Pioneer Drama is pleased to recommend these 137 plays and musicals, hand-selected for theatre for young audiences.

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Through the Looking Glass
A wild and wacky version of the classic story
Cast: Flexible cast of 9-25, chorus
Set/Time: Interior fantasy set / About 60 minutes Your audiences will recognize some of their favorite characters of Wonderland and meet dozens of new ones in Alice’s hip-hopping journey through a looking glass. More... |
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The Baddest Angel Band
Cast: Flexible cast of 4, plus an ensemble of 10-24 extras
Set/Time: Bare stage / About 30 minutes Teen angels Cherry, Spir, and Angelina are about to be expelled from Angel School and have to redeem themselves by finding something worth saving on Earth. More... |
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A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol
Cast: Flexible cast of 20-31, optional extras, doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 60 minutes Everyone’s favorite holiday classic gets the fractured fairy-tale treatment! Starring Big Bad Wolf as Ebenezer, you never know who will show up next! More... |
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Red vs. the Wolf
Cast: Flexible cast of 10
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 45 minutes The kind, sensitive wolf gentleman from the Little Red Riding Hood story is upset, He has been maligned by society because of a story that has been repeated to generations of children. More... |
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Stories Under the Big Top
Cast: Flexible cast of 14-36, optional extras
Set/Time: Interior circus tent set / About 40 minutes It’s a circus full of laughter and lively storytelling as the ringmaster and players perform a variety of well-known tales. More... |
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Looking Glass Land
Cast: Flexible cast of 9-25, extras
Set/Time: Interior fantasy set / About 60 minutes This adaptation of the original improvises on the fun of the story and still retains some of Lewis Carroll’s deeper meanings. What it possesses most of all is a huge helping of unabashed silliness! More... |

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The Real Story of Little Red Riding Hood
Cast: Flexible cast of 10, optional chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 60 minutes It’s rare we get a chance to get the infamous Wolf’s point of view of this popular story. In this hilarious musical, however, our compassionate and sympathetic beast is understandably upset. More... |
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Stone in the Road
Cast: 7M, 7F, extras
Set/Time: Exterior country road set / About 30 minutes A queen puts her subjects to the test: anyone kind enough to move a large boulder from the road will be handsomely rewarded with a job as royal counselor to the queen! More... |
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The Mad Tea Party
Cast: Flexible cast of 12, optional extras
Set/Time: Exterior forest set / About 60 minutes A Wonderland story without Alice?! It’s about Time! More... |
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Folk Tales for Fun
A multicultural play for young people
Cast: Flexible cast of 9-45
Set/Time: Bare stage / About 45 minutes Let the Navigator from Folk Tales for Fun take you on a magnificent tour of Germany, Egypt, Turkey, Liberia and more with entertaining, universal folktales both new and familiar to children. More... |