Local theater receives award for promoting gender equity
The International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) announced its 2018 50/50 Applause Awards, honoring theaters that produce plays written in equal measure by women and men. For the fifth consecutive year, Off the Wall Productions in Carnegie has received the award. Out of 103 nominations the center received, only 62 qualified.
The awards honor theaters at least half of whose productions in their July 2017- June 2018 seasons are written by women. Further, a theater must have staged three or more productions during the season and have plays authored by both male and female in their season. For the 2018 Awards, only Main Stage productions were taken into account, as that is where most theater budgets are spent and where playwrights receive the most media attention and career advancement.
The 62 recipients of this year’s awards are found throughout Australia, Canada, Finland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United States and Wales.
To learn more, visit www.womenplaywrights.org/award.