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This is a list of American plays:

## 0-9

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* $1200 a Year: A Comedy in Three Acts (1920), by Edna Ferber and Newman Levy
* 45 Seconds from Broadway (2001), by Neil Simon
* 8 (2011), by Dustin Lance Black

## A

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* A-Haunting We Will Go (1981), by Tim Kelly
* The Accomplices (2007), by Bernard Weinraub
* A Counterfeit Presentment (1877), by William Dean Howells
* A Delicate Balance (1966), by Edward Albee
* A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), by Tennessee Williams
* A Memory of Two Mondays (1955), by Arthur Miller
* A View from the Bridge (1955), by Arthur Miller
* Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), by Robert E. Sherwood
* The Adding Machine (1923), by Elmer Rice
* After the Fall (1964), by Arthur Miller[1]
* Agnes of God (1979), by John Pielmeier
* The Aliens (2010), by Annie Baker
* All Because of Agatha (1964), by Jonathan Troy
* All My Sons (1947), by Arthur Miller[1]
* All New People (2011), by Zach Braff
* All Summer Long (1953), by Robert Anderson
* All the Way (2012), by Robert Schenkkan
* All the Way Home (1960), by Tad Mosel
* American Buffalo (1975), by David Mamet
* The American Clock (1980), by Arthur Miller
* The American Dream (1961), by Edward Albee
* The American Way (2011), by Jim Beaver
* The Anarchist (2012), by David Mamet
* And Still I Rise (1978), by Maya Angelou
* André (1798), by William Dunlap
* Anna Christie (1921), by Eugene O'Neill
* Anne of the Thousand Days (1948), by Maxwell Anderson
* And Things That Go Bump in the Night (1964), by Terrence McNally
* Angels in America (1991), by Tony Kushner
* Arsenic and Old Lace (1939), by Joseph Kesselring
* As You Like It, or Anything You Want To, Also Known as Rotterdam and Parmesan Are Dead (1975), by Jim Beaver
* Aunt Bam's Place (2011), by Tyler Perry
* Avanti! (1968), by Samuel A. Taylor
* Awake and Sing! (1935), by Clifford Odets

## B

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* Bad Habits (1974), by Terrence McNally
* Barefoot in the Park (1963), by Neil Simon
* Battle of Angels (1940) (rewritten in 1957 as Orpheus Descending), by Tennessee Williams
* Beekman Place (1964), by Samuel A. Taylor
* The Best Man (1960), by Gore Vidal
* Beyond the Horizon (1918), by Eugene O'Neill
* Biloxi Blues (1984), by Neil Simon
* Black Bart and the Sacred Hills (1977), by August Wilson
* Black Nativity (1961), by Langston Hughes
* The Blue Hour (1979), by David Mamet
* Bobbi Boland (2001), by Nancy Hasty
* Bobby Gould in Hell (1989), by David Mamet
* Born Yesterday (1946), by Garson Kanin
* Boston Marriage (1999), by David Mamet
* Botticelli (1968), by Terrence McNally
* The Boys in the Band (1968), by Mart Crowley
* Bride of Brackenloch (1987), by Rick Abbot
* A Bright Room Called Day (1987), by Tony Kushner
* Brighton Beach Memoirs (1982), by Neil Simon
* Bringing It All Back Home (1969), by Terrence McNally
* Broadway Bound (1986), by Neil Simon
* Broken Glass (1994), by Arthur Miller
* A Bronx Tale (1988), by Chazz Palminteri
* Bullets Over Broadway (2014), by Woody Allen
* Bus Stop (1955), by William Inge
* By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea (1995), by Terrence McNally, Lanford Wilson, and Joe Pintauro

