09/12/2023
Get to know the Bite Me playwright, Eliana Pipes! Visit wptheater.org for tickets to Bite Me!
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08/31/2023
Back 2 School for all of us on Team Bite Me! We had an AMAZING first rehearsal Tuesday, and can’t wait for everyone to see Bite Me on stage, previews start on September 23!! Get your tickets now, link in bio!
08/21/2023
We are thrilled to announce the incredible cast of Bite Me! Please join us in celebrating the amazing David Garelik (The Good Muslim, Power Book II: Ghost) as Nathan and Malika Samuel (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, WP's Our Dear Dead Drug Lord) as Melody! We love these artists and can’t wait to get in a room with them. Get your tickets before it’s too late, wptheater.org! Eliana Pipes
07/31/2023
WP Theater is thrilled to partner with C**t Coeur to bring you the World Premiere of Bite Me. Written by the brilliantly talented Eliana Pipes (Dream Hou$e, Hoops), and from the director who brought you the off-Broadway smash hit Sancocho, Rebecca Martínez (The Comedy of Errors, Songs About Trains), we can’t wait to share this gripping dark comedy that takes you to high school and beyond!
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06/15/2023
From the WP Theater Space Program Resident Moxie Arts NY; one cool drop, A brand new play by Skyler Volpe.
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Nina, May, and Cooper have been best friends and roommates for over a decade when Cooper uncovers a *spicy* family secret. her reaction to it sets off a chain of events that could potentially tear their friendship apart. unfolding in real time, one drop cool is a comedy about how we see ourselves, how we see our friends, and how the concept of race in america can be, frankly, ridiculous.
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Moxie Arts NY Skyler Volpe
05/22/2023
Space Program Resident, Moxie Arts NY, lands on the WP stage starting June 9th! Their Incubator Program 23’ will feature three shows You Should Be So Lucky, one cool drop, and As I Was Not As I Am. Tickets are on sale now!
05/09/2023
We threw a party! Creating a community supporting Women+ is rewarding and times like these remind us how impactful and important it is to give a place for innovation and creativity. Thank you to everyone who made this year’s gala so amazing!
Photos by Jenna Bascom
05/06/2023
We are so excited that the brilliant (and Tony-nominated!) Alex Newell will be making magic at Monday’s WP Gala! We are so thrilled for Alex and the whole team on their 9 Tony nominations!
05/02/2023
A season of siblings, birds and all the beautiful complications in between! We are so grateful to all the incredible humans that made it happen!
Weightless- Photos by Joan Marcus
Sancocho- Photos by Joan Marcus
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Regretfully, So the Birds Are- Photos by Chelcie Parry
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04/30/2023
It’s so hard to say goodbye to Regretfully, So the Birds Are, which has its final performance today. We have so loved spending time in the tree house, on our way to Cambodia, in the snow with dad, in prison with mom and beyond. All of us at WP are sending out a big shout of gratitude and celebration to all of the incredible humans who made the show possible! Here’s to one last hearty squawk! 🐦
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Elinore played by
Neel played by .smi
Srey played by
Mora played by
04/28/2023
We’re ecstatic that Weightless has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards! We are thrilled to celebrate all of the amazing humans who helped Weightless take flight! Here is to the electrifying art and artists of Weightless!! 🕊️❤️⚡️
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04/18/2023
Today marks the start of the last week of the run for Sancocho. We have had an incredible time with audiences over the past few weeks. We’ve had so much fun inviting so many friends (longtime and new) into our home and kitchen! Every performance has felt like spending time with family, we’ve loved hearing people say “oh it smells so good in here” as they walk into the theater and we are excited to jump into our final week!
Get your tickets before it’s too late and see Sancocho through Sunday, April 23!
Play by Christin Eve Cato
Directed by Rebecca Martínez
Scenic Design by Raul Abrego
Costume Design by Harry Nadal
Lighting Design by Maria-Cristina Fusté
Sound Design by Germán Martinez
Production Stage Management by E Sara Barnes
Latinx Playwrights Circle WP Theater The Sol Project
04/17/2023
New York Stage Reviews Declares Regretfully, So The Birds Are:
“Crazy, chaotic, but also cleverly plotted and energetically paced!”
