Playwrights

Lauren Gunderson is one of America‘s most-produced living playwrights. Get a glimpse of her passionate work with these five plays, exploring science, humanity, overlooked women, human nature, feminism and theatre.

What does it mean to be alive, day after day and hour after hour? Discover how many of the theatre’s most gifted playwrights have answered this universal question in this collection of moving, challenging, memorable plays affiliated with the Theatre of the Absurd.

Tennessee Williams has a decades-spanning legacy of incredible plays with complex and challenging roles for all actors, but especially leading ladies. Discover more about an American master with this sampling of five plays.

Nikhil Mahapatra’s modern take on a Shakespearean classic explores sibling rivalry, grief and returning home. In this interview, the playwright discusses their creative process and how this sharp play came to be.

Discover five hilarious, charming, inclusive plays by Ian McWethy, a playwright loved by audiences of all ages.

Playwright Leslie Kimbell, creator of the hugely successful “Four Old Broads” series, discusses her dramatic comedy Packing Up Polly, celebrating female friendship, grief, hoarding, and laughing until you cry.

Native Gardens is a play about all the tensions and petty injustices that lie behind a veneer of neighborliness. In this interview, Karen talks about how she created this sharp, satirical looks at the changing face of the suburbs.

Michael Valenti, composer of the beloved children’s musical Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, discusses the rich history of the show, his favorite memories, and why it became the longest continuously running children’s show in off-Broadway history.

Ryan Spahn’s dark and delightful play brings audiences into the world of a community theatre production spinning rapidly out of control. The playwright discusses his inspirations and how he created this tense and thrilling mystery.

Known for works offering piercing insight and critique of American culture, Miller centered the common person in tragedies of epic proportions, earning a place as one of the greatest American dramatists of the 20th century.

Concord Theatricals is honored to be the home of many of the Most-Produced Plays and Playwrights, as reported by American Theatre Magazine. Take a minute and get to know these authors and titles further below!

To celebrate the 50th year of the OOB Festival, explore all of the 50+ OOB alumni authors who have other work in the Concord Theatricals catalog.

Discover five of Hunter’s beautiful and celebrated plays, each of which explores an engrossing life situation with grace and compassion.

Peruse three plays by the great dramatist Theresa Rebeck and consider telling her stories onstage.

These Concord Theatricals titles featuring the great detective offer suspense, chills and surprises – all the thrills associated with great mystery theatre.

Miller’s dark, moving one-act, which follows the relationship between hostages Lali and Beng, has reached the hearts of an array of theatergoers.

Get into vacation mode with the three iconic “Suite” plays by award-winning playwright Neil Simon, who was born on the Fourth of July.

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of this uproarious farce, we spoke to co-author Billy Van Zandt — and the directors of a few recent productions – to explore the show’s continued success with audiences and creatives alike.

The prolific playwright discusses Curtain Up!, Glorious, The Actress and End of the Rainbow – four unique plays exploring the lives of strong leading women in show business.

Playwright Emily Feldman discusses her play The Best We Could (a family tragedy), a very funny, achingly sad and inexplicably familiar play about a father and daughter’s search for meaning as they travel cross country to adopt a rescue dog.

In Richard Conlon’s dynamic play Hope Springs, rebellion breaks out at a privately run youth correction facility located on a remote island. We sat down with the playwright to discuss his play for young actors.

In this excerpt from his memoir, Leading Lady (Smart Pop, 2023), playwright and actor Charles Busch recounts the moment when he first encountered groundbreaking writer/performer Charles Ludlam, marking the historical union of two theatre greats.

Axoloris: The Musical is an uplifting TYA musical addressing climate change. We caught up with the show’s creator, Sean Mendelson, to discuss his inspiration, vision and hopes for the future.

We recently connected with Brad Ross and Mary Hall Surface, composer and book writer of The Tales of Custard the Dragon, to discuss their meaningful collaboration on the audience-favorite family musical.

Celebrated for his razor-sharp, hilarious satire of the British middle class, Alan Ayckbourn has written 90 full-length plays over a 65-year career. Discover the delightfully entertaining work of this brilliant British playwright.

In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Noël Coward’s birth, here’s a look at the many places visited by the globetrotting playwright, interspersed with brief summaries of the classic stage works he created while traveling.

Playwright Rosary Hartel O’Neill (author of Degas in Paris, The Awakening of Kate Chopin and other plays) and her daughter Rory O’Neill Schmitt discuss their latest collaboration, the nonfiction book Kate Chopin in New Orleans.

How Black Mothers Say I Love You, Trey Anthony’s heartfelt examination of Black womanhood and family, explores identity, loss and mother/daughter relationships. We connected with the playwright to discuss her inspirations behind and within this powerful and touching play.

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Soprano matches his hit Lend Me a Tenor in its doses of comedy while offering a feast of complex comedic roles for female actors.

Celebrated for her lyricism, humor and authenticity, Sarah Ruhl has become one of today’s most decorated and cherished playwrights. Explore the breadth of her storytelling with these five selected works.

What is it like adapting the same story to two different mediums? Joe Tracz, one of the brains behind The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical and Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, knows all about it. We join the writer for a conversation on reshaping Percy’s epic tale.

A playwright and master of the modern short story, Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a pioneer of the late 19th-century Russian school of realism. Explore just a few of his many notable works, from early plays to his most celebrated shows.