VintAge Event - Tomorrow!

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VintAge VintAge Event - Tomorrow! VintAge Supporting the Voice and Vision  of Women in the Arts & Media As They Age Award and Event  Saturday, October 18 1-5:30 p.m. featuring Tisa Chang, Morgan Jenness, Isa Goldberg,  Barbara Davis, Liz Rosenberg, Yvonne Curry    Screening of ADVANCED STYLE plus THE THREE OF US, a new short film starring Leslie Uggams and presentation of the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge Award to Morgan Jenness by Tisa Chang   with Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer on video   co-hosted by co-presidents Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone   includes a reception and networking at MIST Harlem   46 West 116th Street (just off #2 & #3 train stop) 1-5:30  Only $20 for Coalition member org members  for more info:http://womenartsmediacoalition.org/VintAge.html  buy tickets:  http://womenartsmediacoalition.bpt.me/ VintAge celebrates the voice and vision of women in the arts and media as they age. This year's VintAge features a about older women with their own personal styles and philosophies, and a short, JUST THE THREE OF US, starring Leslie Uggams. The event will also have an esteemed panel (t.b.a.). Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer will be speaking in recorded videos. Tisa Chang (Artistic Director, Pan Asian Rep) will then be presenting the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge award to Morgan Jenness, agent & dramaturg, for her advocacy work on behalf of playwright Maria Irene Fornes, which will be followed by a reception and networking. This year's VintAge features the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge Award Winner for advocacy for women in the arts & media as they age being presented to Morgan Jenness, dramaturg & agent, for spearheading the cause célèbre that has protected Maria Irene Fornes and her playwriting work in her elder years. The award will be presented by Tisa Chang, artistic director of Pan Asian Rep. There will also be pre-taped personal statements made about Elsa Rael and the importance of celebrating women in the arts and media as they age by Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer. It will be an afternoon both entertaining and illuminating, beginning with the new documentary, ADVANCED STYLE, by Lina Plyoplyte, the story behind the fashion blog which became an international phenomenon (70 minutes); and JUST THE THREE OF US, a short film by Angela Tucker starring Leslie Uggams (15 minutes). Following will be a panel on breakthroughs and issues of women aging in the arts and media moderated by Isa Goldberg, President of the Drama Desk; panelists include Barbara Davis, COO of the Actors Fund; Morgan Jeness, agent & dramaturg; Tisa Chang, Artistic Director of Pan Asian Rep; Liz Rosenberg, poet/novelist; Yvonne Curry, choreographer/director. The award presentation will then be followed by a reception and networking. Hosts for the day will be Co-Presidents of the Coalition, Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone. Presented by the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, and co-sponsored by NYWIFT, SAG-AFTRA, Dramatists Guild, and the League of Professional Theatre Women. Saturday, October 18, from 1-5:30 p.m. at MIST Harlem 46 West 116th Street (between Lenox and 5th Avenues, right by the 116th Street stop of the #2 and #3 trains). Tickets $20 for all members of all member orgs; $40 for the general public. There are also a very few $100 premium tickets with reserved seating and special gifts. Quick Links Our Website #ScreenOpps #StageOpps Past Newsletters More About Us       Join Our Mailing List! Member Organizations:               Actors' Equity Association, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television Artists New York Local, Stage Directors and Choreographers, Writers Guild of America East Affiliate Member Organizations: Dancers Over 40, Drama Desk, The Lambs, Inc., Professional Women Singers Association, The Rehearsal Club, The Women's Media Center, WomenArts, Women Make Movies, Works by Women We have more new Member Organizations pending! Watch this space ...

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VintAge Event - This Saturday - last day for Early Bird Tickets

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VintAge VintAge - Early Bird Discount Ends Today VintAge Supporting the Voice and Vision of Women in the Arts & Media As They Age Today is the last day to order Early Bird Tickets for Award and Event  Saturday, October 18 1-5:30 p.m. featuring Tisa Chang, Morgan Jenness, Isa Goldberg,  Barbara Davis, Liz Rosenberg, Yvonne Curry, and more with Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer on video  Screening of ADVANCED STYLE plus THE THREE OF US, a new short film starring Leslie Uggams and presentation of the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge Award to Morgan Jenness by Tisa Chang includes a reception and networking at MIST Harlem 46 West 116th Street (just off #2 & #3 train stop) 1-5:30  Only $15 for Coalition member org members until October 14  for more info:http://womenartsmediacoalition.org/VintAge.html  buy tickets:  http://womenartsmediacoalition.bpt.me/ VintAge celebrates the voice and vision of women in the arts and media as they age. This year's VintAge features a about older women with their own personal styles and philosophies, and a short, JUST THE THREE OF US, starring Leslie Uggams. The event will also have an esteemed panel (t.b.a.). Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer will be speaking in recorded videos. Tisa Chang (Artistic Director, Pan Asian Rep) will then be presenting the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge award to Morgan Jenness, agent & dramaturg, for her advocacy work on behalf of playwright Maria Irene Fornes, which will be followed by a reception and networking. This year's VintAge features the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge Award Winner for advocacy for women in the arts & media as they age being presented to Morgan Jenness, dramaturg & agent, for spearheading the cause célèbre that has protected Maria Irene Fornes and her playwriting work in her elder years. The award will be presented by Tisa Chang, artistic director of Pan Asian Rep. There will also be pre-taped personal statements made about Elsa Rael and the importance of celebrating women in the arts and media as they age by Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer. It will be an afternoon both entertaining and illuminating, beginning with the new documentary, ADVANCED STYLE, by Lina Plyoplyte, the story behind the fashion blog which became an international phenomenon (70 minutes); and JUST THE THREE OF US, a short film by Angela Tucker starring Leslie Uggams (15 minutes). Following will be a panel on breakthroughs and issues of women aging in the arts and media moderated by Isa Goldberg, President of the Drama Desk; panelists include Barbara Davis, COO of the Actors Fund; Morgan Jeness, agent & dramaturg; Tisa Chang, Artistic Director of Pan Asian Rep; Liz Rosenberg, poet/novelist; Yvonne Curry, choreographer/director. The award presentation will then be followed by a reception and networking. Hosts for the day will be Co-Presidents of the Coalition, Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone. Presented by the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, and co-sponsored by NYWIFT, SAG-AFTRA, Dramatists Guild, and the League of Professional Theatre Women. Saturday, October 18, from 1-5:30 p.m. at MIST Harlem 46 West 116th Street (between Lenox and 5th Avenues, right by the 116th Street stop of the #2 and #3 trains). Early bird member tickets*  $15; early bird non-member tickets $30; after October 14, member tickets $20; non-member tickets $40. There are also a very few $100 premium tickets with reserved seating and special gifts. (*members are all members of all member organizations of the Coalition) Quick Links Our Website #ScreenOpps #StageOpps Past Newsletters More About Us       Join Our Mailing List! Member Organizations:               Actors' Equity Association, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television Artists New York Local, Stage Directors and Choreographers, Writers Guild of America East Affiliate Member Organizations: Dancers Over 40, Drama Desk, The Lambs, Inc., Professional Women Singers Association, The Rehearsal Club, The Women's Media Center, WomenArts, Women Make Movies, Works by Women We have more new Member Organizations pending! Watch this space ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - VintAge Award & Event 10/18 at MIST Harlem

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October 8, 2014

WOMEN IN THE ARTS & MEDIA COALITION ANNOUNCES

VintAge

Supporting the Voice and Vision of Women in the Arts & Media As They Age

Early Bird Tickets Still Available through the holiday weekend (10/14)

for the October 18th Award & Event

featuring

Tisa Chang, Morgan Jenness, Isa Goldberg, Barbara Davis, and more

with Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer on video

Screening of ADVANCED STYLE documentary

plus new short film starring Leslie Uggams

The Women in the Arts & Media Coalition is producing VintAge, one of its two Signature Events, supporting the voice and vision of women in the arts & media as they age, on Saturday, October 18, from 1-5:30 p.m. at MIST Harlem. 

The 1^st Elsa Rael VintAge Award Winner for advocacy for women in the arts & media as they age will be presented to Morgan Jenness, dramaturg & agent, for spearheading the cause célèbre that has protected Maria Irene Fornes and her playwriting work in her elder years. The award will be presented by Tisa Chang, artistic director of Pan Asian Rep. There will also be pre-taped personal statements made about Elsa Rael and the importance of celebrating women in the arts and media as they age by Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer.

It will be an afternoon both entertaining and illuminating, beginning with the new documentary ADVANCED STYLE by Lina Plyoplyte, the story behind the fashion blog which became an international phenomenon (70 minutes); and JUST THE THREE OF US, a short film by Angela Tucker starring Leslie Uggams (15 minutes).

Following will be a panel on breakthroughs and issues of women aging in the arts and media moderated by Isa Goldberg, President of the Drama Desk; panelists include Barbara Davis, COO of the Actors Fund, Liz Rosenberg, poet/novelist; Yvonne Curry, choreographer/director, and more.

The award presentation will then be followed by a reception and networking. Hosts for the day will be Co-Presidents of the Coalition, Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone.

A limited number of tickets to VintAge are available to the public. Ticket prices are: $15 for members of any of the Coalition's member organizations / $30 for non-members (early bird rate now extended through October 14), $20 for members after October 14; $40 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased online at www.womenartsmediacoalition.bpt.me/ or http://bpt.me/880439. Checks can also be sent directly to the Coalition.

For the first VintAge in 2001, Elsa Rael, then Co-President of the Coalition, wrote: "VintAge was conceived to encourage awareness of the effects of unemployment due to aging on the individual, as well as the resultant loss of talent and experience to the arts and media communities and the incalculable loss to the general public."

Hillary Rodham Clinton, then a U.S. Senator from New York, wrote for that first program: "My hope for every woman in the 21^st Century is that she will be blessed with choice and empowered with the tools of opportunity to make the most of her God-given talents. She will be free to pursue her own vision in the world of work, in the public sphere, in the political process and to build loving and strong families at home. Her voice will be heard; her concerns will be followed."

Celebrants at past VintAge events have included Lainie Kazan, Phyllis Newman, Tina Howe, Marian Seldes, Lynn Ahrens, Anita Gillette, and Lesley Gore.

VintAge is co-sponsored by NYWIFT (New York Women in Film and Television), SAG-AFTRA, the Dramatists Guild, and the League of Professional Theatre Women. All four of these organizations are members of the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition.

Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which represents more than 80,000 women and men in the performing arts and media through its member organizations and affiliates. The Coalition focuses the power of its member organizations and their memberships together and uses the combined strength to address issues of concern through advocacy, networking, and educational events. Member organizations are: Actors' Equity Association, Dramatists Guild of America, League of Professional Theatre Women, SAG-AFTRA New York Local, Stage Directors and Choreographers, New York Women in Film & Television, and the Writers Guild of America, East. Affiliate organizations are: WomenArts, Women's Media Center, Women Make Movies, Works by Women, Drama Desk, Dancers Over 40, The Lambs, Inc., The Rehearsal Club, and Professional Women Singers Association. For more information on the Coalition, visit www.womenartsmediacoalition.org.

MIST Harlem is located at 46 West 116^th Street, in the heart of central Harlem, steps from the IRT #2 and #3 train.  MIST Harlem is guided by the essential philosophy of using select environmentally sustainable materials which minimize consumption of resources, improve air quality, reduce energy consumption, preserve resources for future generations while providing an inviting and compelling, contemporary space. Largely hired from the Harlem community and beyond, staff is cross-trained in hospitality, efficient operations, marketing and promotions and technical production services to develop a team that excels in customer service, cultural resonance and community engagement. MIST offers a unique, dining and entertainment experience in an environmentally responsible, inviting and compelling, contemporary setting.

