GIRLCOTT LIST 2011 / 2012
These theatres will not be producing a single play by a woman on their main stages for the 2011/12 season.
If you hold a ticket for a production at one of the theatres on this list go to Free Stuff and download our sticker “In this theatre…”. Before the show or during intermission attach it to the inside of the toilet stall in the women’s/men’s room. If you don’t hold a ticket for a production at one of these theatres, Guerrilla Girls On Tour ask you to join us in our GIRLCOTT
DO NOT BUY A TICKET AT A THEATRE ON THIS LIST UNTIL A PLAY BY A WOMAN IS ADDED TO THEIR SEASON.
American Folklore Theatre, Fish Creek, WI**
Park Players, Birmingham, AL* **
Theatre Works, Hartford CT **
New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS**
A Noise Within, Glendale, CA**
Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle, WA**
Theater for a New Audience, New York, NY**
American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA**
Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota, FL**
Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC** (female director added since last year)
Ivoryton Playhouse, Ivoryton, CT**
Connecticut Repertory Theater, Storrs, CT**
Book-It Repertory Theater, Seattle, WA**
Sierra Repertory Theater, Sonora, CA* **
Texas Repertory Theater, Houston, TX**
SecondStory Repertory, Redmond, WA**
Repertory Theater of Iowa, Des Moines, IA**
California Repertory Company, Long Beach, CA**
McKinney Repertory Theater, McKinney, TX**
Rosedale Community Players, Southfield, MI* **
Lofte Community Theater, Manley, NE**
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater, South Orange, NJ**
Adobe Theater, Albuquerque, NM**
Centre Stage, Greenville, SC**
Mariemont Players, Cincinnati, OH**
Artist’s Cooperative Theater, Nashville, TN**
Community Playhouse, Tullahoma, TN**
American Heartland Theater, Kansas City, MO**
Hangar Theater, Ithaca, NY**
Lucille Ball Theatre, Jamestown, NY**
San Angelo Civic Theatre, San Angelo, TX**
Beaumont Community Players, Beaumont, TX**
Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX**
Theatre Three, Dallas, TX**
Ennis Public Theatre, Ennis, TX**
Kaufman Civic County Theatre, Terrell, TX**
Essex Community Players, Essex, VT**
Northern Stage Company, White River Junction**
Gala Hispanic Theater, Washington, DC^*
Jackson County Community Theatre, Brownstown, IN**
Raven Theater, Chicago, IL **
Remy Bumppo, Chicago, IL **
Strawdog Theater, Chicago, IL**
The House Theatre, Chicago, IL**
Hypocrites, Chicago, IL **
Writers Theater, Chicago, IL**
Clinton County Civic Theatre, Frankfort, IN**
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, Ft. Wayne, IN**
Colonial Playhouse, Aldan, PA**
Act II Playhouse, Ambler, PA**
Hedgerow Theatre, Media, PA**
The Acting Company, New York, NY*
Lord Leebrick Theatre Company, Eugene, OR
Marin Shakespeare Company, San Rafael, CA
New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ
Olney Theatre Center, Olney, MD *
Pearl Theatre Company, New York, NY *
Classic Stage Company, New York, NY *
The Colony, Burbank, CA
Commonwealth Theatre Comapny, Lanesboro, MN
Writer’s Theatre, Glencoe, IL *
Peninsula Players, Fish Creek, WI
Harrisburg Shakespeare Company, Harrisburg, PA
George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ * (1/3 of one musical is written by a woman)
Public Theater, New York, NY *
St. Michael’s Playhouse, Colchester, VT
Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC
Amphibean Stage Productions, Fort Worth, TX
The Antaeus Company, North Hollywood, CA
Crede Repertory Theatre, Crede, CO
New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, New Orleans, LA
Harlequin Productions, Olympia, WA
L.A. Theatre Works, Los Angeles, CA
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA
BookIt Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA
Bristol Riverside Theatre, Bristol, PA
Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville, GA
Barrington Stage Co, Pittsfield, MA
American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA
Center Rep, Walnut Creek, CA
Bickford Theatre, Morristown, NJ
Actor’s Express, Atlanta, GA***
Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Somerville, MA
Lantern Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA
Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT
Cara Mia Theater Company, Dallas, TX^
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Madison, NJ
Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Mars Hill, NC
Centre Stage, Greenville, SC
Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY
Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY
Triad Stage, Greensboro, NC
The Western Stage, Salinas, CA
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA *
American Blues Theatre, Chicago, IL
Ensemble Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
First Folio Theatre, Oak Brook, IL
California Repertory Company, Long Beach, CA
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Island, SC
Fusion Theatre Company, Albuquerque, NM
* indicates no women directors have been hired either
** indicates multiple years on the Girlcott List
^indicates at least one playwright is a man of color, but no female playwrights
Theatres from last year unable to verify:
- The Mammals (Not updated since July) Chicago, IL
- Organic Theater (Only lists holiday season) Chicago, IL*
- 11:11 Theatre Company (No upcoming events) Boston, MA
- Penguin Rep Theater (Website doesn’t work) Stony Point, NY
- Telluride Repertory Theater Company (No update for this year) Telluride, CO
- Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater (No update for this year) Grand Lake, CO
(Public’s Under the Radar Fest hosted 8 male writers, 6 female, 9 male directors and 2 female directors. There were a few ensemble created pieces, gender unknown)
WRITE TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND ASK WHY THEY ARE NOT PRODUCING PLAYS BY WOMEN. 65% of all Broadway tickets are purchased by women. When will women be better represented in the theatre?
