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Explore your children’s dramatic talents with these free play scripts for kids. Read on to understand how the fine arts develop young minds.
By: Mindy Scirri
Hundreds of high-quality short play scripts for elementary school students. Original, funny and dramatic scripts for kids that you will not find anywhere else. Plays and Scripts To Print and Read. The Legend of Lightning Larry. The Legend of Slappy Hooper. The Gifts of Wali Dad. Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer. The Baker's Dozen. The Calabash Kids. How Frog Went to Heaven. Browse our list of fun, easy plays, scripts and musicals for children to perform. We have great large cast plays for school students. Small cast plays for touring theaters. Read free script samples, hear sound cues. Instant download. Order onlne now. 1-5 minute plays for kids and teens. Our play scripts are popular with teachers, schools, children's theatres, kids drama clubs, holiday resorts and producers worldwide.
Why Use Acting Scripts for Kids
Provide your homeschool with a drama script for kids, and you will see learning happen without your children even knowing. Performance brings language arts to life. When your children rehearse and remember lines of plays, skits, or other readings, they are practicing sentence syntax and how to read with emotion. They are interpreting the written word, practicing demonstrative body language, and considering their audience. They are building self-confidence, overcoming fears of public speaking, and learning to read feedback from viewers. They are discovering purpose for reading and writing and—most definitely—enjoying themselves while learning!
Your entire family will enjoy these royalty-free English play, skit, dramatic reading, and pageant scripts for children, which are arranged according to difficulty. Skits require little or no rehearsal and are often quite funny. Readings take fewer people and some rehearsal, while plays require more people and lots of rehearsal. Near the end of this page, you will find a few plays for advanced actors or older teens and a section for Christian scripts. At the very end, you will find resources for supporting your children as they explore acting. All together we’ve provided hours of creative arts fun.
Dive into drama and you’ll see how theater entertains not only the audience, it entertains the performers too!
Free Skits for Kids
Annie, Jr.
Based on the book, Annie, by Thomas Meehan. The classic tale of little orphan Annie.11 characters.
Camp Skits
“Nothing makes an assembly period, overnight campfire, or family night more fun than camp skits. They are a great way to include a dramatic piece to your camp program. They also provide an opportunity for both campers and counselors to have some great fun. Most of the skits listed here require minimal preparation and can be easily adapted to accommodate groups of all sizes.”
Cinderella (Kidsinco)
Based on the classic story by the Brothers Grimm. 7 characters.
Songs, Skits and Yells
“Most of these songs, skits and yells have been taken from various places around the internet. The original source is indicated where known.”
Free Readings for Kids
Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”
Complete script for a dramatic reading for two people. Sound file is available too, so you can learn to get the timing right.
Dinosaur Jokes, Puns & Riddles
A list of dinosaur jokes and puns to be performed.
Generic Radio Workshop: Vintage Radio Script Library
Online collection of scripts from the Golden Age of Radio.
Poetry Out Loud
A collection of poems to be performed out loud.
Readers’ Theater Editions
“Reader’s Theater Editions are free scripts for reader’s theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with scripts aimed mostly at ages 8–15.”
Free Play Scripts for Middle Schoolers
Aellea Classic Movie Scripts
Scripts and transcripts to classic movies (and others) made before 1970.
Kidsinco Complete List of Playscripts
More than 600 playscripts in English and over 150playscripts in Spanish.
The Land of Lost Stories
The story is about technology preventing kids from reading classic children’s stories, so the story characters are discarded onto an island where they long to return to the “hearts and minds” of kids.
Little Women
Classic movie script from 1933, RKO Radio Pictures Inc., directed by George Cukor. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Script by Sarah Y. Mason and Vicor Heerman.
Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
This classic play, by J. M. Barrie, was produced at the Duke of York’s Theatre on December 27, 1904 and ran for 145 performances.
The Princess Bride
Are there any sports in it? Are you kidding? It has fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, True Love, miracles, and more! Based on the book by William Goldman and the movie directed by Rob Reiner.
Rinse the Blood off My Toga
“Rinse the Blood Off My Toga,” by Johnny Wayne and Frank Schuster—with apologies to William Shakespeare (and to Francis Bacon, just in case).” Features the character of Flavius Maximus, Private Roman Eye.
Sasha and the Pearl (The Puppetry Home Page)
“Although ‘Sasha and the Pearl’ was written as a marionette play, it can easily be performed with other puppets as needed. As for characters, I have left them purposefully vague in some cases to allow for the greatest amount of interpretation. Have fun and let me know what you think!”
Free Advanced Scripts for High Schoolers and Mature Actors
The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Based on the classic story by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1892). Complete script for those who would like to do an olde English play.
The Oxford Shakespeare
The 1914 Oxford edition of the “Complete Works of William Shakespeare ranks among the most authoritative published in the twentieth century. The 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse constitute the literary cornerstone of Western civilization.” Find links to 37 of Shakespeare’s plays here.
Saint Joan
By George Bernard Shaw (1924). “Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412; burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431; rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456; designated Venerable in 1904; declared Blessed in 1908; and finally canonized in 1920.” Access the script to perform her story here.
