Who We Are
The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) is a membership organization championing women in theatre and advocating for increased equity and access for all theatre women. Our programs and initiatives create community, cultivate leadership, and increase opportunities and recognition for women working in theatre. WHAT WE DO
We need your creativity, your voice, your activism!
OUR MISSION
LPTW champions women in theatre. Our programs promote networking, collaboration, training, and increased equity and access for all theatre women+ OUR CORE VALUES The League of Professional Theatre Women values the individual talents, skills, and artistry of all theatre women represented in our industry. In the spirit of full inclusion of all our varied identities, we are committed to a culture of EDIA:
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By embracing these principles, LPTW opens a pathway to greater understanding of all its members and an appreciation of how we can best serve one another. We commit to an environment of transparency for all members: providing access to information, resources and services within our professional network. We are dedicated to holding ourselves accountable to these values with continued oversight and education.We welcome you to be a part of the League of Professional Theatre Women. We need your creativity, your voice, your activism!*race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, tribe, socio-economic status, thinking and communication styles.
Board and Staff
OFFICERS* Michole Biancosino Karen Cecilia Christine Cirker Annemarie Hagenaars Tanya Khordoc Jenna Lazar Illana Stein Cynthia Straus Suzanne Willet LEGACY COUNCIL Margot Astrachan Linda Chapman
Joan Firestone
Yvette Heyliger
Shellen Lubin
Lorca Peress
Sheilah Rae
Harriet Slaughter
Ludovica Villar-Hauser
Administrative Director – Jhanaë Bonnick Bookkeeper – Timely Totals Social Media Manger - Amber Kiara
ADVISORY COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS ADVISORY COUNCIL PAST PRESIDENTS* Mary E. Hodges 2020-2022 Shellen Lubin 2019-2021 Catherine Porter 2018-2020 Kelli Lynn Harrison 2017-2019 Lisa Rothe 2016-2018 Carmel Owen 2015-2017 Pamela Hunt 2014-2016 Maxine Kern 2013-2015 Lorca Peress 2011-2014 Kristin Marting 2011-2013 Rachel Reiner 2009-2011 Naomi Grabel 2009-2011 Lynne Rogers 2007-2009 Joan Firestone 2005-2007 Sheilah Rae 2003-2005 Harriet Slaughter 1999-2003, 2005-2007 Isobel Robins 1999-2003 Shari Upbin 1994-1999 Kathleen Gaffney 1992-1994 Amie Brockway 1992-1994 Lynda Sturner 1988-1992 Berenice Weiler 1988-1992 Billie Allen 1984-1988 Doris Cole Abrahams 1984-1988 Julia Miles 1982-1984 *also on Advisory Council |