VintAge Event and Coalition Member Discounts

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Newsletter Newsletter IV:10a October 2014 In This Issue VintAge Event The Brightness of Heaven discount Produced By: NY discount #StageOpps & #ScreenOpps Member Organizations Quick Links Our Website #ScreenOpps #StageOpps Past Newsletters More About Us Join Our Mailing List! News and Upcoming Events for Coalition Organization Members! We are extending the Early Bird Discount to our upcoming VintAge event for October 18 at MIST Harlem. Only $15 for all members if you buy your tickets by October 14. See below for more information.    REMEMBER:  if you are a member of any of our member orgs, you are a member of the Coalition!  See list of member organizations at the bottom of this newsletter. We are also continuing to develop our Women in the Arts & Media Communal Calendar.  Please send all events of interest to us at: calendar@womenartsmediacoalition.org or submit it on our website. All of you can help us make this calendar THE central place for events and programs of interest to women in the arts and media.  Check out the great offers below, and find more events on our  Online Communal Calendar. If you have any problem reading  these flyers, you can see them on our Online Blog.   Hope to see you at VintAge, Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone Co-Presidents for the Board of Representatives Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc. VintAge - Early Bird Discount VintAge  Supporting the Voice and Vision of Women in the Arts & Media As They Age Tickets Available for Award and Event featuring Tisa Chang, Morgan Jenness, Isa Goldberg,  Barbara Davis, Liz Rosenberg, Yvonne Curry, and more with Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer on video  Screening of ADVANCED STYLE plus THE THREE OF US, a new short film starring Leslie Uggams and presentation of the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge Award to Morgan Jenness by Tisa Chang includes a reception and networking at MIST Harlem 46 West 116th Street (just off #2 & #3 train stop) 1-5:30  Only $15 for Coalition member org members until October 14  for more info: http://womenartsmediacoalition.org/VintAge.html buy tickets:  http://womenartsmediacoalition.bpt.me/ VintAge celebrates the voice and vision of women in the arts and media as they age. This year's VintAge features a about older women with their own personal styles and philosophies, and a short, JUST THE THREE OF US, starring Leslie Uggams. The event will also have an esteemed panel (t.b.a.). Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer will be speaking in recorded videos. Tisa Chang (Artistic Director, Pan Asian Rep) will then be presenting the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge award to Morgan Jenness, agent & dramaturg, for her advocacy work on behalf of playwright Maria Irene Fornes, which will be followed by a reception and networking. This year's VintAge features the 1st Elsa Rael VintAge Award Winner for advocacy for women in the arts & media as they age being presented to Morgan Jenness, dramaturg & agent, for spearheading the cause célèbre that has protected Maria Irene Fornes and her playwriting work in her elder years. The award will be presented by Tisa Chang, artistic director of Pan Asian Rep. There will also be pre-taped personal statements made about Elsa Rael and the importance of celebrating women in the arts and media as they age by Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer. It will be an afternoon both entertaining and illuminating, beginning with the new documentary, ADVANCED STYLE, by Lina Plyoplyte, the story behind the fashion blog which became an international phenomenon (70 minutes); and JUST THE THREE OF US, a short film by Angela Tucker starring Leslie Uggams (15 minutes). Following will be a panel on breakthroughs and issues of women aging in the arts and media moderated by Isa Goldberg, President of the Drama Desk; panelists include Barbara Davis, COO of the Actors Fund; Morgan Jeness, agent & dramaturg; Tisa Chang, Artistic Director of Pan Asian Rep; Liz Rosenberg, poet/novelist; Yvonne Curry, choreographer/director. The award presentation will then be followed by a reception and networking. Hosts for the day will be Co-Presidents of the Coalition, Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone. Presented by the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, and co-sponsored by NYWIFT, SAG-AFTRA, Dramatists Guild, and the League of Professional Theatre Women. Saturday, October 18, from 1-5:30 p.m. at MIST Harlem 46 West 116th Street (between Lenox and 5th Avenues, right by the 116th Street stop of the #2 and #3 trains). Early bird member tickets*  $15; early bird non-member tickets $30; after October 14, member tickets $20; non-member tickets $40. There are also a very few $100 premium tickets with reserved seating and special gifts. (*members are all members of all member organizations of the Coalition) THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN - Coalition Discount  $38 per ticket with our special code:  BHWAM The Kilgannons are a typical Irish family in 1974 Buffalo. However, the world is changing fast, the generation gap is widening, and the future is up for grabs. Will the Kilgannons find the serenity to accept the things they cannot change and the wisdom to know that what needs changing most is sitting around the dinner table? THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN is a witty drama about Family, Faith, and the ties that bind - sometimes too tightly. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE from October 16-December 14: Wednesdays at 3PM & 7PM Thursdays & Fridays at 7PM Saturdays at 3PM & 7PM Sundays at 3PM Added performances 10/21 at 7PM, 10/28 at 7PM and 11/25 at 7PM. No performances 10/22 at 3PM, 10/31 at 7PM or 11/27 at 7PM. 10/26 is opening no tickets available. A drama with comedy that may be inappropriate for anyone under 10. Approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. Schedule & pricing may change at any time. FOR MORE INFORMATION PRODUCED BY: NEW YORK - COALITION Discount!  PRODUCED BY: NEW YORK at Time Warner Center For six years, the Produced By Conference has sold out in Los Angeles. On October 25, the industry's top forum for producers arrives in New York for one day only. How has digital distribution changed the business plan for independent film? What do you need to know to produce video games?  How do you create and sell content for young audiences? What does it take to get a series greenlit for cable TV?Produced By: New York gathers dozens of the most celebrated names in the entertainment business to answer those and other key questions. Where else will you be able to hear from figures like Harvey Weinstein, James Schamus, Donna Gigliotti, Terence Winter, Bruce Cohen, Mark Gordon, Jenni Konner, Lori McCreary, Stephen Totilo, Tom Fontana, Gary Lucchesi and yes, even Cookie Monster on the same day? Built around sessions like "Window Shopping: Customizing Financial Models in the Era of Hybrid Distribution," "The Ms. Factor: The Power of Female-Driven Content" and "Tax Credit Financing - The New Essential Element," Produced By: New York likewise provides opportunities for networking, socializing, and the popular small-group Mentoring Roundtables. If you're producing entertainment content in New York, you owe it to yourself to be there. Registration is open and sessions are filling up, so REGISTER NOW as an Industry/Affiliate/Partner at producedbyconference.com Women in the Arts & Media Coalition members receive $25 off with this discount code: PBNY14WAMC. (*Note: code expires 10/17)  #StageOpps and #ScreenOpps (from Women in the Arts & Media Coalition,  League of Professional Theatre Women, and WomenArts) JOIN OUR MAILING LIST to receive Submission Opportunities for writers, directors, actors and more for Stage and/or Screen.  (You get to pick what you receive, and we will not send you information that is not requested.) Link to #ScreenOpps online on the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition website. Link to  #Stage Opps online on the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition website. Link to #Stage Opps online on the League of Professional Theatre Women website. Link to ongoing additional Funding Resources on the WomenArts website. Member Organizations:               Actors' Equity Association, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television Artists New York Local, Stage Directors and Choreographers, Writers Guild of America East Affiliate Member Organizations: Dancers Over 40, Drama Desk, The Lambs, Inc., Professional Women Singers Association, The Rehearsal Club, The Women's Media Center, WomenArts, Women Make Movies, Works by Women We have more new Member Organizations pending! Watch this space ...

News & Events from Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc. IV:10a October 2014

Newsletter Newsletter IV:10a October 2014 In This Issue VintAge Event Love Letters special Produced By: NY #StageOpps & #ScreenOpps Member Organizations Quick Links Our Website #ScreenOpps #StageOpps Past Newsletters More About Us Join Our Mailing List! News and Upcoming Events for Coalition Organization Members! We are so pleased to announce our VintAge event for October 18 at MIST Harlem. Only $15 for all members if you buy your tickets by October 10. See below for more information.    REMEMBER:  if you are a member of any of our member orgs, you are a member of the Coalition!  See list of member organizations at the bottom of this newsletter. We are also continuing to develop our Women in the Arts & Media Communal Calendar. Please send all events of interest to us at: calendar@womenartsmediacoalition.org or submit it on our website. All of you can help us make this calendar THE central place for events and programs of interest to women in the arts and media.  Check the offers out below, and find more events on our  Online Communal Calendar. If you have any problem reading  these flyers, you can see them on our Online Blog.   Hope to see you at VintAge, Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone Co-Presidents for the Board of Representatives Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc. VintAge       WOMEN IN THE ARTS & MEDIA COALITION ANNOUNCES VintAge Supporting the Voice and Vision of Women in the Arts & Media As They Age Tickets Available for October 18th Award and Gala Featuring Tisa Chang, Morgan Jenness, Isa Goldberg, Barbara Davis, Liz Rosenberg, Yvonne Curry, and more with Estelle Parsons and Gretchen Cryer on video   Screening of ADVANCED STYLE plus THE THREE OF US, a new short film starring Leslie Uggams includes a reception and networking at MIST Harlem 46 West 116th Street (just off #2&#3 train stop) 1-5:30 p.m.   Only $15 for Coalition member org members until October 10  for more info: http://womenartsmediacoalition.org/VintAge.html buy tickets:  http://womenartsmediacoalition.bpt.me/ LOVE LETTERS ~ Broadway Producer Special    Broadway Producer Special  $47.00/ticket  One day only Wed. October 8th at 7pm Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street Code: ADDISS *Code is valid at box office ONLY. Please print voucher and present to ticketing agent.* PRODUCED BY: NEW YORK - COALITION Discount!  PRODUCED BY: NEW YORK at Time Warner Center For six years, the Produced By Conference has sold out in Los Angeles. On October 25, the industry's top forum for producers arrives in New York for one day only. How has digital distribution changed the business plan for independent film? What do you need to know to produce video games?  How do you create and sell content for young audiences? What does it take to get a series greenlit for cable TV?Produced By: New York gathers dozens of the most celebrated names in the entertainment business to answer those and other key questions. Where else will you be able to hear from figures like Harvey Weinstein, James Schamus, Donna Gigliotti, Terence Winter, Bruce Cohen, Mark Gordon, Jenni Konner, Lori McCreary, Stephen Totilo, Tom Fontana, Gary Lucchesi and yes, even Cookie Monster on the same day? Built around sessions like "Window Shopping: Customizing Financial Models in the Era of Hybrid Distribution," "The Ms. Factor: The Power of Female-Driven Content" and "Tax Credit Financing - The New Essential Element," Produced By: New York likewise provides opportunities for networking, socializing, and the popular small-group Mentoring Roundtables. If you're producing entertainment content in New York, you owe it to yourself to be there. Registration is open and sessions are filling up, so REGISTER NOW as an Industry/Affiliate/Partner at producedbyconference.com Women in the Arts & Media Coalition members receive $25 off with this discount code: PBNY14WAMC. (*Note: code expires 10/17)  #StageOpps and #ScreenOpps (from Women in the Arts & Media Coalition,  League of Professional Theatre Women, and WomenArts) JOIN OUR MAILING LIST to receive Submission Opportunities for writers, directors, actors and more for Stage and/or Screen.  (You get to pick what you receive, and we will not send you information that is not requested.) Link to #ScreenOpps online on the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition website. Link to  #Stage Opps online on the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition website. Link to #Stage Opps online on the League of Professional Theatre Women website. Link to ongoing additional Funding Resources on the WomenArts website. Member Organizations:               Actors' Equity Association, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television Artists New York Local, Stage Directors and Choreographers, Writers Guild of America East Affiliate Member Organizations: Dancers Over 40, Drama Desk, The Lambs, Inc., Professional Women Singers Association, The Rehearsal Club, The Women's Media Center, WomenArts, Women Make Movies, Works by Women We have more new Member Organizations pending! Watch this space ...

