List of American plays

This is a list of American plays:

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• $1200 a Year: A Comedy in Three Acts (1920), by Edna Ferber and Newman Levy
• 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
• 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 the Way (2012), by Robert Schenkkan
• All the Way Home (1960), by Tad Mosel
• The American Clock (1980), by Arthur Miller
• The American Dream (1961), by Edward Albee
• The American Way (2011), by Jim Beaver
• 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
• As You Like It, or Anything You Want To, Also Known as Rotterdam and Parmesan Are Dead (1975), by Jim Beaver
• Awake and Sing! (1935), by Clifford Odets

B

• Bad Habits (1974), by Terrence McNally
• Battle of Angels (1940) (rewritten in 1957 as Orpheus Descending), by Tennessee Williams
• Black Nativity (1961), by Langston Hughes
• Born Yesterday (1946), by Garson Kanin
• Botticelli (1968), by Terrence McNally
• Bride of Brackenloch (1987), by Rick Abbot
• Bringing It All Back Home (1969), by Terrence McNally
• Broken Glass (1994), by Arthur Miller
• Bullets Over Broadway (2014), by Woody Allen
• By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea (1995), by Terrence McNally, Lanford Wilson, and Joe Pintauro

C

• Candles to the Sun (1936), by Tennessee Williams
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), by Tennessee Williams
• The Cocktail Party (1949), by T.S. Eliot
• 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

D

• Death (1975), by Woody Allen
• Death of a Salesman (1949), by Arthur Miller
• The Death of Bessie Smith (1960), by Edward Albee
• 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 G. S. Kaufman
• 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

E

• The Egotist (1922), by Ben Hecht
• The Elder Statesman (1958), by T.S. Eliot
• 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
• The Feast of Ortolans (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
• Fortitude (1968), by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Fifth Column (1938), by Ernest Hemingway
• Finishing the Picture (2004), by Arthur Miller
• The Floating Light Bulb (1981), by Woody Allen
• The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men (1953), by Ray Bradbury
• Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1982), by Terrence McNally
• Fugitive Kind (1937), by Tennessee Williams

G

• God (1975), by Woody Allen
• Gods of the Lightning (1929), by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson
• The Golden Years (1940), by Arthur Miller
• The Great God Brown (1926), by Eugene O'Neill
• The Great Disobedience (1938), by Arthur Miller
• 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
• Hello Out There (1941), by William Saroyan
• Hidden Agendas (1994), by Terrence McNally
• High Tor (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
• Honors at Dawn (1938), by Arthur Miller

I

• I Think About You a Great Deal (1986), by Arthur Miller
• In Abraham's Bosom (1927), by Paul Eliot Green
• Incident at Vichy (1964), by Arthur Miller
• It's Only a Play (1986), by Terrence McNally

J

• Jerico-Jim Crow (1964), by Langston Hughes
• Jim Dandy (1947), by William Saroyan

K

• Key Largo (1939), by Maxwell Anderson
• Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), by Maxwell Anderson

L

• The Last Yankee (1991), by Arthur Miller
• The Leather Apron Club (2016), by Charlie Mount
• Lettering (2013), by Jim Beaver
• 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
• The Lost Colony (1937), by Paul Eliot Green
• Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), by Terrence McNally

M

• The Maid of Arran (1882), by L. Frank Baum
• The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940), by Arthur Miller
• Master Class (1995), by Terrence McNally
• The Masque of Kings (1936), by Maxwell Anderson
• Mary of Scotland (1938), by Maxwell Anderson
• The Meadow (1947), by Ray Bradbury
• Mockingbird (2003), by Jim Beaver
• The Monkey Jar (2008), by Richard Martin Hirsch
• Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), by Eugene O'Neill
• 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

• Next (1969), by Terrence McNally
• Night Over Taos (1932), by Maxwell Anderson
• Night Riders (2006), by Jim Beaver
• No Villain (1936), by Arthur Miller
• Noon (1968), second segment of Morning, Noon and Night, by Terrence McNally

O

• The Odd Couple (1965), by Neil Simon
• Once Upon a Single Bound (1974), by Jim Beaver
• Our Mrs. McChesney (1915), by Edna Ferber and George V. Hobart
• 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 Petrified Forest (1935), by Robert E. Sherwood
• Pillar of Fire and Other Plays (1975), by Ray Bradbury
• Play It Again, Sam (1969), by Woody Allen
• Prelude and Liebestod (1989), by Terrence McNally
• Pressing Engagements (1990), by Jim Beaver
• The Price (1968), by Arthur Miller

R

• The Rat Race (1949), by Garson Kanin
• Resurrection Blues (2002), by Arthur Miller
• The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), by Arthur Miller
• The Ritz (1975), by Terrence McNally
• The Rock (1934), by T.S. Eliot
• The Royal Family (1927), by Edna Ferber and G. S. Kaufman

S

• Saturday's Children (1927), by Maxwell Anderson
• Schooling Giacomo (2008), by Richard Knipe
• Second Overture (1938), by Maxwell Anderson
• Semper Fi (1982), by Jim Beaver
• Sidekick (1981), by Jim Beaver
• Simply Heavenly (1957), by Langston Hughes
• The Slaughter of the Innocents (1952), by William Saroyan
• The Smile of the World (1949), by Garson Kanin
• Some Men (2006), by Terrence McNally
• Something Cloudy, Something Clear (1981), by Tennessee Williams
• Spades (1980), by Jim Beaver
• Stage Door (1926), by Edna Ferber and G.S. Kaufman
• Starstruck (1980), by Elaine Lee
• The Stendhal Syndrome (2004), by Terrence McNally
• The Stolen Secret (1954), by William Saroyan
• Subway Circus (1940), by William Saroyan
• Summer and Smoke (1948), by Tennessee Williams
• 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 Eros (1968), by Terrence McNally

T

• Talking to You (1942), by William Saroyan
• Tambourines to Glory (1956), by Langston Hughes
• They Too Arise (1937), by Arthur Miller
• The Time of Your Life (1939), by William Saroyan
• They're Made Out of Meat (1991), by Terry Bisson
• Troubled Island (1936), by Langston Hughes and William Grant Still
• Truth, Justice, and the Texican Way (1986), by Jim Beaver
• Two for the Seesaw (1958), by William Gibson

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
• Visit to a Small Planet (1957), by Gore Vidal
• Visiting Mr. Green (1996), by Jeff Baron

W

• Weekend (1968), by Gore Vidal
• What Price Glory (1924), by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings
• Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (1971), by Terrence McNally
• 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
• The Wingless Victory (1936), by Maxwell Anderson
• Winterset (1935), by Maxwell Anderson
• The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays (1972), by Ray Bradbury

Y

• 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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