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10 Unique Straight Plays for High School Theatre Programs<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Tiffany Wilkie<\/p>\n

September 26, 2018<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Looking for ideas for next season?\u00a0Explore this list of large-ish cast plays,\u00a0perfect for students who are up for the challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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Cast:\u00a02 men, 2 women (doubling, flexible casting)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Romantic Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that\u2019s so far north, it\u2019s almost not in the United States. It\u2019s almost in Canada. And it\u2019s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn\u2019t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend\u2014almost\u2014in this delightful midwinter night\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 7 men, 8 females<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n

A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo’s best friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet’s cousin; but Rosaline is bent on revenge. AFTER JULIET was specially commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for the BT National Connections Scheme for young people.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 4 men, 4 females, 8 Angels<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Monty’s family moves from Louisiana to a large city in Southern California, he and his siblings encounter a dangerous landscape where cruelty thrives among their peers, offering little comfort from their abusive home life. This gripping drama embraces the good and evil young people face alone in their lives.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 7 men, 5 women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre:\u00a0Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n

This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma, and the loss of his mother in the same accident, has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy\u2019s father. The town doesn\u2019t have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach \u2013 while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns.<\/p>\n

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Cast:\u00a03 men, 6 women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre:\u00a0Dramatic Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games,\u00a0She Kills Monsters<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly\u2019s\u00a0Dungeons & Dragons<\/em>\u00a0notebook, however, she stumbles into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly\u2019s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture,\u00a0acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 7 men, 7 females<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Horror<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades must hunt down and destroy the profoundly evil Count Dracula. But the Count is exceedingly resourceful, employing superhuman strength, psychic powers, and shape-changing to confound and frustrate his antagonists. Culminating in a wild and shocking confrontation between the King of Vampires and those who would rid the world of him, this adaptation is an action-packed, blood-soaked retelling of Bram Stoker’s classic tale of horror.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 8 men<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n

The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 5 men, 2 women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Dramatic Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

In\u00a0Eurydice<\/em>, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 5 men, 6 women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband and wants to make the best use of it, in spite of her grown-up stepchildren\u2019s efforts to get their hands on it. Knowing that the widow\u2019s wealth is now in negotiable securities, and seeing they cannot get hold of the fortune, the stepchildren commit her to a sanatorium hoping to \u201cbring her to her senses.\u201d In the sanatorium Mrs. Savage meets various social misfits, men and women who just cannot adjust themselves to life, people who need the help Mrs. Savage can provide.<\/p>\n

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Cast: 10 men, 3 women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elephant’s Graveyard\u00a0<\/em>is the true tale of the tragic collision of a struggling circus and a tiny town in Tennessee, which resulted in the only known lynching of an elephant. Set in September of 1916, the play combines historical fact and legend, exploring the deep-seated American craving for spectacle, violence and revenge.<\/p>\n

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