Suzette Coon is a playwright and artistic director of Little Pieces of Gold theatre company. Her plays have been produced at theatres across London, and since 2010 she has produced the short plays of over 400 emerging, established and award-winning playwrights.
Short Plays with Great Roles for Women is an antidote to the traditional underrepresentation of women on stage, by offering twenty-two short plays that put women right at the centre of the action.
The push for more women’s roles has gathered force over the last few years, and this collection is part of that movement, with rich, intelligent roles for women of all ages and backgrounds. This anthology offers a vital slice of life, addressing relevant and diverse topics such as: a young, Islamic woman coming out to her religious mother; black women’s navigation of the natural hair movement; bullying in a small-town American school; social media addiction; and the trials and tribulations of family life. Plays from award-winning playwrights are supported by original production details and playwrights’ afterwords, forming a broad and comprehensive collection of complete texts that offer full character journeys.
Appealing to aspiring performers, playwrights, directors and students, Short Plays with Great Roles for Women is an essential resource for actor training, assessments, showcases, show-reels, short films and theatre performances.
Including:
Two Sisters by Fiona Doyle
A Prince by Dipo Baruwa-Etti
Do You Pray? by Yasmin Joseph
Don’t Cross Bridges by Katherine Manners
Consolea by Laura Jayne Ayres
Alive Day by Fran Bushe
Love By Numbers by Joanne Lau
Of Things Unsaid by Jasmin Mandi-Ghomi
Stopcock by Christine Robertson
Petal & The Orchid by Clare Joy Langford & Gabrielle Curtis
Copycat by Tatty Hennessy
Girlboss by Corinne Salisbury
Swipe by Grace Ivana Carroll
Echoes Through the Dust by Sarah Hehir
Coconut Diaries by Stella Ajayi
Fox by Sarah Kosar
Soon in the 4Ciable Future by Elizabeth Kwenortey
A Better Pronoun by Lydia Parker
The Pillory by Felix O’Brien
Tussy by Jaki McCarrick
Come Die With Me by Vicki Connerty
Hurricane Blues by Daisy Stenham
Published on November 4th
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