It’s a fact: Female playwrights are critically underrepresented on stages across the country.

And we think it’s time to take action here in LA.

The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative is an LA-based movement spearheaded by women and men working to ensure that women playwrights are fairly represented on local stages, and beyond.

What are we doing?  We’ve commissioned a study of playwrights and theatermakers to determine what’s been happening for female playwrights in the Greater Los Angeles area over the past decade.

Always room for one more . . .

And we’re providing a nexus of community support on two fronts: for women playwrights, and for Los Angeles-area artists and organizations interested in producing plays by women.

In addition, we’re an inside source for LA theatergoers who want to support our goals, and invest in the theaters who’re doing the same thing – by buying tickets to plays by female playwrights!

Photo by Larry Dean Harris

Wouldn’t you like to say,

“I’m with the FPI?”

Check out what we’ve got going, and see how you can become part of the movement.

“A theatre that is missing the work of women is missing half the story, half the canon, half the life of our time.  That is the situation we have now.”

Marsha Norman

^{Click here to read Marsha Norman’s “Not There Yet “in American Theatre Magazine}

LA FPI Spotlight

Time to take a new look at The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project, a homegrown organization designed to create oportunities for women in the performing arts.

Since its founding in 2007, LAWTP has  showcased nearly 50 works by women writers, all directed by women.

And for its successful “20% New Works Festivals” in 2008 and 2009, The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project employed all female technicians and running crews.

Here’s to more good work in 2010!

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  By Larry Dean Harris, April 30, 2010 @ 9:51 am

  Brava and congratulations! I know I’m the odd man out (literally!) on this site, but I just wanted to extend my kudos to LAFPI. As I’ve always said, “Boys are boring! Women are always more fun at parties.” So I’m excited about the work that is happening here. Rock on, fabulous women!
  — Larry Dean Harris, playwright + LA regional rep for the Dramatists Guild

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