List of American plays

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$1200 a Year: A Comedy in Three Acts (1920), by Edna Ferber and Newman Levy
45 Seconds from Broadway (2001), by Neil Simon
8 (2011), by Dustin Lance Black

A

A-Haunting We Will Go (1981), by Tim Kelly
The Accomplices (2007), by Bernard Weinraub
A Counterfeit Presentment (1877), by William Dean Howells
A Delicate Balance (1966), by Edward Albee
A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), by Tennessee Williams
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955), by Arthur Miller
A View from the Bridge (1955), by Arthur Miller
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), by Robert E. Sherwood
The Adding Machine (1923), by Elmer Rice
After the Fall (1964), by Arthur Miller
Agnes of God (1979), by John Pielmeier
The Aliens (2010), by Annie Baker
All Because of Agatha (1964), by Jonathan Troy
All My Sons (1947), by Arthur Miller
All New People (2011), by Zach Braff
All Summer Long (1953), by Robert Anderson
All the Way (2012), by Robert Schenkkan
All the Way Home (1960), by Tad Mosel
American Buffalo (1975), by David Mamet
The American Clock (1980), by Arthur Miller
The American Dream (1961), by Edward Albee
The American Way (2011), by Jim Beaver
The Anarchist (2012), by David Mamet
And Still I Rise (1978), by Maya Angelou
André (1798), by William Dunlap
Anna Christie (1921), by Eugene O'Neill
Anne of the Thousand Days (1948), by Maxwell Anderson
And Things That Go Bump in the Night (1964), by Terrence McNally
Angels in America (1991), by Tony Kushner
Arsenic and Old Lace (1939), by Joseph Kesselring
As You Like It, or Anything You Want To, Also Known as Rotterdam and Parmesan Are Dead (1975), by Jim Beaver
Aunt Bam's Place (2011), by Tyler Perry
Avanti! (1968), by Samuel A. Taylor
Awake and Sing! (1935), by Clifford Odets

B

Bad Habits (1974), by Terrence McNally
Barefoot in the Park (1963), by Neil Simon
Battle of Angels (1940) (rewritten in 1957 as Orpheus Descending), by Tennessee Williams
Beekman Place (1964), by Samuel A. Taylor
The Best Man (1960), by Gore Vidal
Beyond the Horizon (1918), by Eugene O'Neill
Biloxi Blues (1984), by Neil Simon
Black Bart and the Sacred Hills (1977), by August Wilson
Black Nativity (1961), by Langston Hughes
The Blue Hour (1979), by David Mamet
Bobbi Boland (2001), by Nancy Hasty
Bobby Gould in Hell (1989), by David Mamet
Born Yesterday (1946), by Garson Kanin
Boston Marriage (1999), by David Mamet
Botticelli (1968), by Terrence McNally
The Boys in the Band (1968), by Mart Crowley
Bride of Brackenloch (1987), by Rick Abbot
A Bright Room Called Day (1987), by Tony Kushner
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1982), by Neil Simon
Bringing It All Back Home (1969), by Terrence McNally
Broadway Bound (1986), by Neil Simon
Broken Glass (1994), by Arthur Miller
A Bronx Tale (1988), by Chazz Palminteri
Bullets Over Broadway (2014), by Woody Allen
Bus Stop (1955), by William Inge
By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea (1995), by Terrence McNally, Lanford Wilson, and Joe Pintauro

C

Cafe Crown (1942), by Hy Kraft
California Suite (1976), by Neil Simon
Candle in the Wind (1941), by Maxwell Anderson
Candles to the Sun (1936), by Tennessee Williams
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), by Tennessee Williams
Chapter Two (1977), by Neil Simon
Children of a Lesser God (1979), by Mark Medoff
China Doll (2015), by David Mamet
Choir Boy (2013), by Tarell Alvin McCraney
The Christians (2015), by Lucas Hnath
The Cocktail Party (1949), by T.S. Eliot
The Coldest Day of the Year (1989), by August Wilson
Come Back, Little Sheba (1950), by William Inge
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1976), by Ed Graczyk
Come Blow Your Horn (1961), by Neil Simon
Come on Strong (1962), by Garson Kanin
The Confidential Clerk (1954), by T.S. Eliot
The Cop and the Anthem (1973), by Jim Beaver
Corpus Christi (1998), by Terrence McNally
The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), by Arthur Miller
The Crucible (1953), by Arthur Miller
The Cryptogram (1994), by David Mamet

