Currently Browsing: Black Women Playwrights
La Femme Theatre Productions is in the business of breaking glass ceilings.
The company, founded to encourage media that supports and uplifts the female experience, has been producing female-centric plays since 2013. Executive Director Jean Lichty, then a student at Barnard College, went to see Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party and was “moved beyond tears” to celebrate her fellow women.… read more.
Happy Black History Month 2025:
To celebrate, we are reposting some of our favorite Black Swans = names & faces everyone should know!
Today, in honor of the recent closing of Illinoise on Broadway, we honor Jackie Sibblies Drury, its Pulitzer prize-winning playwright! Billed as “a new Broadway Musical”, Illinoise brings just that: a refreshing burst of originality to the century-old boards of the St.… read more.