Artist Kendyll Romine drew a different female character from the world of the theatre every day for a full year. All of her work can be seen on ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com.
In her own words Romine says, “I had seen many other artists challenge themselves to draw something every day for a year, but it was always very daunting for me to come up with a new idea or hold myself accountable to draw every day. I decided to try the challenge again in 2016, but this time I would limit myself to a theme that would be something I could look forward to drawing every day; since I'm a huge musical theatre fan and I've been drawing female theatre characters for years, it was the choice that seemed the most fun. I created a blog for it so that I could have a public way of holding myself accountable to it, and also to celebrate all the amazing female roles there are with the whole theatre community! I'm so glad that others have found joy in this project, and that I've been able to celebrate so many amazing women in theatre! I'm truly honored to have my work on Playbill.com.”
Scroll through 50 of her drawings below:
“Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!”
The Schuyler Sisters – Hamilton
The Schuyler Sisters – Hamilton
Kendyll Romine
“So I’m just fine, inside my shell-shaped mind, this way I get the best view; so when he sees me, I want him to…”
Dawn – Waitress
Dawn – Waitress
“It’s that feeling when you can’t hold on, and that person that holds onto you… it’s two people side by side…”
Amelie Poulain – Amelie
Amelie Poulain – Amelie
“Sugar and butter and flour and mother…”
Jenna and Lulu Hunterson – Waitress
Jenna and Lulu Hunterson – Waitress
“I feel like putting my arms round my knees, and squeezing tight as possible, and flying away…”
Natalya “Natasha” Ilyinichna Rostova – Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
Natalya “Natasha” Ilyinichna Rostova – Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
“You don’t have to be scared you’re not enough, ‘cause what we’ve got going is good…”
Zoe Murphy – Dear Evan Hansen
Zoe Murphy – Dear Evan Hansen
Rosalie Mullins – School of Rock
Jane – A Bronx Tale
“…And this is what it feels like to be here, and happy in the moment, and getting there!”
Jane – In Transit
Jane – In Transit
“They’d never believe it; if my friends could see me now!”
Charity Hope Valentine – Sweet Charity
Charity Hope Valentine – Sweet Charity
“Get up and make it happen!”
Gloria Estefan – On Your Feet
Gloria Estefan – On Your Feet
“And there’s nothing at all to be done about that!”
Rumpleteazer – Cats
Rumpleteazer – Cats
“Of course, I’m awfully glad that mother deemed to marry father, but I hate men!”
Lilli Vanessi – Kiss Me Kate
Lilli Vanessi – Kiss Me Kate
“Dreams are sweet until they’re not; men are kind until they aren’t…”
Eurydice – Hadestown
Eurydice – Hadestown
“But no one is me, George, no one is me!”
Dot – Sunday in the Park with George
Dot – Sunday in the Park with George
“Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower, and a rose that is fading; roses wither away… Like the sunflower, I yearn to turn my face to the dawn. I am waiting for the day…”
Jemima/Syllabub – Cats
Jemima/Syllabub – Cats
“Some people cry at weddings, some at the moon; I cry promptly Mondays at high noon…”
Leona Samish – Do I Hear A Waltz?
Leona Samish – Do I Hear A Waltz?
“Oh! I love to climb a mountain,
And to reach the highest peak,
But it doesn’t thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek!”
Linda Mason – Holiday Inn
And to reach the highest peak,
But it doesn’t thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek!”
Linda Mason – Holiday Inn
“When did I fall in love? I can’t recall; not that it matters at all! It doesn’t matter when, or why, or how, as long as I love him now…”
Thea LaGuardia – Fiorello!
Thea LaGuardia – Fiorello!
“But now the air is filled with confusion; we replace care with illusion: it’s cool to be cold. Nothing lasts anymore, love becomes disposable, this is the shape of things…”
Karessa Johnson – tick tick…BOOM!
Karessa Johnson – tick tick…BOOM!
“Look, look, look, look, look, it’s the lesbian from next door!” “Followed by her lover who is a lesbian from next door too!”