D

Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got The Will?) (1987), Del Shores
Dana H. (2019), by Lucas Hnath
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957), by William Inge
Death (1975), by Woody Allen
Death of a Salesman (1949), by Arthur Miller
The Death of Bessie Smith (1960), by Edward Albee
Death Tax (2012), by Lucas Hnath
Decade (2011), by Tony Kushner
Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams (2005), by Terrence McNally
Desire Under the Elms (1924), by Eugene O'Neill
Deuce (2007), by Terrence McNally
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2001), by Tyler Perry
Dinner at Eight (1932), by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
The Dinner Party (1999), by Neil Simon
Dirty Blonde (2000), by Claudia Shear
Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (1969), by Don Petersen
A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017), by Lucas Hnath
Don't Drink the Water (1967), by Woody Allen
Don't Go Away Mad (1947), by William Saroyan
Don't You Want to Be Free? (1938), by Langston Hughes
Dream Girl (1945), by Elmer Rice
The Duck Variations (1972), by David Mamet

E

Edmond (1982), by David Mamet
The Egotist (1922), by Ben Hecht
The Elder Statesman (1958), by T.S. Eliot
The Elephant Man (1977), by Bernard Pomerance
Elmer and Lily (1939), by William Saroyan
Emma (1976), by Howard Zinn
The Emperor Jones (1920), by Eugene O'Neill
Emperor of Haiti (1936), by Langston Hughes

F

Faith of Our Fathers (1950), by Paul Eliot Green
The Family Reunion (1939), by T.S. Eliot
Faustus (2004), by David Mamet
The Feast of Ortolans (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
Fences (1985), by August Wilson
A Few Good Men (1989), by Aaron Sorkin
The Fifth Column (1938), by Ernest Hemingway
Finishing the Picture (2004), by Arthur Miller
First Love (1961), by Samuel A. Taylor
The Floating Light Bulb (1981), by Woody Allen
The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men (1953), by Ray Bradbury
Fools (1981), by Neil Simon
Fortitude (1968), by Kurt Vonnegut
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1982), by Terrence McNally
The Frog Prince (1982), by David Mamet
The Front Page (1928), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Fugitive Kind (1937), by Tennessee Williams
Fullerton Street (1980), by August Wilson

G

G. David Schine in Hell (1996), by Tony Kushner
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (2019), by Taylor Mac
Gem of the Ocean (2003), by August Wilson
Getting Out (1979), by Marsha Norman
The Gingerbread Lady (1970), by Neil Simon
The Glass Menagerie (1944), by Tennessee Williams
Glengarry Glen Ross (1983), by David Mamet
God (1975), by Woody Allen
God's Favorite (1974), by Neil Simon
Gods of the Lightning (1929), by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson
The Golden Years (1940), by Arthur Miller
The Good Doctor (1973), by Neil Simon
The Great Disobedience (1938), by Arthur Miller
The Great God Brown (1926), by Eugene O'Neill
The Grass Still Grows (1938), by Arthur Miller
Gypsy (1929), by Maxwell Anderson

H

The Hairy Ape (1922), by Eugene O'Neill
The Half-Bridge (1943), by Arthur Miller
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1960), by Kurt Vonnegut
The Happy Time (1951), by Samuel A. Taylor
Harvey (1944), by Mary Chase
The Haves and the Have Nots (2012), by Tyler Perry
The Heiress (1947), by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned (2014), by Tyler Perry
Hello Out There (1941), by William Saroyan
Hidden Agendas (1994), by Terrence McNally
High Tor (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
Hilary and Clinton (2016), by Lucas Hnath
Homebody/Kabul (2001), by Tony Kushner
The Homecoming (1989), by August Wilson
Honors at Dawn (1938), by Arthur Miller
How I Learned What I Learned (2002), by August Wilson

I

I Can Do Bad All by Myself (1999), by Tyler Perry
I Know I've Been Changed (1998), by Tyler Perry
I Never Sang for My Father (1968), by Robert Anderson
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1979), by Neil Simon
I Think About You a Great Deal (1986), by Arthur Miller
The Iceman Cometh (1939), by Eugene O'Neill
In Abraham's Bosom (1927), by Paul Eliot Green
Incident at Vichy (1964), by Arthur Miller
The Inheritance (2018), by Matthew Lopez
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (2009), by Tony Kushner
Isaac's Eye (2013), by Lucas Hnath
It's Only a Play (1986), by Terrence McNally

J

Jake's Women (1992), by Neil Simon
Jerico-Jim Crow (1964), by Langston Hughes
Jim Dandy (1947), by William Saroyan
Jitney (1982), by August Wilson
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984), by August Wilson

K

Keep Your Pantheon (2007), by David Mamet
Key Largo (1939), by Maxwell Anderson
King Hedley II (1999), by August Wilson
Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), by Maxwell Anderson

