Women

From matriarchs to fighter pilots, homemakers to politicians, the women in these stories represent a broad range of experience. Explore this selection of plays and musicals featuring all-female casts.

Playwright Tim Firth shares a few thoughts on his new comedy Sheila’s Island, a sparkling, sharp-witted, all-female adaptation of his earlier hit Neville’s Island.

Concord Theatricals proudly champions female authors in the UK and beyond. Here’s a list of female-identifying nominees and winners at the Olivier Awards.

In a world full of heroes, these are tales of heroines! Here’s a list of plays and musicals, based on folklore and fairy tales, in which women take center stage.

Jack Heifner’s Vanities, a bittersweet comedy astutely chronicling the lives of three Texas girls, remains provocative, stimulating and hilarious nearly half a century after its creation. We spoke to the playwright about the show’s development and legacy.

Explore the dizzying work of one of the most innovative and subjective American playwrights to come out of the 1960s.

From pioneers in the women’s suffrage movement to contemporary teachers, parents, prisoners, athletes and entertainers, here’s a broad spectrum of meaty roles for strong women in both plays and musicals.

Discover a range of fantastic roles for female Latinx actors, from a young folklórico dancer to a Zoloft-addicted middle-aged mom.

From a tenacious Harlem pastor to a Harvard-educated neuropsychiatrist, here’s a wide variety of compelling roles created specifically for Black female actors.

A daring pioneer in the Old West. A genteel lady of privilege in New Orleans Creole society. A naive farmgirl in rural Kansas. An internationally famous pop superstar. Explore these musicals featuring powerful and compelling roles created specifically for Black female actors.

Roxie & Velma… Mame and Vera… Effie, Deena and Lorrell… when two or more great female leads share the stage, theatre magic happens! Here are 26 musicals featuring women standing (and singing) side by side.

The stories of women extend far beyond just the ingenue. Check out this list of 30 compelling, textured plays for women ranging in age and position.

Explore the women of Concord whose work has been recognized by the Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Allan Miller, creator of the stage adaptation of The Fox, explores the work’s legacy a century after its initial publication.

Billie Holiday, Lady Thiang, Diana Morales, Nina Rosario, Effie White. Explore musicals featuring some of the complex and compelling roles created specifically for female actors of color.

A matriarch from Chicago’s South Side; an undocumented maid at an El Paso home; two twin girls determined to win a coveted early admission minority scholarship. Delve into plays featuring some of the gripping and gutsy roles written specifically for female actors of color.

Complete your 2019/2020 collegiate season with this list of four plays perfect for colleges and universities.

In 2006, a lone gunman walked into an Amish school house and opened fire. The Nickel Mines shooting inspired the 2009 play The Amish Project, though the subject feels even more familiar, and relevant, than ever before. Check out this interview with playwright Jessica Dickey about The Amish Project ten years later.

Take a look inside the mind of Thornton Wilder and the women he wrote.

Gypsy turns 60. In celebration, take a look at these iconic pairings throughout the years.