Planning your next community theatre season can be challenging, so Concord Theatricals is here to help! Here’s an exciting selection of celebrated and noteworthy titles – arranged by genre – that are sure to fit your needs and thrill your audience.
This time, we’ve arranged titles by genre. First, we’ve listed a broad array of great musicals, organized by genre and further subdivided into classic or contemporary shows. Below that, you’ll find a selection of outstanding plays, organized the same way. If you’re skimming the list, here’s how they’re arranged:
MUSICALS
• Musical Comedies (Classic & Contemporary)
• Musical Dramas (Classic & Contemporary)
• Musical Dramedies (Classic & Contemporary)
PLAYS
• Comedies (Classic & Contemporary)
• Dark Comedies (Classic & Contemporary)
• Dramas (Classic & Contemporary)
• Dramedies (Classic & Contemporary)
• Thrillers/Mysteries (Classic & Contemporary)
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MUSICALS
Musical Comedies (Classic)
- Anything Goes (2022 Revision) by Cole Porter, P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse and John Weidman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 4m +Ensemble) - Babes in Arms (Beane Version) by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and Douglas Carter Beane (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 6m) - Hello, Dolly! by Michael Stewart, Jerry Herman and Thornton Wilder (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 4m +Ensemble) - Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn by Irving Berlin, Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 3m, 1 boy +Ensemble) - Irving Berlin’s White Christmas by Irving Berlin, David Ives and Paul Blake (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 6m, 1 girl +Ensemble) - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (US)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 1m, 17 any gender) - Nunsense by Dan Goggin (US/UK) Visit the Nunsense Collection in the US or UK!
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w) - Nunset Boulevard by Dan Goggin (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 1 any gender) - Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway Version) by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Douglas Carter Beane (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w, 4m +Ensemble) - Smoke on the Mountain by Connie Ray, Alan Bailey, Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 4m) - The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes (US)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 7m +Ensemble) - You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz, Clark Gesner, Michael Mayer and Andrew Lippa (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 2w, 4m +Optional Ensemble)
Musical Comedies (Contemporary)
- [title of show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 2w, 2m, 1 any gender) - Altar Boyz by Kevin Del Aguila, Gary Adler Michael Patrick Walker, Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5m) - Be More Chill by Joe Iconis, Joe Tracz and Ned Vizzini (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 6m +Ensemble) - Clue: The Musical by Peter DePietro, Galen Blum, Wayne Barker, Vinnie Martucci and Tom Chiodo (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 5m) - Everybody’s Talking About Jamie by Tom MacRae, Dan Gillespie Sells & Jonathan Butterell (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 8w, 10m) - First Date by Austin Winsberg, Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 3m) - Gutenberg! The Musical! by Scott Brown and Anthony King (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 2m) - Heathers The Musical by Kevin Murphy, Laurence O’Keefe and Daniel Waters (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy / 9w, 8m) - I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (2018 Version) by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts (US/UK)
(Musical Revue, Comedy / 2w, 2m) - Neil Simon’s Musical Fools by Neil Simon, Phil Swann and Ron West (US)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 7w, 7m) - Reefer Madness by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Satire / 4w, 4m) - Rock of Ages by Chris D’Arienzo (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 10w, 7m) - Ruthless! by Joel Paley and Marvin Laird (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 7w, with flexible gender casting) - School of Rock (Lloyd Webber) by Mike White, Julian Fellowes, Glenn Slater and Andrew Lloyd Webber (US)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 6w, 9m, 6 girls, 5 boys) - Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ The Musical by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 3m, 1 girl, 3 boys, Expandable Casting) - The Lightning Thief by Joe Tracz, Rob Rokicki and Rick Riordan (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 7 any gender +Ensemble) - The SpongeBob Musical by Stephen Hillenburg, Kyle Jarrow, Tina Landau and Others (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 16 any gender)
Musical Dramas (Classic)
- 110 in the Shade (Revised) by N. Richard Nash, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 2w, 5m +Ensemble) - A Tale of Two Cities: The Musical (Broadway Version) (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 5w, 9m, 1 girl +Ensemble) - Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten, Christopher Isherwood, John Kander and Fred Ebb (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 8w, 8m) - Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (US)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 1w, 8m +Ensemble) - Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 6m +Ensemble) - Porgy and Bess® by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 4m) - The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman, Lucy Simon and Frances Hodgson Burnett (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 10w, 12m, 1 girl, 1 boy +Ensemble) - Titanic – Ensemble Version by Peter Stone and Maury Yeston (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 14w, 23m)
Musical Dramas (Contemporary)
