HowlRound: During a stint on a play selection committee, a man I consider a friend, as well as someone aware of and knowledgable about diversity issues, scoffed at my suggestion that the theatre produce two female-led plays in the upcoming three/four show season. Certain many of the theatre’s past seasons contained multiple male-lead productions, I created a spreadsheet charting the gender composition of the theatre’s playwrights, directors and cast from 2010 to the present. The results were as I had predicted.
Gender parity in media has received more attention of late, and theatre is no exception.
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