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 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, Stage It provides the following downloadable resources below at no additional cost.
Student Paraphrasing Worksheets
Students put Shakespeare into their own words! Provided as a PDF for easy duplication, this handy resource is paired with the Contemporary English Version (teacher’s guide) in each play.
Culminating Performance Program Template
This leave-behind for school community members who attend the culminating performance is also provided in MS Word format for easy editing. It contains fields for the cast and helpers along the way.
Shakespeare Certificate
Your students screwed courage to the sticking place to thwart instruments of darkness in commitment to the Bard. It’s time to dub them “Shakespeare Thespians”!

