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Black Tie International:
Mitzi Perdue
Hosts Kick-Off Reception
for The Women's Project
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Carol Ostrow and Mitzi Perdue
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Lyn Rosen and Giovanna Sardelli
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Julie Crosby, Lauren Roberts, Lucia Hwong Gordon and Lauren
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Patricia Watt, Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster, Mitzi Perdue,
Lauren Lawrence, Lorraine Cancro, Joyce Coplan, and
Joyce Brooks
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Women’s Project—the nation’s oldest
and largest theater dedicated to producing plays written and
directed by women—launched its 26th Annual Women
of Achievement Awards with a cocktail party at the beautiful
home of Mitzi Perdue. The Awards are given annually to
extraordinary women from a variety of fields—Lucia Hwong-Gordon,
Ruth Mayleas, Annette Green, Sallie Bingham, and
Tina Chen were among those in attendance at the launch
party. This year’s Awards will be given at a Gala Benefit on
Monday, March 7, 2011, and will honor model and
philanthropist Bonnie Evans, and actor Bebe Neuwirth.
www.WomensProject.org.
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About Women's Project
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Women's
Project was founded by Julia Miles in 1978 to address
the conspicuous under-representation of women artists
working in the American theater. Thirty-one years later,
employment statistics for women playwrights and
directors have improved, But there is work to be done.
Even today, only 20% of opportunities in the
professional theater nationwide are granted to women
theater artists.
Kathleen Chalfant says: "I was
a founding member of Women's Project at the very
beginning when Julia Miles found herself appalled at the
status of women writers and directors in the American
Theatre. In the intervening 30 years, Women's Project
has been an essential part of changing that equation.
Its greatest contribution perhaps has been to create an
"old girls' network" that provides a community of
supportive equals who prove that anything is possible
for anyone with a little luck, a lot of talent, and a
world of women cheering you on."
Now under the leadership of Julie
Crosby, Producing Artistic Director, Women's Project
remains devoted to its mission of producing and
promoting theater created by women. To that end, we:
*Provide women’s perspectives on a wide variety
of political, social, international, religious, and
cultural topics
*Produce established and emerging women artists
at WP’s home, the
Julia Miles Theater
*Mentor
exceptional writers, directors, and producers through
WP’s
Lab
*Develop
new works and classic plays by women in readings and
workshops
*Commission new works and adaptations of
classic plays by women
*Advocate on behalf of women theater artists
within the national and international professional
theater
*Educate
students in
grades 1-12 about the cultural
and historic significance of women theater artists
*Celebrate women of achievement from a variety
of fields at our annual
Gala
*Awaken
audiences and theater professionals to the power and
range of women theater artists.
Woven through WP's colorful tapestry are some of this
country's most esteemed writers; among them are
Julie Ann Boyd and Joan Micklin Silver
(A My Name is Alice), Rinne
Groff (Inky), Emily Mann
(Still Life), Naomi Wallace (Birdy),
Maria Irene Fornes (Abingdon Square),
and Eve Ensler (Ladies). An
impressive roster of directors have made their mark
here, including Anne Bogart
(Go Go Go), Lisa Peterson (The
Chemistry of Change), and Diane Paulus
(Best of Both Worlds).
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