“Izumi’s play is crazy, chaotic, but also cleverly plotted and energetically paced by director Jenny Koons. You’ll be rapt and also occasionally slapped sideways just when you think you’ve settled in. The script is a mold-breaker, a convention-twitter. The only guarantee is hilarity at regular intervals.”
-New York Stage Reviews
See Regretfully, So The Birds Are at Playwright Horizons (co-produced by WP Theater) until April 31st!
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04/17/2023
The New York Theater Guide Declares Regretfully, So The Birds Are:
“A whimsical meditation on self-discovery!”
“Izumi offers a whimsical meditation on self-discovery — and a reminder to take stock of what (and who) you have in your life at this moment.”
- New York Theater Guide
See Regretfully, So The Birds Are at Playwright Horizons (co-produced by WP Theater) until April 31st!
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04/06/2023
We're jumping for joy about the incredible Weightless, which was just nominated for a Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical! We are beyond thrilled, and celebrating all the incredible humans who helped Weightless take flight! Here's to Weightless' ascension to Mount Olympus! 🕊️❤️⚡️
The Kilbanes Kofy Brown Music Lila Blue Music
04/05/2023
Order Up - SANCOCHO extends for it's final week!! Now playing at WP Theater until April 23, Sancocho is the perfect show for families, siblings, sisters, and BFFs. https://wptheater.org/show/sancocho/
"Affection. Connection. Memories. Secrets. Verbal spats. Love . . . All of these emotions are felt against the backdrop of food in Christin Eve Cato’s enjoyable new play Sancocho." -Manhattan Digest
Play by Christin Eve Cato
Directed by Rebecca Martinez
Produced by Latinx Playwrights Circle WP Theater The Sol Project
03/29/2023
Back by Popular Demand! Join Us after SANCOCHO for a 15 minute Post Show Meditation and Healing Session!
Sancocho is a complex story that explores deep emotional terrain. Join us after the following performances of Sancocho for a free 15 min guided meditation and healing session led by licensed therapist Yolanda González of Holistic Counseling Center, who will lead the audience through the Emotional Freedom Technique.
Book Sancocho on any of the dates below and stay for this special session! https://wptheater.org/show/sancocho/
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 7pm
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 2pm
Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 2pm
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 | 7pm
Saturday, April 8, 2023 | 2pm
Sunday, April 9, 2023 | 2pm
SANCOCHO
Playing Now - APRIL 16
Written by Christin Eve Cato
Directed by Rebecca Martinez
03/29/2023
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03/29/2023
¡Bailamos! SANCOCHO has extended until April 16th! Get your tickets and get ready for this succulent, simmering Off-Broadway premiere! https://wptheater.org/show/sancocho
Play by Christin Eve Cato
Directed by Rebecca Martinez
Scenic Design by Raul Abrego
Costume Design by Harry Nadal
Lighting Design by María-Cristina Fusté
Sound Design by German Martinez
Production Stage Management by E Sara Barnes
Produced by Latinx Playwrights Circle WP Theater The Sol Project
Simmering between two Puerto Rican sisters is a family tension that finally comes to a boil. Forced to confront the reality of their father’s rapidly declining health, Renata and Caridad clash over cultural divides, unearth old wounds, and reveal long-buried secrets. As Caridad’s sancocho bubble...
03/24/2023
TheaterMania declares Sancocho "RIVETING and DELIGHTFUL!"
“Under the sensitive, detail-oriented direction of Rebecca Martínez, the two actors convey an authentic sisterly bond that illuminates their cultural divergence. Discovering the broth in which these two very different sisters have marinated is what makes Sancocho delightful.”
— TheaterMania
Book now at https://wptheater.org/shows/sancocho
Written by Christin Eve Cato
Directed by Rebecca Martínez
Scenic Design Raul Abrego
Costume Design by Harry Nadal
Lighting Design by María Cristina Fusté
Sound Design by Germán Martínez
Producers Latinx Playwrights Circle, WP Theater, and The Sol Project
photo by Joan Marcus
03/24/2023
The New York Times declares Sancocho: “SUCCULENT!" Only 2 more weeks to see Sancocho!
"SANCOCHO, with the stew as its central metaphor, is a meditation on inheritance and family, how its members might eat and celebrate together, but suffer apart. With savory scents, sights, hand towels with a weave you can practically feel . . . this attention to detail is the best.”
