Tag: Women Playwrights and Composers
Listing of Women who write plays, musicals, music or lyrics
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.) A powerful, moving, and timely monologue play about immigration, with stories…
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…
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.
The Scarlet Letter — a play
One of America’s most powerful stories created for only FOUR performers.
SUFFRAGE — a play
The struggle over voting rights for women in the second State ever to adopt that amendment: Utah.
Cinderella’s Miss-Adventures — TYA
From the Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads come this most imaginative retelling of one of the most beloved Fairy Tales
The Not-So-Scary Nightmare Adventure — TYA
The land of sleep and dreams and all that can be found there make up this clever story of Bri, the Toothfairy, and her travels to save her ‘children.’
Freedom Song — A Story of Hope — TYA
One of the most powerful and inclusive scripts on the Underground Railroad and the power of personal freedom we have ever come across
Alexandra Grace Gaver — Author
Biography and listing of Plays for a playwright from the Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads
RUFF! by Jenifer Nii — TYA
Two dogs in an Animal Shelter — what better location for a play about prejudice and overcoming fear
The Little Mermaid’s Little Sister — TYA
A delightful twist on the fairy tale as both the mermaid and her prince have a younger, same-gender sibling who get them and others into trouble; but it’s the little sister who is at the center of this story.
The Zenith Escape — a short musical TYA
TV screens, computer screens, video screens, phone screens — what if they were the literal gateway to our scariest nightmares?
Christmas On The Blue — A New Musical for Christmas
1940s, World War 2, Big Band, Radio station on the brink of collapse musical! With a Christmas Theme to boot!
Toad! — A “Wind In The Willows” Musical
A lush and lovely score with unforgettable characters and situations, brings this Kenneth Grahame tale to life in a Broadway-style adaptation.
The Wind in the Willows — Short Musical
“The Wind in the Willows” as a melodrama? It’s not as strange as it might sound!
Before Nevermore: A Poe Adventure — Short Musical
Where did Edgar Allan Poe get his ideas? Who was he before he became the successful writer? This is one likely (or unlikely) scenario that will delight your audiences!
Lifelines — A Play
This is a provocative and healing story about surviving the suicide of a loved one.
Jes Marbacher • Author
Jes Marbacher is a writing and communications professional and freelance theater artist working in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She first came to NHTP through…
Well-Behaved Women — A Play for TYA
Women’s Suffrage is keenly and insightfully explored for young audiences.
Sheila Rinear — playwright
Sheila Rinear is a San Antonio-based, award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and teacher. Her work has been commissioned, developed and produced throughout the United States…
Counter Intelligence — One-Act
No other person in the world is really very different from ourselves. It is amazing the things you can learn in a diner, and the possibilities that wisdom opens up!
A Day Without Palestine — One-Act
American/Arab/Israeli relations pose many questions, but also find some solutions. A fine little drama about a family on the brink of crisis.
The Ransom Note or Sweet Katy’s Peril-A Melodrama of Unusual Mirth
A clever experience with the classic ‘mellerdrama’ (melodrama) for children and teens.
Caravan • a play
An enemy is someone whose story you do not know. This play brings Jews, Muslims, and Christians together in an almost sacred unity.
Mother Wove the Morning • a play
Up to 16 women search for the Feminine Face of God — The Divine Feminine.
Forest Secrets — TYA
Fairies, Nature and Environmental Awareness — what better way to talk to young people about these basic topics than onstage in a play?
Susan Mondzak • Composer
Biography and listing of plays for composer/lyricist, Susan Mondzak
Lori Jacobs • Author and Composer
Biography and listing of plays by playwright, composer/lyricist, Lori Jacobs