17 Best Drama Play Scripts for High Schoolers provides teen actors 17 one-act theatre scripts to be used for drama class or stage production.

17 Best Drama Play Scripts for High Schoolers

CHECKING IN
After promising his mother before she died that he will find his father, Rob meets his real dad for the first time.

ATTENTION
Michelle calls her sister out for always causing drama within their family circle.

THIN ICE
Kyle has recently moved into a new neighborhood and new high school and tries to fit in.

BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL
This monologue comes from the one-act play Playing The Victim and is about financial struggle and independence.

FAR ENOUGH
Matt got mixed up with the wrong group of friends and when they acted upon evil intentions, he reacted in a way he didn’t expect.

ACTING DIFFERENT
Cassandra and her boyfriend get along just fine until they are hanging out with his friends.

DUST IN OUR EYES
Dean talks to his best pal about how she needs to live life for herself and not worry so much about making everyone else happy.

LITTLE CREATURES
Abby has a hobby of making puppets but her real passion is talking to them because they are alive.

OTHER SIDE OF THE CHASM
Chad has always been considered the outcast by the other students but deep down all he wants to do is be accepted.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT
Chanade is suicidal and as a last-ditch effort for help, she calls upon her best friend to meet her at a cliff.

ROSE TO ASH
Aggie is cared for by her no good uncle and there’s seems to be no escaping the pain she feels living in her environment.

TREAT ME DIFFERENT
Marshall is experiencing a major identity crises and wishes he can open up and talk to his father about his trouble.

DESPITE THE RAIN
Elizabeth is a clairvoyant who gets visited by a private investigator.

MIND TRICK
This can be played by a female or a male, depending on interpretation and the play explores isolation and internal thoughts.

INVISIBLE ROADS
Jud is planning a crime in order to flee her environment but needs her friend’s help to make it possible.

BETTER LEFT UNSAID
Sal and his best friend come together talking about their difficult parents and violence in their homes.

SIREN IN THE NIGHT
Crystal has been living on the streets for quite some time but she has a run in with her friend’s father, who tries to help her.

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