On March 18, the founder of the WP Theater—formerly known as The Women’s Project—Julia Miles passed away after a long life of mentoring and producing work in the theatre industry for and by women.
Tag: Theatre and Performance Art
“19: The Musical” Tells a 100-Year-Old Story Still Relevant for Women Today
“19: The Musical” is a two-hour musical that chronicles women’s struggle to gain the right to vote—which was finally won a century ago with the 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution. Modeled after Hamilton, “19” brings to life a story that few Americans know or understand.
How Irene Gandy Found Success—and Fostered Community—for Women of Color on Broadway
Tony-winning Broadway and off-Broadway publicist, producer and press agent Irene Gandy was the latest industry titan to open up about her career for the Oral History Project at the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Susan Rome Speaks Out as Feminist Artist Louise Nevelson
Susan Rome takes on the role of Louise Nevelson, one of the most influential woman sculptors of the twentieth century, in Theater J’s production of “Occupant.”
The Ms. Q&A: Why Holland Taylor Wanted to Act Like Ann Richards
“Julie White, who plays Nancy Kohler, came to our final production in New York, and she came backstage in tears and said: ‘This play makes me want to be a better person.’ And I think that is what it’s all about.”
The Ms. Q&A: What Led Anaïs Mitchell to Hadestown
“The telling of stories is a really powerful kind of activism—it allows you to empathize, to put yourself in others’ shoes.”
Walking On: Sister Helen Prejean’s Powerful Persistence
35 years ago, Sister Helen Prejean walked down the hall at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola with her unsteady hand on the quivering shoulder of Patrick Sonnier. His death by electrocution that night would have slid barely noticed, then and now—except Prejean was so outraged by what she saw that she wrote it down.
We Heart: Robin Ritz’s Feminist Anthem for the #MeToo Era
Robin Ritz’s song and video celebrate the divine feminine—in the women in our lives, in our archetypes and in ourselves.
Storytelling for Social Change: Inside the #HealMeToo Festival
Hope Singsen had done very little producing before she began putting together The #HealMeToo Festival, which just wrapped in New York City. She started with a plan to find a space to produce Skin, her solo show about the road and obstacles to healing and reclaiming intimacy after childhood sexual trauma, and to share that […]
Ms. Smith Goes to Washington: Inside the Modern Send-Up of a Classic Political Story
Hundreds of feminists, seated in long wooden benches under the vaulted ceilings of the Los Angeles City Council Chambers, bore witness last week to a historical revisitation fit for the current political moment.