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
Alphabet City Cycle
Cast Size: 1-5
Music: Georgia Stitt Book/Lyrics: Marcy Heisler
Musical Type: Contemporary/Song Cycle (2009)
Beehive: The 60’s Musical
Cast Size: 6
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Larry Gallagher
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary/Revue (1985)
Bernarda Alba
Cast Size: 10
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Cinnamon Grits
Cast Size: 4
Music/Lyrics/Book: Erica Allen McGee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Cast Size: 5+
Music: Miranda Cooper, Jennifer Decilveo
Lyrics: Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper
First Daughter Suite
Cast Size: 7
Music/Lyrics: Michael John La Chiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Grits
Cast Size: 4
Music/Lyrics/Book: Erica Allen McGee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Honky Tonk Laundry
Cast Size: 2
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2017)
In the Green
Cast Size: 5
Music/Lyrics/Book: Grace McLean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Nunsense
Cast Size: 5
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Ruthless!
Cast Size: 7
Music: Marvin Laird Lyrics/Book: Joel Paley
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Six
Cast Size: 6
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Song and Dance
Cast Size: 1
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Richard Maltby Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1982)
Tell Me on a Sunday
Cast Size: 1
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Cast Size: 4
Music: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary/Jukebox (1999)
The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2013)
The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On
Cast Size: 4
Music: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2016)
Vanities
Cast Size: 3
Music/Lyrics: David Kirshenbaum Book: Jack Heifner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Winter Wonderettes
Cast Size: 4
Music: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2016)
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.
9 to 5
Cast Size: 8+
Music/Lyrics: Dolly Parton Book: Patricia Resnick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
A Tale of Two Cities
Cast Size: 24+
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jill Santoriello
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Alphabet City Cycle
Cast Size: 1-5
Music: Georgia Stitt Book/Lyrics: Marcy Heisler
Musical Type: Contemporary/Song Cycle (2009)
Bella: An American Tall Tale
Cast Size: 13
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kirsten Childs
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Cambodian Rock Band
Cast Size: 6
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lauren Yee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Cinnamon Grits
Cast Size: 4
Music/Lyrics/Book: Erica Allen McGee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Cast Size: 5+
Music: Miranda Cooper, Jennifer Decilveo
Lyrics: Chris Bush, Miranda Cooper
Frankie!
Cast Size: 6
Music/Lyrics/Book: Elise Marra
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Fun Home
Cast Size: 11
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Lisa Kron
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Grits
Cast Size: 4
Music/Lyrics/Book: Erica Allen McGee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Hadestown
Cast Size: 8+
Music/Lyrics/Book: Anaïs Mitchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road
Cast Size: 10
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
In the Green
Cast Size: 5
Music/Lyrics/Book: Grace McLean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Junie B. Jones
Cast Size: 6
Music: Zina Goldrich Book/Lyrics: Marcy Heisler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Murder Ballad
Cast Size: 4
Music/Lyrics: Juliana Nash Lyrics/Book: Julia Jordan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Now is the Time for All Good Men
Cast Size: 12
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Runaways
Cast Size: 20
Music/Lyrics/Book: Elizabeth Swados
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Cast Size: 11
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kirsten Childs
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
The Last Sweet Days of Isaac
Cast Size: 2
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
The Secret Garden
Cast Size: 24
Music: Lucy Simon Book/Lyrics: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1991)
Tokyo Rose
Cast Size: 6
Music/Lyrics/Book: Maryhee Yoon, Cara Baldwin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Waitress
Cast Size: 8+
Music/Lyrics: Sara Bareilles Book: Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
We Won’t Sleep
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.