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Equal Pay Coalition: NY White House Summit, Mother's Day, Lilly in NYC and more!

EQUAL PAY COALITION NYC 

Upcoming Activities  

Wednesday, May 7:

Register Today!  for the Monday, May 12 NYC White House Summit on Working Families 

9 to 12, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, 1 Bowling Green

Contact: Gutierrez.Gillian@dol.gov - 646-264-3789

Thursday, May 8:

Tweet for Equal Pay for Mothers! -  3:00PM

In celebration of Mother's Day, national #WhatMothersNeed Week of Action will focus on Equal Pay this Thursday. It's a chance for us to send a message that we all need the stronger equal pay provisions in the Women's Equality Agenda...this year! Use #WhatMothersNeed  Follow us @EqualPayNY

• Flowers may be nice on #MothersDay but #WhatMothersNeed every day is #EqualPay! Let's #UpgradeNY laws by passing #WEA for #EqualPayNY 
• .@SenatorSkelos @JeffKleinNY @NYSA_Majority: #WhatMothersNeed for #MothersDay is #EqualPay! #UpgradeNY laws by passing #WEA!

Friday, May 9:

Rally with Lilly Ledbetter - Stand Up for Women City Workers - 11 AM @ City Hall

More than 5,000 School Safety Agents, a majority woman workforce represented by Teamsters Local 237, have joined a federal class-action lawsuit against the City of New York to secure equal pay. The agents--who work in our public schools and guarantee the safety of students and teachers--are paid $35,000 annually, compared to the $42,000 paid to male peace officers who provide security for public hospitals and other city agencies. Need more info? Email sponsors NOW-NYC: contact@nownyc.org 

Sunday, May 11: Mother's Day Message to Share!

    

Monday, May 12: White House Summit in NYC - see May 7

Wednesday, May 15: WEA Day of Action! Stay Tuned! 

Every Day!

NYS PowHER  is posting great activities, cartoons, and recent articles about economic equality. Go to www.nyspowher.org 

Check out ThinkProgress article which quotes EPCNYC on NYS fight for equal pay and comparable worth!

LPTW Bebe Neuwirth Oral History - May 5 2014

League of Professional Theatre Women presents Bebe Neuwirth... View this email in your browser League of Professional Theatre Women presents BEBE NEUWIRTH interviewed by PATRICK PACHECO Monday, May 5, 2014, 6:00pm This program is produced by Betty Corwin. FREE Admission, Seating First Come First Served All members of all Women in the Arts & Media Coalition member orgs, League of Professional Theatre Women members and NYWA members may RSVP to: Ludovica@TheatreWomen.org Bruno Walter Auditorium New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center 65th Street & Amsterdam Avenue This program was made possible by the generous support of the Betty R. and Ralph Sheffer Foundation. Works by Women, which was founded by Ludovica Villar-Hauser in 2009, supports theatrical work written, directed, and/or designed by women by promoting the work on our website, in the press and on social media. We organize groups of theatre goers to see productions, thus supporting women theatre artists and the theaters that hire them with our time and dollars!  Please sign up for the Works by Women mailing list.  We only send one email a week (see our most recent update here) and it is filled with great information about upcoming Works by Women “Play” dates as well as qualifying productions (50% of the writers, directors, and designers working on a production must be women) throughout the city.  We are currently supporting a total of 5 LPTW member productions!  Join us for a "Play" Date! LPTW: Promoting Visibility and Increasing Opportunities for Women in Theatre www.TheatreWomen.org unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Next Week at the Segal Center: Plays from TUNISIA, POLAND, CHILE, JAPAN, HAITI, AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE, AUSTRIA, + INDIA at the PEN World Voices: International Play Festival

PEN: World VOices WORLD VOICES: INTERNATIONAL PLAY FESTIVAL April 28, 29, 30 | Daily at 2pm, 5pm, 7:30pm | Segal Theatre The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue FREE + Open to the Public | First come, first served. The PEN World Voices Festival is an annual, week-long festival of international literature founded by Salman Rushdie and Paul Auster. This year, the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center will host readings of nine seminal plays from five continents by some of the world's most important and exciting dramatists at their PEN World Voices: International Play Festival. Click here for more information. MONDAY, APRIL 28 2:00pm | Tsunami By Jalila Baccar (Tunisia) Directed by Saheem Ali Featuring Kathryn Kates and Salma Shaw Playwright Jalila Baccar chronicles the events that shook Tunisia in the murky hours after the Jasmine Revolution—the event that triggered the Arab Spring. Tsunami is a trilogy devoted to the contemporary history of Tunisia, a cycle dominated by the question of memory: “A country without memory is a country which never knows where it is going.” The reading will be followed by a conversation with the director and Frank Hetschker (Executive Director of The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center The Graduate Center, CUNY), moderated by Marvin Carlson, (Professor of Theater, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies, The Graduate Center, CUNY). 5:00pm | Endless Vigils at Crête-à-Pierrot By Dominique Batraville (Haiti) Directed by Awoye Timpo Featuring Brian Tyree Henry and Carl Hendrick Louis The dead and the living, who “walk on the bones of the dead,” are united by a wish to bring their dying nation together once again by physically and metaphysically reviving Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the first leader of the revolution for an independent Haiti.The reading will be followed by a conversation with the playwright and the director, moderated by Thomas C. Spear (Professor of French, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY). 7:30pm | Villa + Discurso Written and directed by Guillermo Calderón (Chile) Assisted by Sarah Rose Leonard Featuring Sue Jean Kim, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Nadia Bowers In Villa, three women gather around an architectural model of the Villa Grimaldi, a site where thousands were tortured and hundreds were “disappeared,” to debate the ideal adaptation of these blood-soaked facilities and grapple with a nation’s unwanted legacy. In Discurso, Michelle Bachelet, Chile’s president from 2006 – 2010, makes her farewell speech on leaving office but she is not being as gracious and diplomatic as she should be. Is she saying what she really thinks or is someone putting words into her mouth? The reading will be followed by a conversation with the playwright, moderated by Jean Graham Jones (Executive Officer of the Program in Theater, The Graduate Center, CUNY). TUESDAY, APRIL 29 2:00pm | Yakiniku Dragon By Chong Wishing (Japan) Directed by Victor Maog Featuring Stephanie Hsu, Ruy Iskandar, Paul Juhn, and Kaipo Schwab Set in the years 1969 to 1971 in the Yakiniku Dragon, a restaurant without plumbing in a Korean-Japanese ghetto, Yakiniku Dragon tells the story of a young boy who feels welcomed neither by the Japanese nor Korean societies. The play is based on Chong’s own childhood experience, and is told through the six family members and guests who frequent the Yakiniku Dragon. The reading will be followed by a conversation with the director and Frank Hentschker, (Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center CUNY), moderated by Peter Eckersall (Professor of Asian Theater, The Graduate Center, CUNY). 5:00pm | No Matter How Hard We Tried Or We Exist on the Best Terms We Can by Dorota Maslowska (Poland) Directed by Paul Bargetto Featuring Judith Malina, Troy Lavallee, and Heather Benton With wildly inventive language and razor-sharp humor, No Matter How Hard We Tried captures Poland’s contemporary moment, bringing together nouveau-riche media celebrities, the abject poor, phony artists, and disaffected youth all struggling to stay afloat in a toxic stew of commercialism, inter-generational confusion, Catholic nationalism, and idealized visions of Poland’s tragic past. The reading will be followed by a conversation with the director, moderated by Frank Hentschker (Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY). Presented in partnership with the Adam Mickiewicz nstitute/Culture.pl. 7:30pm | Holiday By Raimondo Cortese (Australia) Directed by Oliver Butler Featuring Matt Maher and Paul Thureen Holiday is an eclectic mixture of baroque song, video installation and gentle conversation, contemplating the world as a place where we can no longer cope with large occurrences and succeed only in retreating further into our own private spaces. The reading will be followed by a conversation with the playwright and the director, moderated by Peter Eckersall (Professor of Asian Theater, The Graduate Center, CUNY). Presented in Partnership with Australia Council for the Arts. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 2:00pm | Cogito By Huzir Sulaiman (Singapore) Directed by Mike Donahue Featuring Birgit Huppuch, Jenny Seastone Stern, Charles Socarides, and Meg MacCary It is the year 2026. Katherine Lee is a wealthy socialite, married to Tony Szeto, a highly prized Singaporean biomedical scientist. When Katherine reads in a local newspaper that her husband has been assassinated, she discovers she is not the only one married to him.The reading will be followed by a conversation with: the director, Frank Hentschker (Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center The Graduate Center, CUNY) and Melissa Wong (PhD candidate, CUNY) moderated by Peter Eckersall ( Professor of Asian Theater, The Graduate Center, CUNY). 5:00pm | Rechnitz (The Exterminating Angel) By Elfriede Jelinek (Austria) Directed by Katherine Brook Featuring Josh Gelb, Mike Iveson, Emily Davis, and Lucy Kaminsky Rechnitz examines the silence about a massacre at the Austrian-Hungarian border on March 25, 1945. During a party by Countess Margit von Batthyány, Nazis killed about 200 Jews as part of their entertainment. Until today, the remains of the victims were not found, neither was the whole affair properly investigated. The reading will be followed by a conversation with the director and the translator Gitta Honegger, moderated by Frank Hentschker (Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY). 7:30pm | The Djinns of Eidgah Written and directed by Abhishek Majumdar (India) Produced in association with The Play Company Ashrafi and Bilal are orphaned siblings stranded in Kashmir. While his sister is caught in the past, 18-year-old Bilal is the pride of the region, part of a teenage football team set for great heights. However, Kashmir’s violence destroys his idealism, and he is torn between escaping the war and participating in the cycles of resistance. The reading will be followed by a conversation with the playwright and the director, moderated by Frank Hentschker (Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY). The Djinns of Eidgah was developed as part of a long-term project between the Royal Court Theatre in London and Rage Theatre in Mumbai. It was first produced as part of the Writers Bloc Festival in India and in the current draft by the Royal Court Theatre in October 2013. Both productions directed by Richard Twyman. Produced in association with The Play Company. Segal Center | Livestream | Archives | Books | Journals | Events | Donate