## C

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* Cafe Crown (1942), by Hy Kraft
* California Suite (1976), by Neil Simon
* Candle in the Wind (1941), by Maxwell Anderson
* Candles to the Sun (1936), by Tennessee Williams
* Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), by Tennessee Williams
* Cardboard Piano (2016) by Hansol Jung
* Chapter Two (1977), by Neil Simon
* Children of a Lesser God (1979), by Mark Medoff
* China Doll (2015), by David Mamet
* Choir Boy (2013), by Tarell Alvin McCraney
* The Christians (2015), by Lucas Hnath
* The Cocktail Party (1949), by T.S. Eliot
* The Coldest Day of the Year (1989), by August Wilson
* Come Back, Little Sheba (1950), by William Inge
* Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1976), by Ed Graczyk
* Come Blow Your Horn (1961), by Neil Simon
* Come on Strong (1962), by Garson Kanin
* The Confidential Clerk (1954), by T.S. Eliot
* The Cop and the Anthem (1973), by Jim Beaver
* Corpus Christi (1998), by Terrence McNally
* The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), by Arthur Miller
* The Crucible (1953), by Arthur Miller[1]
* The Cryptogram (1994), by David Mamet

## D

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* Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got The Will?) (1987), Del Shores
* Dana H. (2019), by Lucas Hnath
* The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957), by William Inge
* Death (1975), by Woody Allen
* Death of a Salesman (1949), by Arthur Miller[1]
* The Death of Bessie Smith (1960), by Edward Albee
* Death Tax (2012), by Lucas Hnath
* Decade (2011), by Tony Kushner
* Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams (2005), by Terrence McNally
* Desire Under the Elms (1924), by Eugene O'Neill
* Deuce (2007), by Terrence McNally
* Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2001), by Tyler Perry
* Dinner at Eight (1932), by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
* The Dinner Party (1999), by Neil Simon
* Dirty Blonde (2000), by Claudia Shear
* Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (1969), by Don Petersen
* A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017), by Lucas Hnath
* Don't Drink the Water (1967), by Woody Allen
* Don't Go Away Mad (1947), by William Saroyan
* Don't You Want to Be Free? (1938), by Langston Hughes
* Dream Girl (1945), by Elmer Rice
* The Duck Variations (1972), by David Mamet

## E

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* Edmond (1982), by David Mamet
* The Egotist (1922), by Ben Hecht
* The Elder Statesman (1958), by T.S. Eliot
* The Elephant Man (1977), by Bernard Pomerance
* Elmer and Lily (1939), by William Saroyan
* Emma (1976), by Howard Zinn
* The Emperor Jones (1920), by Eugene O'Neill
* Emperor of Haiti (1936), by Langston Hughes

## F

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* Faith of Our Fathers (1950), by Paul Eliot Green
* The Family Reunion (1939), by T.S. Eliot
* Faustus (2004), by David Mamet
* The Feast of Ortolans (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
* Fences (1985), by August Wilson
* A Few Good Men (1989), by Aaron Sorkin
* The Fifth Column (1938), by Ernest Hemingway
* Finishing the Picture (2004), by Arthur Miller
* First Love (1961), by Samuel A. Taylor
* The Floating Light Bulb (1981), by Woody Allen
* The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men (1953), by Ray Bradbury
* Fools (1981), by Neil Simon
* Fortitude  (1968), by Kurt Vonnegut
* Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1982), by Terrence McNally
* The Frog Prince (1982), by David Mamet
* The Front Page (1928), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
* Fugitive Kind (1937), by Tennessee Williams
* Fullerton Street (1980), by August Wilson

## G

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* G. David Schine in Hell (1996), by Tony Kushner
* Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (2019), by Taylor Mac
* Gem of the Ocean (2003), by August Wilson
* Getting Out (1979), by Marsha Norman
* The Gingerbread Lady (1970), by Neil Simon
* The Glass Menagerie (1944), by Tennessee Williams
* Glengarry Glen Ross (1983), by David Mamet
* God (1975), by Woody Allen
* God's Favorite (1974), by Neil Simon
* Gods of the Lightning (1929), by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson
* The Golden Years (1940), by Arthur Miller
* The Good Doctor (1973), by Neil Simon
* The Great Disobedience (1938), by Arthur Miller
* The Great God Brown (1926), by Eugene O'Neill
* The Grass Still Grows (1938), by Arthur Miller
* Gypsy (1929), by Maxwell Anderson

