90 Minute Plays

Why 90 minute plays land with teen audiences

A 90 minute play gives your students time to live inside a story. There’s room for relationships to develop, secrets to unfold, and choices to land. That extended structure allows young actors to explore deeper emotions while keeping the evening manageable for your schedule, crew, and community.

Room for bigger emotional journeys

These plays balance ambition with accessibility. They deliver the scope of a full production without demanding extra rehearsal weeks or complicated set changes. A 90 minute script often lets performers carry arcs that feel real—where early moments return with new meaning and audiences see how character growth unfolds in real time.

Whether you want to stage an ensemble-driven piece or something more intimate, this collection helps students experience what it feels like to build tension, navigate conflict, and reach resolution in one continuous sitting. The result is theatre that feels mature and fully formed while staying within reach of school programs.

Choosing the right 90 minute play for your cast

Stories rooted in digital life

• Unprotected Text puts consent, online privacy, and first love under the spotlight. Delilah’s story of a private photo that will not disappear gives student actors a powerful central role and gives schools a thoughtful way into conversations about phones, boundaries, and accountability.
  
  
• For casts who love genre stories, Inner Sanctum starts with a strange mobile game and quickly becomes a mystery about loyalty and who we become when our lives move onto screens.

Plays that spark civic and ethical discussion

• The Enemy of the State invites students into ancient Athens as Socrates faces trial and slowly turns the argument back on the democracy itself. Debate scenes and moral questions make it ideal for classes that enjoy argument and character work.
  
  
• The Trial of Mother Jones places the labour movement in front of your audience. Students step into the roles of organisers, opponents, and witnesses, which helps them understand activism from the inside rather than as a list of dates on a handout.

Practical questions drama teachers ask

These 90 minute plays are written with high school theatre in mind. Many use simple sets or a single main location, so you can stage rich stories without overwhelming your crew. Cast sizes range from tight ensembles to large groups, letting you match the script to your roster.

Licensing follows the same clear structure you’ll recognise across the Gitelman & Good catalog. You receive digital scripts for classroom sharing and rehearsal, along with optional study materials for selected titles, so you can focus on guiding young artists through meaningful 90 minute plays that expand their sense of the world.