Special Section

The Unsung Gender-Parity Warriors

Gender Dis/Parity, October 2015 September 21, 2015 Suzy Evans 0 Comments

Theatres that continue to program male-dominated seasons deserve scrutiny. But what about the many companies that are trying to get the balance right?

82 Theatre Companies With Playwriting Parity (and Better)

Gender Dis/Parity, October 2015 September 21, 2015 Suzy Evans 5 Comments

These organizations have made programming a preponderance of female playwrights a priority.

The Gender-Parity Advantage: We All Do Better When We All Do Well

From the Executive Director, Gender Dis/Parity, October 2015 September 21, 2015 Teresa Eyring 0 Comments

The push for gender equity in American theatre is part of a global struggle, and the stakes are economic as well as spiritual.

What Lies Beneath: The Truth About Unconscious Bias

Gender Dis/Parity, October 2015, Opinion September 21, 2015 Joy Meads 6 Comments

Do men write better plays than women? We think we know that’s not true. So why does the disparity persist?

The Other Canon: 10 Centuries of Plays by Women

Gender Dis/Parity, October 2015, Opinion September 21, 2015 Susan Jonas 17 Comments

Obviously, theatre’s gender gap has a long history. Less obvious: so do plays by women.

15 After 20, Part 1: Actors Who Trained Together in the Mid-’90s, and Where They Are Now

Education, Features, Open Call꞉ 15 Actors' Lives, September 2015 August 31, 2015 Todd London 0 Comments

As young actors at Harvard, they formed a kind of de facto theatre company. Then they hit the pavement in New York. Here’s the story of their last 20 years.