If you would like more information specifically about producing one of our plays, please email 365womenayear@gmail.com with the historical woman and the playwright in the subject line.
***Our plays are loosely based on their historical counterparts.***
Politics
Abigail Adams (First Lady of U.S./Patriot)/Playwright: Stephen Cedars
Agathe Uwilingiyimana (Rwandan prime minister)/ Playwright: Angela J. Davis
Alexandra Kollontai (Russian Revolutionary, Feminist theorist)/Playwright: Barbara Corrado Pope
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Gadfly, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, wife of House Speaker Nick Longworth, Washington political institution)/Playwright: Kitty Felde
Queen Aliquippa (Native American Tribal Leader)/Playwright: Jennifer Schaupp
Aung San Suu Kyi (Politician,Political Prisoner,Nobel Prize)/Playwright: Lani Anderson
Barbara Jordan (Senator,Activist,Watergate)/Playwright: Linda Britt
Bella Abzug (Representative,Activist,Lawyer)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Catharine Montour (Tribal Leader)/Playwright: Judith Pratt
Christiana Figueres (Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Paris climate talks, 2016 Global Leaders, international diplomat) /Playwright: Nancy Hopps
Clara Compoamor (Spanish politician and feminist)/Playwright: Juana Escabias
Condoleeza Rice (Secretary of State)/Playwright: Libby Emmons
Cornblossom (First and Last Female Chief of Cherokees)/Playwright: Brenda K. White
Dolley Madison (First Lady, U.S.)/Playwright; Christina Hamlett
Dolores Ibarruri (Head of Communist Party/Spanish Civil War)/Playwright: Begonya Plaza
Dorothea Dandridge (first “First Lady” of Virginia, social maven)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Dowager Ci’an (Empress)/Playwright: Joy Tomasko
Dowager Cixi (Empress)/Playwright: Joy Tomasko
Edith Vanderbilt (Philanthropist)/Playwright; Christina Hamlett
Edith Wilson (First Lady, U.S.)/Playwright; Christina Hamlett
Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady,Advocate,Author)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Eliza Johnson (First Lady of the United States, 1865-1869, Rescued her family from the wrath of the Confederate army)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Eliza Monroe (Daughter & Acting First Lady, President James Monroe) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Elizabeth Hemings (Enslaved, Mother to Sarah “Sally” Hemings — “Partner Of — ” Thomas Jefferson. /Playwright: Rachael Carnes
Ellen Wilkinson (British Politician)/Playwright: Maggie Ollerenshaw
Ellen Wilson (First Lady of the United States, 1913-1914, Award-Winning Painter)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Esther Montour (Tribal Leader)/Playwright: Judith Pratt
Eva Daube-(German Communist)/Playwright: Julia Pascal
Eva Peron (First Lady, Activist)/Playwight: Begonya Plaza
Frances Cleveland (U.S. First Lady)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Frances Perkins (workers’ rights advocate, U.S. Secretary of Labor)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Galla Placidia (Roman regent, political figure)/Playwright: Barbara Corrado Pope
Gerberga of Saxony (Political Player)/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Grace Coolidge (First Lady of the United States, 1923-1929, Teacher of the Deaf)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Hannah Arendt (Political Theorist)/Playwright: Jenny Lyn Bader
Hillary Rodham Clinton (First Lady,Secretary of State)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Ida McKinley – (First Lady of the United States, 1887-1908)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis(First Lady)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Jane Pierce (First Lady of the United States, 1853-1857,)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Jeanette Rankin (First Congresswoman)/Playwright: Leah Halper
Jiang Qing (Madame Mao) (Political Wife,Actress)/Playwright: Laura Rohrman
Judy Chu (Congresswoman)/Playwright: Christine Toy Johnson