Dr. Charlotte and Cordelia – Falsettos
Dr. Charlotte and Cordelia – Falsettos
“I see you shiver with antici…
…pation!”
Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Magenta, and Columbia – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
…pation!”
Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Magenta, and Columbia – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
“I am now a checkerboard chick!”
Penny Pingleton – Hairspray
Penny Pingleton – Hairspray
“Who do I ask for help? Is it all on me?…Is it all on me?”
Sonya – Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
Sonya – Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
“Tomorrow you’ll be a different child than the one you are today…”
Ladies of Runaways
Ladies of Runaways
“…and someday when I take to the floor, the world’s gonna wake up and see Baltimore and me!”
Tracy Turnblad – Hairspray
Tracy Turnblad – Hairspray
“Tell me, what’s he like Amalia? Tell me all about him; I love to suffer.”
Ilona Ritter – She Loves Me
Ilona Ritter – She Loves Me
“For me, well, I wouldn’t holler if he was as handsome as anything!”
Chava, Hodel, and Tzeitel – Fiddler on the Roof
Chava, Hodel, and Tzeitel – Fiddler on the Roof
“It’s like thunder! Lightning! The way you love me is fright’ning!”
Levora – Disaster!
Levora – Disaster!
”I’m tight in my skin and hot in my clothes, and Lord God knows it’s cause there’s nothin’ up!”
Rosemund – The Robber Bridegroom
Rosemund – The Robber Bridegroom
“You swam the moat?” “Alright, I was a little anxious!”
Princess Winnifred – Once Upon a Mattress
Princess Winnifred – Once Upon a Mattress
“I need a modern Romeo! I do not want a phony-oh!”
Florence Mills – Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Florence Mills – Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
“Who made me so sad?”
Wendla Bergmann – Spring Awakening
Wendla Bergmann – Spring Awakening
“Does the story end, or never end? Does the secret fade… or is it everlasting?”
Winnie Foster – Tuck Everlasting
Winnie Foster – Tuck Everlasting
Mona Kent – Dames at Sea
“If you knew my story, you’d have a good story to tell!”
Alice Murphy – Bright Star
Alice Murphy – Bright Star
Jerusha Abott – Daddy Long Legs
“There once was a little girl playing on a swing set…”
Kei Kimura – Allegiance
Kei Kimura – Allegiance
“Will wonders never cease? Will wonders never cease? It’s been a most peculiar day!”
Amalia Balash – She Loves Me
Amalia Balash – She Loves Me
“Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure, nothing ever lasts forever…”
Jean – American Psycho
Jean – American Psycho
Kendyll Romine
Celie – The Color Purple
“So you can try to break me down, but sorry guys I’m stickin’ around!“
Hermione Granger – A Very Potter Musical/Sequel/Senior Year
Hermione Granger – A Very Potter Musical/Sequel/Senior Year
“Just that nice kind of quiet, like when you lie upside down in your bed; just the sound of your heart in your head…”
Matilda Wormwood – Matilda
Matilda Wormwood – Matilda
Anna Leonowens and Lady Tiang – The King and I
“How are things in Glocca Morra? Is that willow tree still weeping there? Does that lassie with the twinklin’ eye come smilin’ by and does she walk away, sad and dreamy there not to see me there?”
Sharon McLonergan – Finian’s Rainbow
Sharon McLonergan – Finian’s Rainbow
“I’m looking rather attractive, now that I’m radioactive; just watch me spark, I glow in the dark!”
Jeannie – Hair
Jeannie – Hair
“Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance, when I soared above him.”
Alison Bechdel – Fun Home
Alison Bechdel – Fun Home
“There is a moment just before you start to fall; live in that one moment…”
Campbell – Bring It On: The Musical
Campbell – Bring It On: The Musical
“And I’ve learned that we must look inside our hearts to find a world full of love…”
Dorothy – The Wiz
Dorothy – The Wiz
“When heaven calls to me, sing me sad elegy: Say I died, loving bride, loving wife, loving life!”
Martha Jefferson – 1776
Martha Jefferson – 1776
