Women’s Theatre Companies (U.S. & Canada)
Airmid Theatre Company
Tricia McDermott, Producing Artistic Director/Founder
804 Hampshire Road
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Phone: (631) 704-2888
Email: info@airmidtheatre.org
Website: www.airmidtheatre.org
And Toto Too Theatre Company
Susan Lyles, Executive Director
P.O. Box 12192
Denver, CO 80212
Phone: (720) 583-3975
Email: info@andtototoo.org
Website: www.andtototoo.org
Arizona Women’s Theatre Company
Joy Bingham Strimple, Artistic Director
6501 E. Greenway Parkway
Suite 103, PMB 338
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Phone: (602) 738-4597
Email: jbs720@aol.com
Website: http://www.azwtc.org/
Artemesia, A Chicago Theatre
Julie Proudfoot, Artistic Director
27 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 435
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 714-9458
Email: artemisiatheatre@gmail.com
Website: www.artemisiatheatre.org/
Athena Project
Angela Astle, Executive Producer
Denver, CO
Phone: 303-219-0882
Email: info@athenaprojectfestival.org
Website: http://www.athenaprojectfestival.org/
Babes With Blades
Amy Harmon, Managing Director
Chicago, IL
Phone: (773) 904-0391
Email: Business@BabesWithBlades.org
Website: http://www.BabesWithBlades.org
Bombshell Productions
30-31 Hobart Street, #F5O
Woodside, NY 11377
Phone: 212-591-0179
Email: wendelin@bombshellproductions.com
Website: http://bombshellproductions.tv/
Brava! For Women in the Arts
Anastacia (Stacie) Powers Cuellar, Executive Director
2781 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 641-7657
Email: info@brava.org
Website: www.brava.org
Echo Theatre
P.O. Box 820698
Dallas, TX 75382
Phone: (214) 904-0500
Email: mail@echotheatre.org
Website: www.echotheatre.org
Ivy Theatre
West Hollywood, CA
This theater has been inactive since 2006.
The website is also inactive. For a brief history of The Ivy Theatre, click here
Live Girls! Theatre Company
Seattle, WA
Website: http://lgtheater.org/
The Looking Glass Theatre
New York, NY
Email: admin@lookingglasstheatrenyc.com
Website: www.thelookingglasstheatre.homestead.com
MACHA Theatre Company
Mujeres (Women) Advancing, Culture, History & Art is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was formed in 2000 in order to build social, cultural, and artistic bridges between the straight and gay communities of various ethnicities and provide the LGBTI community a sense of belonging.
MACHA Theatre Co.
1107 N. Kings Road
West Hollywood CA.90069
Email: machatheatre@aol.com
Website: www.machatheatre.org
MaMa Mosaic
This website and theater both appear to be inactive.
Sha Cage, Founder
Minneapolis, MN
Email: info@truruts.com
Website: www.myspace.com/mamamosaictheater
Mask and Rose Women’s Theater Collective
Bemidji, MN
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mask-Rose-Womens-Theater-Collective
New George’s
109 West 27th Street, Suite 9A
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (646) 336-8077
Email: info@newgeorges.org
Website: www.newgeorges.org
Nightwood Theatre
Nightwood Theatre (Business Office)
The Historic Distillery District
15 Case Goods Lane, Studio 306
Toronto ON M5A 3C4
Phone: (416) 944-1740 Ext. 5
Email: info@nightwoodtheatre.net
Website: www.nightwoodtheatre.net
Nora’s Playhouse
Artistic Director: Caroline Reddick Lawson
P.O. Box 21597
Brooklyn, NY 11202
Email: norasplayhouse@gmail.com
Website: www.norasplayhouse.org
Nora Theatre Company
c/o Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 576-9278 Ext. 202
Email: info@thenora.org
Website: www.centralsquaretheater.org
Potluck Productions
Kansas City, MO
Phone: 816-523-5038
Email: talk_to_us@kcpotluckproductions.com
Website: http://www.kcstage.com/?a=TheatInfo&op=View&theatid=62&sid=1340364467
Red Hen Productions
P.O. Box 91926
Cleveland, Ohio 44101
Phone: (216) 661-4301
Email: redhen@logan.com
Renaissance Theaterworks
Julie Swenson, Artistic Director
158 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 273-0800
Email: jswenson@r-t-w.com
Website: www.r-t-w.com
Stockyards Theatre Project
Francesca Peppiatt, Producing Artistic Director
6549 N Ashland, #1S
Chicago, IL 60626
Email: stockyards@stockyardstheatreproject.org
Website: http://www.stockyardstheatreproject.org/
Tennessee Women’s Theater Project
Maryanna Clarke, Founder and Artistic Director
P.O. Box 158525
Nashville, TN 37215-8525
Phone: (615) 681-7220
Email: maryanna@twtp.org
Website: www.twtp.org
Theater Unbound
P.O. Box 6134
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Phone: (612) 721-1186
Email: info@theatreunbound.com
Website: www.theatreunbound.com
The Bridge Initiative
Brenda Jean Foley and Tracy Liz Miller
Co-Producing Artistic Directors
533 W Malibu Dr
Tempe, AZ 85282
Phone: 347-423-6181 or 347-848-6647
Email: info@bridgeinit.com
Website: http://www.bridgeinit.com/index.shtml
This Woman’s Work Theatre Co, Inc.
This website and theater both appear to be inactive.
