This is a compilation of many gender parity articles and studies in the theatre industry. It includes the work that I have done at the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Applause Awards. I will continue to add to it throughout time.
Studies on Gender Parity
October, 2018, The Dramatists Guild and The Lilly Awards, "The Count"
5/4/18, League of Professional Theatre Women, "Women Count"
November 2, 2015, League of Professional Theatre Women, "Women Count"
November, 2015, The Dramatist, "The Count"
"I was too goddamned young to give birth but I did that!"
- Millie, Daughter
Links to Organizations that Support Women Playwrights and Gender Parity
International Centre for Women Playwrights
Articles on Gender Parity in the Theatre Industry
Articles and Resources on Gender Parity
11/18/2022, BroadwayWorld.com, "How Female Playwrights Are Making the Industry Better"
11/11/2022, BroadwayWorld.com, "Where Are All of the Female Theatre Crtics?"
11/4/2022, BroadwayWorld.com, 'Women Playwrights Speak Out on Life in the Theater: Part 1"
March 8, 2019, International Centre for Women Playwrights, "Seasons Uruguay"
3/1/19, The Stage, "Pay for female backstage staff at ENO brought in line with men for first time"
November 6, 2018, NY Times, "Taking Your Child to Work, When Your Job Is Making Theater"
7/10/18, Irish Times, "Gate Theatre: Number of women directors up from 8% to 80%"
6/6/18, HowlRound, "The Rise of Women In Chilean Theatre" by Elana Gartner
5/16/18, The Guardian, "Why the pregnant pause? Women in performing arts still face baby barriers"
5/14/18, OnStage/OffStage, Podcast "Episode 105: Interview with Elana Gartner and Rebecca Burton"
4/15/18, HowlRound, "Gender Parity in Canadian Theatre" by Elana Gartner
4/8/18, HowlRound, "Representation Matters: The Monologue Project"
4/2/18, HowlRound, "Manhattas Gender Flip Equity in Action"
3/30/18, "Women's History Matters"
12/6/17, American Theatre Magazine, "Unmuffling A Culture of Silence"
12/4/17, American Theatre Magazine, "Women in Leadership: It's About Time"
11/2/17, American Theatre Magazine, "Where Are the Women? Parity Productions Is Keeping A List"
9/21/15, American Theatre Magazine, "The Other Canon: 10 Centuries of Plays By Women"
9/18/17, Exeunt Magazine, "Some Women Playwrights"
7/17/17, NY Times, "When Women Won't Accept Theatrical Manspreading"
3/22/17, NY Times "Two Female Playwrights Arrive on Broadway. What Took So Long?"
3/4/17, HowlRound, "A Brief History of the Gender Parity Movement in Theatre"
12/21/16, PerformerStuff.com, "10 Eighteenth Century Female Playwrights You Should Know"
12/12/16, PerformerStuff.com, "12 Early Twentieth Century Female Playwrights You Should Know"
11/29/16, PerformerStuff.com, "10 Nineteenth Century Female Playwrights You Should Know"
11/22/15, NY Times, "The Women of Hollywood Speak Out"
Howl Round Gender Parity Series
12/10/15, American Theatre Magazine, "How Theatres Are Supporting Work/Life Balance"
7/16/15, NY Times, "Small Gains For Female Playwrights"
6/9/15, American Theatre Magazine, "7 Steps for Achieving Gender Parity in the Theatre"
6/8/15, American Theatre Magazine, "Oregon Shakes Launches Equity and Inclusion Training Program"
6/8/15, Women Arts, "“Fun Home” Makes History for Women & Gay Rights With 5 Tony Awards!"
3/10/15, Backstage, "11 Theaters for Female Empowerment"
2/27/15, NY Times, "Decades Since Wasserstein’s ‘Heidi,’ the Glass Proscenium Holds Fast"
September, 2014, American Theatre Magazine "Women Push for Equality On and Off Stage"
6/18/14, Japan Times, "Female Dramatists Dispel Gender Concern"
6/17/14, NY Times "Creating A Supply Chain of Work by Female Playwrights"
6/6/14, NY Times "Women Are Missing From The TONY's and Broadway"
4/29/14, The Atlantic "Broadway's Shockingly Resilient Glass Curtain"
3/22/14, Boston Globe "Spotlight Shines on Area Theater's Diversity Gap"
January, 2013, New York Innovative Theater "Girl Playwright Power"
December, 2012, The Guardian "Women In Theatre: How the '2:1 Problem' Breaks Down"
1/31/13, New York Times "Staging a Sisterhood"
1/26/13, Huffington Post "Women Playwrights Applaud Theaters"
6/24/09, NY Times "Re-thinking Gender Bias in Theater"
4/9/09, Huffington Post, "Can Mothers Be Artists?"
10/24/08, NY Times "Female Playwrights to Hold Meeting"
4/22/09,Princeton Alumni Weekly "Making Theater More Diverse"