Youth Plays for Sale

Teachers, Drama Directors, Church Youth Group Leaders!!!

Are you looking for economical and easy-to-perform active and fun plays
for your school, youth group or summer group? Look no further!

	*Each of these plays has easy sets and easy costumes.*
	*Each person involved has lines and the opportunity to develop their character.*
	*Each play is written for anywhere from 7-30 kids. Most right about 20 kids.*
	*These are not musicals, but music can be added to any of the plays.*
	*These plays are all written by Christie Miller who has over 18 years experience working with kids and drama! She has performed each of these plays.*
	*After purchase, play scripts are provided for you to copy for your cast. You may alter the play as needed for your group.*
	*Call Christie to peruse the plays and to talk with her about the fun possibilities for your group or classroom.*

Plays with Christian Messages For Youth	General Plays for Youth
*#1 When The Rain Falls* The theme for this play is holding on to your integrity as a Christian even when you are mistreated. This takes place in a general store at the turn of the century in the west.	A. The Unlegendary Legends of the West covers 75 years of wild west history with 25 kids with education and fun from this time period. Each person plays several parts!
*#2 The Cause Of It All* The theme for this play is priorities and honesty as Christians. It takes place in the living room of a newspaper editor who doesn't know his wife is having "Women's Rights to Vote" meetings in his home. (My favorite!)	*B. Villain, Villain, Who Caught the Villain??* This is a fun melodrama full of suspense and action with lots of twists and turns. What is there really wasn't a villain - but the damsel in distress decided to be her own villain?
*#3 A Site For Sore Ears* The theme for this play is how we use our tongue! It takes place during the 1950's -60's when poodle skirts and soda fountains were popular. Fun characters and great lines!	*C. The Zany Cow Kidnapping* This takes place in a one room school house and is full of the unexpected. Fun characters and is one of my favorites.
*#4 Chairlift to Heaven* The theme for this play is giving God your best and being willing to share your faith in the face of unfair treatment. It takes place in modern times when a youth group goes on a ski trip to a lodge where the owner has an old grudge against the youth pastor. Each character represents a Proverb from the Bible	*D. Cruising Into Trouble* This takes place on a cruise ship with a great variety of kids who have won national honors for something!! What happens, though, when some unexpected passengers (three comedians) accidentally get booked for the wrong cruise?
*#5 Return to Paradise* In this play a group of junior high friends who haven't seen each other for 20 years are reunited at a hotel in Hawaii owned by their first Sunday School teacher who is about to die. Fire, floods, and the discovery of why they were brought there keeps the play moving. Each character represents a parable from the Bible which the audience can guess at in the program while watching the play.	E. *Letters From the Homefront* Trouble comes to the Ellison's house during World War II when their younger daughter and her friends try to help the war effort with disastrous results! Full of fun and suspense. A real tribute to our soldiers and how we can serve and thank them.
WE PUT THE TWO SHORT PLAYS TO THE RIGHT F, G, and H ON THE SAME NIGHT AS THE OLDER KIDS PLAY SO THAT YOUNGER KIDS COULD ALSO BE INVOLVED!	F. *Is There A Hero In The House?* This is a short melodrama play for kids 6-10 running about 20 minutes. It is full of fun and action! One older actor needed. Easy sets and modern costumes. Great opportunity for kids to show their talents.
Each of these plays was written by Christie Miller and has been put on with her as the director. Christian schools and youth groups all over the United States and Canada have also put on these plays with great results.	*G. The Making of Stuart Little* This is a short play for kids 6-10 running about 20 minutes. Each kid is a Hollywood star trying to audition to play the part of a mouse in an upcoming movie about a mouse being adopted by a family. Modern costuming; easy sets.
COSTS: Plays cost $100-$150 with permission to copy scripts for one time use (multiple performances). Advice on sets, costumes and direction are also available from the author. You also have permission to cut and change to fit your participants and time restraints.	*H. There's Nothing Like Planning Ahead!* This is another short play for kids 6-10 years old and runs about 18 minutes. It is full of comedy and takes place in a classroom where the teacher is trying to show them how important it is to plan for their future and never let their dreams die. Scene 1 they share what their parents wanted to be when they grow up and in Scene 2, they come dressed in the costume they want to be when they grow up.
Christie Miller is a teacher and drama director who has worked with kid's drama for over 20 years putting over 1,000 kids on the stage to develop their confidence and communication skills......as well as to have fun and to learn to work as a team with other kids.	I. Dude Ranch for Sale (Cow Pies Included) -The audiences LOVED this mystery/comedy play. Costumes are easy as it takes place at a summer camp held at a dude ranch. This is a full length play for kids 10-18 including 27 parts with campers, counselors, ranch staff and an eccentric lawyer from New York and her fickle secretary who are trying to sell the ranch.
These plays have been put on in two week summer drama workshops as well as school projects where we allowed two and a half months for practices.	J. Horsin' Around - This is about a 25 minute play for kids 6-12 which allows two parts for each participant. It traces fun characters from the wild west and the audience gets to decide if the characters are based on legend or if the character is "horsin' around" with his/her story. Fun costumes, easy sets.
CONTACT Christie Miller at director@creativeyouththeater.com for more information about number of characters, length, sets, etc.	K. Invasion Mishap - This is a 25 minute comedy play for 7 elementary kids (one playing two parts). What happens when a camp director decides to invite a family of aliens to summer camp and they actually come?!?!? Pandemonium and a roaring great time! Easy sets and costumes.