Julia Arévalo de Roche (Politician, Activist, Feminist)/Playwright: Jéssica Martínez
Julia Dent Grant/(First Lady,Memoirist)Playwright Nancy Gall-Clayton
Julia Tuttle (Founder of Miami,FL)/Playwright: Marj O’Neill-Butler
Julia Tyler (First Lady of the United States, 1844-1845, established a pension for widowed first ladies)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Kathleen Kennedy (JFK sibling)/Playwright: James O’Connor
Ladybird Johnson (First Lady of the United States, 1963-1969, Owner and Manager of a communications empire)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Louisa Adams (First Lady of the United States, 1825-1829, Writer, World Traveler)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Lucretia Garfield (First Lady of the United States, March – September 1881, Scholar)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Mabel Walker Willebrandt (Assistant Attorney General, Lawyer)/Playwright: Patricia Middleton
Margaret Chase Smith (Politician, Senator, Author of Declaration of Conscience)/Playwright: Linda Britt
Margaret Thatcher (Politician, Prime Minister)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Mariah Vance (Lincoln’s Housekeeper)/Playwright: Elizabeth Orndorff
Lucrezia Borgia(Renaissance nobleman, political figure)/Playwright: Marlin Thomas
Martha Washington (First Lady)/Playwright: Donna Latham
Mary John Sr (Carrier People Elder, Co-Founder Stoney Creek)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Mary Todd Lincoln (First Lady)/Playwright: Donna Latham
Melania Trump (First Lady)/Playwright: Diana Burbano
Michelle Obama (First Lady)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Nadia Murad (Yazidi, student, UN Goodwill Ambassador)/Playwright: Lynda Crawford
Nellie T. Bush (State Senator)/Playwright: James E. Burnside
Octaviana Trujillo (Tribal Leader)/Playwright: Linda Evans
Phoolan Devi (Politician,Bandit)/Playwright: Sara K Larson
Phyllis Schlafly (political figure)/Playwright: Jo Brisbane
Rose Kennedy (JFK mother)/Playwright: James O’Connor
Rosemary Kennedy (JFK sibling)/Playwright: James O’Connor
Sally Hemings (Mistress of Jefferson,Enslaved)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Sandra Day O’Connor (Supreme Court Justice)/Playwright:Thea Iberall
Sarah Franklin Bache (Patriot)/Playwright: Ariel Aliza Sanders and Matt Sanders
Shirley Chisholm (Congresswoman, Ran for President)/Playwright: Olga Humphrey
Sonia Sotomayor (Supreme Court Justice)/Playwright: Erin Moughon
Sophie Thomas- (Carrier People Elder, Co-Founder Stoney Creek)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Susanna Madora Salter (Mayor, Politician, Suffragist)/Playwright: Patricia Middleton
Theodosia Burr Alston (Daughter of Aaron Burr, Ghost) /Playwright: LuLu LoLo
Victoria Woodhull (Ran for President,Stockbroker)/Playwright: Gina Scanlon
Weetamoo (Native American Sunksqua or chief)/Playwright: Lydia Williams
Wilma Mankiller (First female principal chief)/Playwright: Trish Ayers
Royalty/Wealthy
Adèle Aguié de Broc (French General’s wife, Companion of Queen Hortense of Holland)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Adelina Leveque- (Empress Consort of Haiti)/Playwright: Kendra Augustin
Aglaé Auguié (Duchess of Eschlingen) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Agrippina the Younger (Empress of Rome)/Playwright: Erin Murray Quinlan
Aimée Dubuc de Rivery (From Martinique,Cousin to Empress Josephine,Disappeared at sea,Supposed mother of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II)/Playwright: Jen Ferro
Alexandra Feodorovna (ex-Empress of Russia)/Playwright:R.Johns
Alva Vanderbilt (millionaire socialite, suffragette)/Playwright: Beth Blatt
Ameé LeClerc (Duchess of Auerstaedt) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783-1810)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Anastasia Romanv (Daughter of Tsar/Playwright: Carolyn Gage
Angharad ferch Owain (Queen)/Playwright: Tierra Bonser
ANNA DALASSENA (regent, ruled Byzantine Empire with her son Alexios-I)/Playwright: Toby Engelberg
ANNA KOMNENA (princess, historian)/Playwright: Toby Engelberg