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EQUAL PAY COALITION NYC EQUAL PAY DAY - APRIL 8, 2014 - ACTION ALERT Call for action to close the wage gap now! Join advocates across NYS! NYC Rally with NYC Council Speaker at 12 Noon! APRIL 8 - NATIONAL EQUAL PAY DAY - is the day in 2014 when women's salaries catch up to men's earnings from 2013. That's right - over fifteen months work for one year's pay! The Equal Pay Coalition NYC, in coordination with the Women's Equality Coalition, is leading a statewide campaign to push for action on equal pay this year. We need your help to send a loud, clear message: New Yorkers do not want to wait another year for stronger equal pay protections! ELECTED OFFICIALS across New York are proclaiming April 8th Equal Pay Day and holding press conferences to demonstrate support for policies that support women's economic success. ADVOCATES are writing letters to the editor, holding events, and contacting their State Senators urging passage of the Women's Equality Act www.nywomensequality.org  which has strong equal pay provisions.   YOU can help get out the message on April 8! Call your Senator Today - message and links below Join our Twitter Storm - samples below Attend an event in your area - go to www.equalpaynewyork.org And...Wear RED...because women are still in the RED! JOIN US! NYC RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCEwith NYC Council Speaker Mark-Viverito & Council Members! April 8 - 12 Noon - Steps of City Hall! APRIL 8 - TWEET FOR EQUAL PAY! HASHTAGS: #NoMadMenPay, #EqualPay, #UpgradeNY HANDLES: in addition to your handle, use: @EqualPayNY @NY4Women  No #EqualPay in NY? Then how about 8 months rent or a year of groceries?  http://bit.ly/1pzmaoy #NoMadMenPay  #UpgradeNY This isn't a TV Drama, it's real life. #WEA would give real NY women #EqualPay for equal work. http://bit.ly/1li3dFd #NoMadMenPay .@SenatorSkelos @JeffKleinNY - IDC, GOP, DEM - whatever. We want #WEA NOW! #EqualPay  #UpgradeNY #NoMadMenPay   CALL YOUR SENATOR: Senators are home on break... we need to flood the lines on Equal Pay Day!You can find the phone number/email at http://www.nysenate.gov/senators  OR call 518-455-2800 "As an advocate for stronger equal pay laws in NYS, I urge you to advance this economic issue this year.NY labor law has proven insufficient to combat the gender wage gap. The provisions of the Women's Equality Act would strengthen existing laws by prohibiting employers from terminating or retaliating against employees who share salary information, tighten exceptions in current law, discourage discrimination by increasing damages awarded to plaintiffs, and help working women and their families. The NYS Assembly has already passed the Women's Equality Act. It is time for the NYS Senate to do the same. New Yorkers do not want to wait another year to upgrade New York laws!" WHY WE NEED TO SPEAK UP: If the wage gap were closed, the average NY working woman and family would have $8500 in additional wages. That's enough money for more than a year's worth of food; 9 additional months of rent; 3 extra years of family health insurance premiums; or more than 2,000 gallons of gas! Women head more than 1,000,000 households in New York, and more than 63% of working mothers in New York are primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners. Eliminating the wage gap would provide crucial income to nearly 280,000 New York families living in poverty. In New York, more than 26% percent of women-headed households live below the poverty level.  Questions: Contact Beverly Neufeld, EPCNYC Director bcneufeld@gmail.comwww.equalpaynewyork.org | @EqualPayNY

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Happy SWAN Day 2014!

Please visit the WomenArts Blog to see articles from this email online. Home    |    Blog    |    SWAN Day    |    Funding Info    |    Donate    |    About Us    |   Happy SWAN Day 2014!! Thanks so much to all of you who are participating in the Seventh International SWAN Day. Whether you are organizing an event, attending an event, spreading the word, or giving a gift to your favorite woman artist, you are part of a growing world-wide movement.  There are SWAN 2014 events all over the U.S. and in places as far flung as Australia, Bulgaria, Kenya, Russia, Canada, Italy, and Northern Ireland. (See the list below.) In all of these communities women are gathering to bring harmony to the world through music, to build movements that inspire us to dance, to share pictures that open our eyes, and to tell stories that heal our hearts. As women and as artists, we take this troubled world in our hands and work to make it better. When we celebrate SWAN Day, we can feel the power of our joy, our commitment, and our immense collective creativity. Section of a poster designed by Sarah Jane White for Mary Watkins' Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story. Thanks to all of you for your perseverance in these challenging times. Whether your celebration is large or small today, I hope that on SWAN Day you will feel the energy of women artists and allies all over the world who are cheering for you to reach your full potential. Sending Lots of SWAN Love to All of You, Martha Richards, Executive Director, WomenArts List of SWAN Day 2014 Events For more detailed information about these events, you can search for them on the SWAN Calendar or check the WomenArts Blog to see if we did an article about them.  Some of these events took place earlier in the month and some will happen in the next few weeks. UNITED STATES EVENTS  (Scroll to bottom or click here for International Events) Name of Event City State Organizer Performing Three Books Alameda CA Books Inc  Alameda Amber Snider, Deborah Crooks @ High St. Station Alameda CA Amber Snider and Deborah Crooks Impressions of Impressionists & Beyond Benicia CA Arts Benicia Presents Mernie Buchanan Awaken Your Queen - Intentional Creativity Play Date Benicia CA Kerry Lee & Tina Greene What Do The Women Say? Berkeley CA Golden Thread Productions Law of Seeds Art Reception and Mayoral Proclamation Brisbane CA Beth Grossman Lost In Living - Documentary About Mother/Artists Los Angeles CA Mary Trunk Blood on the Cat's Neck Los Angeles CA Theater TAS Oneira: I Dream the Self - 2nd Women Artists Group Exhibition Los Angeles CA Studio C Gallery SWAN Day Martinez Martinez CA Martinez Arts Association The Motherhood Archives Oakland CA Irene Lusztig - Filmmaker Feminist Tour of the Norton Simon Museum Pasadena CA Margaret Danielak Spotlight: Jan Wurm Richmond CA Richmond Art Center Book Reading with Author Alyscia Cunningham San Diego CA Women's Resource Center & Women's Museum of California Sausan Academy of Egyptian Dance Graduate Debut Recital San Francisco CA Sausan Academy of Egyptian Dance Caribbean Passages: An Artist's Visual Journey San Francisco CA Orlonda Uffre Crystal Springs (Premiere) San Francisco CA Kathy Rucker, Playwright Eureka Theatre Images Spanning 45 Years San Francisco CA Happy L.A. Hyder Pasha Music Night at Al-Masri San Francisco CA Sausan Academy of Egyptian Dance Party at the Garden of Allah, or Lesbians in Pre-Code Hollywood San Francisco CA Z Space/Lisa Steindler & E.H. Benedict, Playwright Sorya! We Are Still At It! San Francisco CA Theatre of Yugen Unofficial Rakkasah Festival Performance Night San Francisco CA Sausan Academy of Egyptian Dance Will Work For Venice CA Dacyl Acevedo Athena Project Arts Festival Aurora CO Athena Project Truth Be Told: Boulder's Bi-Monthly Story Slam Boulder CO Johanna Walker and Nina Rollee SWAN Day Colorado - The Creative Sojourn Carbondale CO Women Artists of Colorado SWAN Dance Carbondale CO Coredination, A Movement Studio and Gayle Embrey Six Women Play Festival Colorado Springs CO Zanne Hall The 4th Annual Women+Film VOICES Film Festival Denver CO The Denver Film Society SWAN Day Mixer and Play Reading Denver CO And Toto too Theatre Company SWAN Day CT 2014 Wolcott CT Jennifer Hill Art Soiree Fine Art Series: Exhibit for Ilona DuBuske Washington DC Art Soiree - Ilona DuBuske SWAN Day at the Avalon Washington DC Avalon Theatre Art Soiree Fine Art Series: Exhibit for Sariah Sami Najam Washington DC Art Soiree - Sariah Sami Najam Second Launching of Creative Conversation Washington DC Artrepreneur Movement with Rachel Pope Vanessa Baez Memorial Brunch Bal Harbour FL Spoken Soul Festival SUMAK Healing Arts and Gallery Boynton Beach FL Denny Reed and Nancy Nolan Women in the Arts 2014 Doral FL Museum of the Americas SWAN Community Program Miami FL Spoken Soul Festival SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase Vol. 7  - SWAN Day Miami Miami FL Spoken Soul Festival New Seeds Festival Tampa FL Silver Glass Productions Soukous Sunday 2.0 with Sauda Decatur GA Sauda Jackson Two Musicals for Charity Performance Douglasville GA Mini Broadway Bites Cypress South Duluth GA Sue Wilkinson Women of Wonders Film Fest Honolulu HI Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking Darlin' by Joshua Rollins Chicago IL Step Up Productions End of Winter Plunge - Lost Artists Show Chicago IL The Lost Artist Colony Holly Near, John Bucchino and Emma's Revolution Chicago IL Old Town School Of Folk Music SWAN Day at the Music Box Chicago IL Music Box Theatre Swan Day Chicago Chicago IL What Up Windy Dutchman Macomb IL Tuesdai B. Perry Tribute to Women's History Month - Art Exhibition By & About Women Indianapolis IN IIC Gallery @ The Indiana Interchurch Center I Am! Evansville IN Ruth's House, United Caring Services Breaking Through the Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby Wichita KS Kansas Aviation Museum and Archetypal Images, LLC The Triumph of Marian Anderson Wichita KS The Wichita Readers Theatre Luz, A Regional Premiere Louisville KY Looking for Lilith Theatre Company SWAN Day at PYRO Gallery Louisville KY Women Work/Women's Work SWAN Day at YAYA! New Orleans LA YAYA -Young Aspirations Young Artists, Inc. Blue Stocking Art Salon Online MA Ariane of smARTist Legal Tender: The Secret Lives of Women & Money Northampton MA A Play by Christian McEwen and Directed by Melissa Redwin SWAN Day Boston 2014 Boston MA Co-Producers: Mary Conroy and Robbi D'Allessandro We Create! Women of Color in the Arts Boston MA Marsha Parrilla/Danza Orgánica Dark River: The Fannie Lou HamerStory  South Hadley MA Mary Watkins, WomenArts & Mount Holyoke Music Dept Finding the Light Bowie MD Lisa Hayes Natural Woman: A Collage of Female Creativity Capitol Heights MD Liberated Muse Arts Group In Her Words DC, Maryland & Virginia MD Liberated Muse Arts Group SWAN Day 2014 Maryland - Go- DIVA! Act III: The Swan takes Flight LaPlata MD LBH Enterprises & Go-DIVA! Productions, Inc. Ding! or Bye Bye Dad by Jayme Kilburn Laurel MD Venus Theatre The Price of Being Female: Women Artists & The Art Market Rockville MD The Artinista Art Advisory An Evening with Dance Exchange's Paloma McGregor Takoma Park MD Dance Exchange Women - Art Exhibit Detroit MI Detroit Comtemporary & Spread Art Holly Near and Emma's Revolution Flint MI Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint, MI Holly Near, John Bucchino and Emma's Revolution East Lansing MI Holly Near Women's History Month: The Historical Comedybration Minneapolis MN Created by Heather Meyer Produced by Black Market Doctor Community, Collaboration & the Pilots of the First Womens National Air Derby Berkeley MO Archetypal Images, LLC along with American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics Female Artist Takeover Greensboro NC Female Artist Collective Bodies of Work: A Collaboration Reading & Exhibition Omaha NE Les Femmes Folles Goddess On Earth: Women of Essex County West Orange NJ Luna Stage and Lisa Levart Tea For Three: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty McGuire AFB & West Orange NJ Elaine Bromka The Skull Beneath the Skin Brooklyn NY Anne Phelan My Book of Ruth Brooklyn NY Temple Beth Emeth Sisterhood See Hear Taste Touch 2014 Brooklyn NY The Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company Author Talk: Lost Orchard Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library The Women Gather Concert Brooklyn NY Grace Drums Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Chantal Legros Jamaica NY Legros Cultural Arts 12th Annual Lady Got Chops Women's Music & Arts Fest Jamaica NY Lady Got Chops SWAN Day Art Market! Jamestown NY Infinity Visual and Performing Arts Inc. Within Arm's Reach Long Island City NY Going to Tahiti Productions Scene and Unseen - Art Exhibit New Rochelle, Westchester NY New York Society of Women Artists (NYSWA) Women's Project Theater Presents "Row After Row" New York NY Women's Project Theater Naked In Alaska - The True Story of Stripping in The Last Frontier New York NY Valerie Hager In The Fog New York NY Rose & Stags Dying City - A 2008 Pulitzer Prize Nominated Play New York NY The Seeing Place Theater Two Rooms by Lee Blessing New York NY The Seeing Place Theater Women's Project Theater "The Architecture of Becoming" New York NY Women's Project Theater Loving Thy Self New York NY Aleathia's Original Artworks Women in the Heights – Reflections on Creating New York NY NoMAA Rendez-Vous with French Cinema New York NY French Institute Alliance Française NY Madness with Featured Guest Mia Chung at Theatrelab New York NY New York Madness LPTW Awards Celebration & Big Mingle New York NY League of Professional Theatre Women The Belletrix Exhibit New York NY Raw Space: ImageNation Behind the Scenes: Women in Production New York NY Apollo Theater Ladies Day Jazz Quartet New York NY MJ Territo Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way New York NY Showtime Cable Gender in Shakespeare Workshop New York NY Judith Shakespeare Company NYC F*** The Summit New York NY The Dirty Blondes A Celebration of Women’s History Month New York NY Actors’ Equity Association’s Eastern Region EEOC Sweetie - Book, Lyrics, Music by Gail Kriegel New York NY Gail Kriegel, playwright; Pat Birch, director Art Crawl for Women Artists New York NY Germaine Richier, Klara Kristalova, Mira Schendel, and Nalini Malani SWAN Day Screening + Talk: "The Supreme Price" New York NY New York Women in Film & TV (NYWIFT) Panther Woman New York NY sKribble sKratch Productions, LLC Women's Project Theater Presents "The Most Deserving" New York NY Women's Project Theater The Mother Wit Conference - April 5, 2014 New York NY The Mother Wit Conference Team mini BROADWAY bites New York NY Alice Shapiro Celebration of Collaboration! New York NY Ivy Theatre and Funny...Sheesh Productions Swan Day Monologue Jam New York NY Alacrity Project Alice Shields' Virgin Songs at North-South Consonance Chamber Concert New York NY North-South Consonance: Siri Roco, soprano; Max Lizchitz, piano Percussion & Creative Dance/Movement program New York NY Dalys E. Torres SWAN Day Celebration Potpourri! World Women Works - New Short Plays/ Screenplays by Women New York, NY Kim Weston-Moran RHYTHMCOLOR.Associates AXW screening: The Ghost Thing NY NY Another Experiment by Women Film Festival 12th Annual Lady Got Chops Women's History Month Music Fest Peekskill NY Kim Clarke -organizer Women's History Month: Literary Reading & Mini-Writing Workshop Peekskill NY NECS: New Era Creative Space Ladies in the Living Room Rochester NY Lady Parts Theatre Company Beginnings Publishing, Inc. Writing Workshop Sag Harbor NY Beginnings Publishing, Inc. Women's History Month Celebration: The I Am Project Staten Island NY Jenni S Vitek SWAN Day Staten Island Staten Island NY Elaine Mendez SWAN Day Planning Party Wellsville NY Sheila Kalkbrenner at SheilaLynnK Art Studio Entropic Me Columbus OH 83 Gallery SWAN Day Dayton Dayton OH SWAN Day Dayton and the Dayton Metro Library Choral Reading of  "A Black Woman Speaks" by Beah Richards Cleveland OH Maiden Voyage Theatre Ensemble SWAN Day 2014 Cincinnati OH Women Writing for (a) Change & Women's Way of Ohio & Northern KY Independent Women Portland OR Social Sciences Productions National Dance Week at the Fredricksen Library Camp Hill PA Egyptian Moon Dance Company RED (delicious) exhibit at The Carlisle Arts Learning Center Carlisle PA The Carlisle Arts Learning Center Community Outreach Workshops With The Femme-mynistiques Philadelphia PA The Rotunda & The Femme-mynistiques (Alexa Gold, Lady Omni Mc & Plum Dragoness Granular Memory Philadelphia PA Haylee Ebersole and Louise ORourke Poet-tree En Motion Philadelphia PA The Rotunda & The Femme-mynistiques SWAN Day Pittsburgh 2014 Philadelphia PA No Name Players SWAN Day Pittsburgh Jr. Pittsburgh PA No Name Players Granny's Got Game presented by Her Point of View Nashville TN Her Point of View New Visions, New Voices 2014 Dallas TX Southern Methodist University Garden Glimpses Photography by Mary Lou Darst Galveston TX G. Lee Gallery War Ready: In My Father's Shadow with Author Mary Lou Darst Galveston TX G. Lee Gallery Art By Joan Bristow Houston TX Art By Joan Bristow Vox Feminina V - Mom's the Word Houston TX Pandora Theatre World Theatre Day - San Antonio San Antonio TX San Antonio Latino/a Theatre Alliance SWAN DAY KICK-OFF  Alexandria VA Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association Mighty Girl Art™ at NoVA Mini Maker Faire Reston VA Mighty Girl Art™ DC SWAN Day Staged Reading Marathon Alexandria & Washington VA & DC Guillotine Theatre (formerly The Georgetown Theatre Company) Americana Women Music Documentary Film Screening Boston WA MusicBox Project House of Thee UnHoly Seattle WA paulanowevent , Sarah Rudinoff, Jen Ayers, Jody Kuehner Les Femmes Folles: West Virginia Morgantown WV Les Femmes Folles Intimates and Fools Reading Morgantown WV Les Femmes Folles INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Name of Event City Country Organizer La Medea Melbourne Australia La Mama Theatre, performed by Margherita Peluso SWAN Day Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria Art Nova Foundation, Wonderland Events She Speaks Kitchener, Ontario Canada Flush Ink Productions Sunday Poetry presents An International SWAN Event Toronto Canada Maria Mesa & Ariel Len All-Women Comedy Training Camp Worthington Canada BAM North Productions Seven - 7 Women Playwrights Write About 7 Women Leaders Belfast Northern Ireland Playwrights: Paula Cizmar, C. Filloux, G. Kriegel, R. Margraff,Carol K Mack ,A D Smith, Susan Yankowitz Define Me -  In 1000 Words Or More  (Project Preview) Venice Italy Stacy Gibboni 7th SWAN Day Kenya - Soul of a Woman -  Yes, Imagine It Nairobi Kenya 5 Centuries Human Rights Theatre Smooth Kats (Acid-Jazz, Funk Music) Saint-Petersburg Russia Smooth Kats WomenArts 1442A Walnut Street #67 Berkeley, CA 94709 Phone: (510) 868-5096 Website: www.womenarts.org Contact Us>> (Note: WomenArts is the new name of The Fund for Women Artists, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.) please click here to subscribe.