— The New York Times
Book now at https://wptheater.org/shows/sancocho
Written by Christin Eve Cato
Directed by Rebecca Martínez
Scenic Design Raul Abrego
Costume Design by Harry Nadal
Lighting Design by María Cristina Fusté
Sound Design by Germán Martínez
Producers Latinx Playwrights Circle, WP Theater, and The Sol Projec
03/22/2023
Healing doesn’t happen overnight. Especially when it comes to two sisters, two decades apart. SANCOCHO is playing for only 3 more weeks until April 16.
https://wptheater.org/show/sancocho
Written by Christin Eve Cato
Directed by Rebecca Martinez
Starring Zuleyma Guevara Shirley A. Rumierk
Presented by Latinx Playwrights Circle WP Theater The Sol Project
Photos by Joan Marcus
03/17/2023
From our new series Food is / as Love, we asked that staff what foods remind them of home, here is are the photos they sent!
In the comments below, let us know below what food reminds you of home!
Buy tickets to Sancocho in the link in bio!
03/15/2023
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03/11/2023
When Renata and Caridad, two sisters, two decades apart - are forced to reunite, what gets served up besides the sancocho is some scorching dialogue, searing resentments, and some seriously juicy family secrets.
Playing for a limited engagement until APRIL 16! https://wptheater.org/show/sancocho/
Written by: Christin Eve Cato
Directed by: Rebecca Martinez
Starring: Zuleyma Guevara Shirley A. Rumierk
Coproduced by: Latinx Playwrights Circle The Sol Project
Photo by: Jamie Dufault
03/09/2023
What makes a playwright? For Christin Eve Cato, it’s community. 😊 ❤️
03/09/2023
🥳 Wooo! The Sancocho team is working hard on this mesmerizing play! Join us for previews kicking off this weekend!
https://wptheater.org/show/sancocho/
03/09/2023
**update - Due to the popularity and extension of his play, this code has expired.
Celebrate the most amazing playwright, director, and 2-women cast, not because it’s and this play is going to make history… but because this play is simply unmissable!
Simmering between two Puerto Rican sisters is a family tension that finally comes to a boil. Forced to confront the reality of their father’s rapidly declining health, Renata and Caridad clash over cultural divides, unearth old wounds, and reveal long-buried secrets. As Caridad’s sancocho bubble...
03/09/2023
For this week’s spotlight please meet director, Julia Sirna-Frest!
Julia Sirna-Frest is a performer, composer, director and teaching artist. Her favorite thing about theater is it is ephemeral! She finds inspiration in immersive art. “Gimme some Janet Cardif, Pipilotti Rist and Yayoi Kasuma and my heart is full.”
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Q:What gives you joy? What is feeding your soul right now?
A:I think I was a very social fish in my past life because my favorite thing is to be in water bopping around with a gaggle of loud, hilarious, wise women (ie-my friends!).
Q: What are you currently listening to, watching and/or reading?
A: I have been listening to the new Valerie June album on repeat and devouring Miriam Toews' novels. I also have seen a few wild concerts at the Catacombs at Green-Wood Cemetery-highly recommend!
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Her credits include: Performer at WP Theater, The Kitchen, NYTW, BAC, The Incubator, Hartford Stage, Wild Project, The Brooklyn Museum, La MaMa, Abrons Art Center, The New Museum, Mass MoCA, PS 122, Joe's Pub, The Bushwick Starr and New Dramatists. Directing collaborations with playwright Zoë Geltman: Puffy Hair (The Tank), Sea Fraud (Dixon Place, The Brick), Lolly, Lolly, Lolly (Development at NACL, The Bushwick Starr and New Georges). As a founding member of the Obie winning theater company Half Straddle she has toured to France, Croatia, Portland and Philadelphia with Seagull (thinking of you), In the Pony Palace/Football and Ghost Rings. She composes with Shane Chapman and their work has been at Target Margin, Ars Nova, The Exponential Festival and The Fisher Center. Their first album will be released fall of 2023. She co-fronts Doll Parts, a Dolly Parton Cover Band.
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03/07/2023
Meet the trailblazers who we will be honoring at this year's WP Theater Gala!
Ariana DeBose: Ariana DeBose is an award-winning actress known for her work onstage and in film and television. DeBose is best known for her groundbreaking performance in Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of WEST SIDE STORY, for which she received an Academy Award to BAFTA, Critics Choice, and SAG Awards) for her star turning role as Anita. Her performance has received universal critical acclaim, with Variety calling her a “radiant force of nature” and Forbes writing “Ariana DeBose shines in an absolutely star-making performance.” In winning her Oscar, she became the first openly q***r Afro Latina to win an Academy Award.
