All plays available for license: contact BriandanielOglesby@gmail.com

MS, HS, and older

A painter tells stories of people lost in a cave throughout time.

Anne Bonny and Mary Read, Late of the Island of Providence, Spinster and Traitors of All Nations, Are Charged with Piracies, Robberies, and Felonies

2 hours with break

11-30 (2W, 1 M, the rest can be any)

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2610607/sink-titanic-murder-mystery

The "lesbian pirate play." Serious drama, but fun. Historical, but about now

2 hours with break

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2610607/sink-titanic-murder-mystery

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/sink-a-titanic-murder-mystery/

A many-leveled, mind-bending murder mystery set on the Titanic

The Clown Chorus of the Carnival del Dolcevita Proudly Presents the Sad Tale of the Turbinado Triplets

2 hours w/ breaks

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1947844/dolcevita-or-clown-chorus-carnival-del-dolcevita-proudly-presents-sad-tale-turbinado

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/dolcevita-or-the-clown-chorus-of-the-carnival-del-dolcevita-proudly-presents-the-sad-tale-of-the-turbinado-triplets/

Needs strong actors. Triplets live such different lives it's like they are from different eras.

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1688753/forever-christmastown

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/forever-christmastown/

Broad comedy in a poorly run holiday-inspired theme park. Best produced in May

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1461121/other-side-mirror-play-teenya-actors

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/on-the-other-side-of-the-mirror/

Two stories told simultaneously in the style of 80s fantasy

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/153161/different-romeo-juliet

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/a-different-romeo-juliet/

Gay reimagination of the classic tale, for middle schoolers

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/149069/untitled-pirate-play-sea-shanty

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/the-untitled-pirate-play/

Campy Tempest/Treasure Island with surprising ending

12-20 (5W, 3M,4+any)

MS, HS, and older

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/209591/and-then-she-picks-sword-theatre-teens-version

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/and-then-she-picks-up-the-sword/

Strong female roles, a different take on the Shakespeare comedies

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/405874/space-carl-or-how-get-lost-planet-venus

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/space-carl-or-how-to-get-lost-on-planet-venus/

Alien abduction in the time of swords and knights

Begin Anywhere, Little One; Spin the Lonely World, and Where You Land is Where You Start

Short connected pieces with magical transformation

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1065154/virtual-performance-edition-begin-anywhere-little-one-spin-lonely-world-and-where-you

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/begin-anywhere-little-one-spin-the-lonely-world-and-where-you-land-is-where-you-start/

Plays of transformation and love connected through a ring passed from character to character

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/153157/deleted-scenes-fairy-tales

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/deleted-scenes-from-fairy-tales/

Contemporary takes on old tales

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/294119/more-deleted-scenes-fairy-tales

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/more-deleted-scenes-from-fairy-tales/

Contemporary takes on old tales

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2190968/odyssey

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/the-odyssey-a-series-of-banquets/

Unique take on an old tale: perfect for cafetoriums and alternative spaces

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/804531/apocalypse-project

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/the-apocalypse-project/

A tale of survival after all the adults on the planet disappear

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/349387/icarus-livingstone-falls-sea

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/icarus-livingstone-falls-into-the-sea/

Reimagination of the Icarus/Theseus/Minotaur as a coming-of-age story

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/215959/basement-demons-and-trailer-saints

https://briandanieloglesby.com/theatre/basement-demons-and-trailer-saints/

Catfishing on another level when he turns out to be a demon

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/153173/twelve-huntsmen

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/the-twelve-huntsmen/

Insanely flexible, majority female, nontraditional storytelling

5-6 (1 cisM, 1 cisF, 1 transM, 2 any)

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1217692/secret-lives-gamers-and-dead-astronauts

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/the-secret-lives-of-gamers-and-dead-astronauts/

About connecting and disconnecting over great distances.

MS, HS, and older

Adventure comedy with dramatic elements, camp theatrical

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/153160/nameless-desert

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/nameless-in-the-desert/

High energy, hero's journey of a sort

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/153162/very-best-coffee

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/very-best-coffee/

Quirky comedy about what happens when a stranger meets a traditional town

MS, HS, and older

https://www.stagerights.com/blog/play-of-the-week-jungle-book/

A modern, environmentalist take on an old story

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/153163/two-truths-and-lies

https://briandanieloglesby.com/plays-for-teens/two-truths-and-lies/

At a summer camp. Great play for scene work / character work

NOTES: I specialize in comedies that become dramatic and heart-driven. In almost every play, there's something you've never seen in theatre-for-teens

bold = licensing via a publisher

*shorter version already available

**varies depending on how produced

MS = Middle School

"and older" = appropriate for HS, college, AND community or nonprofit theatre

YA = young adult (college age)