Kids Theater

A New Yorker, NPR, and Washington Independent Review Best Book of 2025 A coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time, Jeffrey Seller, who is the only producer to have mounted two Pulitzer Prize–winning musicals—Hamilton and Rent. Before he was producing...

An eighth grader dares to direct the school play. Can she handle her cast of peers? Aimi Wilby loves theater and writing. With the spring play coming up, the budding author is thrilled to be assigned as an assistant director. Diligent Aimi can’t believe it when her teacher abruptly quits, and she is chosen to write and direct the entire production. Aimi refuses to be deterred even when she loses her mentor, her cast members fight, the school administrators prove apathetic, and parents are constantly overbearing. However, what the intrepid teenager fears most is that she will disappoint ...

From the charming and wickedly funny co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more. Rachel Bloom has felt abnormal and out of place her whole life. In this...

Every secret has its encore... Twenty years after a high-school tragedy silenced the Orpheum Theater, failed playwright Alana Quince returns to Marrow’s End, dragged home by a letter signed The Orpheum Players. The once-grand theater is now a husk of velvet and dust, haunted by the memory of seventeen-year-old Tamsin Malin, who died during the 1998 production of Our Town. But the Orpheum isn’t empty. Its cracked mirrors still hum with old applause, and its new master, The Director, hungers for another performance. When Lena reunites with her estranged classmates, the curtain rises on a ...

10 minute plays for kids of all ages #2 is an additional collection of original, royalty-free, plays excellent for any audience. These scripts will work for intermediate drama students, to high school acting classes, and even multi-aged youth groups. Each play is versatile and can be staged as a reader’s theatre, a short parent recital, or even adapted into full stage productions. Most roles are gender flexible and range from 5 to 13 players, with the option to add more if needed. All plays are age-appropriate without concern about subjects or language. Kids as young as 5yrs have watched ...

Join Sally the School Bus and her merry bunch of friends on an exciting adventure to the magical world of theater! In "Sally the School Bus Goes to the Theater," young readers will hop aboard with Sally and her enthusiastic passengers as they embark on their very first field trip to the dazzling theater. As the wheels roll and the engine hums, anticipation fills the air. It's a journey brimming with giggles, wonder, and wide-eyed excitement! When they arrive at the theater, with nerves tingling and curiosity piqued, the children experience the enchantment of live performances for the very ...

The old Bluebell Theater has been dark for decades. Its stage is silent and its curtains are torn, yet late at night strange music drifts through the empty hall. Boris Katloff, a ghost-seeing Sphynx cat, knows that someone is waiting inside. With his best friend Whiskers, a nervous but lovable orange tabby, Boris discovers Lydia, the ghost of a young singer whose final song was never heard. The cats must search crumbling balconies, dodge skittering rats, and face a storm that threatens to bring the theater down, all while helping Lydia find her missing music. When the police and animal ...

In 2004, in a small, windowless theater in then-desolate Williamsburg, Brooklyn, an eccentric family of broke art-school survivors staged an experimental, four-hour adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying inside an enormous wooden coffin that could barely fit the cast, much less an audience. The production’s cast and crew—including its sweetly monomaniacal director—poured their hearts and paychecks into a messy spectacle doomed to fail by any conventional measure. It ran for only eight performances.

In “10 MINUTE PLAYS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES” you will find nine royalty-free, short play scripts perfect for theater students, acting class recitals, and youth groups. These plays are versatile enough they're able to be performed as staged reader’s theater to full-stage productions. Most roles are gender-flexible and range from 6 to 20 players. All nine plays are age appropriate, without inappropriate topics or language. Kids as young as 5yrs have watched and performed in some of these plays. These plays cover several genres, from fantasy fairytales, science fiction, and alien invasions,...

In over her head this junior higher will not quit. Can she find a way to finish the production? Aimi Wilby is loyal to a fault when it comes to her friends, new and old. The administrators overload her. Her mentor abandons the project and leaves this eighth grader to ‘figure things out.' Even the lawyers try to shut her down. But, she will not let her cast members and her newest friend down. Aimi discovers that not all witches wear pointy hats and ride brooms. Her new friend asks Aimi to do the unthinkable, to go where she has never gone before. Aimi’s devotion is tested beyond what she...

Jacky Ha-Ha is off to theater camp and funnier than ever in this hilarious illustrated novel from James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein's #1 New York Times bestselling series. Jacky Hart finally knows the thrill of having people laugh with her (not at her). She tries to put her comedy and...

“Will hit all the high notes for theater and mystery fans alike.” —Kirkus Reviews Better Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar Magic in this spooky middle grade novel from Hamilton and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who must face the ghost haunting their theater...

Kids LOVE role-playing whether it's in front of an audience or just for the fun of it. The advantages to helping children to develop role-playing skills are endless, but to name a few - it helps them to build confidence, self-esteem, creative thinking skills, oratory skills and my personal favorite - empathy. You do not have to have ANY experience with Drama or teaching in order to start your own after-school Drama group, but you DO need to love kids and have a passion for unleashing the imagination! In this book you will find: 1. 10 easy steps to get you fast-tracked into starting your own...

Inspired by a true event, the tale of a duck family waiting in the wings for their moment in the spotlight—from the #1 bestselling mother-daughter team of musical icon Julie Andrews and author Emma Walton Hamilton! Mr. and Mrs. Puddleduck have found the perfect place to nest: a cozy planter by...

From bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming-of-age story follows a thirteen-year-old with a mysterious scar on her face—and a big secret she feels pressured to keep. Fallon Little has a secret—and it’s not how she got the enormous scar that divides her face in two...

Introduce your kids to the timeless magic of Shakespeare's writing. Here, we introduce Shakespeare and explain what he did and then tell the story of three of his most important plays in ways that kids can relate to. We stay focused on the narrative, avoiding themes unsuitable for children. The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Macbeth are all sold in a concise way emphasizing the magic of Shakespeare's storytelling. This is the perfect way to enable you kids to access Shakespeare and build a passion for theater, language, creativity, and the literary arts.

Ten easy to produce and perform plays designed to be used as part of intergenerational worship services which bring to life important lessons about being together in community.

Better Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar Magic in this spooky second novel in the Fearless middle grade series from Hamilton and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who time travel back to 1950s Broadway. Twelve-year-old Relly can’t wait for his beloved grandfather to...

The Night Kitchen Radio Theater performance is based on the classic story Pinnocchio--a talking wooden puppet who yearns to become a real boy...

Escucha de los labios de la propia pintora cómo el arte le salvó la vida. Tal vez su historia te inspire la próxima vez que te dé un ataque de risas anaranjadas o te encuentres soñando en rosado. ¡Pinta y deja volar tu imaginación! Basado en la producción de la compañía de teatro...