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All Female Plays

Plays of all types and genres with all-female casts.

One Act

Drama

50-50

Will Danni and Jo’s relationship survive? It's 50/50. Winner at Ilkley Playhouse 8x8x8, Theatre Off the Square New Works and Renewal Festival.

2 women

Very Short

Comedy

Pride

A short play loosely inspired by Pride and Prejudice.

3F (late 20s, 30s and 50s)

Very Short

Comedy

Raisin, Donut, Bacon Sandwich

Pigeons sit on a lamppost lamenting the loss of habitat in the local park, and vying for the crumbs that humanity drops.

1F, 2 any

Very Short

Comedy

Departure Lounge

An influencer meets her nemesis at a very inconvenient moment.

2 women (one aged 18 to 40 and one younger), 1 adult (any age and gender)

Very Short

Drama

Northern Lights

Coming to terms with her mother's grief, Skye tries to re-connect at a music festival, which turns out to be anything but.

2F

One Act

Comedy

Date (K)Nights

Sex for the Over 60's

5F (Over 50)

Very Short

Comedy

Tuesday Afternoons with Angel Cake

Victoria is a pillar of the community, an angel it could be said, but it appears at an event that Victoria has organised, there is another angel in their midst, one of the more avenging kind.

4 females

Very Short

Drama

Hiraeth

Two women strike up a conversation during their bus journey and discover an unspoken bond.

2 women (aged 60+ and 20-30)

Full Length

Comedy

Spring Chickens

Claire is getting married but first there's the Hen Night to enjoy or endure.

6 women, aged 18-78

One Act

Comedy

Seeing Stars

After losing her father, Skye attempts to bridge the gap with her distant, list-making mother by trading spreadsheets for sleeping bags on a star-gazing trip that might be their last chance at a bond.

2 women (mother & daughter)

One Act

Comedy

After Esme

A comedy about female friendship, loss, and refusing to become invisible.

6 women (4 main roles; 2 smaller) (5 women aged 50-65; 1 woman 18-25)

One Act

Drama

Women in the Middle

I need a break before I break

4 females from early to mid 20’s to 60’s

One Act

Drama

The Herring Lasses

This play is about family, secrets, ambitions and sacrifice – it is also about the sea and the way it gives to and takes from anyone whose life revolves around it…

Maire can be played as a chorus of women so there is no maximum number of female actors .

Full Length

Comedy

Sherlock and the Trained Cormorant

Based on an idea by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A hat-swapping romp through Victorian London.

A gender-neutral, age-neutral cast of 8 to 11 players

Very Short

Drama

Bucket List

Two old acquaintances meet again and discuss old times. But this is no innocent trip down memory lane. One of them has an ulterior motive, and a very old score to settle.

2 women (aged approx 35 to 50 and 60+)

One Act

Comedy

Sing the Bells

How hard can it be to choose four Christmas songs?

6 females from early to mid 20’s to 60’s

Very Short

Comedy

Chocoholics Anonymous

A support group, set up for individuals with a chocolate addiction, meets weekly under the guise of being a book club.

4F

Very Short

Drama

Palette of the Mind

An exciting opportunity for two female-presenting actors to portray compelling historical figures from vastly different worlds - united by a shared mission.

2 female

Very Short

Drama

Here Comes the Sun

Shortlisted for the Chesil Theatre Take Ten Playwriting competition ‘Snakes and Ladders’ 2024. The outcome of a pregnancy test determines the play's conclusion.

2 women (aged approx 35 to 45 and 60+)

Very Short

Drama

You Saw Me Standing Alone

A chance meeting leads to an unlikely friendship in this poignant story of the enduring power of love. A winner at the 2022 Ilkley Playhouse 8x8x8 festival.

2 women (aged approx 50+), 1 teenager

Very Short

Comedy

Marilyn the Fifth

A White Witch. Two sceptics. A talking cat. And one rather inconvenient question: does the soul really exist?

3F or 2F and 1M

Very Short

Comedy

The Playwright

A prize-winning play about entering playwriting competitions - and J B Priestley

1 man, 1 woman of similar age; or 2 women (mother/daughter)

One Act

Comedy

The Best Medicine

A comedy about female friendship, which proves that laughter really is the ‘best medicine’.

4 women age ranges 40s - 70s

Very Short

Comedy

A New Garden

When a green-fingered vicar and his wife begin digging up the vicarage lawn for "unusual" flower beds, the gossiping village of Little Gittings starts to rot from the inside out

2F

Very Short

Drama

A Triptych of Fortune

Lives lived extraordinarily.

3 females 2 in their 40’s and 1 in their 60’s

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