It’s awesome to see LGBT characters represented onstage! As a queer woman, I love when two women are love interests in a story. Here are 5 plays where this happens (and bonus- they’re all plays by female playwrights):
Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl
Published 2002
Queer characters: Joan, Frances
Synopsis: “Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. One day, inexplicably, Tilly becomes happy, and wreaks havoc on the lives of her paramours. Frances, Tilly’s hairdresser, becomes so melancholy that she turns into an almond. It is up to Tilly to get her back.”
https://www.sarahruhlplaywright.com/plays/view/MELANCHOLY-PLAY/
(I had the opportunity to play Joan this year and the script is hilarious!)
The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter
Published 2018
Queer characters: Jen, Macy
Synopsis: “In Bekah Brunstetter’s touching and topical dramatic comedy, a vivacious, conservative North Carolina baker named Della faces a crisis of conscience when Jen – whom she loves like a daughter – asks her to bake a cake for Jen’s lesbian wedding.”
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/62951/the-cake
Body Awareness by Annie Baker
Published 2009
Queer characters: Joyce, Phyllis
Synopsis: “Annie Baker’s off-Broadway debut is a tart, funny and heartbreaking look at a contemporary family as they wrestle with issues of communication, expression and the human body.”
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/a/1060/annie-baker
The Moors by Jen Silverman
Published 2017
Queer characters: Emilie, Agatha
Synopsis: “Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, and dream of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.”
https://www.jensilverman.com/plays/
Indecent by Paula Vogel
Published 2017
Queer characters: Reina, Dine
Synopsis Indecent is inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. The play charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it.”
http://paulavogelplaywright.com/produce-paulas-plays
Credit for production photos to the respective companies.
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