Tools & Directories

WE EXIST

Female and/or trans playwrights. Google Sheet; Self-populated.

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Trans* Theater Makers List

Trans, gender non-conforming, and gender variant theater professionals. Created by Calvin Anderson. Google Sheet; Self-populated.

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The Women and TGNC Artists Database - Parity Productions

​Parity Productions is the only organization to host a free database of women and trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) playwrights, directors, and designers working in professional theatre in New York City.

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The T List

Transgender Professionals in Theatre, Film, Television, Music, and New Media. Created by Shakina Nayfack. Google Sheet; Self-populated.

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The Parity Database

A database of women, trans, and gender-expansive New York theatre artists. The Parity Database commissions and develops original plays; produces and promotes the work of playwrights, directors, and designers; and provides opportunities for underrepresented voices to work in theatre.

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The No Excuses List

Women/Non-Binary/Two Spirit Dramaturgs of Color. Google Sheet; View-only.

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The Mix - Steppenwolf Theatre

The Mix is a new play resource highlighting plays that feature casts of intersectional and intersecting social identities. The goal of this project is to assist in the collective effort to move towards a holistic, nuanced, and equitable approach to diversity in the theatre.

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The Lilly Awards

Celebrating, supporting, and advocating for women theater artists by promoting gender parity at all levels of theatrical production. The Lilly Awards were started in the Spring of 2010 as an outlet to honor the work of women in the American theater. In partnership with the Dramatists Guild, The Lilly Awards have gathered resources and conducted a national survey simply called The Count that accurately showcases which theaters are producing the work of women, and which are not. The Lilly Awards Foundation is dedicated to honoring the work of women in the American theater.

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The Kilroys

The Kilroys is a gang of playwrights, directors and producers in LA and NYC who are done talking about gender parity and are taking action. They mobilize others in their field and leverage their own power to support one another.

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The Cultural Intifada Creative Toolbox

Creative and practical resources for standing up in solidarity for Palestinian rights and against artistic censorship, compiled by artists, activists, human rights groups and cultural organizations.

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StateraArts

UPLIFT. AMPLIFY. ADVANCE. Statera takes positive action to bring women* into full and equal participation in the arts. Extensive resources on their website (many of which have also been shared here), mentorship and leadership opportunities, and intersectional feminism at its core.

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South Asian Theater Artists

Theatre artists from the South Asian diaspora. Google Sheet; self-populated. Curated by Natasha Sinha. Includes "Other resources!" tab curated by Roger Tang.

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Sexuality & Kink Education by Chels Morgan

justice – centered, trauma – responsive, & inclusive sexuality, kink & identity education

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QueerMusicals.com

An A-Z list of queer musicals, including segmented lists of Musicals with Trans and Nonbinary Characters, Musicals with Queer Black Characters, Musicals with Queer Asian Characters, Musicals with Queer Disabled Characters, and more.

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POC Theatre Designers and Technicians

Created and curated by Megan Sandberg-Zakian. Google Sheet; Self-populated. Includes "Other Lists and Links" tab curated by Key Member Megan Sandberg-Zakian.

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Non-Binary Monologues

A collection of monologues written for non-binary actors (actors whose identities lie outside the gender binary of male/female.) Created by Key K. Woodzick.

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Maia Directors

For organizations and artists engaging with stories from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (MENASA). Includes a performer database. Created/run by Kareem Fahmy, Evren Odcikin, Key Member Megan Sandberg-Zakian, and Pirronne Yousefzadeh.

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Maestra Resource Page

A huge list of resources for women of the theater who are hireable as composers, music directors, orchestrators, conductors, arrangers, rehearsal pianists, songwriters, music assistants, lyricists, transcribers, music producers, pit musicians, music educators, and more - many resources for women specifically, LGBTQ artists specifically, and diverse artists specifically.

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Maestra Directory

Search here to find women of the theater who are hireable as composers, music directors, orchestrators, conductors, arrangers, rehearsal pianists, songwriters, music assistants, lyricists, transcribers, music producers, pit musicians, music educators, and more. Created/run by MAESTRA, a membership group of female-identifying, non-binary, and gender non-conforming composers, music directors, orchestrators, arrangers, copyists, rehearsal pianists and other musicians who are in an underrepresented minority in musical theater. Website.

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Latinx Theatre Scholars

Google Sheet from Form responses; View-only.

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