L

Ladies and Gentlemen (1939), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (1986), by Lanie Robertson
Lakeboat (1970), by David Mamet
The Last Act Is a Solo (1991), by Robert Anderson
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969), by Neil Simon
The Last Pad (1973), by William Inge
The Last Yankee (1991), by Arthur Miller
Laugh to Keep from Crying (2009), by Tyler Perry
Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993), by Neil Simon
The Leather Apron Club (2016), by Charlie Mount
Legend (1976), by Samuel A. Taylor
Lettering (2013), by Jim Beaver
A Life in the Theatre (1977), by David Mamet
Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1991), by Terrence McNally
The Lisbon Traviata (1989), by Terrence McNally
Listen My Children (1939), by Arthur Miller and Norman Rosten
Little Ham (1936), by Langston Hughes
The Live Wire (1950), by Garson Kanin
Lobby Hero (2001), by Kenneth Lonergan
London Suite (1994), by Neil Simon
Lone Canoe (1972), by David Mamet
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956), by Eugene O'Neill
A Loss of Roses (1959), by William Inge
The Lost Colony (1937), by Paul Eliot Green
Lost in Yonkers (1990), by Neil Simon
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), by Terrence McNally

M

M. Butterfly (1988), by David Henry Hwang
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1982), by August Wilson
A Madea Christmas (2011), by Tyler Perry
Madea's Class Reunion (2003), by Tyler Perry
Madea's Family Reunion (2002), by Tyler Perry
Madea Gets a Job (2012), by Tyler Perry
Madea Goes to Jail (2006), by Tyler Perry
Madea's Big Happy Family (2010), by Tyler Perry
Madea's Neighbors from Hell (2014), by Tyler Perry
The Maid of Arran (1882), by L. Frank Baum
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939), by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940), by Arthur Miller
The Marriage Counselor (2008), by Tyler Perry
Master Class (1995), by Terrence McNally
The Masque of Kings (1936), by Maxwell Anderson
Mary of Scotland (1933), by Maxwell Anderson
The Meadow (1947), by Ray Bradbury
Meet the Browns (2005), by Tyler Perry
Mockingbird (2003), by Jim Beaver
The Monkey Jar (2008), by Richard Martin Hirsch
Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), by Eugene O'Neill
Mr. Happiness (1978), by David Mamet
Mr Peters' Connections (1998), by Arthur Miller
Mule Bone (1931), by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston
Murder in the Cathedral (1935), by T.S. Eliot
My Heart's in the Highlands] (1940), by William Saroyan

N

Natural Affection (1963), by William Inge
Next (1969), by Terrence McNally
'night, Mother (1983), by Marsha Norman
The Night of the Iguana (1961), by Tennessee Williams
Night Over Taos (1932), by Maxwell Anderson
Night Riders (2006), by Jim Beaver
Nina (1951), by Samuel A. Taylor
No Villain (1936), by Arthur Miller
Noon (1968), second segment of Morning, Noon and Night, by Terrence McNally
November (2008), by David Mamet

O

The Odd Couple (1965), by Neil Simon
The Old Neighborhood (1997), by David Mamet
Oleanna (1992), by David Mamet
On Golden Pond (1979), by Ernest Thompson
Once Upon a Single Bound (1974), by Jim Beaver
One Night in Miami (2013), by Kemp Powers
Otho: a Tragedy, in Five Acts (1819), by John Neal
Our Ephraim, or The New Englanders, A What-d’ye-call-it?–in three Acts (1835), by John Neal
Our Mrs. McChesney (1915), by Edna Ferber and George V. Hobart
Our Town (1938), by Thornton Wilder
Outside Looking In (1925), by Maxwell Anderson
The Ox-Bow Incident (1976), adapted by Jim Beaver

P

The Parsley Garden (1992), by William Saroyan
The Penitent (2017), by David Mamet
Period of Adjustment (1960), by Tennessee Williams
Peter and the Starcatcher (2009), by Rick Elice
The Petrified Forest (1935), by Robert E. Sherwood
The Piano Lesson (1987), by August Wilson
Picnic (1953), by William Inge
Pillar of Fire and Other Plays (1975), by Ray Bradbury
Play It Again, Sam (1969), by Woody Allen
Plaza Suite (1968), by Neil Simon
The Pleasure of His Company (1958), by Samuel A. Taylor
The Poet & the Rent (1986), by David Mamet
Prairie du Chien (1979), by David Mamet
Prelude and Liebestod (1989), by Terrence McNally
Pressing Engagements (1990), by Jim Beaver
The Price (1968), by Arthur Miller
The Prince of Parthia (1765), by Thomas Godfrey
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971), by Neil Simon
Proposals (1997), by Neil Simon
A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (2013), by Lucas Hnath

R

Race (2009), by David Mamet
Radio Golf (2003), by August Wilson
A Raisin in the Sun (1959), by Lorraine Hansberry
The Rat Race (1949), by Garson Kanin
Recycle (1973), by August Wilson
Red Speedo (2013), by Lucas Hnath
Resurrection Blues (2002), by Arthur Miller
Reunion (1976), by David Mamet
The Revenge of the Space Pandas, or Binky Rudich and the Two-Speed Clock (1978), by David Mamet
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), by Arthur Miller
The Ritz (1975), by Terrence McNally
The Rock (1934), by T.S. Eliot
Romance (2005), by David Mamet
Rose's Dilemma (2003), by Neil Simon
The Royal Family (1927), by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
Rumors (1988), by Neil Simon

