Stage It offers ready-to-use school plays for ages 9–12, designed for teachers who want simple, engaging classroom performances.
Stage It: Making Shakespeare Come Alive in Schools
This step-by-step guide and its downloadable Support Material are designed for busy teachers with and without drama experience to engage primary / elementary and middle school students in a school play of varying lengths. The approach has been shown to be effective even for students who struggle in the classroom.
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Four Plays Included!
Developmentally, age-appropriate adaptations for ages 9-12
Field tested
Royalty free
PDF format for easy download from the publisher’s website here.
More Resources
In addition to the four plays, the following downloadable resources are included:
Student Paraphrasing Worksheets for students to put Shakespeare into their own words
Culminating Performance Program Template for school community members who attend the culminating performance
Shakespeare Certificate to dub students “Shakespeare Thespians”!

