Help with play ideas!

[emilygalloway17]

Help with play ideas!#1

Posted: 3/4/15 at 3:55pm

I am looking to for a show to produce at my college. Ideally, the cast should be somewhere between 5 and 15 characters, with at least some strong female roles. No musicals.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

[Fantod]

Help with play ideas!#2

Posted: 3/4/15 at 4:07pm

Can you give a few more specifics? Cast size? Contemporary or classic? Comedy or drama?

[emilygalloway17]

Help with play ideas!#2

Posted: 3/4/15 at 4:22pm

Cast should be somewhere around 10, but that is flexible. I prefer classic, dramatic plays, but I am open to anything! Ideally, they would be plays that are cheap to produce!

Thanks!

[GavestonPS]

Help with play ideas!#3

Posted: 3/4/15 at 4:25pm

I believe Emily gave us her cast size.

Emily, look at plays by Wendy Wasserstein, Beth Henley and other female playwrights. Not that male writers don't also write great roles for women, because they can and they do. It's just that you're almost certain to find strong female roles in plays by female playwrights.

[Gothampc]

Help with play ideas!#4

Posted: 3/4/15 at 4:27pm

Steel Magnolias

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[TooManyLegs]

Help with play ideas!#5

Posted: 3/4/15 at 4:34pm

Fefu and Her Friends
By María Irene Fornés

She was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went.

[Fantod]

Help with play ideas!#6

Posted: 3/4/15 at 5:51pm

Summer and Smoke would be a nice choice

As would Outward Bound or I Remember Mama

[Auggie27]

Help with play ideas!#7

Posted: 3/4/15 at 5:56pm

Well, some posters will scream, but "The Children's Hour" by Hellman can be staged with resonance and insight about another time. The London revival was well received. And a slew of roles for women.

But Also:

"Uncommon Women and Others" Wassterstein
"Cloud Nine" by Caryl Churchill

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

Updated On: 3/4/15 at 05:56 PM

[dramamama611]

Help with play ideas!#8

Posted: 3/4/15 at 6:23pm

Jake's Women by Neil Simon

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.