## H

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* The Hairy Ape (1922), by Eugene O'Neill
* The Half-Bridge (1943), by Arthur Miller
* Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1960), by Kurt Vonnegut
* The Happy Time (1951), by Samuel A. Taylor
* Harvey (1944), by Mary Chase
* The Haves and the Have Nots (2012), by Tyler Perry
* The Heiress (1947), by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz
* Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned (2014), by Tyler Perry
* Hello Out There (1941), by William Saroyan
* Hidden Agendas (1994), by Terrence McNally
* High Tor (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
* Hillary and Clinton (2016), by Lucas Hnath
* Homebody/Kabul (2001), by Tony Kushner
* The Homecoming (1989), by August Wilson
* Honors at Dawn (1938), by Arthur Miller
* How I Learned What I Learned (2002), by August Wilson

## I

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* I Can Do Bad All by Myself (1999), by Tyler Perry
* I Know I've Been Changed (1998), by Tyler Perry
* I Never Sang for My Father (1968), by Robert Anderson
* I Ought to Be in Pictures (1979), by Neil Simon
* I Think About You a Great Deal (1986), by Arthur Miller
* The Iceman Cometh (1939), by Eugene O'Neill
* In Abraham's Bosom (1927), by Paul Eliot Green
* Incident at Vichy (1964), by Arthur Miller[1]
* Infinite Life (2023), by Annie Baker
* The Inheritance (2018), by Matthew Lopez
* The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (2009), by Tony Kushner
* Isaac's Eye (2013), by Lucas Hnath
* It's Only a Play (1986), by Terrence McNally

## J

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* Jake's Women (1992), by Neil Simon
* Jerico-Jim Crow (1964), by Langston Hughes
* Jim Dandy (1947), by William Saroyan
* Jitney (1982), by August Wilson
* Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984), by August Wilson

## K

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* Keep Your Pantheon (2007), by David Mamet
* Key Largo (1939), by Maxwell Anderson
* King Hedley II (1999), by August Wilson
* Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), by Maxwell Anderson

## L

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* Ladies and Gentlemen (1939), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
* Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (1986), by Lanie Robertson
* Lakeboat (1970), by David Mamet
* The Last Act Is a Solo (1991), by Robert Anderson
* Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969), by Neil Simon
* The Last Pad (1973), by William Inge
* The Last Yankee (1991), by Arthur Miller
* Laugh to Keep from Crying (2009), by Tyler Perry
* Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993), by Neil Simon
* The Leather Apron Club (2016), by Charlie Mount
* Legend (1976), by Samuel A. Taylor
* Lettering (2013), by Jim Beaver
* A Life in the Theatre (1977), by David Mamet
* Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1991), by Terrence McNally
* The Lisbon Traviata (1989), by Terrence McNally
* Listen My Children (1939), by Arthur Miller and Norman Rosten
* Little Ham (1936), by Langston Hughes
* The Live Wire (1950), by Garson Kanin
* Lobby Hero (2001), by Kenneth Lonergan
* London Suite (1994), by Neil Simon
* Lone Canoe (1972), by David Mamet
* Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956), by Eugene O'Neill
* A Loss of Roses (1959), by William Inge
* The Lost Colony (1937), by Paul Eliot Green
* Lost in Yonkers (1990), by Neil Simon
* Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), by Terrence McNally

## M

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* M. Butterfly (1988), by David Henry Hwang
* Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1982), by August Wilson
* A Madea Christmas (2011), by Tyler Perry
* Madea's Class Reunion (2003), by Tyler Perry
* Madea's Family Reunion (2002), by Tyler Perry
* Madea Gets a Job (2012), by Tyler Perry
* Madea Goes to Jail (2006), by Tyler Perry
* Madea's Big Happy Family (2010), by Tyler Perry
* Madea's Neighbors from Hell (2014), by Tyler Perry
* The Maid of Arran (1882), by L. Frank Baum
* The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939), by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
* The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940), by Arthur Miller
* The Marriage Counselor (2008), by Tyler Perry
* Master Class (1995), by Terrence McNally
* The Masque of Kings (1936), by Maxwell Anderson
* Mary of Scotland (1933), by Maxwell Anderson
* The Meadow (1947), by Ray Bradbury
* Meet the Browns (2005), by Tyler Perry
* Mockingbird (2003), by Jim Beaver
* The Monkey Jar (2008), by Richard Martin Hirsch
* Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), by Eugene O'Neill
* Mr. Happiness (1978), by David Mamet
* Mr Peters' Connections (1998), by Arthur Miller
* Mule Bone (1931), by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston
* Murder in the Cathedral (1935), by T.S. Eliot
* My Heart's in the Highlands] (1940), by William Saroyan

