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 completed 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.
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.
"Powder Puff Pilots," book by Marian Partee, lyrics by Noelle Donfeld, music by Cindy O'Connor
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 Sandra Cruz
Read Larry Dean Harris’ article on LA FPI in
The Dramatist here!
Click here to read about LA FPI on LA STAGE Times!
Read more about women’s work on LA stages
from Bitter Lemons’ Advok@ here!
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.”
Click here to read Marsha Norman’s “Not There Yet” in American Theatre Magazine
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Click here to listen to LA FPI Podcasts
conversations with and about female playwrights onstage in Los Angeles
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Hats off to you,
and the progress we’re making, together!
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April 8, 2010 9:47 pm
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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
By SandraCruze, September 8, 2010 @ 12:36 pm
Glad there is someone who is shedding light on women and their words. I tire of being a spectator for and to men. Thanks LA FPI
By Jean Colonomos, November 28, 2010 @ 11:43 am
This is such a wonderful breakthrough for all women playwrights. I applaud all the cast of LAPFI and have had great experiences with these knowledgeable women. Thank you so much for creating a much needed voice.
Jean Colonomos – Playwright, poet and Associate Artist with Playwrights’ Arena