Wendy Gourley • Author
Wendy Gourley is a freelance playwright and dramaturg who is currently working on a Masters of Communication and Storytelling at East Tennessee State…
Tag: Women Playwrights and Composers
Listing of Women who write plays, musicals, music or lyrics
The Hornswoggle Jig • TYA
by Wendy Gourley Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays Ingredients: (a) pirates (b) commedia dell’arte (c) a fight sequence (d) one large…
Noorda Theatre Youth Plays • Five Age Appropriate Scripts for Young Actors
And the curriculum/program that created them! Volume 9 of the Theatre for Young Audiences SERIES Edited by J. D. Newman “Theatre groups and…
An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile • The Radio Broadcast CD
by Barbara Howe Hogan and Tim Caverly Produced by Fred Grant A play with songs adapted from Tim Caverly’s book “An Allagash Haunting” The…
Mylee Bell • Composer and Lyricist
Mylee Bell is a pianist, composer, and piano teacher. She grew up with a passion for music and sought it out in various…
Eda Ashby • Composer and Lyricist
Eda V. Ashby was born (1954) in Connecticut to Ruth Card Ashby and William Cropper Ashby. She grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where…
The Premature Burial • Radio Poe RADIO HOUR 1 • Part 2
by Cheryl Ann Cluff Three actors and a sound effects artist perform an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Premature Burial”. If…
The Tell Tale Heart — Radio Poe RADIO HOUR SERIES part 1
by Cheryl Ann Cluff Three actors and a sound effects artist perform an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart”. If…
The Funny Little Woman and Her Dumpling • A Short Play for Children
by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King Based on the Japanese Fairy Tale : The Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings MORE TO COME…
The Ugly Duckling • A Short Musical for Children
Book and Lyrics by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King Music and Additional Lyrics by C. Michael Perry & Mylee Bell Especially designed…
Three Timeless Tales • Three Plays for Children
by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King & Katherine Farmer Music by C. Michael Perry, Mylee Bell and Eda Ashby Lyrics by George…
Barbara Howe Hogan • Author
A retired music teacher, Barbara Hogan has worked with adults and youth in music and drama since she was a teenager. She has…
The Theft of Thor’s Hammer •TYA • World Tales
by Genevieve Aichele As Thor, the God of Thunder sleeps, the Ice Giants sneak in and steal his mighty hammer, symbol and source…
The Princess and the Pea • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen tale by Genevieve Aichele The typical array of princesses––all royal, all wrong. But when Prince Emory meets…
The Girl Who Found Fear • TYA • World Tales
A Turkish Fairy Tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Fear. We all know about it, have even experienced it in our lives. But we…
Persephone • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Greek Myth by Genevieve Aichele Kidnapping. Heartbreak. Evil exacting a price. Sounds like the 5 o’clock news? Well, no —…
Sleepy Hollow • TYA • World Tales
(based on the story by Washington Irving) Adapted by Genevieve Aichele This is a simple but imaginative story-theatre telling of the famous tale…
The Elephant and the Ant • TYA • World Tales
A Traditional Tale from India adapted by Genevieve Aichele Wisdom from the smallest of all helps the jungle animals to maintain order when…
Clever Manka • TYA • World Tales
A Czechoslovakian tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Riddles. Cleverness. This simple, charming story will delight children and adults alike as The Burgomaster of…
The Children of Lir • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from Irish folk lore by Genevieve Aichele A very early step-mother story, this time out of jealousy for the love of Lir,…
The Adventures of Hiiaka • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from Hawaiian Myth and Lore by Genevieve Aichele Hawaii’s rich mythology and lore provide the story for this script dealing with love,…
FIVE Plays for Young Audiences • Volume 8 Theatre for Young Audiences Series
by Joanna H. Kraus A collection of FIVE plays that speak to young hearts and minds whether they are in school, in the…
Kimchi Kid • TYA Family Play about the power of Adoption
by Joanna H. Kraus When Hak Soo, a nine-year old Korean boy, arrives at a New York airport, he’s frightened by the excited…
