Member/ Affiliate Member Organizations

Member Organizations

The Women in the Arts and Media Coalition, Inc. is composed of member organizations which combine their efforts to work toward the advancement of women in the performing arts and media. 

Actors' Equity Association (AEA)

165 West 46th Street

NYC NY 10036

212-869-8530 

AEA is the labor union that represents professional performers and stage managers in the legitimate theatre throughout the United States. It negotiates minimum wages and working conditions for its members, administers contracts and enforces the provisions of its agreements with employers. It also participates in various projects for the benefit of the theatre industry. 

American Federation of Television and Radio Artsts -- New York Local (AFTRA)260 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10016

212-532-0800 

AFTRA represents actors, singers, dancers, announcers disc jockeys, newscasters, sportscasters and others who perform live or on tape on radio or television, and singers who work in the recording industry. It negotiates and administers contracts on behalf of its members and provides them an opportunity to develop their professional skills. 

Dramatists Guild, Inc. (DG)1501 Broadway.Suite 701

New York, NY 10036

212-398-9366 

The Dramatists Guild is the professional association of playwrights, composers and lyricists. It works to protect the rights of dramatists and to improve the conditions under which they work. 

The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW)

Mail: c/o Rachel Reiner

35 W. 64 St. Apt. 4-D

New York, NY 10023 

Information Hotline: (888) 297-3117

Other calls: 545-505-1822

The League, the founding member of NYCWAM, is an advocacy organization dedicated to reinforcing the positive image of women, promoting their visibility and increasing their opportunities in American professional theatre.

New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT)6 East 39th Street, Suite 1200

New York, NY 10016

212-679-0870

NYWIFT is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to helping women reach the highest levels of achievement in film, television and other programming media. The membership includes people working in all areas of film, television and new media. With a network of 40 chapters representing 10,000 people around the world, NYWIFT produces many innovative and educational programs. 

Screen Actors Guild (SAG)360 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor

NY, NY 10017

212-944-1030 

SAG is the national labor union that represents performers in motion pictures, television programs and commercials, industrial and interactive projects. Through its National Women's Conference Committee, the Guild works to promote employment opportunities for female performers and to improve the image of women portrayed in entertainment. 

Stage Directors & Choreographers Society (SDC)1501 Broadway, Suite 1701

New York, NY 10036

212-391-1070 

SSDC is the national independent labor representative for directors and choreographers who work in the American professional theatre. It provides protections, services and benefits to members, with jurisdiction over Broadway, Off-Broadway, League of Professional Resident Theatres, and other stages. The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation supports and develops theatre professionals with information, training and opportunities.  

Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE)

555 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10036

212-767-7800

WGAE is a labor union representing professional writers in the motion picture, television and radio industries. Guild agreements, achieved through collective bargaining, furnish members with protection in such areas as fees, payment, rights in material, credits and arbitration of disputes. 

Affiliate Member Organizations*

WomenArts

3739 Balboa Street #181
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: (415) 751-2202
The Fund for Women Artists helps women do their creative work by directing funds to artists, building audiences through the WomensArtNetwork online listings, providing information on funding resources, and advocacy.

The Rehearsal Club
111 Great Hill Rd
Ridgefield, CT 06877
The Rehearsal Club and the women who lived there are the basis for the Edna Ferber & George S. Kauffman play, Stage Door. Closed down in 1976, the women of the RC alumnae support and encourage the networking and mentoring of aspiring young women while serving as a catalyst to encourage the creation of similar "Rehearsal Club" housing in Manhattan.

The Women's Media Center
212-563-0680
212-563-0688 (fax)
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10118
The Women's Media Center's mission is to assure that women and women's experiences are reflected in the media just as women are present everywhere in the real world; that women are represented as local, national, and global sources for subjects of the media; and that women media professionals have equal opportunities for employment and advancement.

Women Make Movies
462 Broadway, Suite 500WS
New York, NY 10013
212-925-0606
212-925-2052
Women Make Movies facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women, facilitates the development of feminist media, and addresses the under representation of women in film.

Dancers Over 40, Inc. 
P.O. Box 237098
New York, NY 10023
212-330-7016 

Dancers Over 40, Inc. was created as a not-for-profit organization to provide a community of support in response to the fiscal -- as well as physical - needs of mature dancers, choreographers and related artists. Our goals are to seek educational opportunities, present seminars, socials and panel discussions on topics important to mature dancers concerned about their ability to continue to live and work in a creative environment and continue the legacy to those dancers about to begin their journey.

Professional Women Singers Association 
Ansonia Station , P.O. Box 231162
New York, NY 10023 
Founded in 1982, the Professional Women Singers Association advances careers of women singers and promotes musical excellence. It functions as a network of distinguished women singers who support each other in their professional work in opera, musical theater, concert and cabaret performance, and sacred music in churches and synagogues. 

*Affiliate Membership, a newer category of association with WAM Coalition, is available to organizations that support the mission and goals of WAM Coalition but, because they are not membership organizations, are ineligible as a Member Organization. For more information about Affiliate Membership, email us.

Meet n' Greet

Meet 'n Greet:  We regularly hold informational and networking sessions with member organizations in the arts and media.  On May 30, 2006, our Board members explored goals and activities at an open meeting with members American Federaltion of Televison and Radio Artists (AFTRA), including a mini-networking event. It was our second get together with the group. We've had others with  of the Screen Actors Guild, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and New York Women in Film and Television.  In November, October, September and April 2004, NYCWAM held a similar events with members of the League of Professional Theatre Women (League), Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), Actors Equity Association (AEA).

Speed Networking

SPEED NETWORKING: On December 8, 2005 at the first Speed Networking event, forty people from a variety of professional arts and media backgrounds -- writers, actors, directors, producers, agents -- gathered at Actors' Equity and, in a fashion similar to speed dating, shared their hopes and aspirations in 20 one-on-one encounters with other registrants.  "It was fabulous," wrote one participant afterward.  The original notice is here:SPEED NETWORKING - DEC 8 2005.