List of American plays

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This is a list of American plays:

0-9[]

• $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
• 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
• 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
• 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 Peter’s 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 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

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

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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

See also[]

• List of American playwrights
• Theater of the United States
• Broadway theatre
• List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams
• Plays of L. Frank Baum
• List of German plays

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