NEW YORK, NY (May 1, 2018) Theatre production company Parity Productions has released its monthly list of Qualifying Productions for May—their popular directory of New York City shows in which the individual creative teams have 50% of the roles filled with women and transgender artists (directors, designers, and playwrights).
Parity Productions is New York’s theatre company that is dedicated to developing and producing new work and committed to filling a minimum of 50% of the creative roles on their productions with women and trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) artists (playwrights, directors, and designers). In addition, part of their mission is to provide substantial promotional support to other shows that meet the 50% hiring standard in the form of social media, email blasts, PR support, and placement in their Qualifying Productions Directory. “In 2017, our Qualifying Productions Program promoted 152 productions and served 116 companies. We are continuing to expand this platform this year,” says Artistic Director and Founder Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
2018 marks the first year of Parity Productions’ partnership with Show-Score. The two companies have teamed up to create a one-of-a-kind partnership in support of a 50/50 industry hiring standard. If Qualifying Productions have 7 or more performances, they will also be featured on Show-score.com, the largest fan community for New York City Theater.
To submit your production, go to https://www.parityproductions.org/submit-your-qualifying-production.html.
To purchase tickets to Qualifying Productions, go to https://www.parityproductions.org/qualifying-productions.html or the individual show website.
May’s Qualifying Productions are:
Addy & Uno
09/02/17 — 05/26/18
Theatre Row
https://www.addyanduno.com/
Assembled Identity
04/24/18 — 05/20/18
HERE
http://here.org/shows/detail/1965/
Black Coffee: 7 Plays that Aren’t Afraid of the Dark
05/05/18 — 05/20/18
Brunch Theatre Company
https://brunchtheatre.co/reservations/
BUMP
05/09/18 — 06/03/18
Ensemble Studio Theatre
http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/current-season-1/2018/5/9/bump
Danger Signals
04/27/18 — 05/19/18
Built for Collapse
New Ohio Theatre
http://newohiotheatre.org/ourcurrentseason.htm
Daybreak
04/21/18 — 05/13/18
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre
http://www.panasianrep.org/daybreak.shtml
The Great Leap
05/23/18 — 06/17/18
Atlantic Theatre Company
atlantictheater.org/playevents/the-great-leap/
the hollower
05/17/18 — 06/09/18
New Light Theater Project
http://www.newlighttheaterproject.com/hollower
I Am My Own Wife
04/21/18 — 05/13/18
The Seeing Place
http://seeingplacetheater.com/shows/8-myownwife.html
Martyrs
04/19/18 — 05/06/18
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
https://martyrstheplay.com/
My Name Is Rachel Corrie
04/21/18 — 05/13/18
The Seeing Place
http://seeingplacetheater.com/shows/8-rachelcorrie.html
Old Names for Wildflowers
05/11/18 — 05/25/18
The Renovationists
Parity Productions
The Tank
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3355510
Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic
10/13/16 – 11/04/18
New World Stages
http://www.puffstheplay.com/
A Raisin in the Sun
06/17/17 — 06/09/18
Harlem Repertory Theatre
Tato Laviera Theatre
http://tix.smarttix.com/Modules/Sales/SalesMainTabsPage.aspx?ControlState=1&DiscountCode=&SalesEventId=4360&DC=
Saved Again and By Him
05/23/18 — 06/03/18
New Ohio Theatre
http://newohiotheatre.org/saabh.htm
Single Rider
05/11/18 — 06/17/18
The Players Theatre
https://www.singleriderthemusical.com/
Sistas: The Musical
10/23/11 —12/30/18
St. Luke’s Theatre
http://www.sistasthemusical.com/
The Spring Fling Chemistry
05/03/18 — 05/13/18
IRT Club
irttheater.org/3b-development-series/the-spring-fling-chemistry/
Then She Fell
12/2016 – 08/26/18
Third Rail Projects
The Kingsland Ward at St. Johns
http://www.thenshefell.com/
VALOR, AGRAVIO, Y MUJER
10/27/17 — 08/24/18
Repertorio Español
https://repertorio.nyc/#/event/a0S0L00000SNoqjUAD
Verzet Amsterdam [Resistance Amsterdam]
04/05/18 — 04/22/18
Theater for the New City
https://www.theaterforthenewcity.net/
Waitress
04/24/16 – TBA
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
http://waitressthemusical.com/index.php
To be listed in the Parity Productions Qualifying Productions Directory, each show must meet three criteria: 50% of the creative roles on the production—playwrights, directors, and designers—must be filled by women and/or TGNC artists; shows must be full productions (with at least one designer distinct from playwright/director) with a minimum of six performances in a New York City venue.
Parity’s Qualifying Productions Program is part of their slate of advocacy programs that includes The Annual Parity Commission for Women and Transgender Playwrights, The Women and Transgender Artists Database and The Parity Store – a digital storefront that offers works of art, gift items, and professional services – many at a discount – to the industry and audiences. One out of every $10 the company makes from The Parity Store funds The Annual Parity Commission for Women and Transgender Playwrights.
