Find a Play
Tearing your hair out trying to find the right script for your group? One of the many challenges in producing quality youth theatre is sourcing material which will meet the practical needs of individual groups and challenge both audiences and performers alike.
Playshare
Playshare is a collection of plays suitable for youth drama and theatre groups, made available through NAYD.
All Playshare scripts have been written specifically for young people. They vary in length, content and style, but all have been produced by a youth theatre/youth drama group at least once.
Playshare 2011
Playshare has now been updated for 2011 with 12 new plays added.
Download Summary of Playshare Plays 2011 27 pages, 264k
Copyright for all plays remains with the authors. Permission must be granted prior to production.
NAYD is constantly looking for new work to add to the Playshare collection. If you have produced a new, adapted or devised piece with your youth theatre which you feel would be suitable for production by other youth theatres, let us know about it!
For all PlayShare enquiries, contact Alan King on 01-8781301 or
We Want Your Plays...
NAYD is currently looking for plays for inclusion in our Playshare collection. All Playshare scripts have been written specially for or commissioned by/for young people. They vary in length, content and style, but all have been produced at least once.
If you feel that you have a work that has already been performed by a youth theatre and could be suitable for inclusion, please submit an up to date, typed, clean hard to Alan King, NAYD, 7 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1.
Please ensure the name of the author is clearly stated on the front page of the script along with current contact details for them.
A separate short synopsis (150 words or less) of the play. Ensure that approximate running time, cast size, male/female ratio and the name of the group who first performed the play with the date of the first performance are included.
If you have any background notes for the play including production and technical challenges or reflective responses you or members may have to the script, please include these too. If a hard copy does not exist Word or pdf versions can be emailed to
The deadline for submission of plays for this year will be 30 September 2011.
Websites
The most useful online sources of plays for young people.
www.nayt.org.uk
The National Association of Youth Theatres in the UK has a database of scripts on their website.
www.StagePlays.com
An extensive range of plays, including a dedicated youth theatre section.
http://www.nt-online.org/bookshop
The online bookshop of the National Theatre, London, where you can order the full series of NT Connections play collections written specifically for young people.
www.booksupstairs.com
The Books Upstairs online bookshop features a wide selection of drama books and plays.
Photo: Ros Kavanagh
