<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Congrats to CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE!<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Elana Gartner <<a href="mailto:elana@elanagartner.com">elana@elanagartner.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">January 24, 2013 2:58:22 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">connect <<a href="mailto:connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org">connect@lists.womenplaywrights.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[ICWP] PRESS RELEASE: ICWP 50/50 APPLAUSE AWARDS</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Elana Gartner <<a href="mailto:elana@elanagartner.com">elana@elanagartner.com</a>><br></span></div><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The 2012 International Centre for Women Playwrights
50/50 Applause Award: ICWP gives a standing ovation to theatres that value
women’s writing.</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The International
Center for Women Playwrights (ICWP)
announces its inaugural 50/50 Applause Awards to five US theatre
companies for seasons of plays with half or more written by women. In support
of women in theatre, ICWP rewards and recognises those theatre companies who
see gender parity as more than a desired goal.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">ICWP started in 1988 with a mission is to support
women playwrights worldwide and bring attention to their work. The creation of
the 50/50 Applause Award coincides with the organisation’s 25th birthday
celebration. President of ICWP, Dr Jennifer Munday, has stated that “these
companies need special thanks for the integrity of their decision-making.” </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">In recent years, discussions within the global
theatre community and the media have prompted both academic research and
discussions to explain why the work of women playwrights is underrepresented in
staged theatrical productions. In 2009, Emily Glassberg Sands released a study
called “Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender” which showed that only 18% of
the productions done in the United
States in 2008 were by female playwrights.
She also found that “only 11% of shows on Broadway over the past decade
[1999-2009] were written exclusively by women”.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Other research from countries with developed
economies has demonstrated similar imbalances. Last year, Lyn Gardner of the UK’s <i>The Guardian</i> stated “...of the 57
productions on in the West End and the fringe
that might be considered plays (rather than musicals or physical work), only
six are written by women”. In Canada,
Rebecca Burton and Reina Green reported that 30-35% of the nation’s artistic directors
were female in 2006. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Aside from the imbalance of theatrical expressions
of women’s experience, there is a clear economic trajectory that starts with a
production. A professional production is typically followed by script
publication, book sales, further productions, royalty revenue for the
playwright and other financial rewards like commissions, residences and travel
opportunities.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">To that end, ICWP’s qualifications for the 50/50
Applause Award were that theater companies produced women playwrights in both
50% of productions and 50% of total performances in their 2011-2012 season.
Theaters that included producing women playwrights in their mission were not
eligible. Five theatre companies have been recognised with the 50/50 Applause
award, through a strict nomination process. <b>The winners are: Cleveland
Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH; Little Colonel Theatre, Pee Wee Vally, KY; Nora
Theater, Cambridge, MA; Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY; and, Symmetry
Theatre, Berkeley, CA. </b>The companies will receive their award in January
2013.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Name: Elana Gartner</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Phone: <a href="tel:917-584-7503" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">917-584-7503</font></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Email: <a href="mailto:elana@womenplaywrights.org" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">elana@womenplaywrights.org</font></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Website: <a href="http://www.womenplaywrights.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(35,87,201)">http://www.womenplaywrights.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div>
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</font><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt">To learn more about the award and the criteria,
visit<a href="http://www.womenplaywrights.org/award" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">
http://www.womenplaywrights.org/award</font></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Elana Gartner<br>Playwright</div>
<div>Virtual Volunteer Manager/Board Member, International Centre for Women Playwrights<br>917-584-7503<br><a href="http://www.elanagartner.com/" target="_blank">http://www.elanagartner.com</a><br><br>Looking for monologues to audition with or scenes for the classroom? Check out my monologues at <a href="http://elanagartner.com/store/store.html" target="_blank">http://elanagartner.com/store/store.html</a>. Also available are 2-3 person scenes on a page devoted to theater educators: <a href="http://elanagartner.com/store/education.html" target="_blank">http://elanagartner.com/store/education.html</a></div>
<div> </div><div>Check out my new script "Daughter" (<a href="http://www.elanagartner.com/plays/daughter" target="_blank">http://elanagartner.com/plays/daughter.html</a>)! You can read the first few pages online and it is available for purchase in PDF format in my online store!<br>
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