9 Drama Short Scenes for Young Actors

9 Drama Short Scenes for Young Actors offers teen actors scenes from scripts for acting class practice and drama school.

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In this compilation of teen scenes from plays, we’ve selected nine dramatic pieces that explore friendship, love, isolation, family, and ambition.

I’ve wanted to get away for the longest time. – from the play script Protective Shield

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Rita, Parla (2 women)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: Rita and Parla discuss running away together from the only world they’ve ever known.
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You ever listen to the blues? – from the play script Thin Ice

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Kyle, Scarlet (1 woman, 1 man)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: Kyle is a new High School student that has recently been transferred and is already in detention.  He meets a fellow student named Scarlet and the two discover a lot in common, despite their different backgrounds.
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Why should your opinion matter to me? – from the play script Imagined It To Be

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Sean, Douglas (2 men)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: A teenage boy and street hustler form an unlikely friendship that enhances their view of the world.
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We’re nowhere…so we probably don’t mean nothin’. – from the play script For All We’ve Got

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Shelley, Luna (2 women)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: Shelley and Luna may not see eye to eye at first, but they find common ground based on what their future potential could become.
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You ain’t ever been kissed before? – from the play script Cartwheel Leaf

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Filipina, Riza (2 women)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: Filipina admits that she likes a guy that everyone always makes fun of.
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You were giving up. – from the play script Other Side of the Chasm

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Lea, Chad (1 woman, 1 man)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: Chad tells his best friend Lia that he isn’t going to go to college, that he’s going to work at a music shop and get his own apartment.  Lia finds out the reason why and tries to help him out.
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How did you find me? – from the play script Checking In

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Rob, Billy (2 men)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: A father and son meet for the first time since father abandoned son while just a child. 
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Aren’t you going to try your eggs? – from the play script Treat Me Nice

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Mom, Corinne (2 women)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: Corinne and Mom live together and try to find a deeper closeness by discussing the father/husband that abandoned them. 
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It’s good to care deeply about the work that you do. – from the play script The Bear

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Tiffany, Mr. Vance (1 woman, 1 man)
• Play Length: 10 Minute Duration
• Description: Tiffany talks to her teacher Mr. Vance about how she can’t seem to focus on her studies.
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