Pioneer Drama is pleased to recommend these 151 plays and musicals, hand-selected for theatre for young audiences.
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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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Jingle Bells Jury
Cast: Flexible cast of 15-30
Set/Time: Interior courtroom set / About 30 minutes To the shock of everyone, young Jim Dandy has called Christmas spirit ”a lot of nonsense.” A trial is being conducted in Candy Cane Courthouse and your audience is the jury! 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... |
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Just Like Us
Cast: Flexible cast of 16
Set/Time: Bare stage / About 30 minutes This play teaches about prejudice. On one side of a park live the Greens. On the other side of the park the Blues reside. Sadly, there is nothing but fear and hatred between the Greens and the Blues. More... |
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Gran’s Guide to Stop an Ogre (Also Works for Witches and Bullies)
Cast: Flexible cast of 15-26 (8M, 10F, plus 8 roles that can be any), optional extras, doubling
Set/Time: Interior living room set / About 30 minutes Full of fun roles and with easy production elements, this imaginative show explores the difficult problem of bullying and the many different forms it may take. More... |
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Cast: Flexible cast of 15
Set/Time: Exterior field set / About 20 minutes Easy to stage and rehearse and with lots of fun characters to play, this play is perfect for young or beginning actors! More... |
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Toy School
Cast: Flexible cast of 13, optional extras
Set/Time: Interior classroom set / About 45 minutes Toys don’t automatically know how to be the perfect plaything. They have to graduate from Toy School, receive their price tags to attain the privilege of being sold at toy stores. More... |

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Toy Camp
Cast: Flexible cast of 13, optional chorus
Set/Time: Interior classroom set / About 60 minutes Enter into the world of make-believe, a place where toys learn to be good toys. A group of toys have come to Toy Camp to hopefully graduate and earn their price tags to be sold at toy stores. More... |

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Jingle Jury
Cast: Flexible cast of 15-30
Set/Time: Interior courtroom set / About 45 minutes The Candy Cane Courthouse is now in session, and your audience is the jury! Not only is this show delightful and entertaining, it is also easy to perform with fun, original music, familiar Christmas carols and a role for everybody! More... |