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Two New York SWAN events will celebrate women in theatre in the coming weeks. The League of Professional Theatre Women will host their annual New Play Festival on Monday, March 7 at 8 p.m. at New World Stages, The Culture Project will launch its fabulous Women Center Stage festival on Saturday, March 5. The festival is 29 days with 33 performances and 40 women artists at The first week will feature two days of 16 women directors doing short pieces showing their definitions of political theatre, tributes to Judith Malina, and plays by Monica Hunken about a bicycle trip through Poland in search of her grandfather, and by Jane Bussman about abandoning Hollywood to report on Ugandan war criminals. More information>> In This Issue SWAN Season Begins! SWAN Season shows the power of women’s creativity>> Two SWAN Day Kickstarter Success Stories No Name Players & Georgetown Theatre Reach Goals>> SWAN Day Celebrations Coming Next Week Middle Eastern Poetry & Activist Panel in San Francisco The Support Women Artists Now Season is off to a great start with 26 SWAN events between March 1 and March 11! We are highlighting a few in this issue, but please be sure to check the SWAN Day Calendar for the full schedule. Show your solidarity with the women artists of the world! Martha Richards, Executive Director, WomenArts Two Kickstarter Success Stories Congratulations to the No Name Players of Pittsburgh, PA and the Georgetown Theatre Company of Washington, DC. Both have succeeded with online fundraising campaigns for their SWAN Day events using Kickstarter.com. Check out their campaigns to get ideas for your own online fundraising: No Name Players is developing a 2 day celebration of the women artists of Pittsburgh that will involve over 50 local dancers, musicians, poets, visual artists, theatre artists, fashion designers, performance artists, and even a fire-thrower! Georgetown Theatre Company is organizing SWAN Day DC, a full day of free events including poetry, storytelling, visual arts, playreadings & performances at venues around the city. Georgetown has reached their original goal but they still have 8 days to go on their campaign. They do a terrific job – please help them exceed their goal if you can! Selected SWAN Events Coming This Week Middle East Center Stage – Golden Thread Productions is presenting two evenings of poetry, performance, and conversation that will explore women’s roles in the recent sweeping changes across the Middle East. What Do the Women Say will feature Palestinian poet Deema Shehabi and the writing of Egyptian feminist Nawal el Saadawi, Iranian novelist Shahrnush Parsipur, and Jordanian playwrights Haya Husseini. Four Women Artists Activists at University of San Francisco – The University of San Francisco’s Tenth Annual Global Women’s Rights Forum presents a free panel discussion featuring four amazing women artist/activists – playwright and performance artist Lenelle Moïse (www.lenellemoise.com); dance scholar Ahalya Satkunaratnam; dancer/ choreographer Amara Tabor Smith of Deep Waters Dance Theater, and Jessica Robinson Love, director of CounterPulse, home of provocative theatre, dance and other art. Monday, March 7, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Lone Mountain Studio Theater at University of San Francisco, up the hill from Turk Boulevard between Parker and Temescal. More information>> DENVER, COLORADO Film Festival of Women’s Voices – A 6-day film festival in Denver will start on International Women’s Day and feature 13 documentary and narrative films that showcase provocative, inspirational stories of women from around the world. The Women + Film Women’s Voices Festival will also include a Salon Series of discussions on art and social issues led by prominent Denver women and a mobile movie-making workshop. OTHER FAVORITES Please check the SWAN Day Calendar for other great events this week like the play by Lilith Theatre of Kentucky about garment workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; Pandora Theatre‘s Vox Femina benefit for local women’s organizations in Houston; an afternoon of play readings by Boston Playwrights Theater; a Guerrilla Girls play about the history of food in New Hampshire; a play about women’s suffrage; a film about the Holocaust; several art exhibits; and much, much more in the coming month! |
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SPECIAL THANKS WomenArts is supported by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Meyer Levy Charitable Foundation, the Peace Development Fund, East Bay Community Foundation, the Leo S. Guthman Fund, the Do A Little Foundation, and by gifts of time, energy and money from artists and arts supporters around the world. ABOUT WOMENARTS WomenArts is a community of artists and allies dedicated to celebrating and supporting art by and about women. For an overview of our programs and services, please see the About Us section of our web site at www.WomenArts.org/about. |
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