Title: 2 Lives in - Selected Plays of Arthur Laurents - COL Author: Laurents, Arthur Publisher: Back Stage Books 2004 Description: roy drama - LGBTQ+ - relationships eight characters four male; four female two acts Matt Singer, a playwright and his long term partner Howard Thompson, a landscape gardener, are celebrating Howard's birthday. But tragedy strikes. Title: 2-2-Tango in - Making, Out / CCO Author: MacIvor, Daniel Publisher: Coach House Press 1992 Description: roy relationships - LGBTQ+ - men all male cast; two characters two male one act '. a highly stylized presentation that features clipped, overlapping dialogue and rigidly choreographed gestures. (MacIvor's) observations about the eternal struggle in relationships between emotional, physical and spiritual need and the assertions of independence easily exceed the gay context in which they are being played out.' Title: Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party Author: Loeb, Aaron Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2011 Description: roy comedy - prejudice - LGBTQ+ - homophobia - history nineteen characters four male; three female (doubling) three acts Illinois schoolteacher Harmony Green has told her fourth grade class that Menard County's most beloved homegrown hero, Abraham Lincoln, was gay. When Honest Abe is "outed" in a reimagined Christmas pageant, controversy and chaos engulf the town. As the trial of the century begins, big-city reporters and Congressional candidates descend, and family skeletons are forced out of the closet. Top hats and beards abound in this hilarious, poignant, and timely look at prejudice past and present. Title: Adam and the Experts Author: Bumbalo, Victor Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing 1990 Description: roy drama - AIDS - LGBTQ+ seven characters five male; two female two acts "ADAM AND THE EXPERTS ... deals with the AIDS crisis in gay society. Bumbalo's play expresses a mood of exhaustion, fatalism and embattled determination that, as the decimation continues, has become an overshadowing fact of homosexual life. It has, at least, become possible, the play suggests, to find some bitter humor amid the tragedy. ADAM AND THE EXPERTS is quite funny in a dry satiric way. Most of the humor is situational, deployed by the playwright to reveal the pathetic, ludicrous defenses that people adopt to shield themselves from terrifying realities...." Title: Adam and the Experts Author: Bumbalo, Victor Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing 1990 Description: roy drama - AIDS - LGBTQ+ seven characters five male; two female two acts "ADAM AND THE EXPERTS ... deals with the AIDS crisis in gay society. Bumbalo's play expresses a mood of exhaustion, fatalism and embattled determination that, as the decimation continues, has become an overshadowing fact of homosexual life. It has, at least, become possible, the play suggests, to find some bitter humor amid the tragedy. ADAM AND THE EXPERTS is quite funny in a dry satiric way. Most of the humor is situational, deployed by the playwright to reveal the pathetic, ludicrous defenses that people adopt to shield themselves from terrifying realities...." Title: Age of Minority 3 solo plays Author: Tannahill, Jordan Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013 Description: roy - collection - one-acts - Canadian - drama - solo performance - Jordan Tannahill - LGBTQ+ Winner! Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, 2014. includes: Get Yourself Home Skyler James rihannaboi95 Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes See separate entries for further description of each play. Title: Agokwe in - Two-Spirit Acts / CCO Author: Fobister, Waawaate Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2013 Description: roy Canadian - drama - Native peoples - LGBTQ+ - Native playwright - monologues all male cast; five characters one male (doubling) one act "Mike is a hockey player and Jake is a dancer. The boys notice each other at the Kenora Shoppers Mall and ultimately connect through a mutual love of movement — when Mike is skating and Jake is dancing, "like grass blowing in the wind." Playing these and many more characters through the iconic, multifarious persona of Nanabush, the trickster, Waawaate Fobister intertwines the boys' attraction to each other through activities that traditionally separate gender and orientation. "Agokwe" (pronounced "agoo-kway; meaning "wise woman" or "Two-Spirited") is a remarkable and Title: ALIENation of Lizzie Dyke in - Voices from the Landwash / CCO Author: Packard, Liz Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 1997 Description: roy fantasy - drama - feminism - LGBTQ+ all female cast: one character one female two acts 'A world of the future where aliens are a part of the everyday landscape. A fantasy of love and betrayal with a fairy-tale happy ending, it squarely challenges society's vision of