Community Theatre: Your Guide to Season Planning

Need some fresh show ideas for your community theatre? Concord Theatricals is here to help! Here’s a dynamic selection of celebrated and noteworthy titles that would be perfect for you and your audience.

First, we’ve listed a broad array of great musicals, organized by cast size and further subdivided into contemporary or classic 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:

• Large-Cast Musicals (Contemporary)
• Large-Cast Musicals (Classic)
• Small-Cast Musicals (Contemporary)
• Small-Cast Musicals (Classic)

• Large-Cast Plays (Contemporary)
• Large-Cast Plays (Classic)
• Small-Cast Plays (Contemporary)
• Small-Cast Plays (Classic)

For more ideas, visit Concord Theatricals in the US or UK. Break a leg in your upcoming season!

MUSICALS

Large-Cast Musicals (Contemporary)

• Anastasia: The Musical by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (US/UK) 
  (Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 5m, 1 girl +Ensemble)
• Be More Chill by Joe Iconis, Joe Tracz and Ned Vizzini (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 6m +Ensemble)
• 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)
• Everybody’s Talking About Jamie by Tom MacRae, Dan Gillespie Sells & Jonathan Butterell (US/UK) 
  (Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 8w, 10m)
• 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)
• Heathers The Musical by Kevin Murphy, Laurence O’Keefe and Daniel Waters (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy / 9w, 8m)
• In The Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 6w, 6m +Ensemble)
• Rock of Ages by Chris D’Arienzo (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 10w, 7m)
• 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 Grinning Man by Carl Grose, Tom Morris, Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Dark Comedy / 5w, 7m, 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)
• 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)
• Twelve Angry Men by Michael Holland, David Simpatico and Reginald Rose (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Drama / 12m)

Large-Cast Musicals (Classic)

• A Chorus Line by Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 9w, 10m)
• 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)
• Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten, Christopher Isherwood, John Kander and Fred Ebb (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Drama / 8w, 8m)
• 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)
• 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)
• Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (US)
  (Full-Length Musical, Drama / 1w, 8m +Ensemble)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (US)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 1m, 17 any gender)
• 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)
• 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)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 6m +Ensemble)
• 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)
• 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)

Small-Cast Musicals (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)
• Clue: The Musical by Peter DePietro, Galen Blum, Wayne Barker, Vinnie Martucci and Tom Chiodo (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 5m)
• First Date by Austin Winsberg, Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4w, 3m)
• Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron and Alison Bechdel (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 2m, 1 girl, 2 boys)
• 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)
• Ruthless! by Joel Paley and Marvin Laird (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 7w, with flexible gender casting)
• The Mad Ones by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 1m)
• The Spitfire Grill by James Valcq, Fred Alley and Lee David Zlotoff (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 3m)
• Well-Behaved Women by Carmel Dean (US/UK) 
  (Musical Revue, Drama / 4w, expandable to dozens)

Small-Cast Musicals (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)
• Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Drama / 3w, 3m, 1 boy)
• Nunsense by Dan Goggin (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 5w)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing, conceived by Walter Bobbie (US/UK)
  (Musical Revue / Cabaret, Comedy / 3w, 2m)
• Smoke on the Mountain by Connie Ray, Alan Bailey, Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 4m)
• 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)

PLAYS

Large-Cast Plays (Contemporary)

• A Crazy Little Café Called Love by Luigi Januzzi (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 3m, expandable to 16)
• Calendar Girls by Tim Firth (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 9w, 4m)
• Death by Design by Rob Urbinati (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m)
• Four Old Broads on the High Seas by Leslie Kimbell (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 6m)
• Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 5m)
• Let The Right One In by Jack Thorne (US)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 6m)
• Mary Page Marlowe by Tracy Letts (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 11w, 6m, 1 girl)
• Puffs by Matt Cox (US/UK) 
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 5m, 1 any gender, expandable)
• She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6w, 3m)
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (US)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 4m, 9 girls, 8 boys)
• The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 10w)

Large-Cast Plays (Classic)

• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 7m, 1 boy)
• Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express adapted by Ken Ludwig (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 5w, 5m)
• Bernhardt/Hamlet by Theresa Rebeck (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 8m)
• for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w)
• Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman and Ken Kesey (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 13m)
• Our Town by Thornton Wilder (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 17m)
• Pride & Prejudice (Davies) by Andrew Davies and Jane Austen (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 13w, 7m)
• The Miracle Worker by William Gibson (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w, 7m)
• The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (US)
  (Full-Length Play, Melodrama / 3w, 5m)

Small-Cast Plays (Contemporary)

• American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 3m)
• Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 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)
• Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5 any gender, expandable up to 24)
• Faculty Portrait by Sean David DeMers (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 2m)
• How to Transcend a Happy Marriage by Sarah Ruhl (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m)
• Is God Is by Aleshea Harris (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 4m)
• Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5w, 3m)
• Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 3m)
• Mary Jane by Amy Herzog (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w)
• My Name Is Lucy Barton by Rona Munro, Elizabeth Strout (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w)
• Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 2m)
• Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses by Michael Parker and Susan Parker (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m)
• Scapino by Jeffrey Binder (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 6m)
• The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2 any gender)
• The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 1m)
• The Sound Inside by Adam Rapp (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 1m)
• The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 2m)

Small-Cast Plays (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)
• Dial M for Murder (Hatcher) by Jeffrey Hatcher and Frederick Knott (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 3m)
• Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore (US)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3fw 5m)
• Plaza Suite by Neil Simon (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2-5w, 3-7m)
• Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder and David Greenspan (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 4m)
• The Lion in Winter by James Goldman (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 5m)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (US) 
  (Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m)
• Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress (US/UK)
  (Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 6m)

For more great plays and musicals, visit Concord Theatricals in the US or UK.