One Act Plays for Kids and Teens
These three plays are designed so that they can be played anywhere with minimum requirements for set and props. However they also can have as much incorporated into the set as imagination allows.
These three plays have been developed with real kids with their input and ideas. Kids will create characters and a story idea and we at Bottle Tree Productions create a script with their invaluable input. In this way, we are not creating plays that play down to kids, we are creating plays that they themselves have had a hand in creating.
Kids in the Sandbox
Suitable for children aged 6-12 years of age
A short one act play about the life and times of kids. It is recess time and the first graders and kindergarten kids gather around the sand box for a discussion about school, dolls, fashion, food, literature, bullying and the infamous Thomas Smith Incident. For more information and to purchase only this script please go to One Act Plays/Kids in the Sandox
Guppy Getaway
Parts available for children aged 6 up to teens.
Guppy Getaway is a fantasy about life under the sea, with the actors portraying various sea creatures. A school of guppies loses their teacher; Miss Flounder and must make it back home past some hungry sea creatures. Lots of humour with a strong environmental message. For more information and to purchase only this play please got to One Act Plays/Guppy Getaway
Star Wars vs Star Trek
Suitable for Young Teens
Star Wars vs Star Trek takes a look at socially-awkward suburban teens and their attempts at connecting to each other through science fiction fan clubs. Their fantasy world has strict rules and those that break them can be ostracized and left out on their own. A budding relationship between a boy and girl is threatened by their own awkwardness and the strict rules of their fan club. And ultimately; which is better? Star Wars or Star Trek? For more information and to purchase only this script Please go to One Act Plays/Star Wars vs Star Trek
Night of the Gnomes
Suitable for kids aged 11 up to 13
What if those gnomes that stand guard over lawns and gardens were really alive? For ages 11-teens, Night of the gnomes is an imaginative and humorous look at the secret lives of gnomes. 5 males and 5 females plus one narrator. One Act Plays/Night of the Gnomes
Gouble Double-Hospital in Trouble
Suitable for teens
What do a well-known coffee chain and a hospital bureaucracy have in common? Who knows? A patient has been trapped for days at the hospital without being admitted. He has no money but he wants a coffee. A hilarious look at bureaucratic bungling. Double Double-Hospital in Trouble
Toys in the Closet
Suitable for children aged 6-12
A charming story of dolls given life by the imagination of two children. The dolls come to life to try to protect the children from their mean foster mother and foster sister. The girls possess grace while the foster sister is burdened by avarice and spite. Everyone winds up getting what they deserve. Toys in the Closet