## N

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* Natural Affection (1963), by William Inge
* Next (1969), by Terrence McNally
* 'night, Mother (1983), by Marsha Norman
* The Night of the Iguana (1961), by Tennessee Williams
* Night Over Taos (1932), by Maxwell Anderson
* Night Riders (2006), by Jim Beaver
* Nina (1951), by Samuel A. Taylor
* No Villain (1936), by Arthur Miller
* Noon (1968), second segment of Morning, Noon and Night, by Terrence McNally
* November (2008), by David Mamet

## O

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* The Odd Couple (1965), by Neil Simon
* The Old Neighborhood (1997), by David Mamet
* Oleanna (1992), by David Mamet
* On Golden Pond (1979), by Ernest Thompson
* Once Upon a Single Bound (1974), by Jim Beaver
* One Night in Miami (2013), by Kemp Powers
* Opheliamachine (2013/2024), by Magda Romanska
* The Originalist (2015), by John Strand
* Otho: a Tragedy, in Five Acts (1819), by John Neal
* Our Ephraim, or The New Englanders, A What-d’ye-call-it?–in three Acts (1835), by John Neal
* Our Mrs. McChesney (1915), by Edna Ferber and George V. Hobart
* Our Town (1938), by Thornton Wilder
* Outside Looking In (1925), by Maxwell Anderson
* The Ox-Bow Incident (1976), adapted by Jim Beaver

## P

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* The Parsley Garden (1992), by William Saroyan
* The Penitent (2017), by David Mamet
* Period of Adjustment (1960), by Tennessee Williams
* Peter and the Starcatcher (2009), by Rick Elice
* The Petrified Forest (1935), by Robert E. Sherwood
* The Piano Lesson (1987), by August Wilson
* Picnic (1953), by William Inge
* Pillar of Fire and Other Plays (1975), by Ray Bradbury
* Play It Again, Sam (1969), by Woody Allen
* Plaza Suite (1968), by Neil Simon
* The Pleasure of His Company (1958), by Samuel A. Taylor
* The Poet & the Rent (1986), by David Mamet
* POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (2022), by Selina Fillinger
* Prairie du Chien (1979), by David Mamet
* Prelude and Liebestod (1989), by Terrence McNally
* Pressing Engagements (1990), by Jim Beaver
* The Price (1968), by Arthur Miller
* The Prince of Parthia (1765), by Thomas Godfrey
* The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971), by Neil Simon
* Proposals (1997), by Neil Simon
* A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (2013), by Lucas Hnath

## R

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* Race (2009), by David Mamet
* Radio Golf (2003), by August Wilson
* A Raisin in the Sun (1959), by Lorraine Hansberry
* The Rat Race (1949), by Garson Kanin
* Recycle (1973), by August Wilson
* Red Speedo (2013), by Lucas Hnath
* Resurrection Blues (2002), by Arthur Miller
* Reunion (1976), by David Mamet
* The Revenge of the Space Pandas, or Binky Rudich and the Two-Speed Clock (1978), by David Mamet
* The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), by Arthur Miller
* The Ritz (1975), by Terrence McNally
* The Rock (1934), by T.S. Eliot
* Romance (2005), by David Mamet
* Rose's Dilemma (2003), by Neil Simon
* The Royal Family (1927), by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
* Rumors (1988), by Neil Simon

