100s of Free Play Scripts for Drama Students! - The Drama Teacher (2025)

DramaTix is a verylarge collection of Christian drama scripts suitable for the drama classroom. Scripts are categorised by topic (Bible stories, Easter etc). All scripts are free todownloadand royalty-free to perform. Each script has a brief synopsis with performance length, cast numbers, reader ratings etc.

Fantasticcollection of half a dozen original downloadable stage plays suitable for middle school students. Plays range from 60-80 minutes in length and have both small and large casts. Great for the drama classroom, youth theatre, camps, school productions etc. Professionally formatted with attribution the only requirement, but very worthy of a small donation.

Collection ofshort scenes from published playsand performances at short play festivals, suitable for teenage scene work in the drama classroom.

The Generic Radio Workshophasscripts to nearly 200 vintage radio plays and sketches from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. If you want to do a topic on radio plays in your drama classroom, this is the website for you.

Collection of40 free scene scripts(mostly two to three characters) suitable for the middle school classroom.

Playscripts has hundreds of scripts for drama students, but adozen quality play scripts are free to read(registration required).

Readers Theater Editions hasseveral dozen quality short readers theatre free scripts for drama students. Each script is free todownload, use in the classroom and perform. Playdetails such as age suitability, length, number of parts etc are also offered.

This collectionoforiginal ten-minute and full-length scriptsusedto be completelyfree. Nowadays, scriptdownloadscost a small fee, but the quality of the scripts for student use in the classroom and the low cost still earns them a place on this list. These scripts are great for the drama classroom, especially the ten-minute plays.

Free Drama hasdozens of short plays, skits and monologues for drama students. Free to read online or low costPDFdownloadavailable.

Simply Scriptsis perfect for senior high school students of drama and theatre, consisting ofexternallinks to bothfree contemporary scriptsandfree historicalplaysout of US copyright. Most scriptsin this selection are full-play length. Contemporary plays can bedownloadedin doc orpdf. Historical plays are classics, many very well known and completely free to read,download, print, use in the classroom & perform.

Great collection ofone-act historical plays now in the public domainand therefore royalty-free.

ProPlayshouses alarge number of professionally written full-length plays, suitable for students and adult performers. Most scripts are available to view, print anddownloadin full, making them useful for classroom drama. Performance rights must be obtained for production of the scripts.

Good School Playsis greatcollection of over 70 large-cast scripts for kids, written by high school drama teacher Richard Stuart Dixon. Website offers full play scripts, summaries, age suitability and casting information. Plays are free to produce. Prior permission from the playwright is all that is needed.

Kidsincois a hugecollection of short play scripts for younger children consisting of over 500 plays. Many scripts are adaptedstories or fables by unknown authors, while other plays are original works – all free to use in the drama classroom.

Directory ofdozens of readers theatre free scripts for drama students in K-3.