Play Library
The play library was reviewed and edited by university professors with a focus in historic plays by women.
Filters
Genre
All
Tragicomedy
Tragedy
Satire
Opera
Melodrama
Literary Adaptation
Folk Play
Fantasy
Experimental
Drama
Comedy
Backstage Comedy
Cast Size
All
Small 1-4
Medium 5-10
Large 11+
Length
All
One-Act
Full-length
Sort by
Title/Date/Playwright
Title A-Z
Title Z-A
Playwright A-Z
Playwright Z-A
Date (Newest first)
Date (Oldest first)
Browse
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy was born Adrienne Hawkins in Pittsburgh in 1931, but spent most of her childhood in Cleveland, with frequent visits to Montezuma, Georgia, where many of her relatives lived. The atmosphere of the south and the close relationships she maintained there would prove influential on her work. Movies also served as an early inspiration for her, and from a young age she immersed herself in films and Hollywood magazines, enjoying films like The Wizard of Oz and The Blue Bird, as well a…
View Profile
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago’s Southside on May 19, 1930 to Nannie and Carl Hansberry. Her father, who worked in real estate and banking, was at the forefront of the fight for civil rights in the city of Chicago and rebelled against the “restrictive covenants” that prevented African Americans from living in certain all-white neighborhoods of the city. His fight led to his family taking a house in one of these neighborhoods and facing extreme violence in response. Later, he and the N…
View Profile
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy was born Adrienne Hawkins in Pittsburgh in 1931, but spent most of her childhood in Cleveland, with frequent visits to Montezuma, Georgia, where many of her relatives lived. The atmosphere of the south and the close relationships she maintained there would prove influential on her work. Movies also served as an early inspiration for her, and from a young age she immersed herself in films and Hollywood magazines, enjoying films like The Wizard of Oz and The Blue Bird, as well a…
View Profile
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Ketti Frings
Ketti Frings (1909-1981) A Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Ketti Frings started her career in writing as an advertising copy editor and novelist before writing her award winning drama, Look Homeward, Angel (1957). Before her Broadway debut with Mr. Sycamore (1942), produced by the Theatre Guild, Frings worked as a copywriter, a publicity agent, a columnist, a radio scriptwriter, and ghostwriter under the name Anita Kilgore. Born Katherine Hartley in Columbus, Ohio, a…
View Profile
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy was born Adrienne Hawkins in Pittsburgh in 1931, but spent most of her childhood in Cleveland, with frequent visits to Montezuma, Georgia, where many of her relatives lived. The atmosphere of the south and the close relationships she maintained there would prove influential on her work. Movies also served as an early inspiration for her, and from a young age she immersed herself in films and Hollywood magazines, enjoying films like The Wizard of Oz and The Blue Bird, as well a…
View Profile
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy was born Adrienne Hawkins in Pittsburgh in 1931, but spent most of her childhood in Cleveland, with frequent visits to Montezuma, Georgia, where many of her relatives lived. The atmosphere of the south and the close relationships she maintained there would prove influential on her work. Movies also served as an early inspiration for her, and from a young age she immersed herself in films and Hollywood magazines, enjoying films like The Wizard of Oz and The Blue Bird, as well a…
View Profile
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy was born Adrienne Hawkins in Pittsburgh in 1931, but spent most of her childhood in Cleveland, with frequent visits to Montezuma, Georgia, where many of her relatives lived. The atmosphere of the south and the close relationships she maintained there would prove influential on her work. Movies also served as an early inspiration for her, and from a young age she immersed herself in films and Hollywood magazines, enjoying films like The Wizard of Oz and The Blue Bird, as well a…
View Profile
Write the summary for this play!
About the Playwright
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy was born Adrienne Hawkins in Pittsburgh in 1931, but spent most of her childhood in Cleveland, with frequent visits to Montezuma, Georgia, where many of her relatives lived. The atmosphere of the south and the close relationships she maintained there would prove influential on her work. Movies also served as an early inspiration for her, and from a young age she immersed herself in films and Hollywood magazines, enjoying films like The Wizard of Oz and The Blue Bird, as well a…
View Profile
