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  • 1.  Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-18-2019 09:23
    I'm looking for a good quality play for our fall production which is a vehicle for a strong female lead- could be comedy or drama. No musicals.  Suggestions?
    Lenore Grunko
    Old Saybrook High School
    Old Saybrook, CT


  • 2.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-18-2019 11:07
    Depending on cast size...

    Pride and Prejudice 
    Emma
       (there are lots of options for these 2)
    Lizzy Borden of Fall River (Pioneer Drama)
    Lady Dracula (Pioneer Drama)
    Alice in Wonderland (again, lots of versions)
    Beauty and the Beast (we loved the Timothy mason version from Playscripts - it's not a musical)
    Diary of Anne Frank

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    Shira Schwartz
    Chandler Unified School District
    Chandler AZ
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  • 3.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-18-2019 12:18
    For dramas, Silent Sky, These Shining Lives or Miracle Worker. The casts are all on the small side - 5-10, I think, though These Shining Lives has some flexibility.

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    Ken Buswell
    Drama Teacher
    Peachtree City, GA
    http://mcintoshtheater.org/

    Theater kills ignorance
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  • 4.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-19-2019 07:20
    I direct plays at an all-girls school, and it can be tough to find plays with fabulous female leads! Here are some shows I've directed that are challenging for the actors and engaging for the audience:
    Wait Until Dark - lead female is blind, drama
    Crimes of the Heart - three sisters are the leads, southern gothic comedy/drama
    Steel Magnolias - six women, no men, southern comedy/drama
    Blithe Spirit - hilarious Noel Coward play, several lead female roles

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    Gwendolyn Couch
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  • 5.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-20-2019 05:13
    Decision Height by Meredith Dayna Levy (Samuel French) is a wonderful play with an all-female cast. It's about women in the Air Force during World War II.

    Billy Houck
    Drama Teacher Retired
    Carmichael, CA



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  • 6.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-19-2019 08:06
    Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl 
    Harvey by Mary Chase
    Joan by Donna Kaz 
    A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro 
    Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman
    Triangle by Laurie Brooks 
    Stage Door by Ferber and Kaufman

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    Kaz
    New York NY
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  • 7.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-19-2019 09:25
    A Doll's House - Ibsen
    Three Sisters - Chekov
    As You Like It - Shakespeare
    Glass Menagerie - Williams
    She Kills Monsters - Qui Nguyen

    Check out these two lists from Samuel French.
    • https://www.breakingcharactermagazine.com/top-30-roles-strong-leading-females-part-1/
    • https://www.breakingcharactermagazine.com/top-30-roles-strong-leading-females-part-2/


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    James Van Leishout
    Olympia WA
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  • 8.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-19-2019 15:18
    The Miracle Worker



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  • 9.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-20-2019 07:50
    Radium Girls
    These Shining Lives
    To See the Stars
    Silent Sky
    She Kills Monsters
    Still Life with Iris
    Rosie the Riveter
    Decision Height
    The Good Fight

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  • 10.  RE: Suggestions for a full length straight play with ...

    Posted 04-20-2019 23:37
    Kindertransport by Diane Samuels has exceptional female parts but it requires a smaller cast 5 females (but incredible roles for all 5) and 1 male (which probably could be flexible) from what I remember... 

    Cheers!

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    Colleen Mylott
    Lafayette CO
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