LYNN NOTTAGE and LAUREN GUNDERSON

American Theatre magazine, published by Theatre Communications Group (TCG), has released Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights for the new season. Based on the 2022-23 season programming submitted by TCG’s Member Theatres (current membership stands at 551), as well as on credits from Broadway productions, these lists customarily omit various stagings of The Christmas Carol and works by Shakespeare. By American Theatre’s count Lynn Nottage and Lauren Gunderson are tied for most-produced playwright in the coming season, each with 24 total productions, and Nottage’s play Clyde’s will be the most-produced play, with 11 productions. These lists appear online at AmericanTheatre.org


American Theatre
’s Top 10 Most-Produced Plays
 (13 due to ties)

  • Clyde’s, by Lynn Nottage (11 productions)
  • Clue, adapted by Sandy Rustin from the film by Jonathan Lynn (7 productions)
  • Once, by Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard, and Markéta Irglová (7 productions)
  • Sweat, by Lynn Nottage (7 productions)
  • The Chinese Ladyby Lloyd Suh (6 productions)
  • Fairviewby Jackie Sibblies Drury (6 productions)
  • Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine (6 productions)
  • The Lifespan of a Fact, by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell & Gordon Farrell (6 productions)
  • Little Shop of Horrors, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (6 productions)
  • Native Gardens, by Karen Zacarias (6 productions)
  • The Play That Goes Wrong, by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields (6 productions)
  • Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling (6 productions)
  • Trouble in Mind, by Alice Childress (6 productions)


American Theatre
’s Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights 
(22 due to ties)

  • Lynn Nottage (24)
  • Lauren Gunderson (24, 9 of them co-writes)
  • Matthew López (16)
  • August Wilson (14)
  • Dominique Morisseau (11)
  • Ken Ludwig (10, 4 of them adaptations)
  • Lucas Hnath (9, with 1 co-write)
  • Jonathan Larson (9)
  • Karen Zacarías (9)
  • Kate Hamill (8)
  • James Lapine (8)
  • Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer (8)
  • Lloyd Suh (8)
  • Enda Walsh (8)
  • Alice Childress (7)
  • Jackie Sibblies Drury (7)
  • Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (7)
  • Duncan Macmillan (7, with 5 co-writes)
  • Sandy Rustin (7, adaptation)
  • Lauren Yee (7)