20+ All Female Musicals – A Full List of Shows
Do you have a small but fierce group of talented women who are ready to put on a show? That’s exciting, because there are lots of really great musical options out there with incredible female roles! Here’s a full list of all-female musicals.
The following list is broken down into two categories – “Musicals with an All-Female Cast” and “Musicals with an All-Female Writing Team”. Each category is sorted alphabetically.
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Musicals With an All-Female Cast
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Larry Gallagher
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Cast Size: 6
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Size: 10
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Music/Lyrics: Miranda Cooper Music: Jennifer Decilveo Lyrics: Chris Bush
Lyrics: Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper
Cast Size: 5+
Music/Lyrics: Michael John La Chiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Cast Size: 7
Music/Lyrics/Book: Grace McLean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Cast Size: 5
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Cast Size: 3
Music/Lyrics: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt Music/Lyrics/Book: Tim Maner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Cast Size: 4
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Cast Size: 5
Music: Marvin Laird Lyrics/Book: Joel Paley
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Cast Size: 7
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Phillip George, David Lowenstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Size: 5
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Cast Size: 6
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Richard Maltby Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1982)
Cast Size: 1
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
Cast Size: 1
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary/Jukebox (1999)
Cast Size: 4
The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2013)
Cast Size: 4
The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2016)
Cast Size: 4
Music/Lyrics: David Kirshenbaum Book: Jack Heifner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Size: 3
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2016)
Cast Size: 4
Musicals With an All-Female Writing Team
* The following musicals have an all-female writing team – meaning that the book/script writers, lyricists, and composers are all female.
Music/Lyrics: Dolly Parton Book: Patricia Resnick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Cast Size: 8+
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jill Santoriello
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Cast Size: 24+
Music/Lyrics: Kath Gotts Book: Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Size: 20+
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kirsten Childs
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Cast Size: 13
Music/Lyrics: Micki Grant
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Cast Size: 9+
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Music: Miranda Cooper, Jennifer Decilveo
Lyrics: Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper
Cast Size: 5+
Music/Lyrics/Book: Elise Marra
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Cast Size: 6
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Lisa Kron
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Cast Size: 11
Music: Polly Pen Lyrics: Peggy Harman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Cast Size: 2
Music/Lyrics/Book: Anaïs Mitchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cast Size: 8+
Music/Lyrics/Book: Anna Miriam Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Cast Size: 17
I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Cast Size: 10
Music: Helen Miller Lyrics: Eve Merriam
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Cast Size: 9
Music/Lyrics/Book: Grace McLean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Cast Size: 5
Music: Zina Goldrich Lyrics/Book: Marcy Heisler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Cast Size: 6
Music/Lyrics: Juliana Nash Lyrics/Book: Julia Jordan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Cast Size: 4
Now is the Time for All Good Men
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Cast Size: 12
Music/Lyrics/Book: Elizabeth Swados
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Cast Size: 20
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kirsten Childs
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Cast Size: 11
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
Cast Size: 2
Music: Lucy Simon Lyrics/Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1991)
Cast Size: 24
Music/Lyrics: Sara Bareilles Book: Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Cast Size: 8+
Music/Lyrics: Ari Afsar Book: Lauren M. Gunderson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She has a TESOL drama certificate, a BA in theatre, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.