The League of Professional Theatre Women (Kelli Lynn Harrison and Lisa Rothe, Co-Presidents) will present the 2018 Theatre Women Awards at The TimesCenter on Friday, March 16 beginning at 6:30PM. This year’s Theatre Women Awards will honor actress Phylicia Rashad (Lifetime Achievement Award), drama critic Linda Winer (LPTW Special Award, bestowed to a remarkable theatre woman for her service to the League and to her field), sound designer Cricket S. Myers (Ruth Morley Design Award, in honor of costume designer Ruth Morley), playwright Rohina Malik (Lee Reynolds Award, in memory of producer and League member Lee Reynolds) and director Adrienne Campbell-Holt (LPTW Lucille Lortel Visionary Award), Artistic Director of Colt Coeur. In April 1999, LPTW received a bequest from the Lucille Lortel estate to establish an endowment to fund an award and grant which would be given annually to “an aspiring woman in any discipline of theatre who exemplifies great creative promise and deserves recognition and encouragement.”
The League of Professional Theatre Women’s annual Theatre Women Awards are the only awards dedicated to promoting the visibility of the theatrical work of female-identifying artists and their contributions to the field, across all disciplines. The League (a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization), has been championing women and leading the gender parity conversation in the professional theatre for over 35 years. Since its founding, the LPTW’s membership has grown to 500+ members of theatre artists and practitioners of all backgrounds, across multiple disciplines, working in the commercial and non-profit sectors. To promote visibility and increase opportunities for women in the field, the LPTW spearheads events, public programming, advocacy projects, media, and publications that celebrate industry luminaries, preserves the legacy of historic visionaries, raises awareness of the importance of nurturing women’s voices, and shines a spotlight on the imperative of striving for gender parity and fostering a diversity of expression, both in the theatre world and the world at large. To find out more about how you can support its endeavors, please visit www.theatrewomen.org.
Theatre Women Awards , The TimesCenter (242 West 41st Street between 7th and 8th Avenues), Friday, March 16 beginning at 6:30PM. Tickets ($65-$250) are available for advance purchase at www.theatrewomen.org.
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