YOU SHOULD KNOW HER: Building a More Accessible Broadway
Join us for the second in-person installment of our multimedia series “You Should Know Her,” as BWA Co-Founder (and Audience Rewards Executive Vice President) Katie Dalton moderates a conversation about theater and accessibility. Panelists include Sarah Hom (Director of Audience Services, Roundabout Theatre Company), Sarah Kenny (Senior Manager of Education, Access, & Inclusion for Disney Theatrical Group) and Becky Leifman (Executive Director, CO/LAB Theater Group), who will offer their personal and professional insights and expertise on making the industry more welcoming to disabled audiences, staff, and artists, and the resources available for all of us to build awareness and support these efforts. Space is extremely limited. After the conversation, please join us at Sardi's on the second floor for drinks and mingling.
RSVP HERE
MINI HEADSHOTS SESSION!
“ALRIGHT, MR. DEMILLE, I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP”
Do you need a new headshot, or maybe your very first professional photo? We’d love to help! Come get yours and donate to the BWA while you’re at it!
DATES: Wednesday, October 18 and Thursday, October 19
LOCATION: Playbill Offices, 729 7th Ave 4th floor, New York, NY 10019
COST: A minimum $50 donation to the Broadway Women’s Alliance, which can be made here
DELIVERABLES: 10 raw photos from which you can choose 2 photos to be retouchedHeadshots will be taken on a plain seamless background, and scheduled in 15-minute intervals. Limited spots available and will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
To sign up, please use this link and then send your (minimum) $50 donation to BWA here and make sure to say “BWA Headshots” in the Comments section.
Happy Hour - Peachy Keen
Come celebrate the launch of the fall season with the Broadway Women's Alliance! Join us for a "back to school" Happy Hour at Peachy Keen for booze, bites and Broadway. Feel free to drop by for as long as your schedule allows! RSVP HERE
You Should Know Her: Shaping Broadway's Public Persona
One of the most critical roles in theater is shaping the public perception of Broadway shows and attracting audiences. Join us for our first You Should Know Her in-person event with women whose creativity and strategic thinking have been essential to the success of Broadway. From their groundbreaking work to modern-day efforts, this conversation features the work of marketers, publicists, photographers, journalists, and content creators working in the theater.
Panelists include Irene Gandy (publicist and producer), Sara Krulwich (photographer, The New York Times), Diep Tran (Editor-in-Chief, Playbill), and Tina Wargo (Senior Social Media Manager, TodayTix), and will be moderated by BWA co-founder Diana Salameh (VP, Brand Integration, Serino Coyne).
This event will be held on Wednesday, 3/29 at iHeartRadio, in partnership with iHeartRadio Broadway, 125 West 55th Street, 12th floor and will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. Drinks to follow Haswell Green’s.
SELF-LOVE 101: Mastering the Art of Loving You(So You Can Have the Life You Want!)
Self-love sounds like a simple thing and in an ideal world, it would be. And yet, how many of us treat ourselves worse than we'd ever treat someone else? In this workshop, we'll go over the fundamental concepts of self-love and how understanding yourself & self-care can up the amount of self-love in your life. Join licensed psychotherapist (and Broadway fan!) Rachel Wright for this session. RSVP Here.
Psychotherapist Rachel Wright (she/her) is recognized as one of the freshest voices on modern relationships, mental health, and sex. She is an experienced speaker, group facilitator, educator, therapist, coach, and on-camera mental health and relationship expert.
With a Master’s Degree in clinical psychology, Rachel Wright has worked with thousands of humans worldwide, helping them scream less and screw more. She has brought her message to stages across the globe, was SHAPE Magazine’s Sex + Relationships Coach, and creator of the virtual workshop series What You Wish You Learned in School: Sex Ed and is currently one of mindbodygreen’s article review experts.
Rachel has been featured widely in the media, including on Cheddar TV, as a regular contributor to SHAPE, INSIDER, mbg, and InStyle, plus Cosmopolitan Magazine, PIX 11 (NYC), InStyle, Women’s Health, NBC News Radio, Huffington Post, CTV (Canada), and hundreds of other outlets.