- Carrie: The Musical by Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, Lawrence D. Cohen and Stephen King (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 5w, 2m +Ensemble) - Doctor Zhivago by Michael Weller, Michael Korie, Amy Powers, Lucy Simon and Boris Pasternak (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 3w, 5m +Ensemble) - Eleanor – An American Love Story by Thomas Tierney, John Forster and Jonathan Bolt (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 7w, 7m, 1 girl) - Far From Heaven by Richard Greenberg, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 9w, 7m, 1 girl, 1 boy) - Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron and Alison Bechdel (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 2m, 1 girl, 2 boys) - Giant by Sybille Pearson, Michael John La Chiusa and Edna Ferber (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 10w, 16m) - Superhero by John Logan & Tom Kitt (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 3w, 5m) - The Mad Ones by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 1m) - Twelve Angry Men: A Musical by Michael Holland, David Simpatico and Reginald Rose (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 12m) - Well-Behaved Women by Carmel Dean (US/UK)
(Musical Revue, Drama / 4w, expandable to dozens)
Musical Dramedies (Classic)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles M. Schulz, Bill Melendez, Lee Mendelson and Eric Schaeffer (US/UK)
(Short Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 5m, 1 any gender) - A Chorus Line by Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 9w, 10m) - An American in Paris by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & Craig Lucas (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 5m +Ensemble) - Avenue X by John Jiler and Ray Leslee (US)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 6m) - Dreamgirls by Tom Eyen, Henry Krieger and Michael Bennett (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 4m +Ensemble) - Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 3w, 3m, 1 boy) - Footloose by Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Walter Bobbie, Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 7w, 8m +Ensemble) - HAIR by Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt McDermot (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 5m +Ensemble) - Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing, conceived by Walter Bobbie (US/UK)
(Musical Revue / Cabaret, Comedy / 3w, 2m) - Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 6m +Ensemble) - The Life by Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman and David Newman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 5w, 5m) - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg and Herbert Stothart (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 5m, 16 any gender)
Musical Dramedies (Contemporary)
- Anastasia: The Musical by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 5m, 1 girl +Ensemble) - Flowers for Mrs Harris by Paul Gallico, Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 6w, 4m, Expandable Casting) - Hands on a Hardbody by Doug Wright, Amanda Green, Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 6fw 9m) - In The Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 6w, 6m +Ensemble) - Meet John Doe by Andrew Gerle, Eddie Sugarman and Frank Capra (US)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 1w, 5m +Ensemble) - No Way to Treat a Lady by Douglas J. Cohen and William Goldman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 2m) - Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 2m) - The Grinning Man by Carl Grose, Tom Morris, Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy / 5w, 7m, Expandable Casting) - The Spitfire Grill by James Valcq, Fred Alley and Lee David Zlotoff (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 3m) - Tuck Everlasting by Claudia Shear, Tim Federle, Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen and Natalie Babbitt (US/UK)
(Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 6m, 1 girl +Ensemble)
PLAYS
Comedies (Classic)
- Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 4m) - Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 2m) - Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti, Beverley Cross & Francis Evans (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 2m) - Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows (US)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 7m) - Don’t Dress for Dinner by Marc Camoletti, Robin Hawdon (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 3m) - Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m) - Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore (US)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3fw 5m) - Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 10m) - Plaza Suite by Neil Simon (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2-5w, 3-7m) - Pride & Prejudice (Davies) by Andrew Davies and Jane Austen (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 13w, 7m) - Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m) - Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w) - The Odd Couple (Female Version) by Neil Simon (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 2m)
Comedies (Contemporary)
- A Crazy Little Café Called Love by Luigi Januzzi (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 3m, expandable to 16) - Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E. Cooper (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 2m) - Bernhardt/Hamlet by Theresa Rebeck (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 8m) - Calendar Girls by Tim Firth (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 9w, 4m) - Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5 any gender, expandable up to 24) - Four Old Broads on the High Seas by Leslie Kimbell (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 6m) - How to Transcend a Happy Marriage by Sarah Ruhl (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m) - Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 5m) - Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 3m) - Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 2m) - Packing Up Polly by Leslie Kimbell (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w) - Puffs by Matt Cox (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 5m, 1 any gender, expandable) - Scapino by Jeffrey Binder (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 6m) - Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses by Michael Parker and Susan Parker (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m) - The Awesome 80s Prom by Ken Davenport (US)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 8w, 12m) - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (US)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 4m, 9 girls, 8 boys) - The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 2m)