Lauren Reid: Lauren Reid is the President of the John Gore Organization (JGO). She is a 25+ year entertainment industry veteran who has built her career out of her lifelong passion for live entertainment. Lauren has helped steer the Tony and Emmy Award-winning JGO through its various subsidiaries to become the leading developer, producer, distributor, and marketer of commercial theater.
Our annual gala honors truly outstanding Women+ who have taken risks, pushed limits, and made change in a wide variety of fields. We are thrilled to announce this year's honorees, each exemplary in their field, to celebrate 45 wonderful years of WP Theater’s achievements in providing Women+ artists a platform to hone their craft, develop and present their stories, all while becoming leaders, change-makers, and advocates in the industry.
Visit the link in our bio for more information!
03/01/2023
For this week’s spotlight please meet WP Lab Member, Playwright, Queen Esther!
Queen Esther(she/her) was raised in Atlanta, GA and is wholly embedded in Charleston SC’s Lowcountry. She uses her Southern roots as a touchstone to explore cultural mores in America.
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Q: What do you feel is your role as a theater artist at this moment?
A: My role as a theater artist is to center Blackness relentlessly and unapologetically and fearlessly, until what is on stage looks a whole lot more like the world I live in. Revolution is in the air right now. Making art that speaks truth to power foments liberation. I don't know how long this moment will last. I want to make art that will be a part of it.
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Queen Esther’s credits include: That’s What Happened (New Perspectives Theater); Blackbirding (The Royal Theater Company); Queen Esther: Unemployed Superstar (The Public Theater, George St. Playhouse, Joe’s Pub, Worth St. Theater Company); The Moxie Show (Dixon Place, The Beckett Theater, PS 122, NY Fringe Festival); The Billie Holiday Project (The Apollo Theater, Dixon Place); My Castle’s Rockin’ (Harlem Stage); The Big Payback (The Kitchen); and Queen Esther’s Stage Door Canteen (Tribeca Playhouse). She has been a member of Women’s Work Short PlayLAB (New Perspectives Theater), American Theater Group Playlab (American Theater Group), Black Playwright’s Group (Liberation Theater Company), Playwright’s Playground (Classical Theater of Harlem), Emerging Artist Residency (The Field), Performance Residency (The Apollo Theater), and an All Media Artist Residency (Gettysburg National Military Park). Her most recent work includes The role of Decatur The Greater in Taylor Mac’s Obie Award winning jazz opera The Hang; 2022 Artist Fellow, The National Arts Club; 2022 NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theater grant award recipient; and a TED Talk about the Black roots of country and bluegrass.
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02/27/2023
Meet the Brilliant Playwright & Director of Sancocho!
Playwright: Christin Eve Cato
A New York native, Christin Eve Cato, is a playwright and performing artist from the Bronx. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Indiana University and completed her BA in Political Science and Philosophy at Fordham University. Cato is also a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts. Cato's artistic style is expressed through Caribbean culture and the Afro-Latinx diaspora, honoring her Puerto Rican and Jamaican roots. She believes that traveling broadens one’s horizons and is integral to the artistic process.
Upcoming production: SANCOCHO at the WP Theatre, co-produced by the Latinx Playwrights Circle and The Sol Project (March 2023). Recent productions include Sancocho (Visión Latino Theater Company / Midwest Premiere- 5th Annual Destinos International Festival / Chicago) and NYC Off-Broadway include, The Good Cop (DUAF 2022); and an audio play journey, The Mayor of Hell's Kitchen Presents: A Time Traveling Journey Through NYC's Wild West (The Parsnip Ship & Playwrights Horizons/ NYC). Publication/Contributor credits include: We Are Not Neutral (Amazon Books) and, now available for preorder, Latinx Actor Training (Routledge).
Director: Rebecca Martínez
Rebecca is a Brooklyn-based director, choreographer, facilitator, and the BOLD Associate Artistic Director at WP Theater. Born and raised in Colorado with deep Southwestern roots, Rebecca’s work often focuses on new work and co-designed, cross-disciplinary social and civic practice engagement and invitation strategies.