S

Sabrina Fair (1953), by Samuel A. Taylor
Saturday's Children (1927), by Maxwell Anderson
School (2009), by David Mamet
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (2017), by Jocelyn Bioh
Schooling Giacomo (2008), by Richard Knipe
Second Overture (1938), by Maxwell Anderson
Semper Fi (1982), by Jim Beaver
Seven Guitars (1995), by August Wilson
Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974), by David Mamet
The Shawl (1985), by David Mamet
Sidekick (1981), by Jim Beaver
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1964), by Lorraine Hansberry
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1959), by Robert Anderson
Simply Heavenly (1957), by Langston Hughes
The Slaughter of the Innocents (1952), by William Saroyan
Slavs! (1994), by Tony Kushner
The Smile of the World (1949), by Garson Kanin
Solitaire/Double Solitaire (1970), by Robert Anderson
Some Men (2006), by Terrence McNally
Something Cloudy, Something Clear (1981), by Tennessee Williams
Spades (1980), by Jim Beaver
Speed-the-Plow (1988), by David Mamet
Squirrels (1974), by David Mamet
Stage Door (1926), by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
The Star-Spangled Girl (1966), by Neil Simon
Starstruck (1980), by Elaine Lee
The Stendhal Syndrome (2004), by Terrence McNally
The Stolen Secret (1954), by William Saroyan
Street Scene (1929), by Elmer Rice
A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), by Tennessee Williams
The Subject Was Roses (1964), by Frank D. Gilroy
Subway Circus (1940), by William Saroyan
Summer and Smoke (1948), by Tennessee Williams
Summer Brave (1962), by William Inge
The Sunshine Boys (1972), by Neil Simon
The Sleeping Car (1883), by William Dean Howells
The Star-Wagon (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
Sweeney Agonistes (publicată 1926, jucată 1934), by T.S. Eliot
Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), by Tennessee Williams
Sweet Eros (1968), by Terrence McNally

T

Talking to You (1942), by William Saroyan
Tambourines to Glory (1956), by Langston Hughes
Tammy Faye's Final Audition (2015), by Merri Biechler
Tea and Sympathy (1953), by Robert Anderson
A Teaspoon Every Four Hours (1969), by Jackie Mason and Mike Mortman
That Championship Season (1972), by Jason Miller
There's Wisdom in Women (1935), by Joseph Kesselring
They Too Arise (1937), by Arthur Miller
They're Made Out of Meat (1991), by Terry Bisson
This Is Our Youth (1996), by Kenneth Lonergan
The Time of Your Life (1939), by William Saroyan
To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), by Aaron Sorkin
Torch Song Trilogy (1982), by Harvey Fierstein
The Trip to Bountiful (1953), by Horton Foote
Troubled Island (1936), by Langston Hughes and William Grant Still
Truth, Justice, and the Texican Way (1986), by Jim Beaver
Twentieth Century (1932), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Two for the Seesaw (1958), by William Gibson
Two Trains Running (1990), by August Wilson

U

Under the Gaslight (1867), by Augustin Daly

V

Valley Forge (1934), by Maxwell Anderson
Van Zorn (1914), by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2012), by Christopher Durang
Verdigris (1985), by Jim Beaver
The Very First Christmas Morning (1962), by Kurt Vonnegut
The Vikings and Darwin (2008), by David Mamet
Visit to a Small Planet (1957), by Gore Vidal
Visiting Mr. Green (1996), by Jeff Baron

W

The Water Engine (1976), by David Mamet
The Waverly Gallery (2000), by Kenneth Lonergan
Weekend (1968), by Gore Vidal
The West Side Waltz (1981), by Ernest Thompson
What Price Glory (1924), by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings
What's Done in the Dark (2007), by Tyler Perry
Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (1971), by Terrence McNally
Where's Daddy? (1966), by William Inge
Whigs, Pigs, and Greyhounds (2011), by Jim Beaver
Whiskey (1973), by Terrence McNally
White Desert (1923), by Maxwell Anderson
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), by Edward Albee
Why Did I Get Married? (2004), by Tyler Perry
The Wingless Victory (1936), by Maxwell Anderson
Winterset (1935), by Maxwell Anderson
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays (1972), by Ray Bradbury
Why We Have a Body (1993), by Claire Chafee

Y

You Can't Take It with You (1936), by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1967), by Robert Anderson
You're Welcome America (2009), by Will Ferrell

Z

Zero Hour (2006), by Jim Brochu
Zorro in Hell (2006), by Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza
The Zoo Story (1959), by Edward Albee

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