The Womens Playwright Initiative (WPI) asked me to join their board this year. (Read an October 8th interview with Board Member Julia Gagne) This is such a fantastic honor to be asked. Unfortunately, I can't because I have to go scream at Jesus for 7 months. However, I asked them if they would like me to publicize their need for board members and they said yes. Plays written by women are not being produced. The WPI is one of the few orgs in the US directly trying to affect this problem. Please contact them through their website if you are interested in joining their board.
About WPI: We began with a small group of women meeting over coffee, each caring in her own way about women's work in the theater. The faces have changed over the course of a few years, but the mission has remained: increase production of plays written by women. To that end, the WPI has become a non-profit organization, gathered a Board of Directors, solicited manuscripts from women writers in the Southeast, staged a number of play readings and several fully-staged productions, crafted the first playwriting workshop, and launched a "Wave of Women Writers" (WOWW!) in the Central Florida area. By Sept 30, 2007, we will have produced 19 events – all committed to the presentation of superior content and artistic excellence.