Shaina Taub: Making Feminism Sing in ‘Suffs’
Her musical about the suffragists behind the 19th Amendment comes to Broadway with a few amendments of its own (and with Hillary Clinton as a producer).
All Stories About gender parity
TheFrontOffice Foundation Launches Grant for Mid-Career Women Directors
The $25,000 award is intended both to honor a deserving artist and to keep a spotlight on persistent gender-based inequity in the field.
In Translations, a Canon for All
As we work to expand our definition of classics beyond the work of white men, let’s not forget to look outside English-language drama as well.
Panel to Look ‘Inside the Kilroys List’
Dipika Guha, Hilary Bettis, Joy Meads, and Melissa Crespo will talk about the gender-parity collective with moderator Kelundra Smith.
We Must Reject ‘Oppression Olympics’
We won’t achieve equity for marginalized voices by pitting themselves against each other, as Theresa Rebeck’s recent column seemed to suggest.
Where Are All the Classics by Women? Hedgepig Has a List
A Brooklyn theatre company isn’t just rediscovering and cataloguing overlooked plays—they’re aiming to get them into production.
New Study: White Men Still Dominate D.C. Stages
A count of 210 D.C. theatre productions showed that, despite modest gains, playwrights and directors remain mostly homogeneous.
LPTW’s New Count: Gender Parity Up Slightly Off-Broadway
The latest numbers show playwrights and directors edging close to parity, while most designers apart from costumers lag behind.
Small Change Adds Up
The dark tide we’re facing may break, though perhaps not before it’s managed to break things.
This Year’s Gender & Period Count: The Best Numbers Yet
The momentum behind gender parity in the American theatre seems unmistakable, with 30 percent of all plays and 40 percent of new ones written by women.
