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From 'Suffs' to the Stage: How Women’s Stories and Collaboration Brought 'Suffs' to Life
In this powerful talk, SHAINA TAUB shares the extraordinary journey of creating Suffs, the critically acclaimed Broadway musical that brings the American women’s suffrage movement to vivid life. As the writer, composer, lyricist, and star, Taub offers an intimate look at the creative process, from the historical research and songwriting to the ensemble-driven development shaped by a powerhouse team of women.
Taub explores how collaborative storytelling, creative risk-taking, and a deep commitment to women’s voices both past and present helped Suffs become a modern theatrical force. She leads a conversation about leadership, persistence, and the transformational power of women making art together.
Creative Leadership: Building Brave Spaces for Collaboration
As a writer, performer, and leader of large-scale community-based productions, SHAINA TAUB offers insight into how inclusive collaboration fuels innovation. She shares lessons on leading with empathy, empowering diverse voices, and building creative teams that reflect the world we want to see.
Writing the Future: Women, Power & Possibility on Stage
SHAINA TAUB reflects on her mission to center women’s voices in musical theater and beyond. From suffragists to Shakespearean heroines, she discusses the challenges and triumphs of telling women’s stories in bold new ways and what it means to write with a sense of responsibility, joy, and urgency.
Notes from a New Voice: Reinventing Broadway for the Next Generation
A fresh force in American musical theater, SHAINA TAUB shares how she’s helping to evolve the Broadway landscape, from revitalizing Shakespeare with community casts to co-writing pop-infused scores for new musicals. This engaging talk explores her creative process and vision for a more inclusive, resonant future in the arts.
Shaina Taub is Giving Voice to Women’s Power—Past, Present, and Future
SHAINA TAUB is one of the most powerful new voices in the women’s movement today—channeling the fight for gender equality into work that commands national attention. As the creator and star of Suffs—the landmark Broadway musical about the American suffragists—Taub has reignited public dialogue about women’s rights, political power, and unfinished progress. The show, hailed as a modern-day Hamilton for feminist history, won her two Tony Awards (Best Book, Best Score), a Grammy nomination, and a devoted following across generations.
Taub doesn’t just write history—she reclaims it. With fearless conviction, she uses her platform to spotlight the systemic barriers women still face, the power of collective action, and the urgency of civic engagement. Her message is bold, clear, and galvanizing: the story of women in America is still being written—and we are all authors of what comes next.
She has been recognized by the NYCLU, TIME100 Next, and the League of Women Voters for her leadership and impact. Whether addressing corporate leaders, students, or movement organizers, Taub speaks with clarity and purpose about what it means to claim space, challenge silence, and turn art into action.
Book Shaina Taub for a keynote or conversation that moves beyond performance and into purpose—where women’s history becomes a rallying cry for women’s leadership.
Shaina Taub is a two-time Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer. She starred as Alice Paul in the Broadway production of Suffs, for which she won Tony Awards for both Best Book and Best Score; Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Book, Best Score, and Best Musical; and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music. She received a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast album of Suffs. She's an artist-in-residence at The Public Theater, where Suffs first premiered.
She created and starred in acclaimed musical adaptations of Twelfth Night (Drama Desk and Drama League nominations) and As You Like It (Obie Award) at Free Shakespeare in the Park as part of the Public Works community that have since been produced by London’s National Theatre, the Young Vic, and hundreds more theaters and schools worldwide. She wrote the lyrics for The Devil Wears Prada, with Sir Elton John, which opened in the West End in 2024. Her musical theater writing has earned her the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, Johnathan Larson Grant, Kleban Prize, Fred Ebb Award, and the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. She performed in the original Off-Broadway productions of Hadestown and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Lortel nomination), and played Emma Goldman in Ragtime at New York City Centre Encores. She co-starred in Bill Irwin and David Shiner's Old Hats at the Signature Theatre, featuring her original songs.
Her three solo albums include Visitors, Die Happy, and Songs of the Great Hill on Atlantic Records, as well as original cast albums for Twelfth Night, As You Like It, and Suffs. Her songwriting for television includes Sesame Street, Central Park, Julie's Greenroom starring Julie Andrews, and the Emmy-nominated opening number for the 2018 Tony Awards, co-written with Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban.
Shaina has a longstanding concert residency at Joe’s Pub, made a solo debut in Lincoln Center’s Great American Songbook series, and has performed her music with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. She was included on the 2024 Time100 Next list of rising leaders and has been recognized for her activism with the Workers Circle Activism Award; the League of Women Voters’ Tribute Award; Project Kesher’s Kol Isha, Women’s Voice Award; Monumental Women’s Moving History Forward Award; NYU Trailblazer Award; and the Michael Friedman Freedom Award for activism from the NYCLU Artist Ambassadors program which she co-chairs. Visit www.shainataub.com for more information.
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