Notable Contemporary Playwrights

Contemporary plays were written after 1990. Use this list as a guide to find material for
auditions and juries. The National Theatre has new works and adaptations that are an
excellent resource. Also look at the Tony Award winning plays and nominees as well as
Pulitzer Prize winning plays and runners up as a source as well.
DO NOT USE AUTHORS: DM LARSON, DON ZOLIDIS, NEIL LABUTE

John Patrick Shanley Theresa Rebeck

- Doubt Quiara Alegría Hudes
- Prodigal Son David Lindsay-Abaire
Lauren Gunderson - Rabbit Hole
- I and You David Henry Hwang
- The Revolutionists Annie Baker
Stephen Adly Guirgis Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
- Between Riverside and Crazy Wendy Wasserstein
Tracy Letts Stephen Karam
Rajiv Joseph Lorraine Hansberry
Tony Kushner Qui Nguyen
Lynn Nottage - She Kills Monsters
Eric Bogosian Sarah DeLappe
Nilo Cruz Tom Stoppard
- Anna in the Tropics - Leopoldstadt
Suzan-Lori Parks David Auburn
Bruce Norris - Proof
Yasmina Reza (translator: Larissa Fasthorse
Christopher Hampton) Kate Hamill
- The Father Naomi Iizuka
- Art
Taylor Mac
Sarah Ruhl
- Eurydice