You said you less interested in musicals but my daughter has been in a few of the musicals from this place and they were great.

http://www.spotlightmusicals.com/

I liked Buffalo Bill's and Midsummer Nights Dream

I would like to suggest A Midsummer Night's Midterm, Pioneer Drama Company.  I have produced this twice (two different groups of kids in those age ranges)....introduces Shakespeare in a funny way and still presents the whole play!  In about 70 minutes.  I added one student, splitting some lines up; and wrote my own Shakespaerian-rhymed intro/welcome for the audience (presented in the beginning by the 8 fairies...2 boys who followed Oberon and the 6 girls were Titania's).  The kids and audiences loved it.  Both times, we had phenomenal talent which helped with the presentation.

Take a look at:-
- Gerald P. Murphy's 90-minute abridgement of A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Bl... Bl... Bluebeard by Mark Billen
- The Three Musketeers by Karen Letts
- Dracula - The Final Countdown by Geoff Bamber
- Charlie Cook's full-length adaptation of Pride and Prejudice
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Dave Jeanes
- The Raven by George Douglas Lee (a comic take on Poe's verse)

These are all non-musical plays, all full-length (the Raven is shortest at around 65 minutes), all within the compas of your agegroup, and all the titles have name reconition!




Edited by Lazy Bee - 6/17/10 at 12:30pm

Like Don, I have a number of plays at Playscripts (and elsewhere) that are well-suited to young actors, with my one-act dramedies (titles like Thank You for Flushing My Head in the Toilet and other rarely used expressions, 4 A.M. and After Math) being particularly popular.  There is a list of my works on the Playscripts site here:

http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=434

Additionally, my full catalogue--and most of my plays are suitable for young people--is here:

http://jondorf.com/index2.html

I'd also strongly recommend taking a look at YouthPLAYS, the new online publisher of plays for young actors and audiences.  All plays may be read as free electronic perusals in their entirely, and production costs include royalties only--no script costs.  You'll find dozens of scripts that are appropriate for middle and high school actors (including a great play, One Good Thing, by Don Zolidis!).  Check us out at www.youthplays.com.

Cheers,
Jon Dorf