Rebecca’s upcoming projects include: a musical adaptation of The Comedy of Errors (The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit). Recent projects: Living and Breathing (Two River), Los Complicados (EST Marathon), Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle (Egg & Spoon Collective), Songs About Trains (Working Theater and Radical Evolution), and Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage and Geva Theatre).
02/22/2023
For this week's WP Lab spotlight, please meet, producer, Emma Orme!
Emma Orme (she/her) is Brooklyn-based producer with a focus on new theatrical work. She is the new Producing Director of The TEAM and a member of the 2022-24 Producers Lab. She also works with 3Views Theater, an alternative theater publication, and CHILD, a performance collective founded by Lisa Fagan.
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Q: What do you feel is your role as a theater artist in this moment?
A: I see it as my role to commit, relentlessly and with a sense of humor, to my ideals—to build a home outside of normative systems and traditions, where good art and community can thrive. As a producer, I see art-making as an opportunity to create microcosms that model the compassion, vulnerability, healthy skepticism, financial transparency, and IRREVERENCE I want to see in the world.
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As a producer and performer, Emma has developed new work at NYTW, The Public, Williamstown, LaMama, The Flea, Atlantic Theater, EST, Drama League, and more. Producing credits include: CIRCLE JERK Off-Broadway at The Connelly (Fake Friends); PLEASURE MACHINE, an audio thriller starring Starr Busby and directed by Tara Elliott (C**t Coeur); RUNNING, a short film starring Danny Pudi (Hypokrit Productions); Time Out Critics’ Pick Brief Chronicle: Books 6-8 by Agnes Borinsky (i am a slow tide); NYT Critics’ Pick Red Emma & The Mad Monk; NYT Critics’ Pick AGNES (Lesser America); workshops of new plays by Ruby Rae Spiegel, Aya Aziz, Sunita Prasad, Justine Gelfman, Gina Femia, Celeste Jennings, Deborah Yarchun, and others; Xandra Nur Clark’s Polylogues; and Mud Season Mystery: The Lodger by Brenda Withers, dir. Jess Chayes (Northern Stage). Before she started with The TEAM, she worked as Producing Director at Hypokrit Productions, BOLD Associate Producer at Northern Stage, Grants Manager at Williamstown Theatre Festival, a video producer for The New York Times, and an associate producer on the documentary The Kleptocrats. BA: Dartmouth College.
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02/21/2023
This Sunday at WP Theater, come and see the next generation of artists challenge mental health stigmas through four short plays!
02/16/2023
Meet the Brilliant Cast of Sancocho!
Zuleyma Guevara as Caridad (1st Picture)
ZULEYMA GUEVARA (Caridad) is a NY based actress whose most recent stage credits include Somewhere by Matthew Lopez at Geva Theater, Carla in Grand Horizons at People’s Theater and this past spring was seen in the NYTimes pick of the week, Bruise and Thorn. Previous theater credits include the New Jersey premiere of Water by the Spoonful at Kean University, Columbia Stages La Paloma Prisoner and The Hour of The Star, the world premiere of Seven Spots on the Sun at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Working Theatre's production of La Ruta. TV credits include “Sonia's Choice”, “Legend of the 13 Suns”, “Gotham”, “FBI Most Wanted” as well as “Law and Order” and the CBS pilot “Limitless”. Film credits include New York State of Mind, Third Trinity, The Meal and the soon to be released Tumba del Mar.
Shirley Rumierk as Renata (2nd Picture)
SHIRLEY RUMIERK (Renata) will next be seen in Zack Braff's film Good Person starring Morgan Freeman. She was series regular "Vanessa Suarez" on the NBC series “Rise” and appeared in HBO's “Scenes from a Marriage”. She recurred as "Autumn Cox" on “Manifest” and as "Yolanda Carrion" in the Netflix series “Teenage Bounty Hunters” Shirley has guest-starred on “Chicago PD”, “New Amsterdam”, “East New York” and “Power”. She starred in the independent film 11:55 and can be seen in David Frankel’s feature Collateral Beauty. Shirley is a board member and alumna of The 52nd Street Project and Oliver Scholars. She is a graduate of Harvard University.
02/15/2023
For this week’s WP Theater Lab Spotlight, please meet, director, Onyekachi Iwu!
