K-12 Bullying Prevention Assemblies

 
Now accepting bookings for the 2025–2026 school year!

Fall Touring dates: September 11, 2025–November 28, 2025
Spring Touring dates: January 5, 2026–May 29, 2026

Schedule a social-emotional learning assembly for your school today!


In-Person Shows

Pets!

Grades K-5

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Rocks!

Grades K-5

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Coming Soon...

or Grades 6-12

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JAN-FEB ONLY: Story of an Off-Brand Band

Grades 6-12

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Pets! by Melanie Godsey
NEW for the 2025–2026 school year.

It’s a tail-wagging time at Pet School, where Biscuit the pup and all their furry and feathered friends learn to sit, stay, and help a human in need. When things get ruff for Biscuit’s best human friend, Corey, it’s time to fetch help. A once-close friendship has gone to the dogs, and the bus stop becomes a bullying zone. Using every paws-itively clever trick from Pet School, Biscuit will stop at nothing to help Corey and teach the other kids that being an upstander is the best trick of all.

1-hour presentation including performance and actor-led talkback.

Pets! Explores:

  • Bullying prevention

  • Turning bystanders into upstanders

  • Overcoming failure

  • Teamwork

 

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Rocks! by Melanie Godsey
Returning for the 2025–2026 school year.

S’mores, stargazing, swimming—Jamie’s family promises him that Camp Obsidian is a hidden gem. And when he makes friends with Casey on the first day, he knows this camp could rock. But when Casey’s jealousy spreads like poison ivy, Jamie gets caught between a rock and a hard place. Is Jamie really being bullied? Or is it all a harmless prank? The other campers and Jasper, the down-to-earth counselor, will leave no stone unturned to make it the best summer ever.

1-hour presentation including performance and actor-led talkback.

Rocks! Explores:

  • Bullying Prevention

  • How to be an Upstander

  • Celebrating Differences

  • Empathy

 

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We are still finalizing our script selection of the 6–12 grade level show for the 2025–2026 school year. If you would like to be notified of our show selection as soon as it’s been decided, please email touring@taproottheatre.org.

Story of an Off-Brand Band by Michelle Lang-Raymond
Returning for a limited time during the 2025–2026 school year.

Everyone’s ready to rock and roll to the sound of the American dream—except one. When the members of The Preamble go on tour, the band is living the dream, except that the guitarist is treated differently. If each of them truly matters, then this band has a decision to make. In this poignant metaphor for Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech, the band must figure out how and if the show will go on.

1-hour presentation including performance and actor-led talkback.

Education Goals:

  • Personal and social responsibility
  • Defining allyship
  • Respecting others
  • Celebrating differences

 

Excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 speech:

…In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note (a “Blank Check”) to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens  are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

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Virtual Shows

45-minute presentation streamed through Vimeo. Unlimited, private access within your school for a set period of time.

For Grades K–5 

Bugs!

BUGS!, written by Melanie Hampton, is a play for elementary age children about bullying prevention and celebrating differences.

Things are snug as a bug in a rug at school until the new kid shows up with enviable expertise about bugs. All the students think Max is the bee’s knees. All of them, except Logan, whose jealousy turns into bullying behavior that’s as bad as a case of bed bugs. Will the other students realize they can’t just be flies on a wall? Can Max stand up to Logan’s bullying behavior? And is there room for new friendship on the playground? 

Super School

Super School, written by Bethany Wallace, is a play for elementary age children about bullying prevention and friendship making.

Your favorite heroes from Camp Super Friend are back for a new adventure! It’s Marvel’s first day at Asteroid Academy and Jet introduces him to Danrelle, a girl with invisibility power, and Tilly, a girl with super-strength and a temper to match. When Danrelle uses her power to steal Tilly’s rocket ball and bully her into losing her temper, Tilly’s reaction puts her in danger of being suspended. Can Tilly learn to manage her emotions in time? Will the students of Asteroid Academy learn the power of the three R’s: Recognizing, Reporting and Refusing Bullying Behavior before their actions cause superhero-sized trouble?

Team Player Mode

Team Player Mode, written by Bethany Wallace, is a play for elementary age children about bullying prevention and accepting differences.

Today’s mission: start at a new school and make some friends. After Ben moves in with his dad he finds out life at his new school is way different. Everyone makes fun of his backpack and they all play that new adventure video game. If Ben can just learn how to play and complete a mission he’ll be invited to join The 5th Grade Gamers. But between his opponents in the fantastical video game world and the students at school, Ben’s going to need the power of the three R’s: Recognizing, Reporting and Refusing bullying behavior and the teamwork of his gaming friends to complete his mission.

Allies from Outer Space

Allies from Outer Space, written by Bethany Wallace, is a play for elementary age children about bullying prevention and diversity.

