| This Month at LPTW: February 2023 Dear Members and Colleagues, Theatre Women Awards Luncheon! We are very excited to announce our 40th Anniversary 2023 Theatre Women Awardees and Lucille Lortel grant recipient! Six out of the seven awardees are LPTW members. Please join us in celebrating the achievements of these amazing theatre women at the TWA luncheon, Monday, March 27th, World Theatre Day, 1pm – 3pm. See below for details and be sure to register for priority booking here. Tickets for in-person and online attendance will go on sale on Valentine’s Day, February 14th. Would you like to be part of making the 40th Anniversary TWA event happen with us? There’s lots to do, please contact Co-Presidents@Theatrewomen.org to be part of the team for the TWA luncheon. A shout-out to Board member Illana Stein and her team for producing the upcoming Professional Seminar, How to Be the CEO of your Artistry! They have assembled an incredible group of panelists. See details below. Katrin & Ludovica |
| Promote Yourself If you’d like to submit an event/project to next month’s LPTW Member Events and News: please click here. Deadline February 6th. To have an event or project featured on our social media please click here or email SocialMedia@TheatreWomen.org. If you would like to join the LPTW Members Facebook group, please click here. If you would like to join the LPTW International Committee Facebook Group, please click here. |
| Recommend a Colleague for LPTW Membership! Is there a theatre woman you know who might be interested in joining LPTW? Click the link below or email membership@theatrewomen.org to start the application process. More information is available on the LPTW website. APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP HERE |
| 40th Anniversary Member Video Series! 40th Anniversary Member Video Series highlighting the accomplishments of our wonderful members and promoting what we bring to the field. This month, we spotlight Shellen Lubin, Jessica Feder-Birnbaum, and Alicia Foxworth. Instructions on how to create your video are here and the interview questions are here. Need help? Email Michole@TheatreWomen.org |
| Professional Seminar: How To Be The CEO Of Your Artistry Produced by Illana Stein Monday, February 6, 2023 7-8:30 PM on Zoom  RSVP HERE NELLE NUGENT Named one of the most prolific producers on Broadway, five-time Tony Award-Winning Producer, two Obies, two New York Drama Critics Award, numerous film and TV awards, and co-founder for the east coast chapter of the Producers Guild of America. ANNIE CHADWICK (Career Consultant, Actress, CEO of Up-To-Date Theatricals LLC) HANSOL JUNG (Playwright of Wolf Play, Soho Rep & MCC Theater and Supervising Producer on Pachinko for Apple+) MFONISO UDOFIA (Playwright of Sojourners, runboyrun, Her Portmanteau, Executive Producer on Let the Right One In, Supervising Producer on A League of Their Own, and Co-Producer on Little America) JONA XIAO (Actress, Producer, and Founder of Career ACTivate) You can meet the panelists during the program. Join us on Zoom on Monday, February 6 7-8:30 PM EST for the Professional Seminar: HOW TO BE THE CEO OF YOUR ARTISTRY We will hear from theater professionals from different artistic disciplines on how they have successfully mastered being proactive through smart marketing decisions, branding, and knowing how to ask the right questions. Take away practical resources to learn to be your own boss and level up by taking charge of your career with a more calculated approach to the business savvy side of theater. This program is being produced by LPTW members Illana Stein, Alison Chace, and Annie Chadwick. The conversation will be moderated by Stein. Panelists are subject to change. There is still time to register for our FREE, Zoom program by clicking here! The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event. This program is open to non-members so please feel free to invite others! This Professional Seminar is being presented in association with Actors Connection. Actors Connection is a professional development hub for actors that offers programming for performers looking to advance their careers. Actors Connection offers over 100 online events per month in addition to special in person showcasing and conferences all led by Casting Directors, Agents, Managers and other notable entertainment professionals. AC is happy to offer training opportunities to suit all budgets and invites actors of all levels to learn more at ActorsConnection.com. In case you missed our first Professional Seminar of the season: Artist as Activist: The Power of Personal Story! was presented by LPTW member Yvette Heyliger on December 3, 2022, and was produced by LPTW in association with Honor Roll! The video recording is available for viewing until March 31, 2023. You can watch it here. Save the date for our third Professional Seminar on Thursday April 20th! The LPTW Professional Development and Heritage Programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature and from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council. It is further supported by The Waldman Foundation and our Brava Sponsor, SHOWTIME. |
| Julia’s Reading Room THE STORY OF THE EINSTEIN GIRL By Annemarie Hagenaars, Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser  Tuesday, February 7th at 6pm New Perspectives Theatre, 458 West 37th Street, NYC All attendees must be masked. RSVP HERE 1932, a young woman lies unconscious in the woods outside Berlin. A handbill advertising a lecture by Albert Einstein beside her. When waking up it becomes clear she has lost her memory. The search for her identity begins. Julia’s Reading Room Named for Julia Miles, this program provides opportunities to League playwrights, librettists, directors, actors, and producers to bring works in progress to be read. Readings are not “staged readings”; they are shared work in a relaxed setting to allow feedback from colleagues. |
40th Anniversary Theatre Women Awards!
Lifetime Achievement Award Lenore DeKoven | ||
Lee Reynolds Award  Melody Brooks | Josephine Abady Award Jacquelyn Bell | Ruth Morley Design Award Amy Stoller |
Lucille Lortel Grant Tess Howsam | LPTW Special Award Yvette Heyliger | LPTW Special Award Lorca Peress |
A Voice for Artists 