Onyekachi (she/her/hers) is a Nigerian-American director and playwright from Nashville, TN. Her mission is to explore themes of Black love, sisterhood, communal healing, and radical escapism.
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Q:What do you love about theater?
A:I’ve always admired theater’s ability to be transformative. There’s nothing like experiencing a play that alters you. You start to see and hear the world differently. We live in a time where we are encouraged to understand things and people in extremes, especially online. Theater has the power to bring many people together and ask them to see the world in a more complex, nuanced way. Through theater, we can hold more space for the ways we all live in contradiction, that people and problems are layered. We can address the blind areas of our knowledge and empathy. As a theater-maker, theater has brought so much out of me. I learned how to be a leader, how to connect, how to confront fear, and how to listen. Through theater, I found and continue to find community. I love the language. I love the spectacle. I love the simplicity. It really has changed my life.
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Onyekachi’s Credits Include: Iwu’s recent directing credits include Assistant Director for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at BAM and Assistant to the Director for Sistas! The Musical at Actor’s Temple. As a playwright, Iwu was an inaugural member of the American Theatre Group Playlab. Her plays have been developed and performed with Classical Theatre of Harlem, Eden Theater Company, Two Strikes Theatre Collective, Conchshell Productions, and Columbia University. She was a finalist for the 2020 Leah Ryan Fund for Emerging Women Writers, the 2021 Crossroads Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative, and UCROSS +The Blank Theatre’s 2022 Future of Playwriting Prize. Her short play, Georgia Rose, will be published by Concord Theatricals in 2023.
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02/10/2023
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We hope that you are having a wonderful holiday season, full of food, family, and anything else you’ve been missing these past two years while in-person gatherings were limited. We are so grateful to have this time with family and friends and to welcome the start of a new era in the American Theater, where a renewed consciousness about process, the centering of artist-forward practices and prioritizing equitable ways of working is taking center stage. Our gratitude doesn’t end there. We are beyond grateful to be here and thriving, having survived one of the hardest economic crises to hit the American Theater in decades, and to have the privilege of serving the exceptional community of Women+ artists who are our reason for going to work in the morning. We are grateful to our incredible staff, without whom we would have surely floundered in the face of so much complexity and difficulty these past two years. We are grateful to our audience - thank you for coming and seeing (or staying and watching? We did a lot of streaming too...) the work of the amazing artists who call WP their home. And we are deeply, deeply grateful to our donors. Without generous supporters like you, and your willingness to stick by us throughout this complex year, we couldn’t have continued in our mission to serve Women+ artists onstage and beyond. WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT YOU.
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FIVE NEW PLAYS! FIVE WEEKS! FTW!!! After a year of making virtual theater, events for small audiences, and even a MOVIE, we are ready for the next big step! And the brilliant genius humans of the Lab -- WP’s two-year residency for playwrights, directors and producers -- are making SO MUCH MAGIC as we speak--we can't wait to share it with you all! … We’re writing today to ask you to make a year-end gift to WP to support the ambition of the Pipeline Festival, featuring work written, directed and produced by the 2020-2022 Lab. Click the following to support early career Women+ artists today! https://bit.ly/30AmL7d
Making a new play? In person? WHATTTTTTTTT?! After so much time away from making work in person, and with a landscape that is changing in so many ways, it can feel like we’re doing everything for the first time. That newness can feel scary, but also thrilling! … It’s been fun to rediscover the magic of creation with all of the superhero artists diving back into rehearsal rooms and onstage with us this season. In order to continue to make this work possible, we ask you to please to support us as we continue to strive to find new, better, artist-forward ways of working. Go to https://wptheater.org/links/ to donate today!