News & Events from Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc.

Newsletter Newsletter IV:3 March 2014 In This Issue SWAN Day - Free Event SWAN Day - Free Event Drama Desk Event Funding Newsletters Member Organizations Quick Links Our Website Film/Video Funding News Theatre Funding News Past Newsletters More About Us Join Our Mailing List! News and Upcoming Events for Coalition Organization Members! We are so pleased to announce our newest Affiliate Member: the Drama Desk. Welcome!! We have also just started our new online Women in the Arts & Media Communal Calendar. Over the next few months, we will be contacting and including the calendars of every major arts and media organization and every major women's organization: all events, openings, and deadlines. This will serve a dual purpose:  1) terrific information about what's presently going on; and 2) a place to check what else might be happening on any date in the future when planning--the ultimate Blackout Calendar. This is a Google calendar, and so can be added to your own Google calendar. Please send all events to us at: calendar@womenartsmediacoalition.org or submit it on our website. It will take a few months to get it going full speed, but all of you can help us make this calendar THE central place for events and programs of interest.  Below, we have two FREE events and one where Coalition members get a discount.  REMEMBER:  if you are a member of any of our member orgs, you are a member of the Coalition!   See list of member organizations at the bottom of this newsletter. Check the offers out below, and find more member org events on our Online Calendar. If you have any problem reading any of these flyers, you can see them on our Online Blog. Some member org events are livestreamed online and/or archived on youtube and/or the organization's website, so there's so great content available to you, even if you're not able to attend events  Keep checking. Hope to see you soon, Shellen Lubin and Avis Boone Co-Presidents for the Board of Representatives Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Inc.  SWAN DAY - Free Event - The Supreme Price   SWAN Day 2014 Event: The Supreme Price  Saturday Mar. 29, 2014 Join NYWIFT, SAG-AFTRA, School of Visual Arts Film department, Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Women Make Movies, and HerFlix at the SVA Theater at 333 West 23rd Street for a screening of the documentary The Supreme Price in recognition of SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day, an annual event on the last Saturday of March that celebrates women artists. There will be a Q&A with industry leaders and reception following the screening. The event will begin with opening remarks from Reeves Lehman, Chairman of Film, Video and Animation at School of Visual Arts. The Supreme Price (Produced/Directed by Joanna Lipper) is a feature-length documentary that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles.  For more information and to RSVP click here. WGAE - Free Event - Navigating the ACA   Writers Guild of America, East  in partnership with Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) invite you and guest to attend: Navigating the Affordable Care Act: A presentation and Q&A about open enrollment for freelancers in the entertainment industry Wednesday, March 19 7-9pm Writers Guild of America, East 250 Hudson (at Dominick) 7th Floor RSVP HERE The deadline for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period is March 31st. Failing to sign up could result in penalties of 1% of your income.  The Writers Guild of America, East is hosting an informational meeting and Q&A on the ins and outs of enrolling in the Affordable Care Act for WGAE members and members of Coalition member orgs.  The Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) understands the challenges of freelancers working in the entertainment industry. They can help you sort through the details of the ACA and navigate the process of getting insured, as well as find subsidies and other benefits to help defray the costs.    Drama Desk Event - Member Discount     "WHY SHAKESPEARE? WHY NOW?"  PANEL DISCUSSION AT SARDI'S ON FRIDAY, APRIL 4 Distinguished American actor John Glover will join Drama Desk's "Why Shakespeare? Why Now?" at Sardi's on Friday, April 4 (11:45 AM-2:30 PM). Glover will join actors Michael Pennington and Scott Shepherd and directors Daniel Sullivan and Julie Taymor in the lively discussion exploring the reasons why New York's current theater season has such a distinctive Shakespearean flavor. Carol Rocamora, an educator, critic, playwright, translator, and Drama Desk member, will be the moderator.      The Drama Desk's Spring Luncheon/Panel Discussion focusing on Shakespeare will take place at Sardi's Eugenia Room, 234 West 44th St., on Friday, April 4. It will begin with the luncheon at 11:45 AM, followed by the panel discussion from 1:15-2:30 PM. Tickets $50 for Drama Desk members and all members of all Women in the Arts & Media Coalition member organizations and $60 for non-members may be purchased in advance, online at DramaDesk.org, or directly at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/932325. To order by phone, call 212-352-3101.  Funding Newsletters (originally from WomenArts) JOIN OUR MAILING LIST to receive Funding Newsletters and/or more exciting events, news, and networking info.  (You get to pick what you receive, and we will never send you information that is not requested.) Link to the Film/Video Funding Newsletter online on the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition website. Link to the Theatre Funding Newsletter online on the League of Professional Theatre Women website. Link to ongoing additional Funding Resources on the WomenArts website. Member Organizations:               Actors' Equity Association, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television Artists New York Local, Stage Directors and Choreographers, Writers Guild of America East Affiliate Member Organizations: Dancers Over 40, Drama Desk, Professional Women Singers Association, The Rehearsal Club, The Women's Media Center, WomenArts, and Women Make Movies We have more new Member Organizations pending! Stay tuned ...