Screenplays for You
“Welcome to ‘Screenplays for You,’ famous collection of free movie scripts and screenplays! Fast and secure site, responsive design, exclusive updates and no dead links – enjoy it….” Screenplays are listed alphabetically.
Waiting for Godot
A play by Samuel Beckett (1953). The basic plot revolves around two characters who have been told they must wait for Godot, though they aren’t sure who he is or what he looks like. Many opportunities come their way, but they turn them down because they might miss Godot.
Free Christian Play Scripts for Kids
The Baker’s Dozen
A Saint Nicholas tale told by Aaron Shepard. In the Dutch colonial town later known as Albany, New York, there lived a baker, Van Amsterdam, who was as honest as he could be.
The Birth of Jesus
“A lively skit about the people and times during the birth of Jesus.” Skit for ages 9-14.
Christmas Around the World: A Christmas Play
A simple Christmas pageant, written by Leanne Guenther, with lots of built-in flexibility, so it can be performed by a family or a large group.
Christmas Skit: Story of Bethlehem – Song
A skit by Marcia Taylor about the birth of Jesus. Divide the group into four smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed here. Read the story. After each of the words is read, pause for the group to sing the first line of the song.
The War Prayer
“Twain wrote the story in 1904–5, but after trying just once to publish it, he set it aside. He wrote a friend, ‘I don’t think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth’…. Whether due to suppression of truth or in part to Twain’s own reluctance to seem too radical, the story was in fact published only after his death. It appeared at last in 1923 in the collection Europe and Elsewhere, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The story drew new attention during the Vietnam War, with that conflict’s echoes of the earlier Philippine involvement.” Adapted for Reader’s Theater by Aaron Shepard.
Resources for Homeschoolers on Producing Plays
Fake Blood Recipes
Here are some recipes for you to make your own realistic-looking fake blood. Real blood is reddish-brown, so you may need to alter the amounts of ingredients for the desired effect. Keep in mind, fake blood is messy, and some of these recipes may leave stains, so use with caution and allow plenty of time for drying.
Hard Choices: Casting your play
Award-winning screenwriter, curriculum writer for Children’s Ministry Deals, and founder of Righteous Insanity, John Cosper, shares tips for how to determine who will play the parts in your production.
The History of Costumes: From Ancient to 19th Century
This is a great resource for both building background knowledge about the history of theatrical costumes and for finding images of costumes by time period and culture.
Boxbob’s bad day damages his heart, but Boxsue has just what he needs to fix it. This skit reminds kids of God's love and their identity as His child.
Boxbob learns in Sunday school that he is wonderfully made by God. But Boxsue has to help him understand that being wonderfully isn’t the same as being wonderful. She explains that to be wonderful, he actually has to do wonderful things.
Susie is surprised to discover that Willie has never heard of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She explains who Dr. King was, and Willie learns that God loves all of us equally, no matter what color our skin is. This puppet script is a great way to teach about and celebrate Dr. King's life.
Play Scripts For Kids To Print
Rooty is a little evergreen tree with a big Christmas wish: He wants to know the true meaning of Christmas! He looks for the meaning on a trip to Tinseltown but is that truly where Christmas can be found? Or is the little road that leads to Bethlehem the road that will grant his final wish even if it’s the road less taken? Join Rooty and his evergreen friends and follow them to the end and discover that with Jesus, who you are will always be enough. No need for flounces and fluff.Includes Artwork for screens and print.
In this skit, when Mary and a disciple discover the tomb is empty, Jesus appears and confirms the good news, that He is alive.
When a Roman Captain approaches Jesus, the disciple views him as the enemy. But Jesus helps heal the Captain's friend the Captain says he believes Jesus can do it with only His words.
Jesus, a disciple, and a young boy help feed 5,000 people with just some bread and fish when Jesus performs another miracle.
Peter and another disciple are terrified when they see someone walking on the water towards their boat. Peter wants to walk on water, too, but begins to sink when he takes his eyes off Jesus.
In this lighthearted and fun script, Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding.
In this children's ministry script, Boxbob has red and white strings tied around his finger to remember something, but he forgot what. Boxsue helps him figure out that it was a reminder of the sacrifice made by soldiers who have died protecting our country's freedoms.
Play Scripts For Kids For Free Online
Bunny, Chicken, and Lizard are entering a contest to become the new Easter animal. Once they hear what the job might cost them, they decide to bow out.
In this interactive Readers Theater, children and adults present the story of creation in a fun way. Works with as few as two children, or up to as many as you want.
A show called The Crazy Truth is the setting in this interactive skit, where Professor Imani and his sidekick, Zaney, teach audiences about the miracles Jesus' performed.
Animal Play Scripts For Kids'
Lefty and Righty are two feet trying to follow Jesus in this script. Despite not knowing what they’re walking into, they decide to obey His call and go where He is leading.
Play Scripts For Kids Drama
Willie finds himself up a tree as he and Susie consider making their first ever New Year’s resolution.
Free Short Play Scripts
In this lighthearted play, a young girl pulls her family together on Christmas Eve to put on an impromptu play. When Olivia feels the play turned into a disaster, her dad reminds her of how messy the first Christmas was, but that God uses messes to do amazing things.