school play

Campus theatrical performance

A school play is a theatrical production performed by students, typically staged in an auditorium for parents and classmates.

These range from elementary pageants to ambitious high school musicals.

The school play is a rite of passage for many children, whether performing, building sets, or sitting in the audience: My daughter has the lead in the school play this year.

Related

stage · stage left · drama · drama club · cast · audience · applause · standing ovation · spotlight · director · performance · backstage · lines · props · theater · acting · musical · nervous

Categories
Opposites
professionalism/production level

school playprofessional theater

Paid dramatic performance venue

commercial theater · Broadway show · repertory theater · touring production · West End show

venue/institutional context

school playBroadway

Manhattan theatrical district

West End · dinner theater · community theater · theater district

Family

school, play, schools, schooled, schooling, schooler, preschool, schoolhouse, schoolroom

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G