Meet Three Women of the Broadway League’s Diversity Initiative

August 10, 2018August 14, 2018 Victoria Myers 5872 Views emerging

In recent years, there have been some quieter initiatives to address the lack of diversity among people working behind the scenes in theatre. One such initiative is the Broadway League’s Diversity Initiative Internship program. The program places college students with internships at company and general management firms. Here, three recent participants in the program—Sophie Anicival-Wolak, Jacqueline Bell, and Joyee To—share their experiences.

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Theatre Doesn’t Take A Summer Vacation

July 23, 2018July 31, 2018 Victoria Myers 6432 Views emerging, festivals, summer theatre

Between Broadway seasons in New York City, the theatre world is not nearly as quiet as you might imagine. The summer months have become increasingly packed with theatre festivals. We talked to six artists participating in four such festivals about their work.

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Director Roundtable: on developing new work, mentorship, authority, and more

October 26, 2017November 7, 2017 Victoria Myers 8135 Views emerging, off broadway director

We gathered a group of directors ranging from emerging to having directed on Broadway—Sash Bischoff, Kel Haney, Candis C. Jones, Rachel Klein, Kimberly Senior, Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, and Whitney White—to talk about their outlooks, mentorship, having authority, and more.

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How Do You Direct a Play About Sexual Assault? How Do You Direct Two of Them?

September 11, 2017November 13, 2018 Victoria Myers 6241 Views emerging, off broadway director, tyne rafaeli

This past year, director Tyne Rafaeli has had a slightly unusual theme in her work: stories surrounding sexual assault. Earlier this year, Tyne directed “Actually” and currently she’s directing “The Rape of The Sabine Women, By Grace B. Matthias.” We talked to Tyne about how she went about directing two very different plays that deal with sexual assault.

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Women of NYMF 2017

July 17, 2017August 21, 2017 Victoria Myers 9671 Views emerging, NYMF

Throughout July and the beginning of August, we will once again feature women involved in this year’s New York Musical Festival. Featuring the women of “Painting Faye Salvez,” “The Fourth Messenger,” “Matthew McConaughey vs. The Devil: An American Myth,” “The Goree All-Girls String Band,” “Play Like a Winner,” “Camp Wanatachi: In Concert,” “Freedom Riders: The Civil Rights Musical,” “Motherfreakinghood,” and the women of the Student Leadership Program.

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A Slice of (professional) Life: Colby Minifie

June 15, 2017June 19, 2017 Victoria Myers 12183 Views emerging

This week we’re highlighting some emerging artists in theatre and finding out how they view their careers and structure their lives. Colby Minifie is currently appearing on Broadway in “Six Degrees of Separation.” We talked to Colby about her life as an actress.

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Emerging Artists: Morgan Green and Taibi Magar

June 14, 2017September 15, 2017 Victoria Myers 6434 Views emerging

This week, we’re highlighting some emerging artists in theatre and finding out how they view their careers and structure their lives. Morgan Green and Taibi Magar are two directors on the rise.

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Women of “The Great Comet of 1812”

March 23, 2017April 11, 2017 Victoria Myers 7650 Views emerging, great comet

Brittain Ashford, Gelsey Bell, Amber Gray, and Grace McLean are all making their Broadway debuts in “The Great Comet of 1812.” We sat down with them to discuss archetypes, the physicality of the show, balancing doing eight shows a week, and more.

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The Women of The Playwrights Realm 2016/17 Season

March 2, 2017March 21, 2017 Victoria Myers 4792 Views emerging

The Playwright’s Realm has become known as one of the city’s premiere organizations for early career playwrights. Their 2016/17 season featured all women. We sat down with Sarah DeLappe, Jen Silverman, and Mfoniso Udofia to discuss Playwright’s Realm, their writing processes, and new play development.

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Playwrights of Page 73: Hansol Jung, Clare Barron, and Caroline V. McGraw

November 7, 2016November 29, 2016 Victoria Myers 6512 Views emerging

We gather Page 73 playwrights Hansol Jung, Clare Barron, and Caroline V. McGraw to discuss Page 73, being a playwright in New York City, and how they’d like to see gender equality improve.

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Women to Watch

September 6, 2016October 16, 2016 Victoria Myers 21348 Views emerging

Despite the dearth of women writing, directing, and designing on Broadway, there are a lot of fabulous women making theatre and changing the theatrical landscape beyond the Great White Way. Here are 16 female writers, directors, designers, and producers who the theatre community should be watching.

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Women of NYMF 2016

July 31, 2016August 15, 2016 Victoria Myers 7572 Views emerging, NYMF

Throughout July we’ll be featuring women involved in this year’s New York Musical Festival. We visited them at rehearsal studios throughout Manhattan to find out about their shows and their thoughts on the theatre. Featuring “Remission,” “Molly Murphy & Neil deGrasse Tyson…,” “A Lasting Impression,” “Normatively,” “Eh Dah? – Questions for My Father,” ” One Child Born,” “Tink!” “Forest Boy,” and “Dust Can’t Kill Me.”

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The Next Generation: Women’s Project Theater’s The Pipeline Festival

April 18, 2016July 10, 2016 Victoria Myers 8595 Views emerging, off broadway director, off broadway playwright

Every Monday, we’ll be featuring a team part of Women’s Project Theater’s The Pipeline Festival and giving you a peek at the American theatre’s next generation.