- Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks, by Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2018/2024). — 209 selections, last updated August 2024.
- Behold!: A Program for the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Báb, by Anne Gordon Perry (2019). — A fictionalized script of Baha'i notables commenting on the 200th anniversary of the Bab's birth in ...
- Coming Out, by Ian Kluge (2001). — Short, humorous play depicting the confusions that can result from trying to be too delicate in anno...
- Cup of Tea, A, by Roger White (1979). — Monologue from the point of view of a fictitious character who meets 'Abdu’l-Baha. Upper class and...
- Drama of the Kingdom, by Abdu'l-Bahá, Mary Basil Hall (1933). — A play written in 1912 by ‘Abdu’l-Baha while he was in London and adopted with permission by Mar...
- Dramatic Readings, by Marlene Macke (2017-2020). — Nineteen screenplays prepared as part of a Writers' collective at Desert Rose Baha'i Institute, eith...
- Dress for Mona, A: Abridged one-act version, by Mark Perry (2002). — The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad.
- Fiftieth Anniversary of The Master: Performance piece, by Jim Wood Jim Wood, reader, Deborah Buttrey, reader. (1968). — An artistic piece appropriate for play at the commemoration of the ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha. Produc...
- Figures in a Garden, by Roger White (1981). — Fictional monologues of the Persian poet Tahirih (1817/18-1852) and the American poet Emily Dickinso...
- Glimpses of Abdu'l-Baha: Adapted from the Diary of Juliet Thompson, by Roger White (1979). — Portrayals and dramatizations in verse, adapted from recollections by Juliet Thompson.
- God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts, by Laura Clifford Barney (1910). — A play based on events in the lives of the early Babis, with a focus on Tahirih.
- Indiscretion of Marie-Thérèse Beauchamps, The, by Roger White (1981). — Fictional dramatization of a recollection of seeing Abdu'l-Baha in Montreal (1912).
- Instrument of Music, The: A Musical Comedy, by Sarah Munro, David Cerpa, Niaz Massarrat (2019-11). — Dramatization of the role of music in the expansion and consolidation of Baha’i communities, drawi...
- It Is Written: A Monologue Recounting the Episode of the Martyrdom of the Báb, by Naysan Sahba (2001-07). — Fictional monologue of a character who participated in the execution of the Bab.
- Josie McFadden, by Sarah Munro (2013). — Josie McFadden is a fictitious character who works in the home of Reverend Frederick White and his w...
- Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916, by Layli Maria Miron (2018). — How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught...
- Layli, Majnun, and the Infernal Tree, by Mark Perry (2001). — Short play dealing with the story of Layli and Majnun and partly inspired by the Seven Valleys.
- Letter of Jane LeDeau, by Janice Auth (2000-03). — The story of Abdu'l-Baha’s visit to Pittsburgh PA on May 7, 1912, as told through the eyes of a fi...
- Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
- Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Love of the Master, The: A Visit with Curtis Kelsey, by Nathan Ashelman (2012). — Fictional dialogue of Curtis Kelsey's visit to a Baha'i Conference in 1958, on the themes of Abdu'l-...
- Manifestations of God and the Master: Representation of in Portraits, Photographs, and Dramatic Presentations, by Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (n.d.). — Excerpts on the use of imagery of the Central Figures in art, stage, and print.
- Monologues on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and Howard University Visit Commemoration, by Vasu Mohan, Donna Denize, Nadim van de Fliert (2017-10/2018-04). — Five biographical monologues delivered in the fictionalized voices of Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Laura...
- My Name is John Good, Servant of the Servant, by John Chesley (2013). — John Good was a man who heard Abdu'l-Baha speak at the Bowery Mission in New York in 1912. From his ...
- Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, by Sandra Lynn Hutchison (1999-2000). — An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidan...
- Promise of Peace, by Anne Gordon Perry (2015). — A dramatic reading for two voices, incorporating various excerpts from Baha’i Writings. It's a fle...
- Read-Aloud Plays, by Horace Holley (1916). — Nine short plays. Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith.
- Remembering The Master, by Rhonda Palmer, Anne Gordon Perry (2012). — Variations on a script for 1-3 voices, with both monologue and presentation versions, consisting of ...
- Sailor's Problem, The, by Ben Roskams (1995-12). — A short play about unity featuring Sherlock Holmes.
- Sarah Farmer Monologue, by Anne Gordon Perry (2005). — Created for performance in the New Hampshire Chautauqua Series and at Green Acre, in celebration of ...
- Settling the Score With Mr. Ogden Nash for the Seven Spiritual Ages of Mrs. Marmaduke Moore and Thereby Achieving if Not a Better Verse at Least a Longer Title, by Roger White (1979). — A dialogue for two readers, adapted from a poem.
- Some Sort of Foreigner, by Roger White (1981). — Fictional dramatization of an encounter with Abdu'l-Baha in 1911, and reflections on "this business ...
- Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains, A, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1976). — A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Baha'i Spiritual Assembly: some of the blund...
- Tahirih (1816 - 1852), by Terre Ouwehand (1984/2015). — Written for performance in 1984, published 2015.
- This Gem-Studded Crown: A Dramatic Sketch, by Sarah Munro, Sofie Geschier (2017-03). — Fictional dialogue of the first of eight actual meetings between Martha Root and Queen Marie of Roma...
- Two Shall Appear, by Olivia Kelsey (1943). — A play which attempts to depict in a brief form the background and some of the heroic events of Baha...
- Vojdani: Ou, La quête: drame en huit tableaux, by Pierre Spierckel (2007). — Drame relatant la recherche spirituelle de Vojdani telle que contée dans "Fire on the Mountain Top"...
- Wildfire: Reflections on Music, Drama, and Dance, by Istvan Dely (2006). — Istvan Dely's reflections on music, dance and drama within the Baha'i community.
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