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ON HER SHOULDERS 3/28/2014

NPTC and the
New School for Drama

present

The Convent of Pleasure
by Margaret Cavendish
Directed by Elyse Singer
Dramaturgy by Melissa Conkling
Assistant Director: Whitney Aronson

FREE TO THE PUBLIC
March 28, 2014
New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street

SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY
Dr. Lisa Walters
President, the International Margaret Cavendish Society

With: Raquel Cion, Michael Sean Cirelli, Tim Cusack *, Dion Graham *,
Susan Heyward *, Daliya Karnofsky, April Matthis *, Paul Pecorino *,
Steven Rattazzi *, Dan Paul Roberts, Julia Taylor Ross

R.S.V.P to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com

MARGARET CAVENDISH, Duchess of Newcastle (1623–1673), was a 17th Century provocateur; a poet, philosopher, writer of prose romances, essayist, and playwright, publishing under her own name at a time when most women writers published anonymously. The Convent of Pleasure, captures the spirit of the best romantic comedies of the Restoration era, but also takes radical liberties with dramatic form. Cross-dressing, fantastical settings, and burlesques about traditional gender roles are front-and-center. Is this a lost feminist classic, or is the play's debate surrounding the natural law of the sexes its raison d'être? To shine light on the highly theatrical gender play, Elyse Singer will direct a gender-bending cast including performers from NYC's new burlesque world.

On Her Shoulders was founded in 2012 to present staged readings of plays by women from across the spectrum of time and place, with contemporary dramaturgs contextualizing--and in some cases adapting--them for modern audiences. The program seeks to make it impossible to deny or ignore the great tradition and value of women's contribution to the theatrical canon. On Her Shoulders intends to motivate producers and directors to champion and produce these plays in New York and regionally, and to incite audiences to demand to see them. The Play in Context, the dramaturgical and scholarly presentation component to the program, is sponsored in part by the League of Professional Theatre Women, a not-for-profit organization promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in theatre since 1982. www.theatrewomen.org

SWAN DAY 2014: The Supreme Price 3/29/14

SWAN Day 2014 Event: The Supreme Price  Saturday Mar. 29, 2014 Join NYWIFT, SAG-AFTRA, School of Visual Arts Film department, Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, Women Make Movies and HerFlix at the SVA Theater for a screening of the documentary The Supreme Price in recognition of SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day, an annual event on the last Saturday of March that celebrates women artists. There will be a Q&A with industry leaders and reception following the screening. The event will begin with opening remarks from Reeves Lehman, Chairman of Film, Video and Animation at School of Visual Arts. The Supreme Price (Produced/Directed by Joanna Lipper) is a feature-length documentary that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father's victory in Nigeria's Presidential Election and her mother's assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of  governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria's most marginalized population: women. Produced and directed by Joanna Lipper, this film was made with  support from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation/Just Films, ITVS, the Gucci Tribeca Spotlighting Women Documentary Award, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Women Make Movies and IFP Spotlight on Documentaries. The extended trailer for this film was commissioned by Gucci to launch their global Chime for Change Campaign at TED 2013.  After the screening, stay for a conversation with ... Joanna Lipper is an award winning filmmaker, photographer, author and lecturer at Harvard University, where she teachers Using Film for Social Change. Her work as a documentary filmmaker has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation/Just FIlms, ITVS, Women Make Movies, IFP Spotlighting Documentaries and the BritDoc Foundation. In 2012, she won the Gucci Tribeca Spotlighting Women Documentary Award for The Supreme Price. Other directing and producing credits include Inside Out: Portraits of Children, Growing Up Fast and Little Fugitive. Lipper's book about teen parenthood Growing Up Fast, was published in 2003 by Picador to notable praise, including Publisher's Weekly, which called it "compelling and important." Her photographic series, Seaweed Farmers in Zanzibar was featured in Economica: PIcturing Power and Potential, a group exhibition presented by the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and the International Museum of Women in the Summer of 2010. The series was featured along with related multimedia installation at Photo De Mere in Vannes, France in 2011. Co-presented by:   Special thanks to Reeves Lehman and the School of Visual Arts. Join the conversation on Twitter: #nywiftlive | @nywift NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Last updated: Mar. 10, 2014

Event Information SWAN Day 2014 Screening + Talk:  The Supreme Price Date/Time: Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM Pricing: Free RSVP online Location: SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street Beatrice Theater

Drama Desk Panel 4/4 11:45 am @ Sardi's

$50 "Member Price" for all Coalition members

includes lunch at Sardi's!

DISTINGUISHED ACTOR JOHN GLOVER  (LINCOLN CENTER’S MACBETH) 
FILLS OUT DRAMA DESK’S 
“WHY SHAKESPEARE? WHY NOW?” 

PANEL DISCUSSION AT SARDI’S ON FRIDAY, APRIL 4

Panel also includes directors Daniel Sullivan (The Comedy of Errors) and Julie Taymor (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and actors Michael Pennington (King Lear) and Scott Shepherd (Cry, Trojans!, based on Troilus & Cressida). 
Carol Rocamora is moderator.

Distinguished American actor John Glover (Witch/A Porter/Murderer 3 in Lincoln Center’s Macbeth) will join Drama Desk’s “Why Shakespeare? Why Now?” at Sardi’s on Friday, April 4 (11:45 AM–2:30 PM). Glover will join actors Michael Pennington and Scott Shepherd and directors Daniel Sullivan and Julie Taymor—in the lively discussion exploring the reasons why New York’s current theater season has such a distinctive Shakespearean flavor. Carol Rocamora, an educator, critic, playwright, translator, and Drama Desk member, will be the moderator.     

With his multiple honors, from Tony, Drama Desk and Obie awards to several Emmy nods, John Glover stands out as one of our most distinctive actors. While best known for his long-running television series Smallville, Glover’s appearances in a host of stage productions from Love! Valour! Compassion! to Waiting for Godot to this season’s Macbeth at Lincoln Center Theater, remain among his most memorable.  

New York’s theater season has struck a welcome chord with both critics and audiences thanks to the critically acclaimed Shakespeare’s Globe productions of Twelfth Night, or What You Will and Richard III (in repertory at the Belasco Theater), Lincoln Center Theater’s Macbeth, the Bard’s The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park), King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (both by Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn), and the Wooster Group’s Cry, Trojans! (Troilus & Cressida). The other members of the panel have all distinguished themselves this season in these new productions of Shakespeare’s works: British actor/director Michael Pennington (King Lear) and Julie Taymor (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) both for Theatre for a New Audience; Scott Shepherd (Cry, Trojans!, The Wooster Group’s Troilus & Cressida); and director Daniel Sullivan (The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare in the Park).

The Drama Desk’s Spring Luncheon/Panel Discussion focusing on Shakespeare will take place at Sardi’s Eugenia Room, 234 West 44^th St., on Friday, April 4. It will begin with the luncheon at 11:45 AM, followed by the panel discussion from 1:15–2:30 PM. Tickets—$50 for Drama Desk members and all members of all Women in the Arts & Media Coalition member organization members and $60 for non-members—may be purchased in advance, online at DramaDesk.org, or directly at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/932325. To order by phone, call 212-352-3101.

LPTW Bebe Neuwirth Oral History - May 5 2014

League of Professional Theatre Women presents Bebe Neuwirth... View this email in your browser League of Professional Theatre Women presents BEBE NEUWIRTH interviewed by PATRICK PACHECO Monday, May 5, 2014, 6:00pm This program is produced by Betty Corwin. FREE Admission, Seating First Come First Served League of Professional Theatre Women members may RSVP to: Ludovica@TheatreWomen.org Bruno Walter Auditorium New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center 65th Street & Amsterdam Avenue This program was made possible by the generous support of the Betty R. and Ralph Sheffer Foundation. Works by Women, which was founded by Ludovica Villar-Hauser in 2009, supports theatrical work written, directed, and/or designed by women by promoting the work on our website, in the press and on social media. We organize groups of theatre goers to see productions, thus supporting women theatre artists and the theaters that hire them with our time and dollars!  Please sign up for the Works by Women mailing list.  We only send one email a week (see our most recent update here) and it is filled with great information about upcoming Works by Women “Play” dates as well as qualifying productions (50% of the writers, directors, and designers working on a production must be women) throughout the city.  We are currently supporting a total of 5 LPTW member productions!  Join us for a "Play" Date! LPTW: Promoting Visibility and Increasing Opportunities for Women in Theatre www.TheatreWomen.org unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

