NYC Mayor’s Office Launches Gender Parity Initiative
The initiative will include a $5 million fund for female filmmakers and theatre artists.
All Stories About gender parity
The Breakdown: Which Genders and Eras Are Getting More Productions
Women wrote just 26% of plays in the coming season, and men 63%, and new plays are outperforming old.
Offscript: Harry Potter and the Fighting Kilroys
This week’s guest is Kilroys cofounder Joy Meads, who discusses gender parity. Plus, our staff takes apart ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.’
The Kilroys List 32 Unproduced Works by Women and Trans Playwrights
All the plays are written by female and trans* playwrights and have not been produced.
Lindsay Adams Wins the 2016 Judith Barlow Prize
Adams will receive a reading of her one act play inspired by a historic woman playwright.
NYC Study Finds Culture Nonprofits Lag Behind City’s Diversity
A survey finds that theatre staffs are 70 percent non-Hispanic white, which is roughly the inverse of the city’s demographics.
Change of the Seasons
An issue of a magazine, like a theatrical season, is a menu of options reflecting our tastes, affinities, and priorities.
A Season of Women-Powered Plays in 2015–16
Theatremakers across the country talk about exciting works featuring or created by female or transgender artists.
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?
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.