For The Glory • A Play
by Joanna H. Kraus (with Hobart Brown) Dawn, wanna-be journalist, is tired of being an Indy 500 driver’s trophy girlfriend. Instead, she’ll cover…
The Dragon Hammer and The Tale of Oniroku • Two TYA Plays from Korean and Japanese Legend
Two Short Plays for Young People [and others] To Perform (TYA) by Joanna H. Kraus The Dragon Hammer comes from an old fairy…
My Turn On Earth • Storybook
by Carol Lynn Pearson Illustrated by Cam Clarke Cover Illustration by Kay Stevenson Available after a long absence from the bookshelves! The…
Me2 • short TYA
by Joanna H. Kraus Two girls, raised in opposite parts of the country, accidentally meet in an upscale California mall. Madison and Emily,…
Joanna H. Kraus • Playwright/Author
Joanna H. Kraus is an award-winning playwright of twenty Theatre for Young Audiences produced/published plays, among them The Ice Wolf (Dramatic Publishing) and…
Tamales and Roses • short TYA
by Joanna H. Kraus When a flower girl gets stage fright and can’t start the wedding procession, she’s convinced no one will forgive…
Do I Look Like Anyone? • a short ZOOM play
by Sheila Rinear THE PERFECT TWO CHARACTER ZOOM PLAY WITH TWO PERFORMERS WHOSE CHARACTERS NEVER MEET IN PERSON! Meeting your Birth Mother? Important,…
Elaine Jarvik • Playwright
ELAINE JARVIK — is a woman of numerous talents: 27 years as a writer with the Salt Lake City daily, The Deseret News,…
Morag Shepherd • Playwright
Morag Shepherd is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. Shepherd grew up in rural Scotland and England before studying playwrighting at Brigham Young University,…
Flora Meets A Bee • a play for grades K-3
by Morag Shepherd Eight-year-old Flora has lived in six foster homes since the age of five. One day Flora meets Bee and their…
River.Swamp.Cave.Mountain. • TYA (Grades K-3)
by Elaine Jarvik This is the story of five-year-old JJ (who has lots of questions) and eight-year-old Izzy (a know-it-all who…
Myrth Elizabeth Burr • Author
Myrth Elizabeth Liston Burr, was born March 9, 1921 to Hazel G. Riddle and Don Carlos Liston in Escalante, Utah. Myrth spent her…
American Dreams: Immigration Stories – A Monologue Play
by Linda Britt (Ideal for Professional, Amateur and Educational theatrical productions groups.) Also perfect for Online Events as great Online theatre. A powerful,…
An Enchanted April a musical • Vocal Selections/Song Book
Music & Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Book and Lyrics by Elizabeth Hansen 17 Songs in Piano-Vocal format In just one short Enchanted…
FIVE Plays by Sheila Rinear • Playwrights on the Page Series • Book 12
FIVE Plays by Sheila Rinear (BOOK 12 in the Playwrights on the Page Series) Lifelines Merry Gentlemen Counter Intelligence A Day Without Palestine…
Little Women — a musical
Book and Lyrics by R. Rex Stephenson Music by Emily Rose Tucker UNDER CONSTRUCTION PLAY DETAILS: Order# 3330 Performance License…
The Cricket On The Hearth — Staged Radio Play
Adapted from the Charles Dickens story by R. Rex Stephenson & Jody D. Brown (For performance by any amateur, educational or professional theatre…
Patricia Mew — Author
Patricia Mew’s short plays have been produced at the Maine Playwrights Festival (2012, 2013, 2014), PortFringe (2015, 2016), and King of Crows II…
All The Wrong Moves — a ten minute play
by Patricia Mew For production by Professionals, Amateurs, Colleges/Universities and High Schools. Two millennial couples meeting at a restaurant for an evening out…
Merry Gentlemen — a play inspired by “A Christmas Carol”
The story of “A Christmas Carol” provides a loose framework and several characters for this exploration of parent-child relationships. Tired of the same old Christmas Carol? This may be exactly what you are looking for!
The Skeleton In The School — An Elementary Musical
A skeleton is discovered in the school’s boiler room and the rumors start flying!
Who’s Running The School – an Elementary Musical
Book & Lyrics by Linda Britt Music by Colin Britt The premise is simple: What if you came to school and couldn’t find…
Chosen: Stories On Adoption — play
A warm, moving, and sometimes funny look at adoption from the minds and hearts of the adopted and those who adopt them.
Mrs. Smith Goes To Washington — One Woman Play
A Tour-de-Force for a solo actress portraying Margaret Chase Smith, first female Senator from Maine
An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile — play with songs
The North Maine Woods are many things — haunted is one of them; as 10-year-old Olivia soon finds out.