NEW YORK, NY (January 1, 2018) Theatre production company Parity Productions has released its monthly list of Qualifying Productions for January – their popular directory of New York City shows in which the individual creative teams include 50% 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 hiring a minimum of 50% women and transgender playwrights, directors, and designers on each show they produce. 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. And we expect to continue to expand this platform in 2018,” says Artistic Director and Founder Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
January 2018 also marks the first month 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’s dedicated Qualifying Productions Page.
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.
January’s Qualifying Productions are:
20th Century Blues
11/26/17 — 01/28/18
Signature Theatre Company
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
20thcenturyblues.com/
Addy & Uno
11/04/17 — 01/14/18
Theatre Row
https://www.addyanduno.com/
Against the Hillside
01/31/18 — 02/25/18
Ensemble Studio Theatre
http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/current-season-1/2018/1/31/against-the-hillside
Balls
01/16/18 — 2/25/18
One Year Lease Theater Company
59E59 Theaters, Theatre A
https://www.ticketcentral.com/59e59/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=D0517F6D-49B6-4C41-A94F-D5B552DE71EE
Butterside Down
01/10/18 — 01/21/18
The Cherry Lane Theatre
https://www.buttersidedownplay.org/
Cruel Intentions: The Musicals
11/17/17 — 01/29/18
(Le) Poisson Rouge
http://cruelmusical.com/#home
The Homecoming Queen
01/10/18 — 02/11/18
Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Stage 2
atlantictheater.org/playevents/the-homecoming-queen/
Miles for Mary
01/11/18 — 02/04/18
Playwrights Horizons
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/miles-mary/
Pop Punk High
10/12/17 — 02/22/18
Parkside Lounge
http://poppunkhigh.brownpapertickets.com/
[PORTO]
01/29/18 — 02/25/18
WP Theater
A Co-Production with The Bushwick Star
In Association with New Georges
wptheater.org/show/porto/
Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic
10/13/16 – 07/02/17 (extended)
The Elektra Theatre
07/08/17 – 01/14/18 (extended & moved)
New World Stages
http://www.puffstheplay.com/
A Raisin in the Sun
06/17/17 — 07/14/18
Harlem Repertory Theatre
Tato Laviera Theatre
http://tix.smarttix.com/Modules/Sales/SalesMainTabsPage.aspx?ControlState=1&DiscountCode=&SalesEventId=4360&DC=
RED
07/06/16 – 01/28/18
First Person Xperience
www.firstpersonxperience.com/red
Sistas: The Musical
10/23/11 — 06/28/18
St. Luke’s Theatre
http://www.sistasthemusical.com/
The Snow Queen
12/31/17 — 01/14/18
Blessed Unrest
New Ohio Theatre
http://blessedunrest.org/
Then She Fell
12/2016 – 4/29/17
Third Rail Projects
The Kingsland Ward at St. Johns
http://www.thenshefell.com/
Trial
01/11/18 — 01/28/18
THML Theatre Company
The American Theatre of Actors
Beckmann Theater
https://www.thml.org/trial
VALOR, AGRAVIO, Y MUJER
10/27/17 — 05/10/18
Repertorio Español
https://repertorio.nyc/#/event/a0S0L00000SNoqjUAD
Waitress
04/24/16 – TBA
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
http://waitressthemusical.com/index.php
The Wolves
11/20/17 — 01/07/18
Lincoln Center Theatre
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
http://www.lct.org/shows/wolves/
To be listed in the Parity Productions Qualifying Productions Directory, each show must meet three criteria: 50% of the playwrights, directors, and designers working on the production must be women or transgender artists; shows must be full productions (design elements included) that run for at least two calendar weeks in a New York City venue; and there must be a minimum of six performances over the course of the two week period.
Parity’s Qualifying Productions Program is one 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, exclusive products, 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.
