The latest effort to combat gender inequality in theater comes courtesy of The Kilroys, a group of LA-based women playwrights and producers founded last year.
The Kilroys have launched The List, modeled after Hollywood’s Black List, that spotlights the 46 best unproduced or only-once-produced works by female playwrights. Over 120 theater professionals were surveyed to compile the list.
According to a statement, the Kilroys have determined that a play will be eligibile if it is 1) unproduced or have had only a single professional production; 2) by an author who identifies as female; and 3) among the most excellent seen or read by the industry professional within the previous twelve months.
Janine Nabers (picture above) and Jen Silverman both have two plays on The List. Nabers won the Yale Playwriting Prize earlier this year.
In the 2012–2013 season, only 10.5% of Broadway plays, 21% of DC plays, and 22% of Los Angeles plays were written by women.
Below is the complete version of The List:
SWIMMERS by Rachel Bonds
contact Kate Navin / Gersh
LIQUIDATION PLAY by Sarah Burgess
contact Jessica Amato / Gersh
WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD by Sheila Callaghan
contact Chris Till / CAA
SKELETON CREW by Dominique Morisseau
contact Jonathan Mills / Paradigm
HUNGER by Anna Moench
contact Kate Navin / Gersh
HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO by Jiehae Park
contact Michael Finkle / WME
LOTTIE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON by Amelia Roper
contact Antje Oegel / AO International
ORANGE JULIUS by Basil Kreimendahl
contact Beth Blickers / Abrams Artists
IRONBOUND by Martyna Majok
contact Kate Navin / Gersh
THE CALL by Tanya Barfield
contact George Lane / CAA
SERIAL BLACK FACE by Janine Nabers
contact Scott Chaloff / WME
ANNIE BOSH IS MISSING by Janine Nabers
contact Scott Chaloff / WME
YOU FOR ME FOR YOU by Mia Chung
contact Antje Oegel / AO International
THE CONSULTANT by Heidi Schreck
contact Val Day / ICM
DRY LAND by Ruby Rae Spiegel
contact Scott Chaloff / WME
THE OREGON TRAIL by Bekah Brunstetter
contact Derek Zasky / WME
THE WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
contact Antje Oegel / AO International
WHAT WOULD CRAZY HORSE DO? by Larissa FastHorse
contact Jonathan Mills / Paradigm
THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE by Madeleine George
contact Seth Glewen / Gersh
DIFFERENT WORDS FOR THE SAME THING by Kimber Lee
contact Seth Glewen / Gersh
OF GOOD STOCK by Melissa Ross
contact Jessica Amato / Gersh
ALL THE DAYS by Sharyn Rothstein
contact Di Glazer / ICM
THE TENTH MUSE by Tanya Saracho
contact Mark Orsini / Bret Adams, LTD.
THE COMPARABLES by Laura Schellhardt
contact Seth Glewen / Gersh
GRAND CONCOURSE by Heidi Schreck
contact Val Day / ICM
THE MOORS by Jen Silverman
contact Kate Navin / Gersh
MAN IN LOVE by Christina Anderson
contact Mark Orsini / Bret Adams, LTD
BRIGHT HALF LIFE by Tanya Barfield
contact George Lane / CAA
BLISS (OR EMILY POST IS DEAD!) by Jami Brandli
contact Kate Navin / Gersh
FUTURE THINKING by Eliza Clark
contact Derek Zasky / WME
HOLY DAY by Alexandra Collier
contact Jessica Amato / Gersh
HONEY DROP by Erin Courtney
contact Antje Oegel / AO International
REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY by Jackie Sibblies Drury
contact Antje Oegel / AO International
I’M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD by Halley Feiffer
contact Di Glazer / ICM
I ENTER THE VALLEY by Dipika Guha
contact Mark Orsini / Bret Adams, LTD
THE TALL GIRLS by Meg Miroshnik
contact Jonathan Lomma / WME
WAKE UP, MRS. MOORE by Julie Marie Myatt
contact Bruce Ostler and Mark Orsini / Bret Adams, LTD
ZEALOT by Theresa Rebeck
contact Chris Till / CAA
CATCH THE WALL by Gabrielle Reisman
contact gabrielle.reisman@gmail.com
SOMEWHERE FUN by Jenny Schwartz
contact Mark Subias / UTA
THE HUNTERS by Jen Silverman
contact Kate Navin / Gersh
TAILS OF WASPS by Stephanie Timm
contact Mark Orsini / Bret Adams, LTD.
DON JUAN COMES HOME FROM IRAQ by Paula Vogel
contact Bruce Ostler / Bret Adams, LTD.
SEE BAT FLY by Kathryn Walat
contact Seth Glewen / Gersh
JEFFERSON’S GARDEN by Timberlake Wertenbaker
contact Julia Kreitman / The Agency
BOY by Anna Ziegler
contact Seth Glewen / Gersh
