Sponsored by ICWP (see Event Video below)

Report by Catherine Aselford

The Georgetown Theatre Company, in collaboration with Women In Film & Video, presented 29 different arts events at 5 different venues, featuring the work of more than 80 artists over a period of 9 hours on Saturday, March 28, 2010.  Events included:

•    sketch comedy, a fiction reading and a composer/musician at MOCA DC Gallery;
•    staged readings of 14 plays at Grace Church and MOCA DC Gallery;
•    screening of 6 films at CDIA Boston at the Foundry;
•    Storytelling, poetry and a monologuist at Hickcok Cole and Barnes & Noble;
•    discussions with women artists, a one-woman play and performance art at Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

All the plays, poetry, stories, music, films, and sketch comedy was written and directed by women artists and the entire event was presented free of charge.  Participating artists included 4 poets, 18 playwrights, 13 stage directors, 42 actors, 2 storytellers, one composer, various film makers and a psychotherapist.

Because the event is free, and audience comes and goes between readings and performances, we can only estimate the number of people who came (at different times and to different venues) to enjoy DC SWAN Day 2010.  We believe that approximately 600 people attended the various DC SWAN Day programs.

SWAN Day received press coverage in the “Style” Section of The Washington Post, on “Voice Box” an Arlington Independent Media (cable television) program, on “Metro Connection” on National Public Radio (WAMU), and may be featured after-the-fact on Current TV.