Dark Comedies (Classic & Contemporary)
- I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 1w, 1m, 1any gender) - Meteor Shower by Steve Martin (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 2m) - Regretfully, So the Birds Are by Julia Izumi (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 4w, 2m) - The Minutes by Tracey Letts (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 3w, 8m) - The Moors by Jen Silverman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 5w, 1m) - Witch by Jen Silverman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 4m)
Dramas (Classic)
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 7m, 1 boy) - August Wilson’s Fences by August Wilson (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 5m) - August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 5m) - for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w) - Our Town by Thornton Wilder (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 17m) - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder and David Greenspan (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 4m) - The Miracle Worker by William Gibson (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 7m)
Dramas (Contemporary)
- A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2m) - American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 3m) - Cadillac Crew by Tori Sampson (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w) - Discus by Becca Schlossberg (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 2m, 3any gender) - Faculty Portrait by Sean David DeMers (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 2m) - Is God Is by Aleshea Harris (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 4m) - Let The Right One In by Jack Thorne (US)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 6m) - Mary Jane by Amy Herzog (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w) - Mary Page Marlowe by Tracy Letts (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 11w, 6m, 1 girl) - My Name Is Lucy Barton by Rona Munro, Elizabeth Strout (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w) - The Sound Inside by Adam Rapp (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 1m) - Where We Stand by Donnetta Lavinia Grays (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1 any gender)
2023 Manhattan Theatre Club production of Summer, 1976 (Jeremy Daniel)
Dramedies (Classic)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest By Dale Wasserman and Ken Kesey (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 13m) - The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 1m) - The Lion in Winter by James Goldman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 5m) - Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 6m)
Dramedies (Contemporary)
- August Wilson’s Radio Golf by August Wilson (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 4m) - Becky Nurse of Salem by Sarah Ruhl (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 4w, 3m) - Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 3m) - For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday by Sarah Ruhl (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 4m) - Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise by Ken Ludwig (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 1m) - Linda Vista by Tracey Letts (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 3m) - My First Time by Ken Davenport (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 2m) - Seared by Theresa Rebeck (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy /1w, 3m) - She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6w, 3m) - Summer, 1976 by David Auburn (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w) - The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 1m) - The Roommate by Jen Silverman (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 2w) - The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 10w) - Tiny Houses by Chelsea Marcantel (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m)
2023 Cleveland Play House production of Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty (Roger Mastroianni)
Thrillers/Mysteries (Classic & Contemporary)
- Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express adapted by Ken Ludwig (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 5m) - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 8m) - Death by Design by Rob Urbinati (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m) - Deceived by Johnna Wright, Patty Jamieson and Patrick Hamilton (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 1m) - Dial M for Murder (Hatcher) by Jeffrey Hatcher and Frederick Knott (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 3m) - Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 3m) - Man Cave by John J. Caswell, Jr. (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w) - The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan (US/UK)
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2 any gender) - The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (US)
(Full-Length Play, Melodrama / 3w, 5m) - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and Mark Shanahan (US)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m) - Wait Until Dark (Hatcher) by Frederick Knott and Jeffrey Hatcher (US)
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 4m, 1 girl)
For more great plays and musicals, visit Concord Theatricals in the US or UK.