Musicals for High School Productions – The Complete List
The following list includes 45+ musicals for high school productions, featuring roles suitable for teenage performers. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Best Fit Musicals for High School
Best Fit Musicals for High School
These musicals feature casts primarily of teen characters, with few or no adult roles.
Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics/Book: The Heather Brothers
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Mark Allen Music/Lyrics: Gaby Alter Music/Lyrics/Book: Tommy Newman Book: Gordon Greenberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Book: Damon Intrabartolo Lyrics/Book: Jon Hartmere
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics: Joe Iconis Book: Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane Book: John Cecil Holm
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Tom Kitt Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics/Book: Barry Wyner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford Book: Lawrence D. Cohen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Book: Steven Levenson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Music: Dan Gillespie Sells Lyrics/Book: Tom MacRae
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Steve Margoshes Lyrics: Jacques Levy Book: José Fernandez
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Brian Yorkey Book: Bridget Carpenter
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics: Paul Williams Book: Garry Marshall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics/Book: Laurence O’Keefe, Kevin Murphy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: David Simpatico
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Jeff Richmond Lyrics: Nell Benjamin Book: Tina Fey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics/Book: Brooke Maxwell, Jacob Richmond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Walter Kent Lyrics: Kim Gannon Book: Sally Benson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kait Kerrigan, Bree Lowdermilk
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
Music/Lyrics/Book: Preston Max Allen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Cast Type: All Teen Roles
Music: Dana P. Rowe Lyrics/Book: John Dempsey
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Cast Type: Mostly Teen Roles
High School-Friendly Musicals
These musicals either feature a substantial number of teen or young adult roles, or include flexible characters that can be portrayed by performers of various ages.
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Edward Kleban Book: James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Cast Size: 26
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens Book: Mike Ockrent
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Cast Size: 18+
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Cast Size: 21+
Music/Book: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Lorenz Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Cast Size: 20+
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice Book: Linda Woolverton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Cast Size: 20+
Music/Lyrics: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson Book: Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Cast Size: 13+
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Cast Size: 40+
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Jack Plotnick, Seth Rudetsky
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Cast Size: 15+
Music/Lyrics/Book: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Cast Size: 20+
Music: Tom Snow Lyrics/Book: Dean Pitchford Book: Walter Bobbie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Cast Size: 25+
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Cast Size: 18+
High Fidelity (High School Edition)
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Size: 20+
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Cast Size: 8
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Cast Size: 10
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Jack Feldman Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Cast Size: 30+
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Cast Size: 23+
Music: Mary Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Marshall Barer Book: Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Cast Size: 25+
Music/Lyrics: Bee Gees Adaptation: Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, Robert Stigwood
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Cast Size: 15+
See Rock City and Other Destinations
Music: Brad Alexander Lyrics/Book: Adam Mathias
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Cast Size: 7+
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Cast Size: 20+
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa Book: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Cast Size: 20+
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Cast Size: 20+
Music/Lyrics: Rob Rokicki Book: Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Cast Size: 7+
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater Book: Doug Wright
Musical Type: 1989 Film/Contemporary Musical (2007)
Cast Size: 20+
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Cast Size: 4
The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Cast Size: 4
Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin Book: Bob Martin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Cast Size: 20+
Music: Robert Waldman Lyrics/Book: Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Cast Size: 13+
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Kyle Jarrow
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Cast Size: 40+
Music/Lyrics: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg Music: Herbert Stothart Book: L. Frank Baum, John Kane
Musical Type: 1939 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1987)
Cast Size: 24+
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Cast Size: 20+
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Music/Lyrics/Book: Clark Gesner Additional Songs: Andrew Lippa
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Cast Size: 6
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Last Reviewed: March 14, 2025