Book Riot's 50 Must-Read Plays By Women

1.
The Wolves
The Wolves 4.25 avg rating — 2,045 ratings
2.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,563 ratings
3.
How I Learned to Drive
How I Learned to Drive 3.93 avg rating — 9,270 ratings
4.
'night, Mother
'night, Mother 3.91 avg rating — 12,567 ratings
5.
Top Girls
Top Girls 3.58 avg rating — 10,422 ratings
6.
Wit
Wit 4.14 avg rating — 17,229 ratings
7.
Harvey
Harvey 4.08 avg rating — 9,848 ratings
8.
The Heidi Chronicles
The Heidi Chronicles 3.78 avg rating — 2,130 ratings
9.
good goods
good goods really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
10.
4000 Miles
4000 Miles 3.67 avg rating — 754 ratings
11.
Blasted
Blasted 3.60 avg rating — 5,529 ratings
12.
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart 3.80 avg rating — 7,374 ratings
13.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,461 ratings
14.
Machinal
Machinal 3.83 avg rating — 2,692 ratings
15.
That Face
That Face 3.62 avg rating — 551 ratings
16.
Stop Kiss
Stop Kiss
by: Diana Son
3.96 avg rating — 2,513 ratings
16.
The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden 3.63 avg rating — 135 ratings
18.
The Flick
The Flick 4.08 avg rating — 5,419 ratings
18.
The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes 3.94 avg rating — 5,559 ratings
20.
Trifles
Trifles 3.88 avg rating — 7,656 ratings
21.
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 3.99 avg rating — 2,048 ratings
22.
When We Were Young and Unafraid
When We Were Young and Unafraid 4.16 avg rating — 211 ratings
23.
Yellowman
Yellowman 3.98 avg rating — 108 ratings
24.
The Kilroys' List: 97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights
The Kilroys' List: 97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights 4.36 avg rating — 58 ratings
25.
Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays
Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings
26.
Bfe
Bfe
by: Julia Cho
3.71 avg rating — 181 ratings
27.
Ching Chong Chinaman
Ching Chong Chinaman 3.61 avg rating — 83 ratings
28.
Circle Mirror Transformation
Circle Mirror Transformation 4.05 avg rating — 1,449 ratings
29.
Detroit '67
Detroit '67 4.08 avg rating — 279 ratings
30.
Eclipsed
Eclipsed 4.19 avg rating — 371 ratings
31.
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years - A Play
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years - A Play 4.15 avg rating — 88 ratings
32.
Enron
Enron 3.75 avg rating — 776 ratings
33.
The God of Carnage
The God of Carnage 3.72 avg rating — 8,791 ratings
34.
Harry and the Thief
Harry and the Thief 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
35.
Milk like Sugar
Milk like Sugar 3.48 avg rating — 104 ratings
36.
Ohio State Murders
Ohio State Murders 3.99 avg rating — 106 ratings
37.
Piaf
Piaf
by: Pam Gems
3.32 avg rating — 25 ratings
38.
Pretty Fire - Acting Edition
Pretty Fire - Acting Edition 4.33 avg rating — 61 ratings
39.
Ruined
Ruined 4.17 avg rating — 4,190 ratings
40.
Three Plays by Mae West: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man
Three Plays by Mae West: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man
by: Mae West
3.69 avg rating — 166 ratings
41.
Stick Fly: A Play
Stick Fly: A Play 3.89 avg rating — 303 ratings
42.
Sweat
Sweat 4.04 avg rating — 4,456 ratings
43.
The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence
The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence 3.54 avg rating — 158 ratings
44.
The Bridge Party
The Bridge Party 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
45.
The Mountaintop
The Mountaintop 4.17 avg rating — 785 ratings
46.
Topdog/Underdog
Topdog/Underdog 3.83 avg rating — 6,922 ratings
47.
Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic 3.63 avg rating — 247 ratings
48.
Tribes
Tribes 3.95 avg rating — 630 ratings
49.
Trying
Trying 3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings
50.
Water by the Spoonful
Water by the Spoonful 3.98 avg rating — 2,337 ratings