lifelines — A Play
This is a provocative and healing story about surviving the suicide of a loved one.
Jes Marbacher • Author
Jes Marbacher is a writing and communications professional and freelance theater artist working in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She first came to NHTP through…
Well-Behaved Women — A Play for TYA
Women’s Suffrage is keenly and insightfully explored for young audiences.
Sheila Rinear — playwright
Sheila Rinear is a San Antonio-based, award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and teacher. Her work has been commissioned, developed and produced throughout the United States…