Before WP Theater...what was this place? Come explore the history of not only WP Theater, but our home, the land it stands on, and the people who have roamed through its halls. "Welcome Home" opens TOMORROW! Experience this choose-your-own adventure audio tour before it's too late! (And HURRY, because tickets are almost sold out!) Get $5 tix--> wptheater.org/show/welcome-home/
What does it take to make a place feel like home? Join us September 24 - October 2 for "Welcome Home," a choose-your-own adventure in WP's theater space on the Upper West Side! Get your $5 tickets TODAY! (And HURRY, because they're almost sold out!) Get tickets--> wptheater.org/show/welcome-home/
It's #WPWeek and we have one final inspiration to share! We've asked WP Season artists to share creators and mentors who have influenced them, and their memories of working at WP. Our final piece of content for the week comes from the brilliant Myrlevens Adrien, who was part of WP and viBe Theater Experience's first cohort of artists, and was also a central part of the brilliant team of Where We Stand. Her inspiration is Where We Stand's very own Donnetta Lavinia Grays! We love you, Levy, and love finishing our week of celebration with you! • • • viBe Theater Experience • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. • • • Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope y
Movement of the People Dance Company | #WPWeek, WP Theater's Online Gala
We're thrilled to include our new friends, Joya Powell, Megan Minturn, and Brittany Grier of Movement of the People Dance Company, who renewed and inspired us in this season's "The Nourish Project." • • • They've created and dedicated this dance for a person who has inspired and influenced them as artists. • • • It's #WPWeek and today is #TurnoutThursday celebrating some of our favorite dance artists from WP's 2020-21 Season. • • • MOP Dance Company • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. • • • Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. • • • We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! • • • #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
Monica Bill Barnes & Co | #WPWeek, WP Theater's Online Gala
If you know Monica Bill Barnes & Robbie Saenz de Vitieri, you know they don't usually share work in process. They're wonderful, thoughtful innovators, but in-process sharing is just not their jam, which is totally cool. That's why we were so surprised, grateful and utterly awash in tears when we received this gift of a video from them sharing something so fresh, raw and vulnerable and truly IN PROCESS. We're so thrilled to be able to share that gift with you, and beyond grateful to them both. It's #WPWeek and today is #TurnoutThursday celebrating some of our favorite dance artists from WP's 2020-21 Season, and we're kicking off with something extraordinary from WP faves, Monica Bill Barnes & Co! • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! #Not
The Kilbanes | #WPWeek, WP Theater's Online Gala
We're so excited to share this BRAND NEW performance of "Diana and Acteon" from "Weightless", performed by its creators, Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses, with Josh Pollock and Dan Harris, the OG Kilbanes! "Weightless" was developed in clubs, small venues, and coffee shops all over the Bay Area, so the team has gone back to their roots with this stripped down performance of their glorious song--enjoy! It's #WPWeek and today is #WeightlessWednesday celebrating the brilliance of "Weightless," WP's FIRST FILM! • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
"Breath and Your Bones" from Weightless | #WPWeek, WP Theater's Online Gala
It's #WPWeek and today is #WeightlessWednesday celebrating the brilliance of "Weightless," WP's FIRST FILM! Here is a glorious clip from the very top of the film of the extraordinary "Breath and Your Bones," featuring Kate Kilbane, Lila Blue, Kofy Brown, Dan Moses, Joshua Pollock, and Dan Harris--aka the Kilbanes! We loved making this film, and we love being able to share Tamilla Woodard's brilliant direction, Peggy Peralta's incredible cinematography, David Reynoso's glorious production design, Kate Freer's exceptional editing, and the work of every member of this superstar team! • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
Marg Helgenberger Auction | #WPWeek, WP Theater's Online Gala
It's #WPWeek and today is #TopShelfTuesday, where some of WP's coolest pals are auctioning off a chance to chat via Zoom! We are so excited to offer you the opportunity to have a half hour chat with Emmy-Winning "Erin Brockovich," "CSI," CBS's "All Rise," and WP's "What We're Up Against" star, the brilliant Marg Helgenberger!! You KNOW you want to chat with this superstar and ladyboss!!! Auction link: https://www.charitybuzz.com/support/WP • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
Cherie B. Tay | #WPWeek, WP Theater's Online Gala
It's #WPWeek and today is #MusicMonday, with performances from some of the stars of WP's 2020-21 Season! • • • To wrap up our tuneful day, we bring you a little serenade from multi-talented human and all around genius, Cherie B. Tay, technical consultant and collaborator on this season's WP immersive presentation of Rebecca Martinez's "The Nourish Project." • • • @cheriebtay @rebeccapdx • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. • • • Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. • • • We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! • • • #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
