School play ideas

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I've always wanted to write a high school theatre production. I didn't get my chance senior year, but I still hope to do it. Think of it as a gift for my drama teacher. She was such an inspiration for me. The problem is that I have no story. I've got several ideas for a stage play, but I doubt they're any good, or feasible production-wise.

Okay, so...

-A Theodore Boone-esque kid attorney defends his best friend, on trial for murdering his own parents.
-A successful writer finds himself involved in the hunt for a serial killer who commits murders based on the pages of his bestsellers.
-A costume horror play in the vein of old Universal horror films.
-A Grand Guignol-style splatter play. (See link)
-An anthology of horror stories.

<--- When he was a teen he wrote a play called "Fear Of Flying". It was about a young man's insistence on steering clear of drugs while his friends fell from its abuses on the wayside.

<--- In retrospect, when he got older, he should've listened to his teen voice.

^

I have considered writing a comedy play, but given my unfortunate tendency to shock people with nihilism and depravity rather than actually making them laugh, I have my doubts.

Come to think of it, if I can't have it produced on-stage, I could write a script specifically for reading in a drama class.