Monster School

Childrens Plays

By: Michele Emerick and Dennis Poore
Cast: 9 M, 26 F, 8 flexible (Doubling possible.)
Performance Time: Approximately 30 mins, 30 pgs.

CHILDREN’S FARCE. It’s the first day of school and Debbie and Kevin, the two new kids, feel a bit out of place. It’s Monster School, and their fellow students include vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghosts, bats, banshees, trolls, and zombies. The monsters think the new human kids look scary, spooky, and just plain creepy, and it doesn’t help when Debbie accidentally sits on the Invisible Girl. Meanwhile, Debbie and Kevin must deal with the banshees wailing, the mummies rapping, the zombies groaning, the trolls grumbling, and Drey Cula staring at their necks. Classes include Cobweb Farming 101 and lessons on how to make a door creak. When the students discover a developer has purchased Monster School with plans to tear it down, they must band together and fight to save their school―but using garlic, stakes, torches, and pitchforks isn’t an option! Perfect for elementary students.

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Michele Emerick has co-authored several comedies and musicals for elementary school children. Ms. Emerick has an extensive background in theater as an actress and director and has worked as a features and entertainment journalist. She resides in Canyon Country, CA.




Dennis Ray Poore is the author of children’s plays and has written the music for several theater musicals. Mr. Poore has worked as an accompanist/arranger for Liza Minnelli, Al Jarreau, and Joe Cocker and co-wrote two songs for the film Earth Girls Are Easy. He resides in San Francisco, CA.