lesbianism and single parenthood and places political motherhood at center stage.' Title: All of Us Author: Brooks, Laurie Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 2012 Description: roy drama - young adult - high school - LGBTQ+ - bullying eleven characters five male; five female; one flexible casting one act bare stage with seating; running time: 65 min; intended for a high school audience. How do we combat the current epidemic of prejudice and bullying of gay high-school students? One way is to use the power of storytelling to humanize the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens. Designed to be performed by and for high-school students, All of Us raises awareness of the discrimination, hatred and violence LGBT students face in their schools and Title: All That's Left Author: Salmon, Liam Publisher: Miscellaneous 2014 Description: roy drama - Edmonton - family relations - LGBTQ+ - Alberta playwright - full script online three characters two male; one female one act setting: Edmonton, present day, living room; running time: 50 min. Three siblings, Kevin, Adam, and Viviane, try to come to terms with the potential loss of their parents and what that means for their fractured sense of family. In this uncertainty, is there anything that can be salvaged or have their bonds forged by blood run dry? "All That's Left" is a three-hander between three siblings (two men in their mid twenties and a woman in her late teens Title: Amazon All Stars: Thirteen Lesbian Plays with Essays and Commentary Author: Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1996 Description: Roy - collection - women - lesbian plays - LGBTQ+ This collection includes: The Quintessential Image - Jane Chambers I'll Be Home Para La Navidad - Jannis Astor Del Valle The Postcard - Gloria Joyce Dickler Springtime - Maria Irene Fornes Amazon All-Stars - Carolyn Gage and Sue Carney A Lady and A Woman - Shirlene Holmes Small Domestic Acts - Joan Lipkin Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks - Susan Miller Sisters - Patricia Montley Title: Amazon All-Stars in - Amazon All Stars / COL Author: Gage, Carolyn Carney, Sue Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 1996 Description: roy musical - women - comedy all female cast; many characters twelve female (doubling) two acts 'The title of Gage's musical comes from the fantasy life of one characters in the play, who, like many lesbians, prefers the symbolism of sisterly utopia to the reality of personal and team relationships.' Title: And Baby Makes Four in - The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 / COL Author: Farmer, Frank Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2015 Description: roy drama - LGBTQ+ three characters one male; two female one act (three scenes) A young lesbian's decision to have a child by a father of her choice is thwarted when he refuses to donate to a sperm bank, nearly forcing her to conceive 'conventionally,' much to the annoyance of her older partner. Title: And Baby Makes Seven in - The Baltimore Waltz and other plays / COL Author: Vogel, Paula Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 1996 Description: roy drama - LGBTQ+ three characters one male; two female two acts "Timid gay man shares an apartment with two lesbians, one of whom is expecting his child." Title: And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens... in - Mister Paradise and Other One-Act Plays / COL Author: Williams, Tennessee Publisher: New Directions 2005 Description: roy drama - American - 20th century - LGBTQ+ all male cast; four characters four male one act (two scenes) 1 interior set; music. "Candy Delaney is a successful New Orleans interior decorator and also a drag queen approaching "her" 35th birthday. On the rebound from a seventeen-year relationship, Candy has picked up a rough sailor, Karl, on whom she lavishes money. On the day of the dreaded birthday, Karl walks out and it's left to the two queens who live upstairs, Alvin and Jerry, to comfort Candy." Title: Andre's Mother in - Andre's Mother and Other Short Plays / COL Author: McNally, Terrence Publisher: Dramatists Play Service 1995 Description: roy drama - LGBTQ+ four characters two male; two female sketch "At Andre's memorial, his lover tries one last time to get through to Andre's mother, an imposing figure in Andre's life. Not realizing her hidden emotions, he tells her everything he can before leaving her alone, as she is left to deal with her own sense of grief and loneliness." Title: Andre's Mother in - The Way We Live Now / COL Author: McNally, Terrence Publisher: Theatre Communications Group 1990 Description: roy drama - LGBTQ+ four characters two male; two female sketch "At Andre's memorial, his lover tries one last time to get through to Andre's mother, an imposing figure in Andre's life. Not realizing her hidden emotions, he tells her everything he can before leaving her alone,