one-woman
adjective
: done, performed, or controlled by one woman
a one-woman job/show/play/business
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Her new one-woman play tells the true story of her mother-in-law, the late Muscogee leader Jean Hill Chaudhuri, who died in 1997.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Erivo's next project will be Dracula, a one-woman play on the West End stage.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Robin became an artist with a one-woman show at a downtown gallery and the front-page article went on the fridge, too.
—Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
In this thrilling one-woman production of Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror, the Succession star fearlessly executed a theatrical high-wire act, cycling through every character in the story with razor-sharp precision and breathtaking balance.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Erivo's next project will be Dracula, a one-woman play on the West End stage.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Robin became an artist with a one-woman show at a downtown gallery and the front-page article went on the fridge, too.
—Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
In this thrilling one-woman production of Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror, the Succession star fearlessly executed a theatrical high-wire act, cycling through every character in the story with razor-sharp precision and breathtaking balance.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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“One-woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-woman. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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