Resources

We hope that this site will become a starting point for women playwrights and artists to investigate opportunities locally, a source for theatergoers who want to support the work of women onstage, and a springboard to help LA-area theatermakers connect to female playwrights and theater artists.  If you know of more resources, have more information on what we’ve got listed, or want us to include your organization, let us know!

• For Female Playwrights
• For LA Theatergoers
• For LA Theatermakers

For Female Playwrights

This is a place for groups and theaters of interest to women playwrights, regardless of location. (And click here for LA-area female directors and producers!) The FPI Files will also contain links to theaters, organizations, and producing artists in the Greater LA area who support our goals as the initiative takes hold and moves forward.

50/50 in 2020 (NYC)
Working proactively for parity for professional women theater artists. Fostered by New Perspectives Theater Company, Women’s Project, and The League of Professional Theater Women.

Black Women’s Playwrights’ Group (Washington, D.C.)
A service and advocacy group for African-American playwrights writing for the professional theater.

Centenary Stage Company Women Playwrights series (New Jersey)
Dedicated to providing a working forum for the unique and underserved voice of women writing for the theater today, annual series hosted by NJ company.

Guerrilla Girls on Tour! (NYC)
An anonymous touring theater collective that creates comic pieces addressing sexism and discrimination in the performing arts and beyond.  The Girls’ blog is a great way to find out what’s going on across the country in terms of gender parity in theater and to get inspiration from their fighting words . . . and actions! Visit www.guerrillagirlsontour.blogspot.com.

Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival (Washington)
Founded to nurture and support the work of women playwrights, based in Washington state; works in partnership with major regional theaters.

Indie Theatre Companion (NYC)
Hosted by NYTheatre.Com, this is a dynamic new online resource written by theater artists about indie theater, featuring profiles of women playwrights across the country.

International Centre for Women Playwrights
Dedicated to the support of female dramatists around the world, maintains an active listserv and other activities.

League of Professional Theater Women (NYC)
Dedicated to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theater.

Left Coast Women ( LA)
Exists to empower, preserve, and uphold women writers, in particular playwrights, living on the west coast of the U.S.A.

Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival
Annual festival for female solo performers.

Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project
Founded to create opportunities for women in the performing arts.

Tennessee Women’s Theater Project (Nashville)
Based in Nashville, dedicated to giving voice to women through theater arts.

Women and Theater Program
Founded to bring theater professionals together with academics and activists, a wing of Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE).

WomenArts (San Francisco)
Monthly theater newsletter for ongoing listings of current nationwide submission and grant opportunities. Sponsor of annual SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now).

Women in Theatre (LA)
Organization aimed at empowering theater arts professionals through performance, education and network.

Women Playwrights Initiative (Florida)
Founded to foster the development and production of plays written by women, through educational outreach, workshops, readings and productions.

Women Playwrights International
Dedicated to planning and convening international conferences for women playwrights.

Women’s Project (NYC)
As the nation’s oldest and largest company dedicated to producing and promoting theater created by women, Women’s Project remains the magnetic force field for innovative artists and adventurous theatergoers from around the world.

Women’s Voices Fund at the Denver Center Theatre Company (Denver)
Dedicated to the support of women playwrights – past, present and future -  the fund also commissions women playwrights.

“Women’s Theater/ Arts Groups“ from Women’s Institute for Freedom of Press.

For LA Theatergoers

Support women playwrights and deliver a big box office message to LA-area theaters.  Make it a point to see Women at Work Onstage.  Or join a group of like-minded supporters of women’s work: visit our LA Theater Task Force.

For LA Theatermakers

The women playwrights and theater artists below have been active in spreading the word, and supporting the goals of the LA FPI.  Use this list to see whether their talents can help you do the same.

PLAYWRIGHTS

Tiffany Antone
Erica Bennett
Nancy Beverly
Debbie Bolsky
Robin Byrd
Mary F. Casey
Paula Cizmar
Dee Jae Cox
Diane Grant
Velina Hasu Houston
Sara Israel
Katherine James
Janice Kennedy
E.M. Lewis
Ella Martin
Analyn Revilla
Laura Shamas
Tami Tirgrath
Cynthia Wands
Jennie Webb
Laurel Wetzork

DIRECTORS

Bari Hochwald—director, producer
Sara Israel—playwright, director
Katherine James—playwright, director
Ella Martin—playwright, director

PRODUCERS

Dee Jae Cox—playwright, producer
Bari Hochwald—director, producer