WMM News, Upcoming Opportunities, Workshops and More | March 2014

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March 2014 Film Catalog     About       For Filmmakers      Resources      News & Events WMM Celebrates  SWAN Day! Join WMM, NYWIFT and others for a sneak preview screening of THE SUPREME PRICE by Joanna Lipper at SVA this Saturday, March 29. THE SUPREME PRICE traces the evolution of the pro-democracy movement in Nigeria and Hafsat Abiola's efforts within the movement to increase female participation, especially in leadership roles. This screening is in recognition of SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day, an annual event on the last Saturday of March that celebrates women artists.  Q&A with director Joanna Lipper to follow.  BIG MEN IN NYC BIG MEN will be playing at IFC Center through April 3.  In 2007, a US company discovers the first oil in the history of the West African republic of Ghana. Director Rachel Boynton explores what happens when ambitious people uncover a massive and exquisitely rare pot of gold in one of the poorest places on earth.What follows is a twisting tale of greed and deception with global implications. WMM SEEKS PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MANAGER! The PA Program assists women filmmakers to produce and direct independent films by providing fiscal sponsorship, workshops, seminars, and various online resources. The PA Program Manager will manage the fiscal sponsorship program, including the review of applications, outreach for new participants, administering contributions and disbursements, preparing government funding reports, handling production assistance inquiries and working with the program consultants. To learn more, visit our website.  WELCOME TO WMM! WMM is proud to have the following new projects in our Production Assistance Program. To learn more about our PA Program, and fiscal sponsorship please visit our website. To see a full list of our fiscally sponsored projects, please click here.   ASK THE SEXPERT by Vaishali Sinha A-TOWN BOYZ by Grace Jung DRY EYES, DRY MOUTH by Anita Womack and Tanisha Christie IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg MAKE ME NORMAL by Mitch McCabe PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT by Lisa Immordino Vreeland PINK TOILETS by Michele Midori Fillion BIG MEN by Rachel Boynton CLEAN SLATE : THE STORY OF A 97-YEAR-OLD FELON by Emily Harrold THE COLD RUSH by May Abdalla  DARK SIDE OF THE FULL MOON by Maureen Fura DIRT & DEEDS IN MISSISSIPPI by David Shulman DRIVING WITH SELVI by Elisa Paloschi  PROJECT DAD by Sharon Shattuck THE ROAD TO ELIMINATING LF by Mary Olive Smith SONITA MEANS A TRAVELLING SWALLOW by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami  THE TALKING CURE: A CENTURY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS IN AMERICA by Ann J. Prum TEMPO RUBATO by Noelia Santos YULA'S DREAM by Hanna Polak FILMMAKER NEWS Margaret Brown's The Great Invisible premiered at SXSW Film Festival's Documentary Competition and won the Best Documentary Feature Award. Heidi Ewing's The Arrivals and Crystal Moselle's The Wolfpack Project received a grant from the Tribeca Film Institute Documentary Film Fund.   Michele Fillion's No Job For a Woman will re-air on PBS World starting in March. Cristina Ibarra's Las Marthas received the Special Jury Award at CineFestival and was broadcast on Independent Lens in February. Aledandra Lescaze's All of Me premiered on PBS Independent Lens in March. Mark Levinson's Particle Fever had its theatrical release this March at the Film Forum and will spread to many theaters across the country. You can check out the schedule here. After Tiller by Martha Shane & Lana Wilson and Gideon's Army by Dawn Porter, produced by Julie Goldman, were nominated Best Documentary for the Spirit Awards. Also Kalyanee Mam's A River Changes Course was nominated for the 19th Annual Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award. Beth Murphy'sWhat Tomorrow Brings and Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl received additional support made to previous grantees from Cinereach. Elisa Paloschi's Driving with Selvi by is receiving support from the Fledgling Fund and from the Bertha Britdoc Connect Fund. It recently participated at The Good Pitch Mumbai. Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth by Pratibha Parmar had its broadcast premiere on PBS's American Masters in January.    Diana Whitten'sVessel will have its World Premiere in the Documentary Competition at SXSW, and won the Jury Award for Political Courage.  Other Opportunities   Looking for Women Film Mentors The Lower Eastside Girls Club is looking for women who could be film mentors to young documentary girls.  4 women filmmakers will work with 4 girls who are making their first 20 minute documentaries.  BWI's Production Assistant Training Program If shooting in NY and need production assistants,Brooklyn Workforce Innovations has placed trained, experienced production assistants on more than 800 productions. You can depend on "Made in NY" PAs to be pre-screened, trained, experienced, and easy to hire. More information: UnionDocs Collaborative Studio is now open for applications for their 2014/15 cycle. A program for non-fiction media research and group production, open for artists in the U.S. and abroad.   Women Make Movies gratefully acknowledges the support of our funders: The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.  Connect with WMM!       About WMM: Since our beginnings in 1972, WMM has grown from a feminist filmmakers' collective into an industry-leading nonprofit media arts organization and distributor. For over 40 years, WMM has transformed the landscape of filmmaking for women directors and producers, bringing the issues facing women around the world to screens everywhere. Now, with more than 550 films in our catalog, including Academy®, Emmy®, Peabody and Sundance nominees and award winners, WMM is the largest distributor of films by and about women in the world. Women Make Movies. By Women. About Women. For Everyone.  SUPPORT WMM ON AMAZON SMILE! WMM AT FESTIVALS FUNDING NEWS SPRING WORKSHOPS FESTIVAL DEADLINES GRANTS DEADLINES  SUPPORT WMM ON AMAZON SMILE!  Amazon.com is giving .5% of all sales to a charity of your choice via Amazon Smile! If you shop at Amazon, just go to smile.amazon.com. Choose Women Make Movies as your charity of choice and shop as normal. Then remember to go to smile.amazon.com every time you shop!* From now until March 31,  they will also give us an extra $5 for each customer who shops via Amazon Smile.  *CHROME USERS: Follow this link to download a plug which will automatically redirect your browser to Amazon Smile.  It's easy to do, and means a lot for us. Thank you for your support!  WMM AT FILM FESTIVALS      WMM has a strong presence at this year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival! We are very excited for the North American premiere of LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH, where the filmmaker will be in attendance for a Q&A post-screening. Congratulations to our Production Assistance films showing at Full Frame:  E-TEAM, TOUGH LOVE, WATCHERS OF THE SKY, and THE GREAT INVISIBLE. WMM is then off to Sarasota! We are honored to partner with THROUGH WOMEN'S EYES (TWE) for the 4th consecutive year to present our award winning films. This year, 3 WMM new releases are to screen at both TWE and the SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL!  Highlights include the North American premiere of I AM A GIRL, and screenings of LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH, and MAESTRA. Festival goers have a wonderful opportunity to hear from all three filmmakers who will be in attendance! Internationally, WMM will be making stops in India & Macedonia, continuing annual collaborative partnerships with SKOPJE Women's Rights Nights in Macedonia and Our Lives...To Live Film Festival in India, two amazing organizations that are committed to bringing films by and about women to the international community. These festivals further international dialogue on women's rights, gender discrimination, and inform about violence against women. WMM continues to foster a strong commitment to partnering with women's organizations internationally.    FUNDING NEWS Projects from our Production Assistance Program continue to receive some of the most prestigious funding. Our PA films are very strong this year, getting grants left and right. We are proud to provide women filmmakers with successful fiscal support from esteemed and distinguished organizations, such as NYSCA, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and the Catapult Film Fund, among others. WMM puts the films made by women on the path to funding success! Here is a snapshot of some recent success stories.  THE E-TEAM 11 out of the 19 projects submitted to NYSCA by WMM received grants this round, including: THE SEARCH FOR GENERAL TSO by Ian Cheney, THE E-TEAM by Kate Chevingny and Ross Kaufman and VESSEL by Diana Whitten.  Out of the 22 projects that received grants from Chicken & Egg Pictures in 2013, 9 are fiscally sponsored by WMM, including: THE BILL by Ramona Diaz, THE BLIND CINEMA CLUB by Jennifer Redfearn & Tim Metzger, TRAPPED by Dawn Porter and TOUGH LOVE by Stephanie Wang-Breal. From the last round of 7 Catapult Film Fund grantees, 4 are fiscally sponsored by WMM: ASK THE SEXPERT by Vaishali Sinha, COLD RUSH by May Abdalla, THE ARRIVALS by Heidi Ewing, and TRAPPED by Dawn Porter.  Congrats to all the grant recipients!  SPRING WORKSHOPS We have an exciting slate of workshops coming up in April! Putting to Work Effective Publicity Campaigns and Strategies with Lucius Barre  Wednesday, April 2 | 6:30-8:30 pm $35 (Reg Rate) | $25 (WMM & Partner Rate) Join seasoned publicist Lucius Barre for this session where he will review the building blocks of good public relations, from planning as soon as you begin production to campaign models for festivals, theatrical, broadcast and on demand releases, including what makes a good press package and techniques for developing talking points.  From Idea to Implementation: Multi-platform Storytelling with Theresa Loong Wednesday, April 9th | 6:30-8:30pm  $35 (Reg Rate) | $25 (WMM & Partner Rate)  The goal of this workshop is to provide an overview of the transmedia landscape and to discuss a project from ideation to production. The session will enable participants to have the tools they need to articulate their transmedia project clearly. Master Class: Dawn Porter  Monday, April 14 | 6:30-8:30 pm  $35 (Reg Rate) | $25 (WMM & Partner Rate) Join us at WMM for this intimate session with Dawn Porter and hear her talk about her process, her decision to become a filmmaker, the challenges she encountered as a first time filmmaker and the challenges she had to face when producing a second or third film.  For more information please visit our Workshops Page.      FESTIVAL DEADLINES OUTFEST (Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival) Late Deadline: March 31, 2014 Going on its 32nd year, Outfest is the only gay and lesbian film festival in the heart of the entertainment industry, and more industry executives attend Outfest than any other LGBT film festival. Outfest has recently partnered with NewFest (the New York LGBT Film Festival). Submit here.  Woodstock International Film Festival Early Bird Deadline: April 11, 2014 Regular Deadline: May 16, 2014 Late Deadline: June 13, 2014 Each year film and music lovers from around the world gather at the Woodstock Film Festival for an innovative variety of films, first-class concerts, workshops, celebrity-led panels, an awards ceremony, and fantastic parties. Apply here.  Denver International Film Festival Early Bird Deadline: April 15, 2014 Regular Deadline: June 30, 2014 Late Deadline: July 30, 2014 The Denver International Film Festival has been a rising star on the regional fest circuit for the past several years, with strong programming and resources that ensure a good time for visiting industry, journalists, and filmmakers. Apply  here.   Camden International Film Festival Regular Deadline: April 18, 2014 Late Deadline: May 23, 2014 Extended Deadline: June 20, 2014 Recognized as one of the top 25 film festivals in the world for documentary films and filmmakers, the festival highlights work that shows dedication to craft and a unique and artistic approach to telling a darn good story. Apply here. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Early Deadlines: May 1, 2014 (For docs completed between  Aug 1, 2013 and April 1, 2014) Late Deadline: August 1, 2014 (For documentaries completed after April 1, 2014) The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam was founded in 1988 in order to stimulate national and international documentary culture. Apply here.  Mill Valley Film Festival Regular Deadline: May 16, 2014 Final Deadline: June 13, 2014 Known as a filmmakers' festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival offers a high profile, prestigious and non-competitive environment perfect for celebrating the best in independent and world cinema. Apply here.     GRANT DEADLINES Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund  Deadline: March 31, 2014  Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund provides production support for full-length documentary films. The Fund provides annual grants totaling $75,000 to be used in the creation of original, independent documentary films that illuminate pressing issues in the United States. Apply here. Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Deadline: April 17, 2014  Funds US or Int'l documentary intended for Public TV broadcast. All projects must have a key personnel member with prior public television credit to be eligible and have a full-length rough or fine cut to be considered. Apply here.   The Roy W. Dean Grants Spring Deadline: April 30, 2014 Summer Deadline: June 30, 2014 From the Heart Productions is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding films that are "unique and make a contribution to society." Apply here.     Pacific Pioneer Fund Deadline: May 1, 2014 Purpose is to support emerging documentary filmmakers. The term "emerging" is intended to denote a person committed to the craft of making documentaries, who has demonstrated that commitment by several years -- but no more than ten -- of practical film or video experience. Apply here.     SAMUEL RUBIN Foundation Deadline: May 2, 2014 For projects dedicated to the pursuit of peace and justice and the search for an equitable reallocation of the world's resources which can be achieved only through the fullest implementation of social, economic, political, civil and cultural rights for all the world's people. Grants ($5k-$10k) require a fiscal sponsor, but to specific projects within an organization. Apply here.     WOMEN IN FILM Foundation Finishing Fund Early Application: May 23, 2014 Final Application: June 6, 2014 Supports films by, for or about women by providing cash grants of up to $15,000 and in-kind services. Apply here.     NEH: Bridging Cultures Through Film: International Topics Deadline: June 11, 2014 Supports documentary films that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities. The Division of Public Programs encourages the exploration of innovative nonfiction storytelling that presents multiple points of view in creative formats. Apply here.     Playboy Foundation Social Change Documentary Grant  Deadline: June 30 2014 Awards grants for post-production and distribution to a range of social change documentary films. Grants range from $1k-$5k. Apply here.      Valentine Foundation  Deadline: June 30, 2014 Funds fiscally sponsored projects pertaining to social change for women and girls. Apply here.      FLEISHHACKER FOUNDATION Deadline: July 15, 2014 The Fleishhacker Foundation makes grants to film projects within its Small Arts Grants Program. We are more interested in supporting an artist's vision than educational documentaries. Applications are only accepted for the post production phase of the project based on rough cut. Most grants are in the range of $2,000 - $5,000. It is preferred that a Bay Area arts organization serve as the fiscal sponsor. Apply here.     NUVOtv - NU Point of View for Emerging Latino Filmmakers  Deadline: July 31, 2014  Nu Point of View is looking for the next group of emerging Latino filmmakers and is accepting film submissions for a brand new showcase, possibility to earn up to $3,000. Shorts, features, documentaries are accepted. Apply here.  International Grant Deadlines THE BERTHA BRITDOC DOCUMENTARY JOURNALISM FUND Deadline: Application Now Open The Bertha BRITDOC Documentary Journalism Fund is a new global fund  awarding £10,000-50,000 to documentary filmmakers from any country as a mixture of grants and investments. The fund supports projects at the intersection of film and investigative journalism that break the important stories of our time, expose injustice, bring attention to unreported issues, and cameras into regions previously unseen. Apply here.  DOHA FILM INSTITUTE Deadline: April 21, 2014 The Doha Film Institute can fund a project across any stage of production: from development and production to post-production and prints and advertising. Funding covers narrative fiction films and creative documentaries, as well as short films. Apply here.  NPBC - AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE Deadline: Rolling Afro:PoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange is a US based public television show featuring independent documentaries and short films about life, art, and culture from the contemporary African Diaspora. NBPC is looking to support and broadcast strong stories that will capture the breadth and scope of the diversity of experiences of contemporary African peoples. Apply here.

