USA PLAYS FOR KIDS!

Looking for a great play to read, share with a class, or perform for an audience?
Interested in working with award-winning playwrights to develop new scripts?
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Included are plays already available from publishers and others so new they’re available only from the playwright. All are intended for young audiences, K-12; appropriate age levels are suggested for each script.

You can search for information about playwrights and their plays alphabetically or by state. Just click on the map or an alphabet letter below to get started. Then visit our links for more resources on children’s theatre and plays for young audiences.

Interested in authors who write books for young readers? You'll find them at AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS!

Last updated November 2, 2012

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THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT PLAY

JESSE AND GRACE: A BEST FRIENDS STORY
By Sandra Fenichel Asher

Ages 3 to 10
Available from Dramatic Publishing
Photo credit: Pollyanna Theatre Company

Jesse and Grace have been best friends since birth. But now they’re in 4th grade and about to celebrate their 10th birthdays. When Grace writes a birthday poem and gives it to Jesse, their classmates respond with nonstop teasing: “Jesse’s got a girlfriend! Gracie’s got a boyfriend!” Can boys and girls ever just be friends? Developed from the poetry of Sandy Asher and David L. Harrison; commissioned by Pollyanna Theatre Company. 1m, 1f, 2m or f, plus puppets play 21 roles. About 50 minutes. Area staging.

FAVORITE LINKS

AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS!
Our links to nearly 400 authors' web pages, plus other useful resources relating to children's literature.
American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE)
Professional organization for teachers pre-K to college, playwrights, and others committed to promoting excellence in theatre for young audiences and theater education.
Arizona State University Child Drama Collections
The largest American repository of manuscript materials and books relating to the history of theater for young audiences around the world.
The Association for Jewish Theatre's Directory of Plays of Jewish Interest for Young Audiences
Holiday, Holocaust, biblical, historical, and modern topics for young people and family audiences.
Children's Creative Theater
A Thinkquest Jr. site designed by and for young people interested in creating their own plays. Lots of great information and activities!
Dramatists Guild of America
Professional organization for playwrights.
Educational Theatre Association
Thespian festivals for young actors, professional development for teachers, a national conference, and much more.
International Association of Theatre for Children (ASSITEJ)
The USA chapter of the international organization dedicated to professional theater for young audiences. Sponsors the One Theater World festival, publishes TYA Today and The Marquee , and more.
MISSOURI WRITES FOR KIDS!
Our links to Missouri children's authors' web pages. Also contains the history of the USA PLAYS FOR KIDS! and AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS! projects.
Write Local Play Global
The international Theater for Young Audience playwrights network is an online meeting place for people interested in work written for young audiences.� Read about and make contact with playwrights from across the country and around the world.�
Young Playwrights Incorporated
"The only professional theater company in the U.S. devoted solely to the work of writers 18 and younger." Workshops, contests and more!