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Women+ Theatres and Organization

TSGP is pleased to include other women+ theatre organizations on this list. Please contact us via our Work with Us submission form, and provide the organizational name and URL.


Gender Parity In Theatre and In Society

Bader, Jenny Lyn. March 18, 2018. A Brief History of the Gender Parity Movement in Theatre. WIT Journal. https://witonline.org/2017/03/18/on-the-gender-parity-movement-jenny-lyn-bader/

Bechdel, A. The Bechdel Test, aka The Rule, http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/The-Rule-cleaned-up.jpg

Erkut, Sumru and Cedar, Ineke. (2016A). Women’s leadership in resident theaters: Research results and recommendations executive summary. Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College. https://www.wcwonline.org/pdf/proj/theater/womens_leadership_theaters_exec_summary.pdf

Erkut, Sumru and Cedar, Ineke. (2016B). Women’s Leadership in Resident Theaters:Final Report Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College. https://www.wcwonline.org/pdf/proj/theater/womens_leadership_theaters_FinalReport.pdf

Hess, Cynthia and Milli, Jessica. (2015). The status of women in Washington: Forging pathways to leadership and economic opportunity. (Institute for Women’s Policy Research: Washington D.C.; Women’s Funding Alliance: Seattle).

Higgins, C. (2012, December 10). Women in theatre: why do so few make it to the top? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/10/women-in-theatre-glass-ceiling#comment-19975929

Kerber, L. (2017). All Change Please. Nick Hern Books: London.

McGovern, Porsche.  July 17, 2017. Who Designs and Directs in LORT Theatres by Gender: Phase Three. http://howlround.com/who-designs-and-directs-in-lort-theatres-by-gender-phase-three

Norman, M. (2014) Why The Count matters. Retrieved from http://www.thelillyawards.org/initiatives/the-count/

Sands, Emily Glassberg. (2009). Opening the curtain on playwright gender: An integrated economic analysis of discrimination in American theater. Dissertation

Weak, Valerie, Richards, Martha, and Young, Christine. (2015) NOT EVEN: a gender analysis of 500 San Francisco/Bay Area theatrical productions from the ​Counting Actors Project 2011-2014 Retrieved from https://www.womenarts.org/not-even/


Feminist Co-Mentoring and Mentoring

Bona, M., Rinehart, J., Volbrecht, R. (1995). Show me how to do like you: Co-mentoring as feminist pedagogy. Feminist Teacher Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 116-124. University of Illinois Press. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/40545722 

Godbee, B. and Novotny, J. (2014.) Asserting the right to belong: Feminist co-mentoring among graduate student women. Feminist Teacher. Vol. 23, no. 3. pp 177-195.

McGuire, G., & Reger, J. (2003). Feminist co-mentoring: A model for academic professional development. NWSA Journal, 15(1), 54-72. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4316944

Nganga, C. and Beck, M. (2017) The power of dialogue and meaningful connectedness: Conversations between two female scholars. Urban Rev Vol.49, pp 551–567.


Supporting Philosophy

Heller, N. (2018, December 31). The philosopher redefining equality. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/the-philosopher-redefining-equality

Hill Collins, P. (2000). Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.

Lorde, Audre. “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.” 1984. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Ed. Berkeley, CA: Crossing Press. 110-114. 2007. Print.

Page, S. (2007). Making the difference: Applying a logic of diversity. Academy of Management Perspectives, 21(4), 6-20. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.proxy.seattleu.edu/stable/27747407 

Smith, I.E. (2016, September 2). Minority vs. minoritized: Why the noun just doesn't cut it. Odyssey. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/minority-vs-minoritize


Other Art Forms

2018-2019 Season Overview. (2019). Dance Data Project. http://www.dancedataproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/July-2019-2018-2019-Season-Overview.pdf

Taylor, Astra. The Future of Democracy: The Right to Listen. The New Yorker. January 27, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-future-of-democracy/the-right-to-listen


Society and Zeitgeist

To defend our right to listen to one another, we must sometimes strain to hear voices that the powerful would drown out.

Astra Taylor, The Future of Democracy: The Right to Listen