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SWAN Events in Pittsburgh, LA, Cleveland & New York

Please visit the WomenArts Blog to see articles from this email online. Home    |    Blog    |    SWAN Day    |    Funding Info    |    Donate    |    About Us    |   SWAN Events in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Cleveland & New York Our celebration of Support Women Artists Now/SWAN Month continues in this issue with articles about SWAN events in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and New York. We have 178 events on the SWAN Calendar so far. We will email our traditional "big list" of events on our official SWAN Day this Saturday, but we will be continuing our coverage in the coming weeks since there are so many wonderful events to report on. Special thanks to Suma Nagaraj for her help writing this week's articles. If you have pictures of your events that you would like to share, please post them to our Facebook page. Thanks to all of you for your inspiring work this year! For Sixth SWAN Day Pittsburgh Artists Share Their Untold Stories No Name Players will present the sixth annual SWAN Day Pittsburgh at 8 p.m. this Saturday, March 29 at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In previous SWAN Day Pittsburgh events, the company’s artistic directors, Tressa Glover and Don DiGiulio, have asked artists to create new songs, dances, short plays, films, and visual works based on the lives and words of Pennsylvania women. This year they have added a new twist inspired by a line from Maya Angelou, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” They have asked each artist to create a work “based on a story they have never told before.” They have gathered these stories into an evening of short performances that will feature many of Pittsburgh’s best musicians, dancers, theater artists, filmmakers, poets, comediennes and visual artists. On Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. they will offer the second annual SWAN Day Pittsburgh Junior event which will feature performances by girls aged 12 -18. The innovative pair has also partnered with two other arts organizations this year to create a SWAN Week in Pittsburgh featuring women artists. Their partners are the American Jewish Museum, which is hosting an exhibit by Micaela Amateau Amato through April 25, and the Toonseum, which is offering $1.00 off admission for women and girls during SWAN Week to their exhibit, Wonder Women: On Page and Off, an exploration of the role of women in the comics industry. Read more about SWAN Day Pittsburgh on our blog>> LA Female Playwrights Initiative Brings SWAN Day Action Fest to Hollywood The intrepid LA Female Playwrights Initiative brings SWAN Day to Hollywood this Saturday with their SWAN Day Action Fest, a free festival of playreadings and connections on March 29 from 10:30 am - 4:30 p.m. at Samuel French, Theatre and Film Bookshop, 7623 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA. The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative (the LA FPI) was founded in 2010 by Laura Shamas and Jennie Webb as part of a groundswell of gender parity efforts across the country. The LA FPI is working to create a nexus of support for artists, theaters, and theatergoers that will raise awareness of gender parity issues and foster accountability within the theatrical community. To raise awareness, they did an excellent study which showed that only 20% of the plays produced in the greater Los Angeles area were written by women. They provide links to other gender parity studies and other advocacy tools on their website. The SWAN Day Action Fest will include readings of plays written and directed by women, two sessions of impromptu "Micro-Reads" (one-page readings open to women writers in attendance), and opportunities for theater-makers of all genders to network and find future collaborators. Plays being read at the SWAN Day Action Fest were selected through a blind, open submission process curated by Little Black Dress INK. There will be plays by Velina Hasu, Debbie Bolsky, Becca Anderson, and Sarah Tuft. Read more about the SWAN Day Action Fest on our blog>> Maiden Voyage Does Choral Reading of Beah Richards' "A Black Woman Speaks" This Saturday, March 29th, the Maiden Voyage Theatre Ensemble will celebrate SWAN Day with a choral reading of Beah Richards’ famous poem, A Black Woman Speaks, at 3:00 pm at the St Adalbert - Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish, 2347 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio. The poem caused a sensation when Beah Richards first read it in 1951 at a Chicago peace conference. It was inspired by the trial of Willie McGee, an African-American from Laurel, Mississippi who was sentenced to death in 1945 for allegedly raping a white housewife. Although many notable people spoke out on his behalf, he was executed in 1951. In Richards’ poem, she asks white women to consider their own lack of power and their complicity in the perpetuation of the racism that resulted in the death of McGee and many other black men.  You can see Richards performing excerpts of the poem and hear her describe the first reading on this YouTube clip. The Maiden Voyage reading will feature a cast of talented women, who will perform the poem with a nuanced reading that will involve music and movement. Admission to the event is free, but the Ensemble asks for donations in order to support future programming. Read More about SWAN Day with Maiden Voyage on our blog>> Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Chantal Legros On Sunday, March 30th, 2014, Legros Cultural Arts will host a SWAN Day event commemorating the life and achievements of Chantal Legros, their Founder and Executive Director who passed away unexpectedly on January 14th, 2014. The event will be at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Chantal Legros was an energetic advocate for women artists, and WomenArts joins her family and friends in mourning her loss. Legros launched her Women in the Arts series for SWAN Day 2009, and every year she created wonderful SWAN Day celebrations and other events featuring women artists in different art forms throughout the year. In 2013 she produced 5 events through her Women in the Arts Series, featuring over 70 female artists with an audience of over 2,500. The March 30th SWAN Day event will feature performances by artists who have worked with Legros Cultural Arts over the years in both its Women in the Arts Series (including dancers/choreographers and vocalists) and its Theater Ensemble Program. In addition, art work produced by participants in their Annual Multicultural Arts and Crafts Festival will be on display. SWAN Day is successful because of women like Chantal Legros all over the world – talented, energetic, hard-working women artists who are determined to leave the world a better place than they found it. The growth of Legros Cultural Arts over the past fifteen years in spite of all the economic challenges, is a wonderful tribute to Chantal’s optimism and perseverance. We applaud her commitment to women artists and to her community. Although her untimely death is a terrible loss, her life was a shining inspiration.  We hope that she is resting peacefully in the knowledge that there are thousands of women artists around the world who share her values, and we will continue her work for as long as it takes to create the harmonious multi-cultural world she dreamed of. Read More about Chantal Legros on our blog>> SWAN Day Pittsburgh 2014 The sixth SWAN Day Pittsburgh by the No Name Players will feature artists' "untold stories", a "Junior" SWAN event for teenage girls, and partnerships with other arts organizations. SWAN Day Action Fest in Hollywood The SWAN Day Action Fest by the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative will include readings of four complete plays, impromptu one-page "micro-reads," and networking opportunities. Maiden Voyage Performs Poem By Beah Richards Beah Richards Maiden Voyage Theatre Ensemble will do a SWAN Day choral reading of Beah Richards' powerful poem, A Black Woman Speaks, in Cleveland. Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Chantal Legros Chantal Legros Legros Cultural Arts in New York will host a SWAN Day memorial event for their Founder and Executive Director, Chantal Legros, an enthusiastic SWAN organizer, who passed away unexpectedly in January 2014. Volunteer at a SWAN Event If you don't have time to organize a SWAN event of your own, but you would like to be a part of someone else's event, browse through the SWAN Calendar and look for the events that have a red asterisk (*) on the bottom line of the description box. If the event has an asterisk, it means the organizers are looking for volunteers. Some groups are looking for artists to participate and some are looking for ushers and other help on the day of their event. If you see an event that you would like to be a part of, please use the contact information in the event listing to contact the organizers. Make A Gift to WomenArts! If you like the work that WomenArts is doing, please consider making a contribution.  Gifts of every size will be deeply appreciated!     Donate Now>> Everyone Is Invited to Celebrate SWAN Day! Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day is a grassroots "do it yourself" holiday, and everyone is invited to join us in honoring women's creativity. If you need more information about ways to participate, check out our Get Ready for SWAN Day 2014 blog post>> There are no fees or application forms required to participate in SWAN Day. If you decide to create a SWAN event or if you are doing any event in March or April featuring women artists, we invite you to create a free listing on our official SWAN Calendar.   We will be featuring SWAN events in the WomenArts Blog and  newsletters during March and April.  If you want us to write about you, creating a listing in the SWAN Calendar is the best way to let us know about your event. Did You Get Your Free Funding Newsletters? Free monthly Theatre Funding Newsletters are now being published by the League of Professional Theatre Women. You can see the current issue by clicking here.  To sign up for the email version of these newsletters, please click the link in the right margin of their newsletter. Free monthly Film/Video Funding Newsletters are now being published by the Women in Arts and Media Coalition. 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Actors Pro Expo is aimed at professional working actors, so we aim to get a mix of fresh graduates and actors that are at different stages within their career. We anticipate the New York event to see around 1000 actors attending – which will give a great buzz about the place.

The day will consist of the main exhibit hall, seminars, workshops, networking and an open casting call for a paid feature film.

NYWIFT March 2014 Programs

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SIGN-UP for UPCOMING NYWIFT MARCH 2014 PROGRAMS Tuesday, March 18th @ 7 PM NYWIFT Members Screening: Ana Y Yo (Ana and I) and The Battle Below Wednesday, March 19th @ 6:30 PM Non-Fiction Television Through the Lens of Women Industry Leaders (Members Only) Thursday, March 20th @ 6:30 PM Producing, Curating and Releasing Using Apple iBooks Author (Members Only) Tuesday, March 25th @ 7 PM Preservation Screening: Joe & Maxi Wednesday, March 26th @ 7 PM Bait Your Hook: Create Your Best Documentary Trailer Thursday, March 27th @ 6:30 PM ExperTEAs with Producer Tracey Baker-Simmons Saturday, March 29th @ 2 PM SWAN Day Screening + Talk: The Supreme Price Join the conversation on Twitter: #nywiftlive | @nywift NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Last updated: Mar. 17, 2014

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WGAE ACA Open Enrollment Informational Event 3/19 7-9pm

Writers Guild of America, East in partnership with Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) invite you and guest to attend: Navigating the Affordable Care Act: A presentation and Q&A about open enrollment for freelancers in the entertainment industry Wednesday, March 19 7-9pm Writers Guild of America, East 250 Hudson (at Dominick) 7th Floor RSVP HERE The deadline for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period is March 31st. Failing to sign up could result in penalties of 1% of your income.  The Writers Guild of America, East is hosting an informational meeting and Q&A on the ins and outs of enrolling in the Affordable Care Act for WGAE members. The Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) understands the challenges of freelancers working in the entertainment industry. They can help you sort through the details of the ACA and navigate the process of getting insured, as well as find subsidies and other benefits to help defray the costs.