Eileen Morris//Artistic Director//The Ensemble Theatre By Celeste Bedford Walker Eileen Morris is eating salad, but we’re talking gumbo. This artistic director of The Ensemble Theatre of Houston, Texas, founded in 1976, has agreed to carve out time on her “day off” to give me her thoughts on theatre in general and how she believes live …
The League of Professional Theatre Women is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to promote visibility and increase opportunities for women in the Professional Theatre. We do this through numerous programs and events. Please take a look throughout this site to find out all that we do for women in theatre. The League of Professional Theatre …
WOMEN IN THEATRE Magazine 2011-2012 WOMAN NATION: WOMEN LEADING U.S. THEATRES IN THE 21ST CENTURY This celebratory issue of WOMEN IN THEATRE Magazine is a 54-page issue featuring profiles of artistic directors such as Diane Paulus of A.R.T. in Cambridge, Mass.; Raelle Myrick-Hodges of Brava Theater Center in San Francisco; Susan Booth at the Alliance in Atlanta, …
In April of this year, Garlia Cornelia Jones-Ly, founder ofBlackboard Reading Series, a monthly play reading series focused on the work of black writers incubated by the cell in New York, and Almeria Campbell, co-curator of Blackboard Reading Series, had a conversation with Karen Evans, President and Founder of The Black Women Playwrights’ Group in Washington, DC. Evans’s group … Continue reading »
My first experience with Emma Rice’s delightfully precise and wildly engrossing work was while traveling abroad. I found myself in London. I was young and a little too in love with Greek tragedy (my Kneehigh initiation was the company’s version of The Bacchae). It was probably the first time I had gone to the theater by myself. I … Continue reading »
In this digital age, where technology has led to increased globalization and cultural exchange, it is not rare to find theater companies who tour their work abroad. How does this travel impact an artist and a company? To answer this question, I turned to the impressive experience of Emma Rice, co-artistic director of the United … Continue reading »
This blog is In Response to Virginia Grise’s Interview with Patricia Ione Lloyd, and continues a partnership between HowlRound and the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW). For many years, LPTW has been publishing an annual magazine, Women in Theatre (WIT). This year they’ve expanded the magazine to include an online format and are collaborating … Continue reading »
BY Virginia Grise AND Patricia Ione Loyd Virginia Grise: Where are you from? Patricia Ione Lloyd: I’m from Iowa, which hopefully does not negate my street cred. Being a black lesbian from Iowa should give me more street cred. Virginia: Was that on your OKCupid profile? Ione: It was. I think that was the problem. … Continue reading »
This post is a response to Jody Christopherson’s recent interview and continues a partnership between HowlRound and the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW). For many years, LPTW has been publishing an annual magazine, Women in Theatre (WIT). This year they’ve expanded the magazine to include an online format and are collaborating with HowlRound to provide content covering an array of issues and perspectives within … Continue reading »
We all wear many hats in the theater, but Ruth Maleczech, Normandy Raven Sherwood, and Julie Atlas Muz turn multiple-hat-wearing into an art form all its own. Here’s what they do and why it’s radically important. Ruth Maleczech, cofounder of Mabou Mines, has been pioneering the reinvention of theatrical forms since 1970 and she’s still … Continue reading »
