Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Charging Bias by Theaters, Female Playwrights to Hold Meeting

Where are the female playwrights? Do you think that Portland produces "enough" female work? Should the sex of a playwright be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not to produce a show? A recent (and ongoing) topic on pdxbackstage...

"Frustrated by what they describe as difficulty in getting their work produced, enough female playwrights to make a standing-room-only crowd are planning to attend a town hall meeting on Monday night to air their grievances with representatives of New York’s leading Off Broadway and nonprofit theaters." New York Times continued...

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