Best Musicals for High School
High schools love Pioneer Drama’s musicals, which all come with both instrumental and vocal tracks! Our high school musicals are fresh, original, and far easier on your budget than the big name shows that everyone has already seen! All our prices and royalty fees are published upfront and performance rights are automatically granted with any production order, making it quite simple to get started. Our popular high school musicals range from 45 minutes to two hours and include comedies, mysteries, literary adaptations, and Christmas shows. In addition to staged performances, livestream and recording rights are available for every single musical! The sets and costumes in most of our musicals for high school are designed to be as simple or as complex as your budget allows, and we encourage you to enhance your production with projections, as well. Our musicals offer flexible cast sizes with room for a large chorus, and we allow you to change the gender of most characters. At Pioneer, we make it easy to find the best high school musical to fit your cast!These are the 20 most popular musicals for high schools from Pioneer Drama Service
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The Big Bad Musical
A Howling Courtroom Comedy
Cast: Flexible cast of 14 (3M, 5F, plus 6 roles that can be any), chorus
Set/Time: Interior courtroom set / About 60 minutes The jury — your audience — must decide the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy‑tale world! More... |
Oz!
A dazzling musical based on the L. Frank Baum classic story
Cast: Flexible cast of 21, chorus, optional doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 90 minutes This bright musical is charged with a fresh array of songs. True to the classic book, the great and powerful wizard grants Dorothy’s friends their wishes and of course, helps Dorothy return to Kansas. More... |
The Ever After — A Musical
Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (2M, 9F, plus 5 roles that can be any), chorus
Set/Time: Interior talk show set / About 50 minutes Is Ever After really as happy as everyone expected? In a hilarious parody of daytime TV, host Sally Lizzie Jesse Donatello-Griffin wonders if time truly heals all wounds. More... |
The Rainbow Fish Musical (Large Cast)
A large-cast undersea musical adventure
Cast: Flexible cast of 15-30, optional chorus
Set/Time: Exterior ocean sets / About 60 minutes This large cast musical features a variety of charming sea-creature characters who admire the famous Rainbow Fish, the most beautiful fish in the ocean. More... |
Wonderland!
Cast: Flexible cast of 9-25, chorus
Set/Time: Interior fantasy set / About 90 minutes Wonderland! is an unabashedly silly adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. With hip-hopping music, it is an upbeat, coming-of-age story that audiences of all ages will adore! More... |
The Magical Land of Oz
A Musical Based on the L. Frank Baum Classic Book
Cast: Flexible cast of 20, chorus, optional doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 60 minutes When Dorothy’s house squashes the Wicked Witch of the East, she and Toto set out on an adventure to the great Oz with her friends, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Woodsman. More... |
The Nifty Fifties
Cast: Flexible cast of 21 (about 9M, 12F), optional chorus
Set/Time: Interior diner set / About 90 minutes Gracie has promised that her cousin, a rock star, will perform for the Hippity Hop. However, the manager doesn’t want his client performing without pay, so Gracie has to produce a double — and fast! More... |
Alice@Wonderland — The Musical
Cast: Flexible cast of 15-29, optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 80 minutes The folly of the 21st century collides with the madness of Wonderland in this rockin’ new musical adaptation that remains fairly faithful to Lewis Carroll’s original tale. More... |
Give My Regards to Broadway
Cast: 5M, 10F, chorus
Set/Time: Interior theater set / About 90 minutes Dick Foster’s Broadway show is opening, but he’s having serious problems. An aspiring young actress walks on the stage and could be the one to save the show, if only they had the money to put it on. More... |
The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree
Cast: 10M, 11F, plus 1 role that can be any, chorus
Set/Time: Exterior pirate ship set / About 120 minutes When his crew jumps ship upon sighting the pirates in the distance, Captain Jennings is left with a makeshift crew. As the lady pirates take over, you’re in for swashbuckling comedy. More... |
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