1st Annual WOMEN IN THEATRE FESTIVAL (WIT)

JUNE 2016 at Under St. Marks, ART/NY Studios (in Manhattan and Brooklyn)
JULY 2016 at Theatre Row, in the Studio Theatre

The Women In Theatre Festival (WIT) is a curated three-week festival of new plays and innovative performances by diverse women artists. Our lineup includes full productions, innovative theatre work, solo shows, online content and readings.

Women in Theatre Festival = 88 women (109 total artists), 80% of total artists involved (directors, actors, and technical positions inclusive) were women. Women represented 100% of playwrights/writers in the festival.

In a direct response to gender disparity in theatre leadership, casting, and production, the objective of WIT is to broaden the opportunities for women artists, engage with an audience who seek an indie theatre experience, and add to the canon of women playwrights writing roles for women actors. To this end, WIT is producing new works by women writers and lead artists, to be presented at the festival in an effort to achieve #GenderParity by going #BeyondParity in our programming.

Projects include the NY Premiere of EM Lewis’ searing new play, “The Gun Show,” and Lia Romeo’s dark comedy, “Baby Boom,” two plays about guns and violence.

Click to view the view lineup.