Anthology of short plays.  Running times range from 7-20 minutes each, or 75-80 minutes if performed in its entirety.  Suitable for high school and older.  Plays include Mother's Day by Kate McGrath; The Cooking Gene by Jonathan Dorf; Boys Gone Mild by Steven Korbar; The Trestle by Patricia Lamkin; Options by Carol S. Lashof; Sunset Johnson by e. shockley; Detention by Trevor Suthers, and Girl Friend by Steve Lambert. 

Classroom license:  $70.  This includes permission to make copies of the script as necessary for classroom study and performance.  Public performances of the full anthology are $50 each (after the purchase of your classroom license).  Read on for specific ordering instructions:

1.  If you are ordering a classroom license and wish to produce up to 3 titles from the anthology as public performances, select 1 classroom license and then visit each selected play's individual page to order performance royalties.  Input the coupon code ONTHEEDGE1 (if you're ordering 1 play), ONTHEEDGE2 (if you're ordering 2 plays), or ONTHEEDGE3 (if you're ordering 3 plays) at checkout.  This will reduce your royalties (taking into account your payment for a classroom license).  If you are ordering the monologue Girl Friend, input the coupon code GIRLFRIEND instead.

2.  If you are ordering the classroom license and wish to produce public performances of 4 or more plays, simply order from this page, selecting the number of performances of each play, and adding 1 performance for the classroom license.  For example, if you wish to produce 5 plays from the anthology 2 times, you would select 3 performances:  1 for the classroom license, plus 2 for each of the additional performances of the complete set of plays.

3.  If you are ordering the classroom license and wish to use plays for forensics competition, visit each play's individual page and place your forensics order, inputting EDGEFORENSICS1 as your coupon code to use 1 title, EDGEFORENSICS2 for 2 titles, EDGEFORENSICS3 for 3 titles.  Want to use more than 3?  Email us and we'll give you a special coupon code.

Professional rights should be negotiated directly with YouthPLAYS at info@youthplays.com.

Get 8 of YouthPLAYS' challenging short plays in one place, ideal for classroom use, scene study, competition or production.

Mother's Day: Two teenaged girlfriends hesitantly share their fears and hopes about motherhood when they meet for the first time since one has had an abortion.

The Cooking Gene: A gay teen shakes things up in his home ec class when he wants his boyfriend to be his "husband" for a family budget assignment.

Boys Gone Mild: Two teenage boys find that a Girls Gone Wild DVD is a lot more--and less--than they bargained for.

The Trestle: A train loving thrill-seeker tries to scare some romance into his straitlaced date by taking her onto a train trestle at night.

Options: Two stressed-out senior girls at a high school dance look for a way out of the frenetic round of résumé-building--maybe accidentally on purpose forgetting the condoms on prom night could provide a welcome escape?

Sunset Johnson: An innocent but dangerous flirtation between a young black soldier and a white farm girl in the WWI-era South.

Detention: Two teenage girls stuck in detention till they've written a letter of apology. No way.

Girl Friend: A teenage girl doesn’t let the death of a boy she loved end their friendship.