Women take theatre: from script to stage

In this week’s theatre digest, learn how women are rewriting theatre and taking the stage by storm.

THE KILROYS AND 'THE LIST'

1. Here Are 46 Female-Authored Plays That Deserve Your Attention by Katherine Brooks [HuffingtonPost.com]
June 17, 2014

"In a public document posted online, the 'gang of playwrights and producers in LA who are done talking about gender parity' [the Kilroys] showcased a list of 46 female-authored plays that leave no room for ambiguity. ..."

2. Theatre makers act on gender parity by Richard Watts [ArtsHub.com.au]
June 20, 2014

"The list of plays was generated by surveying 127 influential American theatre-makers ... [who] had read or seen at least 40 new works in the last year and who then voted for the best work they had encountered in the past year. ..."

Note: CTG's literary associate and artistic engagement strategist Joy Meads is a member of The Kilroys and was involved in this project!

WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS TAKE THE STAGE

3. Sex, Violence and Power, With a Feminist Slant by Alexis Soloski [NYTimes.com]
June 12, 2014

"[According to playwright Penelope] Skinner ... female playwrights are still the exception rather than the rule. The typical playwright 'is a man in glasses wearing a suit jacket,' she said, speaking at a Brooklyn cafe during previews. 'I’m never going to be him.' ... "

4. Women Are Missing From Tonys and Broadway by Lynn Nottage [NYTimes.com]
June 6, 2014

"Broadway is a closed ecosystem. As Theresa Rebeck noted in The Dramatist recently, not a single new Broadway play this season was written by a woman or person of color ... "

5. Where are all the women playwrights on Broadway? They’re too busy writing all the best plays for Off Broadway [PortlandTheatreScene.com]
June 12, 2014

"Broadway is the Walmart of theatre ... the good news is that when it comes to the smaller theatres where important new work is launching, women are writing most (all?) of the great new plays these days ... "