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About Face Theatre
1222 W. Wilson Ave, Second Floor
Chicago, IL 60640
Telephone: 773.784.8565
Contact: Mollie Alexander Speer, Development Director
Email: mailbox[no.spam*]aboutfacetheatre.com
Website: www.aboutfacetheatre.com
Description: Theatre company that specializes in adventurous/innovative new plays that advance the national dialogue on gender/sexual identity
Airmid Theatre Company
P.O. Box 1236
Northampton, MA 01061
USA
Contact: Tricia McDermott, Artistic Director
Phone: (631) 704-2888 or 631-587-3023
Fax: (631) 587-3023
Website: www.womenarts.org/
Email: airmidtheatre[no.spam*]hotmail.com
Description: Founded in 2000, The Airmid Theatre Company produces classic works by women. With these plays at the heart of its mission, the company creates a safe home for women theatre artists, and ignites broad public recognition of the essential contribution women have made to the worlds of theatre, dramatic literature. By establishing the history of playwriting by women and professionally producing their work with a full cast of actors of both genders as the playwrights intended, we open the door to broader discussion on women?s roles today, and in the future.
Angry Little Girls
PO Box 241576
Los Angeles, CA 90024
USA
Contact: Lela Lee
Website: http://www.angrylittlegirls.com
Description: A comic strip about girls who are disenchanted, crazy, fresh, gloomy and all around angry. Visit weekly for their adventures in an angering world!
ANNONYArts
PO Box 11526
St. Louis, MO 63105
USA
Telephone: 314-721-0052
Fax: 314-726-0670
Email: annonyarts[no.spam*]aol.com
Website: http://www.annonyarts.org
Description: Contemporary dance theater; exploration of subtle energies in the healing arts.
[The] Baltimore Women’s Film Festival
211 East Lombard St., #284
Baltimore, MD 21202-6102
USA
Contact: Deanna Strough
Telephone: 443-797-9447
Email: getinvolved[no.spam*]bwfilmfestival.com
Website: www.bwfilmfestival.com
Description: Film festival dedicated to movies by women from around the globe in a wide variety of different genres. Half ticket sales go to support for breast cancer patients.
Black Ensemble Theatre
4520 North Beacon
Chicago, Illinois 60640
USA
Telephone: 773-769-4451
Fax: 773-769-4533
Email: BlackEnsemble[no.spam*]aol.com
Website: www.blackensembletheater.org
Description: Theatre company that specializes in plays that chronicle the African American experience, while reaching out to a cross-cultural audience and serving disenfranchised communities.
Brava! for Women in the Arts
2781 24th Street
San Francisco
California, 94110
USA
Telephone: 415-641-7657
Box office: 415-647-2822
Fax: 415-641-7684
Website: www.brava.org
Description: One of the few theaters in the country that specializes in the creation of new work, and the only one whose primary purpose is to produce outstanding world premieres by women of color and lesbian playwrights.
The Center for Indigenous Theatre
401 Richmond Street West
Suite 205
Toronto, Ontario M5V 1X3
Canada
Telephone: 416-506-9436
Fax: 416-506-9430
Email: citmail[no.spam*]indigenoustheatre.com
Website: www.indigenoustheatre.com
Description: The Centre for Indigenous Theatre seeks to develop culturally balanced performance training programs that increase the opportunities for and numbers of Aboriginal performers. The result of which will be raised awareness of and appreciation for traditional and contemporary modes of cultural expression and arts education.
Echo Theatre
P.O. Box 820698
Dallas, TX 75382
USA
Telephone: 214-904-0500
Email: mail[no.spam*]echotheatre.org
Website: http://www.echotheatre.org
Description: Inspiration for Echo Theatre is taken from the nymph Echo of Greek Mythology, who was doomed to forever repeat the words of others, but could not speak for herself. Here at Echo, women speak for themselves on stage. It's not a matter of a woman being able to tell a story better than a man; it's simple that she can tell it differently, provide it with another texture, another insight, when she is empowered to speak in her own words.
Gina Gibney Dance
890 Broadway, Studio 5-2
New York, NY 10003
USA
Telephone: 212-677-8560
Fax: 212-777-8653
Email: gibneydance[no.spam*]cs.com
Website: http://www.ginagibneydance.org
Description: All female contemporary dance company. Offers special
programs for domestic violence survivors to help enhance women's
self esteem.
Giwayen Mata
Stars Building 10, Silverhill Close Notts
NG8 6QL UK
Telephone: 0870 8300683
Website: http://www.african-caribean-ents.com/giwayenmata.htm
Description: An award-winning, dynamic, soul-stirring, all-sistah
dance, percussion, and vocal ensemble. Founded by Omelika Kuumba,
Zuri Sami Ra Maati Jordan, and eight other women of color, Giwayen
Mata has been dedicated to the perpetuation of Afrikan culture
since 1993 by presenting dances, rhythms, and songs of the Afrikan
Diaspora to audiences of all ethnicities, ages, and backgrounds.
