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Happy Anniversary, NPX

We're coming up on our fourth anniversary, so we thought it might be fitting to revisit the very first featured list we shared. Debuting on February 23, 2017, Unproduced Plays by African American Women featured only 22 plays with full drafts available for download. (They were the only plays we had in our database, at the time, that fit those criteria.) The same search now, however, yields more than 440 results! So to celebrate our collective growth, and in hope for much more of the same, we have gathered a list of some of the full-length plays on that incredibly impressive list: one script by each of the 14 most-recommended writers. Enjoy!

Black Super Hero Magic Mama by Inda Craig-Galván
Craigslisted by Sharai Bohannon
The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip by Michelle Tyrene Johnson
The Light by Loy Webb
form of a girl unknown by Charly Evon Simpson
Baton by Deneen Reynolds-Knott
Delivery by Jelisa Jay Robinson
Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett
Hit the Pavement or, Hoboloboactive by Imani Alyse Redman
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Rastus and Hattie by Lisa Langford
She Moves in Her Own Way by Liv Matthews
Blooming In Dry Season by Eljon Wardally
The Danger: A Homage to Strange Fruit by Stacey Rose
Rust On Bone by Bianca Sams
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Shaun Leisher recommended SOMETHING FOR THE FISH by Emily Krause
“ A truly magical and poetic play. A play about the stories we tell and who we listen to in our society. A cautionary tale and a tale of hope that I hope to see fully staged soon. ”
Aleks Merilo recommended Hellfire by Jayme McGhan
“ Deeply atmospheric, ominous, and richly layered, McGhan's HELLFIRE is biblical in it's scope, and harrowing in its execution. This is good vs. evil on a grand and epic scale, and I can only imagine what it must be like to see this play live - My pulse raced simply reading it. ”
Cameron Houg recommended Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett
“ This play is like a ticking time bomb. The closer we get to the characters, and the closer they get to their destination, the more the tension builds up. Ultimately though, it ends on a hopeful note.

Truly a play about the things left unsaid. It's about characters who learn to be happy and who "celebrate the day they took their bodies back". Lovely, moving, funny, and relatable. ”
Emma Goldman-Sherman recommended Black Box by Chas Belov
“ This is so moving and fun simultaneously - first the reunion, but as it goes along, and the emptiness of the space s realized, I feel an enormous loneliness. George has created this black box reminiscent of where he was once able to love. (Ah, theatah!) This tribute and his badly-accented acting transforms them both into an end to loneliness! Who needs clothing? ”

The NPX Index

  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "football": 55
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "basketball": 19
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "baseball": 86
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "hockey": 14