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Young performer dressed as Anne of Green Gables, with red braids and a straw hat, smiling on stage with other children.

Beautiful Plays & Musicals
for Young Performers

Bring the great stories of literature to life on your stage

Faithful, engaging adaptation of classic literature for schools and youth theatres, with meaningful roles for young performers of all ages

Featured Productions

Extraordinary stories. Real opportunities for your students.

Anne of Green Gables — red-haired girl in a straw hat walking through a sunny meadow toward a farmhouse.

ANNE

The Musical

Musical • 80 minutes
13 featured role + ensamble

Elementary - High School

Available in two versions

Play
~60 minutes

Musical
~70 minutes

Elementary - High School

Beowulf — warrior with a shield entering a firelit wooden hall in a medieval Nordic setting.

BEOWULF

A Play

Play • 20 minutes
Flexible cast

Elementary - Middle School

THE WIND
IN THE WILLOWS

A Play

Play • 50 minutes
Flexible cast

Elementary - High School

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A Play

Play • 45 minutes
Flexible cast

Elementary - High School

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — lion beside children in a snowy Narnia landscape with a lamppost and distant castle.

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

The Wind in the Willows — Mr Toad driving a vintage motorcar along a winding country road.
A Christmas Carol — Victorian figure in a top hat looking out over a snowy London street at Christmas.
Young performer on stage facing a glowing fairytale castle, evoking the wonder of classic stories brought to life in children’s theatre.

We create beautiful stage productions for children in elementary school, middle school, and high school, with the goal of treating each child on stage as important and valuable.

Our plays and musicals come from within the classical education movement, bringing out the core of truth, the vision of beauty, and the aspect of goodness that lies at the heart of every great work of literature.

Beautiful writing. Beautiful music. Strength of character, wisdom, and humour. We aim to help the next generation learn to love goodness, truth, and beauty.

Classical Children’s Plays provides high-quality plays and musicals for schools and youth theatres.

Stories Worth Performing

Our Story

How Classical Children’s Plays began — and the vision that guides our work.

Watch this short introduction to learn why we started Classical Children’s Plays, what we hope to offer schools and youth theatres, and the goals that shape every script we create.

Close-up of a young girl smiling in a video about the beginnings and mission of Classical Children’s Plays.

A short introduction to the mission of Classical Children’s Plays.

From Literature to Opening Night

It's simple to bring Classical Children's Plays to your stage

1

DISCOVER

2

PREVIEW

Browse productions find
one suited to your students

Read a sample script and listen to music before deciding

3

PERFORM

Purchase your scripts, secure performance rights, and bring the story to life

Young performers in period costumes singing on stage in a production of Anne of Green Gables.
Young performers on a snowy Narnia stage with a child dressed as a lion beside a glowing lamppost.

Written for the Students on Your Stage

Silhouettes of children overlooking a peaceful lake and distant castle in a dramatic mountain landscape.

Find a Story Your Students Will Remember

Not sure which production is right for your school?

"Great stories
give children larger lives."

MEANINGFUL ROLES

Designed to provide life-changing roles to  young performers

FLEXIBLE CASTING

Productions designed to accomodate the realities of school theater

BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE

Scripts that respect both the original literature and the intelligence of young performers

MEMORABLE MUSIC

Original Scores designed to serve the story rather than overwhelm it

Group of young performers gathered backstage, smiling and reading scripts together during rehearsal.
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