List of American plays

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
 * The Accomplices (2007), by Bernard Weinraub
 * 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
 * André (1798), by William Dunlap
 * 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
 * Beyond the Horizon (1918), by Eugene O'Neill
 * 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
 * Cardboard Piano (2016) by Hansol Jung
 * 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
 * Hillary 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 Peters' 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
 * Opheliamachine (2013/2024), by Magda Romanska
 * 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 Prince of Parthia (1765), by Thomas Godfrey
 * 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

U

 * Under the Gaslight (1867), by Augustin Daly

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

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