Rachel lives in New York City and misses live theatre so much. You can probably find her in PJs eating gluten-free food with one of her partners if she’s not working! Learn more at www.rachelwrightnyc.com or connect in her cozy corner of Instagram, @thewright_rachel.
WHEN YOU'RE GOOD TO MAMA
Keturah Shapiro (Shubert Organization) moderates a conversation with Myriah Bash (Disney Theatrical Productions), Ashley Berman (Foresight Theatrical), Fatima Figarola (Broadway Inbound) and Marci Kaufman Meyers (Serino Coyne), all BWA Mamas with their very own Broadway Babies (and older kids too!), for a candid discussion about raising kids in the industry, the ways we can improve conditions for future Broadway Moms, and how to support working mothers in the theater. So if you’re already a mom, thinking about becoming a mom, or just want to support moms - Mamma Mia this conversation is for you! RSVP HERE
YOU SHOULD KNOW HER: Next Gen Female Producers
Get to know some of the up and coming dynamic producers who are challenging the traditional boundaries of theatrical producing across sectors and thinking critically about what is possible for the industry’s future. Curated by the founders of The Business of Broadway, this roundtable conversation will feature Cynthia Tong, Marie Cisco and Jen Hoguet with BWA member Rachel Sussman from Business of Broadway serving as moderator.
More information on The Business of Broadway (BoB)
The Business of Broadway was founded by Erica Rotstein, Heather Shields, Rachel Sussman and Dana M. Lerner. We teach classes designed to democratize knowledge around how the commercial theatre business operates in order to lay the groundwork for more effective, transparent and nonhierarchical future collaborations; to allow you to urgently challenge the ways in which the business has historically operated; and to consider how we can build a more equitable industry model that serves everyone when we can gather again. www.thebusinesssofbroadway.com @bizofbway
YOU SHOULD KNOW HER: Women Inside the Theater
As the front line workers of our industry and faces that welcome our audiences back to Broadway, we want to spend time learning about and celebrating what they do, what makes a great leader, how we can be better collaborators, and how we can amplify their lives and careers.
Join us to meet Tiffani Gavin (House Manager, Marquis Theatre), Cathy Kwon (Company Manager), Sherry McIntyre (Chief Usher, Barrymore Theatre), and Susan Sunday (House Manager, August Wilson Theatre), who will share their unique experiences working inside the theater. The conversation will be moderated by BWA co-founder Tracy Geltman.
FROM BROADWAY TO CAPITOL HILL: THE POWER OF POLITICS, THEATER, AND COMMUNITY
Terri McCullough, Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, joins Tony Award-winner Celia Keenan-Bolger and Broadway’s most in-demand director Schele Williams to discuss activism, community, motherhood, leadership and why theater and politics make strange bedfellows. Join us for the exciting off-the-record conversation moderated by Tony Award-nominated producer Diana DiMenna (“What the Constitution Means to Me”).
BWA BOOKCLUB: Writers & Lovers by Lily King
As announced last month, our March book selection is Writers & Lovers by Lily King.
Writers & Lovers follows Casey--a smart and achingly vulnerable protagonist--in the last days of a long youth, a time when every element of her life comes to a crisis. Written with King's trademark humour, heart, and intelligence, Writers & Lovers is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another.
BWA Book Club: Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
Join the #bwa-books Slack channel to meet your fellow book babes before the meeting, and come ready to discuss the book—your thoughts, your questions, everything! RSVP HERE
BWA x Open Stage Project TRIVIA NIGHT!
The first ever Trivia Night hosted by the amazingly talented and BWA member and Marketing Director at Open Stage, Mary Ragus! This event will be open to family and friends or whoever you think can help you WIN! RSVP HERE
CELEBRATING WOMEN: Trailblazers & Emerging Leaders
We are partnering with WOCA (Women of Color in the Arts) for ‘Celebrating Women: Trailblazers & Emerging Leaders', a curated panel and conversation led by Aaliytha Stevens, COO SpotCo. RSVP Here.
Learn more about our panelists HERE