Jeepers creepers, the aliens are coming to school, and they never shower! At least that’s the gossip when an alien spaceship makes an emergency landing on earth. While waiting for repairs, the alien queen on board sends her daughter to the local school with a mission: to find out if humans are intolerant of differences and if they use their technology to bully others. Will the students at Galaxia Elementary treat Princess Komodo with respect despite her tail and webbed fingers? Or will their bullying behavior force the queen to take drastic measures against bullying and wipe out the earth’s technology for good?! 

 

For Grades 6–12

Relationship Status

Relationship Status, written by Anne Kennedy Brady, is a play for middle and high school students about cyberbullying and personal responsibility in social situations.

Jason and Trevor have been best friends for years, but Jason’s pursuit of Claire throws it all into turmoil. As alliances shift and Trevor struggles to maintain their friendship, Jason and his new girlfriend begin an online campaign of bullying and harassment which leaves Trevor isolated and upset. With newfound confidence, Jason begins a run for class president, providing Trevor an opportunity to publicly humiliate him. Relationship Status examines the social consequences of online behavior, and how to make positive choices to end the downward spiral of cyberbullying and harassment.  

The Social NetWorth

The Social NetWorth, written by Melanie Godsey, is a play for middle and high school students about cyberbullying, body image, and personal responsibility in social situations.

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Hayley’s Body Positivity Club is off to a start, and she’s chronicling the experience on her vlog. Meanwhile, class clown Jason struggles with his own body image after his best friend Cody makes fun of him. To hide his insecurities, Jason joins Cody in remixing Hayley’s vlogs into an embarrassing montage body-shaming her. As the video spreads around the school, Hayley’s life starts to crumble and the students of Everwood must choose how they treat their peers. The Social NetWorth examines the consequences of online behavior while helping students make positive choices to end cyberbullying and harassment.

 

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School Pricing and Additional Information

What’s Included:
  • 45-minute performance complete with traveling sound system and set.
  • 10-15-minute actor led talkback covering key concepts of the play.
  • Teacher's Guide containing play details, pre- and post-show discussion questions, tips on handling bullying reports.
Optional Add-On: Classroom Visit
  • Classroom visits offer the opportunity to ask questions of the actors in smaller groups and include some drama (improv/roleplaying) activities relating to the concept of supportive bystander. These generally last 20-30 minutes although they can be adapted to longer class periods. Please email touring@taproottheatre.org for more details.
In-person:
  • The plays need a level, unobstructed acting area that measures at least 24 feet in width by 18 feet in depth.
  • Taproot will bring all of its own sound equipment.
  • The actors will need one hour prior to the assembly start time to set up and run a sound check.
  • The Performance Preparation and Requirements information sheet will help prepare will help prepare you and your school for the arrival of the road company.
We recommend distributing the Teacher’s Guide prior to our performance to help increase the impact of our production.
For schools outside the Puget Sound, schedule during one of our planned overnight touring weeks in your area for lower travel fees.
  • South Central Washington (Yakima, Richland) March 9–13, 2026
  • Eastern Washington (Spokane, Moses Lake) March 23–27, 2026
  • Central Washington (Yakima, Richland, Moses Lake) April 13–17, 2026
  • Southwest Washington (Vancouver, Portland) April 20–24, 2026
Don’t see a tour near you? Email touring@taproottheatre.org to ask about bringing the team to your area.
2025–2026 Pricing:
  • First Show: $900
  • Second Show: $550
  • Travel Fee: depends on distance. Please email touring@taproottheatre.org for a comprehensive quote.
  • Virtual Assembly: $350
Optional:
  • Classroom Visit: $150
  • Lag Time Fee: starting at $100 (When booking 2 assemblies on the same day at your school and they cannot be scheduled back-to-back; a lag time fee for the actors' time between shows will apply after 30 minutes.)

To begin booking your assembly, please fill out our interest form.

Alternative Pricing Options:

  • If you are a Title I eligible school or have any concern regarding the cost of our assemblies, click here for more information about our discount policy.
  • If you represent a school district and would like to book this show for multiple schools, email us.
  • If you are a home-school group looking to book this show, email us.
Being a kid is hard! Facing bullying and disrespect makes it even harder. That’s why our touring productions use proven strategies from the Committee for Children’s Second Step bullying prevention programs to help students build empathy, manage emotions, and stand up for themselves and others.

Since 1985, Taproot Theatre Company’s Road Company has been bringing professional-level theatre directly into schools across Washington State. They serve more than 75,000 students in grades K–12 annually with our dynamic bullying prevention plays—designed to educate, empower, and inspire.

Each year, our scripts are updated to reflect the evolving challenges students face, including:

  • Cyberbullying and online safety
  • Racism and inclusion
  • Emotional regulation and peer conflict
  • Respect, empathy, and friendship-building
Our shows address real issues with heart, humor, and hope—sparking meaningful conversations long after the team’s departure.

Questions? Reach out to our scheduling office at 206.529.3669 or email touring@taproottheatre.org.


Our scripts are guided by Second Step Curriculum.


Thank You

Support for Taproot Theatre’s Education & Outreach programming is generously provided by:

 

 

 

 

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