Guerrilla Girls
Email: gg[no.spam*]guerillagirls.com
Website: http://www.guerillagirls.com
Description: Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous group of women dedicated
to the conscience of culture and supports recognition for women
in all art forms. Guerilla Girls produces posters, stickers, books,
printed objects, and articles that expose sexism and racism in
politics, art, film, and culture.
Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC)
1158 26th Street, Suite 399
Santa Monica, CA 90403
USA
Telephone: 310-453-5069
Email:
lawsc[no.spam*]earthlink.net
Website:
www.lawsc.net
Description: A nonprofit organization which produces professional productions of Shakespeare's plays with an all-female ensemble.
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival
4th Street Theatre in Los Angeles and the Tiffany Theatre in West Hollywood
USA
Telephone: 818-760-0408
Email: lawtf2001[no.spam*]msn.com
Website: www.lawtf.com
Description: The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival ("LAWTF") was organized to provide a vehicle for the development of women artists utilizing theatre to educate, enlighten and empower solo artists, audiences and volunteers.
National Association of Women Artists, INC.
80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1405
New York, NY 10011
USA
Telephone: 212-675-1616
Fax: 212-675-1616
Email: office[no.spam*]nawanet.org
Website: http://www.nawanet.org
Description: Promotes women artists of all backgrounds and traditions through exhibitions, pro programs, and its historic archive.
National Museum of Women in Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
Telephone: (202)-783-5000, (800)-222-7270
Website: www.nmwa.org
Description: The only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists.
Native Earth Performing Arts
55 Mill Street The Case Goods
Building (#74)
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
Telephone: 416.531.1402
Fax: 416.531.6377
Email: office[no.spam*]nativeearth.ca
Website: http://www.nativeearth.ca/2007/home.html
Description: Native Earth performing arts is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating, developing and producing professional artistic expression of the Aboriginal experience in Canada.
New Georges
Theatre Production Company
109 W. 27th Street, Ste. 9A
New York, NY10001
USA
Telephone/Fax: 646-336-8077
Email: info[no.spam*]newgeorges.org
Website: http://www.newgeorges.org
Description: Founded in 1992 by women actors concerned about the
scarcity of roles for women. New Georges is a play and acting
development organization that produces new plays by women.
[The] Nora Theatre Company
P.O. Box 382034
Cambridge, MA 02238
USA
Telephone: 617-491-2026
Email: info[no.spam*]thenora.org
Website: www.thenora.org
Description: The Nora Theatre Company produces illuminating contemporary and modern classic theater and champions the voice of women.
[The] Pleiades Theatre Comp
P.O. Box 1795
Louisville, KY 40201-1795
USA
Telephone:502-637-3064
Email: pleiades[no.spam*]pleiadestheatreco.org
Website: www.pleiadestheatreco.org
Professional Women Photographers
511 Ave of the Americas #138
New York, NY 10011
USA
Telephone: 212-726-8292
Email: info[no.spam*]pwponline.org
Website: http://www.pwponline.org
Description: Active group of over 200 women with deep interests in
photography.
Rosalind Productions
Theatre Production Company
PO Box 480820
Los Angeles, CA 90048
USA
Email: abigail[no.spam*]rosalindproductions.com
Telephone: 310-358-2789
Website: http://www.rosalindproductions.com
Description: Rosalind Productions explores stories in which the female characters are as vital, complex and influential as the male characters.
Sphinx Theatre Company
25 Short Street
London SE1 8LJ
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7401 9993/4
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7401 9995
Email: info[no.spam*]sphinxtheatre.co.uk
Website: www.sphinxtheatre.co.uk/
Description: Touring theatre company that places women at the center of its artistic endeavor; encourages discussion of the portrayal of women in art.
Tennessee Women's Theater Project
PO Box 158525
Nashville, TN 37215-8528
USA
Telephone: 615-822-7614
Email: maryanna[no.spam*]twtp.org
Website: http://www.twtp.org/
Description: "Giving voice to women through theater arts."
Our inaugural production, "A Single Woman" opens June
30, 2005.
Twenty Percent Theatre Company
20-44 32nd Street
Astoria, NY 11105
USA
Telephone: 718-274-8249
Email: haiku24[no.spam*]hotmail.com
Website: twentypercent.org
Description: The 20% Theatre Company is dedicated to reversing the percentages of working women in the theatre.
The Women's Theatre Project
1314 E. Las Olas Blvd., #31
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
USA
Telephone: 954-462-2334
Fax: 954-893-9214
Website: http://www.womenstheatreproject.com
Email: meredithlasher[no.spam*]aol.com
Contact: Meredith Lasher, President
Description: Through compelling theatre, The Women's Theatre
Project creates an environment that explores the female voice.
Spanning the generations, we are forging community partnership
to develop a legacy - By Women, About Women, For Everyone. Professional
theatre company producing Southeastern Premieres and original
plays written by women with female casts. The Women's Theatre
Project is often hired to perform staged readings for women's
organizations.
Venus Theatre
The Venus Theatre Play Shack
21 C Street
Laurel, MD 20707
USA
Contact: Deborah Randall
Telephone: 301-470-2406
Email: DeborahRandall@msn.com
Website: http://www.venustheatre.org
Description: A women's theatre company that perform plays by talented
women playwrights and employs talented female actors, directors,
designers and others.
