League of Professional Theatre Women Announces 30 Plays Celebrate 30 Years March Events

The League of Professional Theatre Women announces 30 Plays Celebrate 30 Years, honoring the 30th Anniversary of the League. 30 brand-new plays, musicals & theatrical events, curated by League members, will be presented in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens & beyond.

From site specific theatre on the prairie in central Canada, to the unveiling of a new play in London; from downtown at the New York Theatre Workshop, the Cherry Lane & HERE to Memphis & a theatrical walking tour in Central Park, this year-long series of theatrical events, coordinated by LPTW members Rachel Reiner & Deborah Savadge, celebrate the creativity of women theatre artists worldwide!

30 Plays Celebrate 30 Years - MARCH, 2012

Friday, March 2 NY, NY

Curated by Lenore DeKoven

Workshop East presents Downsizing, the Ten Minute Play Project, a program of original 1-minute plays created by members of Workshop East. Also celebrating its 30th Anniversary, The Workshop is a development gym for professional writers, directors & actors. Lenore DeKoven, Artistic Director. 7pm at the Barrow Group Mainstage, 312 West 36th St., 3rd Floor, New York City. This special evening of new work will be followed by a wine & cheese reception.

Reservations: downsize10@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 13 NY, NY

Curated by Deborah Savadge

Playwrights Gallery & The Drilling Co. present Lyndsay Becker, John Doherty, Irene Sophia Lucio & Jed Peterson in a staged reading of When Danny Comes Back for Us, by Deborah Savadge, directed by Elaine Molinaro. Two couples are stranded while weekending on a remote Maine island, amid rivalries, recriminations & a power failure. Has some darkened force intervened to prevent them from ever getting home? 7:30pm At the Drilling Company, 236 West 78th St, 2nd Floor New York City,

www.playwrightsgallery.com

The League of Professional Theatre Women is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization. Numerous events are planned each year to deliver on their mission of promoting visibility & increasing opportunities for women in the field. For their 30th Anniversary, they are planning fifteen months of events to advocate, promote & highlight the contributions of women in theatre both domestically & abroad. None of these projects are possible without generous philanthropic support. To find out more, visit their website www.theatrewomen.org.