Women’s Leadership Conference—A.C.T & Wellesley Center (2016)

In 2013, American Conservatory Theater commissioned the Wellesley Centers for Women to conduct a study that would help us to better understand the specific obstacles to greater gender parity amongst leaders in our field, to put a more detailed face to the slow pace of change, and to articulate methods for encouraging change. This study is part of a much larger national conversation, happening within LORT, within TCG, within the halls and rehearsal studios of theatres across America, and we are thrilled to be part of this energetic commitment to new thinking and new ways of imagining theatre leadership for the twenty-first century.

Associate Artistic Director, Erin Washington, Artistic Director Carey Perloff, Artistic Director, A.C.T.

Presentation of research Ineke Ceder, Research Associate, WCW Sumru Erkut, Senior Scholar,

WCW Panel Response Seema Sueko, Deputy Artistic Director, Arena Stage

Shafer Mazow, Senior Grants Manager, Exploratorium

Michele Shay, Independent actress, director, and producer

Elena Chang, Associate Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, TCG

Anne Kauffman, Board Member, SDC

Rhodessa Jones, Co-Artistic Director, Cultural Odyssey.

FINAL REPORT HERE.