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.
Category Archives: Gender Dis/Parity
This month, as part of our annual Season Preview issue, we put our focus on the persistent disparity between productions of work by male and female playwrights, and we find—and do our part to join—some encouraging efforts to redress it.
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.
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.
