Middle School
Pioneer Drama Service offers an incredibly broad range of family-friendly one-act and full-length plays and musicals written specifically for student actors, including comedies and dramas, dinner theatre and murder mysteries, literary adaptations, fractured fairy tales, and Christmas shows. Our plays win at middle school competitions, and our musicals are fun, fresh, and original, with affordable vocal and instrumental music tracks available for all of them.With Pioneer Drama, enjoy peace of mind knowing that our shows are family-friendly, our prices and fixed royalty fees are shown here, our granting of performance rights is automatic with any production order, and our customer service reps are eager to help you five days a week.
Narrow your search by using the slider bars to the left then including or excluding genres to easily find the perfect play or musical for your group!
Pioneer Drama is pleased to recommend these 1118 plays and musicals, hand-selected for middle school.
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As You Like It
A Modern English Adaptation
Cast: 7M, 4F, 1 role that can be any, plus an ensemble of 5-9
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 65 minutes Streamlined sets and staging add to the simple charm of this comedy adaptation that reminds us that all the world’s a stage and we’re merely the players. More... |
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Bah Humbug and Break a Leg!
Cast: Flexible cast of 9-13
Set/Time: Bare Stage / About 30 minutes This creatively designed holiday play will delight your audience! More... |
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The Fairy Tale Cafe
Cast: 3M, 3F, plus 6 roles that can be any
Set/Time: Interior cafe setting / About 40 minutes Welcome to the Fairy Tale Café, serving sugar, spice, and everything nice to the princesses, heroes, and good fairies of the kingdom. More... |
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A Fine-Feathered Murder
Cast: 2M, 4F, plus 2 roles that can be any
Set/Time: Interior English drawing room / About 25 minutes This hilarious parrot-y of British drawing room mysteries is one comedy that’s definitely for the birds! More... |
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Fish Tales
Cast: Flexible cast of 8-17, optional extras
Set/Time: Simple underwater sets / About 30 minutes Ideal as a TYA production with significant doubling or with a larger cast for young performers More... |
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Hard Boiled: A Nursery Crime
Cast: Flexible cast of 17 to 65
Set/Time: Interior interrogation room / About 60 minutes You don’t have to be an “eggs-pert” to love this series of nursery rhyme-inspired vignettes! More... |
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How Miss Pinch Stole Christmas
Cast: Flexible cast of 19, optional doubling
Set/Time: Exterior town square set / About 40 minutes This Dr. Seuss spoof is rib-tickling hysterical fun that will delight actors and audiences of all ages while reminding us about the spirit of peace, joy, and love that fills the season. More... |
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Mall Madness
Cast: 6M, 9F, plus 1 role that can be any
Set/Time: Interior mall food court set / About 80 minutes This hilarious and heartwarming tale of teenage love, friendship, and finding your true self is timeless as it celebrates the fads of the 1980s! More... |
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Murder at the Dude Ranch
Cast: 7M, 14F
Set/Time: Interior dude ranch lodge set / About 70 minutes When Grandpappy Galore leaves behind a cattle ranch without cattle, granddaughters Giggles and Lucky turn the place into a dude ranch More... |
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Myth-Understood
Cast: Flexible cast of 22-50 (minimum 6M, 6F, plus 10 roles that can be any)
Set/Time: Interior Mount Olympus throne room set / About 60 minutes Both educational and highly entertaining, this vignette-style play offers great flexibility and incredibly simple staging More... |
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