Women’s Marches and Women’s Plays This Weekend!
There will be over 250 Women’s Marches this Saturday and Sunday to mark the anniversary of the protests of President Trump’s inauguration.
Category Archives: Theatre
Women in Theatre Mobilize at Berkshire Leadership Summit
WAM Theatre hosted the Berkshire Leadership Summit to help mid-career theatre women acquire the skills and confidence they need to get top leadership jobs.
Women in the Arts & Media Coalition Organizes Summit on Women Playwrights
Shellen Lubin, the indefatigable co-president of the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition organized a half-day summit in New York on November 30 to discuss strategies to increase the number of […]
Celebrate International Women’s Voices Day on January 21
The Women’s Voices Theater Festival in Washington, DC is inviting theatre artists around the world to organize free readings of unproduced plays by women playwrights on January 21, 2018 as part […]
Art Became the Oxygen: An Excellent Resource Guide for Artist-Activists
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture has just published Arts Became the Oxygen: An Artistic Response Guide. The free, downloadable, 74-page booklet is an excellent new resource for artists who are […]
Project ArmHer Challenges Stereotypes and Stigmatization
Guest Blog by Laura Stradiotto. In a mining community about four hours north of Toronto, a group of Canadian women with lived experience in sex work and their allies have […]
Moms-In-Film Aims to Energize the Careers of Parents in Film & TV
“You can’t promote gender equality without thinking about motherhood and childcare.” -Matilde Dratwa, Founder of Moms-in-Film Imagine a room of 100 people all working in the film industry. They are […]
Waking The Feminists: The Gender Parity Revolution in Irish Theatre
By Elana Gartner. Waking the Feminists has been an extraordinarily successful campaign for gender parity in Irish theatres. In a relatively short period of time, Irish feminists persuaded seven major theatres, […]
DC SWAN Day Celebrates 10 Years with Music, Theatre, Poetry & Visual Art
Activist Spotlight: Catherine Aselford, DC SWAN Day. Ten years ago, when Catherine Aselford saw the announcement for the very first SWAN Day, she immediately sent WomenArts a note saying it […]
The Future Is Female Festival Presents Plays About the Future We Want
Activist Spotlight: Mya Kagan, The Future is Female Festival. The Future Is Female Festival was created by playwright Mya Kagan in response to the results of the 2016 presidential election. During […]
Lauren Gunderson: This Year’s Most Produced Living American Playwright
Special Post by Michaela Goldhaber. Lauren Gunderson is currently the most produced living playwright in the U.S. according to American Theatre’s analysis of the 2016-17 season. There will be 16 productions […]
Innovative Non-profit Works for Age & Gender Equity in Portland, Oregon
Activist Spotlight: Jane Vogel, Age & Gender Equity in the Arts. Age & Gender Equity in the Arts, an innovative non-profit based in Portland, Oregon, is the brainchild of Jane Vogel, […]
Make a Resolution to See Work by Women This Year!
Are you looking for a New Year’s resolution that will help women artists and be a lot of fun? Would you be willing to see one film or play by […]
A New Guide To Holocaust Plays By & About Women
Special Guest Post By Cynthia L. Cooper For the past two years Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Founder and Executive Director of Remember the Women Institute in New York City, has been […]
Nominate a Theatre for an Applause Award for Gender Parity
The International Centre for Women Playwrights has established the 50/50 Applause Awards to increase awareness about women playwrights and to applaud theatres that achieve gender parity in their playwright selections. […]