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The International Centre for Women Playwrights
50/50 Applause Awards

2019 Announcement

This year, 2019, ICWP has taken a decision not to bestow awards on theatres who achieve 50/50 gender equity in the playwrights that they produced in their seasons from July 2018 - June 2019. We are taking time to re-assess the extensive resources required: finance, volunteer hours and resources, and the ability of ICWP to acquire and maintain these resources.

Since the 50/50 Applause Awards were first instituted in 2012 we have seen the development of other theatre-monitoring projects such as " The Count" resourced by the Lilly Awards and the Dramatists Guild of America. " The Count" however uses different criteria from that used by ICWP and only covers theatres in the USA.

As an international organisation, we need to include other countries with a theatre tradition where we have members working as playwrights and where the record of gender equity for female dramatists varies enormously.

Those theatres, around the world, who continue to achieve 50/50 gender equity continue to command our respect and admiration and we applaud their efforts to put the works of women playwrights in front of audiences around the world in equal measure to male playwrights.

In this era where women's rights are being violated, standards of equality under attack and many of those rights that have been established by courageous campaigners are being eroded, it is vital that women's stories, imaginations and voices are included in the creative output of the global theatre community.

We welcome inquiries from organisations and individuals who would like to partner with ICWP to continue the 50/50 Applause Awards in 2020.

Awards Co-Chairs:

Patricia L. Morin
Margaret McSeveney

To contact us regarding the Awards, email awards@womenplaywrights.org

50/50 Applause Awards 2018

** Denotes Repeat Recipient

16th Street Theater**	Acadiana Repertory Theatre	Alberta Theatre Projects **
Berwyn, IL USA	Lafayette, LA USA	Calgary, Alberta Canada

Arkansas Repertory Theatre	Aurora Theatre Company**	Baxter Theatre Centre
Little Rock, AR USA	Berkeley, CA USA	Cape Town, South Africa

Belvoir St. Theatre	Berkeley Repertory Theatre	Burning Coal Theatre Company
Surry Hills, NSW Australia	Berkeley, CA USA	Raleigh, NC USA

Capital Stage Company	Catholic University of America	Centenary Stage Company**
Sacramento, CA USA	Hartke Theatre	Hackettstown, NJ USA
	Washington, DC USA

Central Works **	Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui	Checkpoint Theatre **
Berkeley, CA USA	Montreal, Quebec Canada	Singapore, Singapore

City Theatre Company **	Epic Theatre Company	Factory Theatre**
Pittsburgh, PA USA	Cranston, RI USA	Toronto, Ontario Canada

Geffen Playhouse	Globe Theatre **	Globus Theatre @ the LAB**
Los Angeles, CA USA	Regina, Saskatchewan Canada	Bobcaygeon, Ontario Canada

Great Canadian Theatre Company **	Griffin Theatre Company	HERE Arts Center **
Ottawa, Ontario Canada	Kings Cross NSW, Australia	New York, NY USA

Horizon Theatre Company**	Huntington Theatre Company	Imago Theatre **
Atlanta, GA USA	Boston, MA USA	Portland, Oregon USA

Jungle Theater	Key City Public Theatre **	Kitchen Theatre Company**
Minneapolis, MN USA	Port Townsend, WA USA	Ithaca, NY USA

Know Theatre of Cincinnati**	La Jolla Playhouse	Lab Theater Project
Cincinnati, OH USA	La Jolla, CA USA	Tampa, FL USA

Magic Theatre**	Marin Theatre Company **	Marjorie Lyons Playhouse,
San Francisco, CA USA	Mill Valley, CA USA	Centenary Theatre Program of Louisiana
		Shreveport, LA USA

MCC Theater	Mildred's Umbrella	New Jersey Repertory Company
New York, NY USA	Theater Company **	Long Branch, NJ USA
	Houston, TX USA

Northlight Theatre **	off the WALL Productions **	Open Stage of Harrisburg **
Skokie, IL USA	Carnegie, PA USA	Harrisburg, PA USA

Paul Robeson Theatre**	People's Light	Plan-B Theatre Company **
Buffalo, NY USA	Malvern, PA USA	Salt Lake City, UT USA

Playwrights Horizons **	Portland Stage Company	Prairie Theatre Exchange **
New York, NY USA	Portland, ME USA	Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

Rep Stage Howard	Round House Theatre **	Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Community College **	Bethesda, MD USA	Edinburgh, Scotland UK
Columbia, MD USA

Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre **	Shelterbelt Theatre**	Shotgun Players**
Winnipeg, MB Canada	Omaha, NE USA	Berkeley, CA USA

Signature Theatre Company**	South Coast Repertory **	Stages Theatre Company
New York, NY USA	Costa Mesa, CA USA	Hopkins, MN USA

Synchronicity Theatre**	Teatro Paraguas **	The Other Room
Atlanta, GA USA	Santa Fe, NM USA	Cardiff, Wales UK

University of Tennessee at	Wasa Teater
Chattanooga Theatre **	Vasa, Finland
Chattanooga, TN USA