Script Collections:
5 Fun Plays for Kids to Perform, Volumes 1-5
Each volume in the series includes 5 plays for children to perform that run about 30 minutes each. Some of the plays have music, too. These plays are read only and can be performed upon contacting Marian L Scadden Enterprises and payment of a small royalty fee for two performances. The script will be emailed in your choice of format: 8.5 x 11 for putting into notebooks/folders or booklet for printing front-to-back and stapling down the center.
$5.99 for e-book & $9.99 for paperback
Available on Smashwords, Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
Available on Smashwords, Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
Here's a free script for one child to perform:
Kids Monologue of the Month |
Here are free scripts for 2-3 kids to perform:
Free Scripts for Kids |

Scripts listed below are available in ebook format, for perusal reading. Most of the plays listed under Children's Entertainment and Murder Mysteries & More have scripts available. You can also see categorized lists with descriptions on Marian's Author website.
SCRIPTS:
Below are links to reading copies for purchase. (Contact us before you perform a script.)
On Marian's author site, you can find a list and description of available plays.
Music for scripts - the password is at the end of scripts that have original music.
Below are links to reading copies for purchase. (Contact us before you perform a script.)
On Marian's author site, you can find a list and description of available plays.
Music for scripts - the password is at the end of scripts that have original music.
Scripts on Smashwords (several formats):
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Scripts on Amazon (Kindle editions):
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Short Scripts for 2-3 Kids

Marian Scadden put together 15 short scripts for kids to perform at home...or at grandma's house or the cousin's. You'll find the five free scripts that have been available on Marian's author page and 10 more humorous tales for kids to act out.
Head on over to Smashwords or Amazon to purchase the collection. Smashwords has a variety of formats you can download, including pdf, which makes it easy to print out the scripts your kids want to perform.
Head on over to Smashwords or Amazon to purchase the collection. Smashwords has a variety of formats you can download, including pdf, which makes it easy to print out the scripts your kids want to perform.
The Other Art: Theater Skills to Help Every Child (school edition)

SCHOOL EDITION. In this easy DIY manual, teachers with little to no theater experience
can teach theater skills to their students that boost esteem, confidence, and
creativity. The book focuses on Voice Control, Creative
Movement, Expression, Concentration, Imagination, and Stagecraft. Those
teaching from the pages do not have to be thespians to manage the games and
activities.
If you purchase it from Smashwords, you have a choice of formats including pdf, which will allow you to easily print out the book.
It's also available on Amazon so you can just take it with you on your Kindle.
If you purchase it from Smashwords, you have a choice of formats including pdf, which will allow you to easily print out the book.
It's also available on Amazon so you can just take it with you on your Kindle.
The Other Art: Theater Skills to Help Every Child (home edition)

HOME EDITION. In
this easy DIY theater manual, parents, grandparents & others can enrich a
child's life with theater skills that boost esteem, confidence, and creativity.
This step-by-step home edition was designed for an adult and child - or a few
children - to enjoy together. Each lesson has two short activities, an
enrichment game and a true story of children in theater. Just open the book and
begin!
It's available at Smashwords in numerous formats and at Amazon for Kindle.
It's available at Smashwords in numerous formats and at Amazon for Kindle.

WHITE FIRE (It's a novel, not a script).
A young adult fantasy, with magic, islands, fire, evil sorcerer, talents of power, and miniature dragons. Here's a blurb:
Find the book at Smashwords, (where you can download a variety of formats) Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble. It can also be found at iBooks; go there and in the search field type in "White Fire, Scadden."
A young adult fantasy, with magic, islands, fire, evil sorcerer, talents of power, and miniature dragons. Here's a blurb:
- Delsina runs home when a stranger starts to follow her. When she tells her family, her oldest brother, Talem, picks her up and runs. She watches as the stranger who carries fire in his hands burns her home and family. As they make their journey away from Sethrum, Man of Fire, Talem reveals to Delsina who she really is; what he, Talem, must do; and how Delsina must stay hidden. Under such duress, Delsina discovers her power, and hopes to use it against her enemy before he uses fire against her, Talem and others she meets, including the anaries that were thought to be extinct.
Find the book at Smashwords, (where you can download a variety of formats) Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble. It can also be found at iBooks; go there and in the search field type in "White Fire, Scadden."