Collection: Literature Collection of Reader's Theater Scripts for Students

Literature Readers Theater Scripts (Grades 1–12) designed to build fluency, academic vocabulary, and background knowledge. Use these printable and Google-ready scripts for small groups, whole-class choral reading, sub plans, centers, and intervention. Titles include classical literature, drama, Shakespeare, and famous short stories.

• Printable and Google-ready PDFs
• Perfect for small groups, whole-class choral reading, sub plans
• Build fluency, academic vocabulary, and background knowledge

Bundles & Series

• Classical Dramas Reader's Theater Script Bundle (10) | SAVE 40%
• Classical Literature | Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle (5) | SAVE 25%
• Edgar Allan Poe Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle (6) | SAVE 40%

High School (Grades 9–12)

• A Midsummer Night's Dream Adapted Readers Theater Script | Shakespeare
• Antigone "City vs. Soul" Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Sophocles
• Caesar’s Last Toast Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Roman Empire
• Comedy of Errors Adapted Readers Theater Script | Shakespeare Play
• Frankenstein Reader's Theater Script (Short ~15min)
• Free Romeo and Juliet Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Shakespeare
• Hamlet Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Shakespeare
• King Lear’s Last Lesson Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Shakespeare
• Lysistrata’s Peace Plan Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Aristophanes
• Macbeth "Midnight at Dunsinane" Readers Theater Script
• Medea's Fury Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Euripides
• Oedipus Rex Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Greek Tragedy
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Reader's Theater Script (Short ~15min)
• The Lottery Reader's Theater Script (Short ~15min)
• The Monkey's Paw Reader's Theater Script (Short ~15min)
• The Tempest (Prospero) Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Shakespeare
• Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry | Reader's Theater Script

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

• Adventures of Tom Sawyer Reader's Theater Script | Adapted from Mark Twain
• Alice in Wonderland Adapted Reader's Theater Script | Based on Carroll's Story
• Peter Pan Adapted Reader's Theater Script | Based on Barri's 1911 Story
• Teach the The Hero's Journey with Reader's Theater based on Campbell's Monomyth
• The Jungle Book Adapted Reader's Theater Script | Based on Kipling's Story
• Transcontinental Railroad & Chinese Laborers Readers Theater Script | Grades 7-8
• Treasure Island Reader's Theater Script | Adapted from Stevenson's 1883 Story