Anne of Austria (Queen consort,Regent)/Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Anne Boleyn (accomplished woman/ ambitious courtier/ Queen of England/ proud mother)/ Playwright: KT Parker
Anne of Cleves- (Queen of England)/Playwright: Michael Radi
Atossa (Queen)/Playwright: Pippa Roberts
Ava Lowle Wiling Astor (Socialite)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Princess Augusta of the United Kingdom (1768-1840)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Barbara Villiers Palmer (Mistress to the King, Lady of the Bedchamber) / Playwright: Nicole Heneveld
Beatrice of Provence (Queen of Sicily and Naples)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Calpurnia (wife of Caesar/widow of Caesar)/Playwright: Matthew Weaver
Caroline Bonaparte Murat (Queen of Naples, Duchess of Berg, Royalty)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Catherine of Aragon- (Queen of England,Princess of Spain,Mother)/Playwright: Michael Radi
Catherine de Boufflers- (Royal Mistress, Poet, Painter)/Playwright: Talia Pura
Queen Catherine of Braganza (Queen of England) / Playwright: Nicole Heneveld
Catherine de Medici (Queen of France)/Playwright: Aspen Mock
Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia)/Playwright: Nancy Cooper Frank
Catherine/Katherine Howard (child-bride/ Queen of England/ ray of sunshine)/ Playwright: KT Parker
Catherine Parr- (Queen of England)/Playwright: Michael Radi
Cleopatra (Pharaoh)/Playwright: Claire Willett
Diana, Princess of Wales (Member of the British Royal Family)/Playwright: Gloria Schramm
Dido (founding queen of Carthage) / Playwright: Phil Darg
EIRENE DOUKAINA (Empress, wife of Alexios-I, mother to Anna K.)/ Playwright: Toby Engelberg
Elisabeth of Bohemia (Princess-Abbess, humanitarian)/Playwright: Erin Moughon
Queen Elizabeth I (Queen)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (Princess)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Elizabeth Bathory (Countess and Serial Killer)/Playwright: Anne Flanagan, Genny Yosco
Emilie de Beauharnais: (Countess de Lavalette) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Empress Elizabeth of Austria (Royalty)/Playwright; Christina Hamlett
Esther (Queen)/Playwright: Carolyn Gage
Gloria Von Thurn Und Taxis (Princess, Punk Rocker, Entrepreneur)/Playwright: Natalie Osborne
Gruoch of Scotland (Lady Macbeth)/Playwright: Claudia Barnett
Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd (Queen, Warrior)/Playwright: Tierra Bonser
Hatshepsut (Pharaoh)/Playwright: Aspen Mock
Helen Osborne Storrow ( Heiress, Mentor of Female Immigrants, Benefactor, Pottery Founder)Playwright: Nancy Brewka-Clark
Helene Van Zuylen (Socialite,Writer)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Henrietta Maria (Queen Consort, Wife of King Charles I)/Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Hortense de Beauharnais Bonaparte (Queen of Holland, Princess of France, Royalty)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Imelda Marcos (First Lady)/Playwright: Marina Castiñeira Ezquerra
Isabella of France (Queen, England, medieval, leader, war)/ Playwright: Emily Atkinson
Jane Grey (Queen, Tudor, Lady Jane Grey, Dudley, Henry VIII, Edward VI)/Playwright: Connie Bennett
Jane Seymour- (Queen of England,Mother)/Playwright: Michael Radi
Jeanne de Luxembourg (Lady-in-waiting to the Queen of France) /(Playwright:Gabrielle
Strasun
Jeanne de Verneville (Louis XIII’s half sister)/Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour) (Patron of the Arts, Mistress of Louis XV)/Playwright: Lisa Scott
Joséphine de Beauharnais (Empress of France)/Playwright: Jen Ferro
Juliette Récamier (French Society Leader)/Playwright: Kristine Greenaway
Queen Ka’ahumanu (Hawaiian Royalty)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Kaiulani (Hawaiian princess)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Queen Katherine Parr (Queen)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Liliuokalani, Queen (Queen of Hawaii)/Playwright: Carolyn Gage
