Plays for Community Theaters
We love community theatre! From classic literary adaptations to historical dramas to edgy new works, you’ll find what you’re looking for at Stage Partners.
We've partnered with incredible veteran and upcoming playwrights to create plays specifically for community theaters. Read every play for free and find the perfect fit to schedule your season of new plays.
Browse our selection below and read every play script for free!
Moriarty's Daughters
Mystery Full-length. 65-70 minutes 11-30 actors In 1897 New York City, Lucy and Louise Bullard are trying their best to live a quiet life, untouched by the legacy of their...
The Velveteen Rabbit
based on the book by Margery Williams Drama Full-length. 65-75 minutes 9-14 actors, gender flexible “Once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.” A stuffed...
A Wrinkle in Time (Young)
adapted from the novel by Madeleine L'Engle Drama Full-length. 85-95 minutes. 13 actors possible One of literature's most enduring young heroines, Meg Murry, is back--braces, stubbornness and all. Once again, she's joining...
Lawbreakers! (a fast and furious history of women’s suffrage)
Drama Full-length. 60 minutes 6-19 actors A pair of feuding modern-day stepsisters wake up at the Akron Women's Rights Convention of 1851, and find themselves on a whirlwind journey through...
Trials: The Story of Joan of Arc (and Beth)
Drama Full-length. 75-90 minutes 7-20 actors Before the myth, there was a girl. Two dramatizations on stage at the same time: the trials and tribulations of the historic young woman,...
The 24 Days Before Christmas
adapted from the story by Madeleine L'Engle Holiday Comedy/Drama Full-length. 65-75 minutes 10-50+ actors, gender flexible The Austin family has a cherished tradition of doing something special every day...
Dear Anne, From Nina
inspired by true events Drama Full-length. 75-85 minutes 7 actors (5f, 2m) In February 1940, a young girl in Iowa pulled the name of a pen pal out of a...
The Sisters Grimm
Comedy for young audiences One-act. 40-45 minutes 9-20+ actors (female leads, gender-flexible ensemble) It’s 2020, and sisters Jo and Riley have just moved into Grandma and Grandpa’s spare bedroom. Dad...
A Wrinkle in Time (Gould - full-length)
adapted from the novel by Madeleine L'Engle Drama Full-length. 90-100 minutes. There are also two one-act versions of this play adaptation available: 35-minute one-act and 50-minute one-act 7-30+ actors possible One...
The Scarlet Letter
adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne Drama Full-length. 80-90 minutes 10-35 actors, gender flexible In this new and theatrical retelling of the classic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester...
A Wind in the Door (Goldfinger)
adapted from the novel by Madeleine L'Engle Drama Full-length. 60-70 minutes. 5-11 actors possible One of literature’s favorite heroines, Meg Murry, the fierce and fiery heroine of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel A...
Fancy People Like Fondue
Comedy Short Play. 10 minutes 2 actors When a custodian decides to make a grand romantic gesture, the results are unexpected. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues'...
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