Wet, Inc.
441 Lexington Avenue, PH
New York, NY 10017
USA
Telephone: 212-682-0265
Email: info[no.spam*]wetweb.org
Website: http://www.wetweb.org
Description: A non-for-profit production company that produces
theater and film projects, events, panels, and workshops with
challenging female stereotypes while celebrating women's diversity
and strengths.
Woman Made Gallery
685 North Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
USA
Telephone: 312-738-0400
Fax: 312-738-0404
Email: gallery[no.spam*]womanmade.org
Website: http://www.womanmade.org
Description: The goal of Woman Made Gallery is to support all
women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness, and advocacy
while building an alternative community where artistic values
and criteria are determined by women, for women.
Woman's Will
753 Hermann Street
Oakland, CA 94609
USA
Telephone:
510-420-0813
Fax: 510. 420.0813
Email: info[no.spam*]womanswill.org
Website: www.womanswill.org
Description: Woman's Will, the Bay Area's all-female Shakespeare company, exists to provide opportunities for women and girls to work together in a supportive yet challenging environment, to entertain and educate through high quality classes and performances, and to expand the boundaries in which audiences and artists see themselves.
Women Artists of the West, INC.
14037 Rex Street
Sylmar, CA 90342
USA
Contact: Pamela Wildermuth, President
Email: waow[no.spam*]waow.org
Website: http://www.waow.org
Description: Supports and promotes art created by women.
Women's Arts Center & Gallery
345 Pierpoint Ave
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
USA
Telephone: (801) 577 8367
Email: info[no.spam*]womensartscenter.org
Website: www.womensartcenter.org
Description: A nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining
and nurturing women working in the visual, performing, and literary
arts.
Women's Image Network
2118 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 144
Santa Monica, CA 90403
USA
Telephone: 310-229-5365
Email: info[no.spam*]winfemme.com
Website: http://www.winfemme.com
Description: Encourages positive portrayals of women in theater,
television, and film; sponsors annual WINFEMME Film Festival showcasing
films featuring female protagonists.
Women in Photography International
569 North Rossmore Avenue, #604
Los Angeles, CA 90004
USA
Email: wipi[no.spam*]joannewarfieldfineart.com
Website: http://www.womeninphotography.org
Description: Online resource center serving the needs of women
photographers, photo educators, photography students, gallery
owners and photographic organizations around the world.
Women Playwrights' Initiative (WPI)
c/o 14507 Greydale Circle
Orlando FL 32826-4221
USA
Telephone: 407.380.1812, 407.384.7172
Email: lyndolmichael[no.spam*]earthlink.net
Website: www.WomenPlaywrights.com
Description: Setting new stages for women's voices. Our mission is to foster the development and production of plays written by women, through educational outreach, workshops, readings and productions.
Women's Art Resource Center
122-401 Richmond Street West
Tornonto, ON MSV 3A8
Canada
Telephone: 416-977-0097
Email: warc[no.spam*]warc.net
Website: http://warc.net
Description: Toronto-based organization dedicated to the advancement of contemporary women's art practice, outreach programs and gallery exhibits
Women's Caucus for Art
P.O. Box 1498 Canal Street Station
NY, NY 10013
USA
Telephone: 212-634-0007
Email: info[no.spam*]nationalwca.org
Website: www.nationalwca.org
Description: National member organization dedicated to expanding opportunities and recognition for women in the arts
Women's Project and Production
55 West End Avenue
NY, NY 10023
USA
Email: info[no.spam*]womensproject.org
Website: http://www.womensproject.org
Telephone: (212) 765-1706
Description: A New York off-Broadway theatre dedicated to putting
women playwrights center stage since 1978.
Women's Studio Workshop
PO Box 489
Rosendale, NY 12472
USA
Telephone: 845-658-9133
Fax: 845-658-9031
Email: info[no.spam*]wsworkshop.org
Website: http://www.wsworkshop.org
Description: Founded in 1974, the Women's Studio Workshop is an
artist's workspace dedicated to encouraging the voice and vision
of women artists while providing professional opportunities and
employment for women at various stages of their careers.
Women's Theatre Alliance
2936 N. Southport
Chicago, IL 60657-4120
USA
Email: womenstheatre[no.spam*]lycos.com
Website: www.wtachicago.org
Description: Membership organization devoted to supporting, promoting, and showcasing Chicago's female theatre artists
[The] Women's Theater Company
Official Address:
P.O. Box 5924
Parsippany, NJ 07054
USA
Contact Address:
Parsippany Community Center
1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034
USA
Telephone: 973-316-3033
Email: womenstheater[no.spam*]gmail.com
Website: http://www.womenstheatercompany.org
Description: A professional theatre company dedicated to the development,
promotion and inclusion of women in all aspects of theatre production.
Zephyr Dance
1627 North Oakley
Chicago, IL 60647
USA
Telephone: 773-489-5069
Fax: 773-489-9930
Email: michelle[no.spam*]zephyrdance.com
Website: http://www.zephyrdance.com
Description: Modern women's dance company for women offering outreach
and educational programs to help girls improve self-esteem.
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