Lila Blue | #WPWeek, WP's Online Gala
It's #WPWeek and today is #MusicMonday, with performances from some of the stars of WP's 2020-21 Season! Here's another offering from a member of our rockstar "Weightless" cast, the luminous Lila Blue! Lila was an ethereal and powerful Philomela in "Weightless," and is an incredible singer/songwriter as well as a powerhouse performer. We are thrilled to share her gorgeous "A Song For Leaving," though we never want her to leave! • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
Edna Vazquez | #WPWeek, WP's Online Gala
It's #WPWeek and today is #MusicMonday, with performances from some of the stars of WP's 2020-21 Season! We're so excited to share this original song from brilliant singer/songwriter/performer/superstar, Edna Vazquez, performer and collaborator on this season's WP immersive presentation of Rebecca Martinez's "The Nourish Project." • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from @WPTheater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
Gethsemane Herron | #WPWeek, WP's Online Gala
We asked WP 2020-2022 Lab Playwright Gethsemane Herron - "What's the thing you can't wait to get back to in the theater?" We love her answer AND her wallpaper!! It's #WPWeek and today is #SuperstarSunday, featuring the incredible members of the 2020-2022 WP Lab! • • • #WPWeek is a new campaign from WP Theater to celebrate and elevate Women+ theatermakers online, onstage, and in every way we can. Serving artists has always been central to our mission, but never more so than this past year. Despite constant change and industry-wide uncertainty, we’ve remained committed to uplifting our artists, offering steady employment, and celebrating our #WPCommunity. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, WP Theater has proudly brought you seven incredible pieces of theatre; employed more than 80 artists and the 10 administrators who continue to make it all happen behind the scenes; and hosted almost 4,000 audience members just like you. By making our virtual content available for free, we’ve removed barriers to entry and made our theater even more accessible. Our #WPCommunity includes all of us: artists, donors, staff, audiences, and more, and we hope you’ll consider making a gift in support of the vital, resilient, and necessary work of Women+ artists. We have set a goal to raise $50,000 before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can keep the literal and proverbial doors open and lights on for our artists and audiences until it is safe to return to the theater. Your donation of any size helps put WP closer to our goal! #NotYourNPRPledgeDrive #WPWannaPlay #WannaPlayCampaign #WPCommunity
Weightless Teaser | WP Theater
"Weightless" premieres digitally on April 15! Don't miss this transcedent theatrical concert film by and featuring San Francisco's indie rock band The Kilbanes and directed by Tamilla Woodard (Hadestown)! "Weightless" tells the tale of two deeply devoted sisters separated by circumstance, who must travel across worlds and make devastating sacrifices in order to reunite. STREAM FOR FREE Get your tickets today! wptheater.org/show/weightless
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I was listening to mary McDonnell the other day and i made a donation to help wp theather for $20.00 I was wondering where my receipt is I checked my credit card and it said it went through please be kind and send me a receipt to my email address [email protected] thank you
Look I made a donation of $20.00 on my credit card i was wondering why I did not receive a email about my receipt please let me know if you got .thank you
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Hey WP! I'm a theatre critic and my review partner and I LOVED your show. Congratulations on an amazing production!
Just saw [Porto] and I am most pleased. Charming, funny, sensitive, truthful. What a wonderful achievement!
Porto is a great show!
Thanks to everyone who made it out to PORTO” - ‘See The Play and Meet The Playwright’ and thank you to WP Theatre, (Women's Project Theatre), Kate Benson (playwright) the cast/crew and Ox Verte for the fabulous food and to all for making the event a success! , ,
Looking forward to future events with the FWA!
Thanks to everyone who made it out to PORTO” - ‘See The Play and Meet The Playwright’ and thank you to WP Theatre, (Women's Project Theatre), Kate Benson (playwright) the cast/crew and Ox Verte for the fabulous food and to all for making the event a success! , ,
Looking forward to future events with the FWA!
Congratulations to the WP Theater and Lisa McNulty.
Big Sur's The Henry Miller Memorial Library hosts a fundraiser at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.
Featuring: a reading of Sarah Ruhl's "Dear Elizabeth" featuring Elizabeth Marvel and Bill Camp.
Tickets still available:
Featuring: a reading of Sarah Ruhl's "Dear Elizabeth" featuring Elizabeth Marvel and Bill Camp.
Tickets still available:
Put in a women-only restroom, please. The WP Theater should be the last place where women need to feel uncomfortable by having to have men in such an intimate space.
FYI your website seems to be down.
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Would you like to be featured in a campaign for a pro-age, pro-woman, organic skin care line campaign that We are casting? You do NOT have to be a model!
Go to this link for more information: www.donnagrossmancasting.com/boom.html
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