Women Writers
in alphabetical order by last name
Below are all the women* writers that have worked on the productions that we have seen or listed.
Johnna Adams - Sans Merci; Lickspittles, Buttonholers, & Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens Liz Duffy Adams - Or, Jenny Allen - I Got Sick Then I Got Better Jessica Anderson - My Purple Wig Moe Angelos - Sontag: Reborn Elle Anhorn - The C*nt Heidi Armbruster- Every Good Girl Deserves Fun Andrea Assaf - Eleven Reflections on September Rachel Axler - Smudge Jaclyn Backhaus - Men on Boats Jenny Lyn Bader - I Like To Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, or, This is a Mango; In Flight Annie Baker - John Leah Barker - Secession 2015 Claire Baron - You Got Older (Drama Desk Nominee, 2015) Jessie Bear - The Ferry Play Joan Beber - In Bed with Roy Cohn Aphra Behn - Sir Patient Fancy Melissa Bell - (Book & Additional Lyrics) Devil and the Deep Mari Brown - 23 Feet in 12 Minutes Kelsey Broyles - Princess Cut Bekah Brunstetter - (+)30NYC: new plays imagining the next new york Virginia Bryan - My Three Moms Sheila Callaghan - Lascivious Something Kaca Celan - The Last Story Kate Chisholm - The Hidden Sky Staceyann Chin - Motherstruck Caryl Churchill - Love and Information, Vinegar Tom Paula Cizmar - 7 Sins in 60 Minutes Eliza Clark - Edgewise Alexandra Collier - Underland Cecilia Copland - R Culture Fernanda Coppel - King Liz Kara Lee Corthron - The Architect of Becoming Clare Coss - Emmett, Down In My Heart Erin Courtney - Leakey's Ladies Virginia Cowles - Love Goes to Press Rachel Crothers - A Little Journey Gretchen Cryer - The Fifties Girl: A Simple Story Lisa D'Amour - Airline Highway (Drama Desk Nominee, 2015) Cheryl L. Davis - 7 Sins in 60 Minutes Teresa Deevy - Wife to James Whelan, Temporal Powers Anne DeSalvo - Mamma Roma Lisi DeHaas - Leave Me Green Aminta De Lara - Golondrinas/The Swallow Lydia R. Diamond - Stick Fly Susan DiLallo - Once Upon a Time in New Jersey Harrie Dobby - The Gap Bathsheba Doran - The Mystery of Love and Sex Sarah M. Duncan - Come Back Up Beth Dzuricky - Bed, Beth, & Beyond Laura Eason - The Undeniable Sound of Right Now Michele Elliot - Promising Christine Evans - (+)30NYC: new plays imagining the next new york Yael Farber - Nirbhaya Cheryl Feraone - Vinegar Tom Lindsey Ferrentino - Ugly Lies the Bone Catherine Filloux - Dog and Wolf, Luz June Finfer - The Glass House Kate Fodor - 100 Saints You Should Know Dorothy Fortenberry - Good Egg Olga de la Fuente - 7 Sins in 60 Minutes Margaret Fuller - A Medley for Margaret Fuller Fengar Gael - Devil Dog Six Zona Gale - Miss Lulu Bett Sarah Gancher - The Architect of Becoming Martha Gellhorn - Love Goes to Press Madeleine George - The Zero Hour Rebecca Gilman - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Debbie Tucker Green - Born Bad Kristen Greenidge - Milk Like Sugar Virginia Grise - The Architect of Becoming Dipika Guha - The Architect of Becoming Danai Gurira - Eclipsed Jennifer Haley - The Nether Lillian Hellman - Another Part of the Forest, The Little Foxes Reynaliz Herrara - Ideas, Not Theories Amy Herzog - Belleville Kate Hewlett - The Swearing Jar Maggie Hill - Only a Paper Moon Chisa Hutchinson - 7 Sins in 60 Minutes Arlene Hutton - As It Is In Heaven Elizabeth Irwin - My Manana Comes (Drama Desk Nominee, 2015) Crystal Jackson - The Singularity Penny Jackson - I Know What Boys Want Laurie James - A Medley for Margaret Fuller Elfriede Jelinek - Jackie Charlotte Jones - Airswimming Marie Jones - Fly Me to the Moon Cush Jumbo - Josephine and I Juliacks - Swell MJ Kaufman - How to Live on Earth Barbara Kahn - The Spring and Fall of Eve Adams, Birds of Fire, Island Girls Jelena Kajgo - Realists Sibyl Kempson - Let Us Now Praise Susan Sondheim Anna Khaja - Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto Krista Knight - Primal Play Kerri Koczen - Princess Cut Andrea Kuchlewska - Human Fruit Bowl Susan Laubach - The Fifties Girl: A Simple Story Dina Laura - Elephants and Other Worldly Dilemmas Shirley Lauro - All Through The Night, The Radiant Antoinette LaVecchia - How To Be A Good Italian Daughter Dorothy Marcic - Sistas Nancy Monocherian - Hey Jude Erin Layton - Magdalen Eve Lederman - Let It Come Down Rehana Lew Mirza - Soldier X Karen Lewis - The Perfect Wife Robin Rice Lichtig - The Power of Birds, Play Nice! Phyllida Lloyd - Henry IV Teresa Lotz - She Calls Me Firefly Marcy Lovitch - Office Politics Noelle Lusane - Island Girls Emily M. - The Fly in the Fridge Tingying Ma - The Weird Tree Mariah MacCarthy - Magic Trick Judith Malina - Korach Karen Malpede - Prophecy Kara Manning - Sleeping Rough Dorothy Marcic - Sistas Israela Margalit - First Prize Terri Mateer - A Kind Shot Caroline V McGraw - The Bachelors Ruth McKee - Stray Victoria Melody - Major Tom Michelle A. Miller - Mother of God! Ashley Mills - Rapunzel in the Wild West Sylvia Milo - The Other Mozart Desi Moreno-Penson - Comida de Puta Jessica Nelson - Secession 2015 Lynn Nottage - By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Las Meninas Aya Ogawa - Ludic Proxy Dael Orlandersmith - Horsedreams, Forever Julia Pascal - The Dybbuk Laura Pedersen - This Will All Be Yours Anne Phelan - 7 Sins in 60 Minutes Renee Philippi - Geppetto, Alone in Triptych Sylvia Plath - Three Women Lucie Pohl - Cry Me a Liver Rain Pryor - Fried Chicken & Latkes Sheila Rae - I Married Wyatt Earp Lisa Ramirez - To The Bone Theresa Rebeck - Seminar Jacqui Rego - Baby Hubris Lavinia Roberts - Poor People Alexis Roblan - Secession 2015 Jenny Rodgers - Imagine the Imaginary Invalid Sofia Romma - That Queer Blind Silence Danielle Roos - Princess Cut Lynn Rosen - Apple Cove Kim Rosenstock - Fly By Night (Drama Desk Nominee 2015) Melissa Ross - Nice Girl, Of Good Stock Kate E. Ryan - Card & Gift Heidi Schreck - Creature, There Are No More Big Secrets Lousine Shamamian - Shake the Earth Claudia Shear - Restoration Jocelyn Shratter - The Weird Tree Jamuna Yvette Sirker - Hell and High Water Crystal Skillman - The Vigil or The Guided Cradle Githa Sowerby - Rutherford and Son Peggy Stafford - 16 Words or Less Polly Stenham - That Face Ariel Stess - Heartbreak Gerda Stevenson - Federer versus Murray Caridad Svich - Rift Cori Thomas - When January Feels Like Summer Melisa Tien - 7 Sins in 60 Minutes, I Like To Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, or, This is a Mango Joy Tomasko - I Like To Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, or, This is a Mango Sophie Treadwell - Machinal Catherine Trieschmann - The Most Deserving Franca Valeri - Tosca e le Altre Due Suzanne Vega - Carson McCullers Talks About Love Anne Washburn - Iphigenia at Aulis Angelina Weld Grimke - Rachel Laura Wickens - The Storm Michele Willens - Family Dinner Tracy Scott Wilson - Buzzer Bess Wohl - Small Mouth Sounds, 2015 Drama Desk Special Award Recipient Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig - Lidless Antu Yacob - Morning Sun Lauren Yee - The Architect of Becoming Stefanie Zadravec - Honey Brown Eyes Anna Ziegler - Photograph 51, A Delicate Ship Laura Zlatos - Secession 2015, Happily After Ever, The Weird Tree |
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Works by Women seeks to support women* in the theatre industry by alerting audiences to female* driven productions. We do not attest to the quality of the productions listed or endorse individual artists on this website.