We Are Part of the Problem—and of the Solution
Year after year, our national season preview survey shows a 4-to-1 ratio of male to female playwrights. What can we do about it?
Category Archives: Special Section
The 2015–16 Season in Gender: Who’s on Top?
Of 1,914 shows planned for the 2015-16 season, how many are written by women? We’ve got the stats.
The Unsung Gender-Parity Warriors
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
Editor’s Note: The Puppet Moment
There’s no great mystery why they’re so popular, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a mystique, and plenty of mystery worth exploring, about puppets.
TCG in Cleveland: Shining Light on a Future That’s Already Here
With a renewed focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion, the 25th conference brought together the nation’s theatremakers to share strategies and challenges, as well as drinks and laughs.