Louise, Queen of Prussia (Royalty)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Louise de La Fayette (Courtier of Louis XIII)/Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Louise of Lorraine (Queen of France)/Playwright: Aspen Mock
Madame Jeanne Campan (Educator, Writer, Lady-In-Waiting) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Margaret of Anjou (Queen)/Playwright: Catriona Scott
Margaret of Provence (Queen of France)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Margaret Elphinstone de Flahaut (Society hostess)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Maria Nikolaevna (daughter of last Tsar of Russia)/Playwright:R.Johns
MARIA OF ALANIA (Empress of the Byzantine Empire)/Playwright: Toby Engelberg
MARIA OF BULGARIA (protovestiaria, mother in law of Alexios-I)/Playwright: Toby Engelberg
Maria Estuardo (Queen of Scots)/Playwright: Denise Despeyroux
Marie Antoinette (Queen of France)/Playwright: Susan Apker/ Playwright: KT Parker
Marie de Chevreuse (French Aristocrat)/Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Mary I- (Queen of England,Princess of England)/Playwright: Michael Radi
Mary of Guelders (Queen of Scotland)/Playwright: Catriona Scott
Mary Boleyn- (Mistress,Mother)/Playwright: Michael Radi
Princess Mary of the United Kingdom (1776-1857)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Mary Stuart (Queen of France & Scotland/ murderess/ prisoner & conspirator)/ Playwright: KT Parker
Matilda [Empress, Queen, Lady of the English) / Playwright: Lucy Flannery
Maud le Vavasour (Norman heiress, Outlaw, Historical model for Maid Marian)/Playwright: Connie Bennett
Medea (Warrior Princess)/Playwright: Micki Shelton
Mercedes Jellinek (Socialite,Car Namesake)/Playwright: Karen Jeynes
Merinedd ferch Gruffudd (Princess)/Playwright: Tierra Bonser
Mirabi (Princess, Dancer, Poet, Rebel)/Playwright: MJ Kami
Nakşidil Sultan (consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I,Valide Sultan,mother of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II)/Playwright: Jen Ferro
Natalia Revuelta (Cuban Socialite, Lover of Fidel Castro)/Playwright: Stephanie Swirsky
Nefertiti (Pharaoh)/Playwright: Beatriz Cabur
Queen Nyabinghi (Queen, Rebellion, Slavery)/Playwright: Kim Louise
Nzinga Mbande(Princess of Ndongo-Modern Day Angola)/Playwright: Eugenie Carabatsos
Ola (Choctaw; Indianola, Mississippi; Native American princess)/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Olga Romanova (Russian Princess, daughter of Czar Nicholas II) )/ Playwright: Angela J. Davis
Olivia Soulouque- (Daughter of Empress Consort of Haiti Adelina Leveque)/Playwright: Kendra Augustin
Penthesileia (Amazon Queen)/Playwright: Robert F. Bradford
Pocahontas (Native American Princess)/Playwright: Pat Cheshire Jennings
Princess Victoria Ka’iulani (Crown Princess of Hawaii)/Playwright: Trish Ayers
Queen Ka’ahumanu- (Hawaiian Royalty) Playwright: Carol Polcovar
Queen Keopoulani- (Hawaiian Royalty) Playwright: Carol Polcovar
Rhanult ferch Gruffudd (Princess)/Playwright: Tierra Bonser
Shajar- al-Durr (Sultana)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Sarah Forbes Bonetta (liberated, Queen Victoria’s goddaughter)/Playwright: Joslyn Housley McLaughlin
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777-1848)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Tatiana Romanova (Russian Princess, daughter of Czar Nicholas II)/Playwright: Angela J. Davis
Theodora (Empress, Animal trainer, Dancer)/Playwright: L.D. Goodisman
Vashti (Queen of Persia)/Playwright: Carolyn Gage (2017)
Walladah bint al Mustakfi (Spanish Princess,Feminist)/Playwright: Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen
Yekaterina Dashkova (Princess, Political Figure, Intellectual, Director of National Science Academy)/Playwright: Nancy Cooper Frank
Zelda Fitzgerald (Socialite, Flapper, Painter, Novelist, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald)/Playwright: Kat Meads
Zenobia of Palmyra (Queen, General, Military Leader, Women Leaders, Female President)/Playwright: Gemma Cooper-Novack
365 Women A Year: a playwriting project 