GOOD NEWS LIST 2011/2012
Theatres that present 50% or more plays by women in their 2011/2012 Main Stage Seasons!
*Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY
*Arena Stage, Washington, DC
*New Georges, New York, NY
*Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA
*Women’s Project, New York, NY
*Arizona Women’s Theater Company, Scottsdale, AZ
*Brava! For Women in the Arts, San Francisco, CA
*Looking For Lillith, Louisville, KY
*Voices and Vision, New York, NY
*Detroit Repertory Theater, Detroit, MI
*Orlando Repertory Theater, Orlando, FL
*Panasian Repertory Theater, New York, NY
*13th St Repertory Company, New York, NY
*Hawaii Repertory Theater, Honolulu, HI
*Tennessee Women’s Theater Project, Nashville, TN
*Kitchen Theatre Company, Ithaca, NY
*Astoria Performing Arts Center, LI City, NY
*Zach Theatre, Austin, TX
*Echo Theatre, Dallas, TX
*Halcyon Theater, Chicago, IL
*Rivendell Theater, Chicago, IL
*Prologue Theatre Co, Chicago, IL
*The Strangetree Group, Chicago, IL
*Full Circle Theatre Company, Jersey City, NJ
*Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, NY
*TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT
*The Attic Ensemble, Jersey City, NJ
*Vortex Theater, Austin, TX
*Vermont Stage Company, Burlington, VT
Actor’s Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Company of Fools, Hailey, ID
Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City
Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, TX
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD
Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas, TX
Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA
Bond Street Theatre, New York, NY
Youth Performance Co., Minneapolis, MN
Borderlands Theatre, Tucson, AZ
New York Theatre Workshop, New York NY
NC Stage Company, Asheville, NC
Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY
BRAT, Philadelphia, PA
Theater of the First Amendment, Fairfax, VA
Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT
Interact Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA
Invisible Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT
Congo Square Theatre Company, Chicago, IL
Coterie Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Bushfire Theatre of Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Swine Palace, Baton Rouge, LA
Court Theatre, Chicago, IL
A.D. Players, Houston, TX
Company of Angels, Los Angeles, CA
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
Rep Stage, Columbia, MD
Crowded Fire Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Golden Thread, San Francisco, CA
Horizon Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA
The Catastrophic Theatre, Houston, TX
Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN
Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY
2econd Stage Theatre, New York, NY
Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, KY
New Ground Theatre, Davenport, IA
Adventure Stage, Chicago, IL
African American Shakespeare Co., San Francisco, CA
Stage Works, Tampa, FL
3Girls Theatre, San Francisco, CA
SF Playhouse, San Francisco, CA
* indicates multiple years on the Good News List
Compiled by Liz Walsh
More Good News
- FOUR theatres that were on the Girlcott List last year are now on the Good News List! The theatres that went from producing NO plays by women to producing 50% or more plays by women are (drumroll…..): The Attic Ensemble, Jersey City, NJ; Vermont Stage Company, Burlington, VT; Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City and Full Circle Theatre Company also in Jersey City.
- Los Angeles Female Playwright Initiative
- Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival
- Theatre Festival Highlights Women Playwrights of Colour
- Writer’s Conference to Champion Women Playwrights
- Check out the brand new Women’s Theatre Festival of Memphis
**Download a copy of Girlcott & Goodnews from previous years.
