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Explore our "Creative Dramatics" category, featuring engaging plays for elementary students designed to spark imagination and creativity. These accessible scripts introduce young actors to the world of performance arts in a fun and interactive way. Creative dramatics allow students to express themselves, develop confidence, and enhance communication skills through storytelling and role-play.


Each play is tailored to suit the developmental needs of lower-level students, ensuring they grasp key concepts while enjoying the experience of theater. By performing these delightful scripts, children learn teamwork, enhance critical thinking, and build social skills—all essential for their growth.


Embrace the magic of theater with our carefully curated collection of creative dramatics, providing value and educational benefits for your classroom. Perfect for classroom productions, drama clubs, or even family performances, these plays for elementary students are an excellent way to inspire a love for the arts and enrich learning experiences.


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SLOW DOWN, JACK! by Jack Vaughan SLOW DOWN, JACK! by Jack Vaughan

Lower Grades grades; 6 male and/or female. 10 minutes.
"All aboard!" for a fun creative dramatics piece appropriate for the youngest children, with lines that are easy to say and remember and action that's easy to perform.

 
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SNEAKY SAM IN SUNNY JUNCTION, by Ellen M. Eleder SNEAKY SAM IN SUNNY JUNCTION, by Ellen M. Eleder

Middle and Lower Grades; 3 male, 2 female, 1 male or female adult or gifted reader for Narrator; 20+ male and female. 1880s; 15 minutes. Sure-to-please large-cast melodrama with the usual dashing hero, moustache-twirling villain, and sweet heroine named Sue. . .but this one also has plenty of audience participation, songs and choreography.

 
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RAINING ON THE PLAYGROUND by Rebecca Watson RAINING ON THE PLAYGROUND by Rebecca Watson

Lower Grades; 9 to 30 male and female. 10 minutes. This creative dramatics play in poem form is a wonderful way for young children to act out what happens when rain starts pitter-pattering on the playground . . . plenty of opportunity for body movement and sound effects.

 
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CHRONICLES OF NUMERIA, by Kendall Larson CHRONICLES OF NUMERIA, by Kendall Larson

Lower Grades; 20 male or female; 15 minutes.

Puns, jokes, and music make math come alive in this clever skit.

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SQUEAKNIBBLE'S CHRISTMAS, by Helen Louise Miller SQUEAKNIBBLE'S CHRISTMAS, by Helen Louise Miller

Lower Grades; 2 male, 3 female, 5 male or female; 15 minutes. A doubting little mouse meets Master Cat, and learns that there may just be a Santa Claus after all.

 
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