P.O Box 20290 Greeley Sq. Station
New York, NY 10001-0003
Phone: (212) 502-8630
Email: thiswomansworktheatreco@hotmail.com
Website: http://this-womans-work.tripod.com
20% Theatre Company Chicago
Lindsay Bartlett, Artistic Director
Chicago, IL
Email: info@twentypercentchicago.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/20Theatre
Website: www.twentypercentchicago.com
20% Theatre Company Twin Cities
Claire H. Avitabile, Executive Artistic Director
5152 Aldrich Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55430
Phone: (612) 227-1188
Email: info@tctwentypercent.org
Website: www.tctwentypercent.org
Venus Theatre
21 C St.
Laurel, MD 20707
Phone: (202) 236-4078
On Facebook here
Email: go to Contact link from homepage
Website: www.venustheatre.org
Voice & Vision
Jean Wagner, Artistic Director
P.O.Box 331
520 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 268-3717
Email: voiceandvisioninc@gmail.com
Website: www.vandv.org
Women’s Expressive Theater
Sasha Eden, Artistic Director
441 Lexington Ave. PH
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 682-0265
Email: info@wetproductions.org
Website: www.wetproductions.org
Women’s Project and Productions
55 West End Avenue
New York, New York 10023
Phone: (212) 765-1706
Fax: (212) 765-2024
Email: info@womensproject.org
Website: www.womensproject.org
Women’s Theater Co.
The Parsippany Playhouse
1130 Knoll Road
Lake Hiawatha
Boonton, NJ 07005
Phone: (973) 316-3033
Email: info@womenstheater.org
Website: www.womenstheater.org
The Women’s Theatre Project
PO Box 276272
Boca Raton, FL 33427
Phone: (561) 705-0470
Email: womenstheatreproject@gmail.com
Website: www.womenstheatreproject.com
Women’s Theater Initiative
This theater group exists no longer, but you can read a little about it here.
WOW Theater Café
59-61 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
(between 2nd Ave. and the Bowery; 4th floor)
Phone: (917) 725-1482
Email: wowcafetheater@gmail.com
Website: www.wowcafe.org
(A member of FABNYC.org)
Women’s Theatre Festivals (U.S. & Canada)
Boston Women on Top
Co-sponsored by Underground Railway Theatre and CentaStage
Boston Women On Top Website:
www.undergroundrailwaytheater.org/bwot.htm
Underground Railway Theatre’s contact info:
450 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 576-9278
Email: dwise@undergroundrailwaytheater.org or
mabdow@undergroundrailwaytheater.org
Website: centralsquaretheater.org/history_urt.html
Estrogenius
Annual arts festival, a multi-week event in New York City including short plays, solo shows, music, visual art, dance, stand-up comedy, teen performances and support for African girls’ education.
Founding Producer: Fiona Jones
Executive Producers: Jen Thatcher & Malini Singh McDonald
Manhattan Theatre Source
Church St. Station
PO Box 2883
NY NY 10008-2883
Phone: (917) 830-5176
Email: estrogenius.festival@gmail.com
Website: estrogenius.org
Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival
Annual.
Potluck Productions
Kansas City, MO
Phone: 816-523-5038
Email: talk_to_us@kcpotluckproductions.com
Website: http://www.kcstage.com/?a=TheatInfo&op=View&theatid=62&sid=1340364467
Groundswell Festival
For Canadian women playwrights, annual festival.
Nightwood Theatre (Business Office)
The Historic Distillery District
15 Case Goods Lane, Studio 306
Toronto ON M5A 3C4
Phone: (416) 944-1740, Ext. 5
Email: info@nightwoodthatre.net
Website: www.nightwoodtheatre.net
Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival
Los Angeles, CA. Submission-based annual theatre festival that takes place in late March.
Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival
11411 Cumpston St. #204
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: (818) 760-0408
Email: lawtfspotlight@yahoo.com
Website: www.lawtf.com/
Mae West Fest
Seattle, WA
Note: Festival has been on temporary hiatus since 2008.
Full-lengths, one-acts, shorts, one-woman shows, comedy, drama,music and performance art. Held in July each year.
c/o Heidi Heimarck
320 Summit Avenue East #1
Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: (206) 498-3126
Email: heidi@maewestfest.org
Website: www.maewestfest.org/maehm.html
Women’s Performance Art Festival
Note: Festival appears to have been on temporary hiatus since 2010.
Stockyards Theatre Project
6167 N. Broadway, #357
Chicago, IL 60660
Phone: (312) 409-2641
Email: stockyards@stockyardstheatreproject.org
Website: http://www.stockyardstheatreproject.org/
Women’s Week New Play Festival
Annual competition for Emerging Playwrights, held in April.
Formerly run by the New Provincetown Players, who have now merged with Provincetown Repertory Theater:
Provincetown Repertory Theater
74 Shankpainter Road
Provincetown, MA 02657
Office: (508) 487-8673
Email: info@ptowntheater.org
Website: www.newprovincetownplayers.org
Flying Solo at Open Stage
223 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: (717) 232-OPEN (6736)
Email:management@openstagehbg.com
Website: www.openstagehbg.com
Women’s Playwriting Festival at Perishable Theater
Note: This festival appears to be no longer in existence.
Click here for information.
Additional Theatre Listings:
Jewish Women’s Theatre
521 Latimer Rd.
Santa Monica, CA 90402
Email: info@jewishwomenstheatre.org
Website: jewishwomenstheater.org/
Root Wy’man Theatre Company/ Sharon Bridgforth
The theater/company no longer exists, but there is info about it here.