Abstract: This study addresses a number of Indian feminist plays (both by men and women) that were written and performed in the last century and early years in this century.The paper focus specifically on Indian theatre because of its long established theatre tradition that goes back to 1 st century B.C. Ironically in such a country there were hardly any women dramatist to speak of before 19 th century.At the core, the belief of a Feminist theatre is in the efficacy of theatre as a tool for conscientization, for critiquing social disparities and for self exploration and expression.Feminist theatre is a source of empowerment; it enables women to speak out.It is at the intersection of art, activism and social relevance and sees theatre as an instrument of real change in women's lives.It is an exploration of women's own unique idiom, their own form, their language and ways of communication.It is a challenge to the established notions of theatre.Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it (Bertolt Brecht) More than two thousand years ago, Electra, in Euripides's play of the same name, whose father had been killed by the machinations of her mother and her paramour Aegisthus cries out in grief and anguish: "How should I begin my accusations?How should I end it?What should go in the middle?"The cry of Agamemnon's daughter has lost none of its relevance.Women's Theatre as a public literary form is most immediately engaged in social change it works with a vengeance to redo the wrongs done to women.It could be technically innovative and by definition subversive because it challenges existing ideas of theatrical practices.It could be thematically revolutionary, calling into question accepted ideas and values and conceded structures, and thus is continued renewal.This study addresses a number of Indian feminist plays (both by men and women) that were written and performed in the last century and early years in this century.I have chosen to focus specifically on Indian theatre because of its long established theatre tradition that goes back to the 1 st century B.C. Ironically in such a country there were hardly any women dramatist to speak of before the 19 th century .There may have been women actors on the Indian stage since the ancient times.There may have been women playwright but these women actors/authors did not find a specifically female voice on the stage; they never