## S

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* Sabrina Fair (1953), by Samuel A. Taylor
* Saturday's Children (1927), by Maxwell Anderson
* School (2009), by David Mamet
* School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (2017), by Jocelyn Bioh
* Schooling Giacomo (2008), by Richard Knipe
* Second Overture (1938), by Maxwell Anderson
* Semper Fi (1982), by Jim Beaver
* Seven Guitars (1995), by August Wilson
* Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974), by David Mamet
* The Shawl (1985), by David Mamet
* Sidekick (1981), by Jim Beaver
* The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1964), by Lorraine Hansberry
* Silent Night, Lonely Night (1959), by Robert Anderson
* Simply Heavenly (1957), by Langston Hughes
* The Slaughter of the Innocents (1952), by William Saroyan
* Slavs! (1994), by Tony Kushner
* The Smile of the World (1949), by Garson Kanin
* Solitaire/Double Solitaire (1970), by Robert Anderson
* Some Men (2006), by Terrence McNally
* Something Cloudy, Something Clear (1981), by Tennessee Williams
* Spades (1980), by Jim Beaver
* Speed-the-Plow (1988), by David Mamet
* Squirrels (1974), by David Mamet
* Stage Door (1926), by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
* The Star-Spangled Girl (1966), by Neil Simon
* Starstruck (1980), by Elaine Lee
* The Stendhal Syndrome (2004), by Terrence McNally
* The Stolen Secret (1954), by William Saroyan
* Street Scene (1929), by Elmer Rice
* A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), by Tennessee Williams
* The Subject Was Roses (1964), by Frank D. Gilroy
* Subway Circus (1940), by William Saroyan
* Summer and Smoke (1948), by Tennessee Williams
* Summer Brave (1962), by William Inge
* The Sunshine Boys (1972), by Neil Simon
* The Sleeping Car (1883), by William Dean Howells
* The Star-Wagon (1937), by Maxwell Anderson
* Sweeney Agonistes (publicată 1926, jucată 1934), by T.S. Eliot
* Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), by Tennessee Williams
* Sweet Eros (1968), by Terrence McNally

## T

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* Talking to You (1942), by William Saroyan
* Tambourines to Glory (1956), by Langston Hughes
* Tammy Faye's Final Audition (2015), by Merri Biechler
* Tea and Sympathy (1953), by Robert Anderson
* A Teaspoon Every Four Hours (1969), by Jackie Mason and Mike Mortman
* That Championship Season (1972), by Jason Miller
* There's Wisdom in Women (1935), by Joseph Kesselring
* They Too Arise (1937), by Arthur Miller
* They're Made Out of Meat (1991), by Terry Bisson
* This Is Our Youth (1996), by Kenneth Lonergan
* The Time of Your Life (1939), by William Saroyan
* To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), by Aaron Sorkin
* Torch Song Trilogy (1982), by Harvey Fierstein
* The Trip to Bountiful (1953), by Horton Foote
* Troubled Island (1936), by Langston Hughes and William Grant Still
* Truth, Justice, and the Texican Way (1986), by Jim Beaver
* Twentieth Century (1932), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
* Two for the Seesaw (1958), by William Gibson
* Two Trains Running (1990), by August Wilson

## U

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* Under the Gaslight (1867), by Augustin Daly

## V

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* Valley Forge (1934), by Maxwell Anderson
* Van Zorn (1914), by Edwin Arlington Robinson
* Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2012), by Christopher Durang
* Verdigris (1985), by Jim Beaver
* The Very First Christmas Morning (1962), by Kurt Vonnegut
* The Vikings and Darwin (2008), by David Mamet
* Visit to a Small Planet (1957), by Gore Vidal
* Visiting Mr. Green (1996), by Jeff Baron

## W

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* The Water Engine (1976), by David Mamet
* The Waverly Gallery (2000), by Kenneth Lonergan
* Weekend (1968), by Gore Vidal
* The West Side Waltz (1981), by Ernest Thompson
* What Price Glory (1924), by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings
* What's Done in the Dark (2007), by Tyler Perry
* Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (1971), by Terrence McNally
* Where's Daddy? (1966), by William Inge
* Whigs, Pigs, and Greyhounds (2011), by Jim Beaver
* Whiskey (1973), by Terrence McNally
* White Desert (1923), by Maxwell Anderson
* Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), by Edward Albee
* Why Did I Get Married? (2004), by Tyler Perry
* The Wingless Victory (1936), by Maxwell Anderson
* Winterset (1935), by Maxwell Anderson
* The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays (1972), by Ray Bradbury
* Why We Have a Body (1993), by Claire Chafee

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## Y

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* You Can't Take It with You (1936), by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
* You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1967), by Robert Anderson
* You're Welcome America (2009), by Will Ferrell

## Z

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* Zero Hour (2006), by Jim Brochu
* Zorro in Hell (2006), by Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza
* The Zoo Story (1959), by Edward Albee

## See also

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Alan (1970). American plays and playwrights of the contemporary theatre. New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 35, 43, 48, 51. ISBN 0-517-509474.

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