
Seventeen women have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate them and their work. (Each play title is linked to an Amazon page where you can learn more about it, and purchase the script.)
Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett, 1921
Susan Glaspell, Alison’s House, 1931
Zoe Akins, The old maid,, 1935
Mary Coyle Chase, Harvey, 1945
Frances Goodrich, The Diary of Anne Frank., 1956 (co-written with Albert Hackett)
Ketti Frings, Look Homeward, Angel, 1958
Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart., 1981
Marsha Norman, ‘night, Mother, 1983
Wendy Wasserstein, The Heidi Chronicles., 1989
Paula Vogel, How I Learned to Drive, 1998
Margaret Edson, Wit, 1999
Suzan-Lori Parks, TOPDOG UNDERDOG, 2002
Lynn Nottage, Ruined, 2009
Quiara Alegría Hudes, Water by the Spoonful, 2012
Annie Baker, The Flick, 2014
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Martyna Majok , Cost of Living 2017
Lynn Nottage, Sweat 2018
Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview 2019
Katori Hall, The Hot Wing King, 2021