Who We Are

The League of Professional Theatre Women is a membership organization for professional theater women representing a diversity of identities, backgrounds, and disciplines. Through our programs and initiatives, we create community, cultivate leadership, and seek to increase opportunities and recognition for women in professional theatre.


OUR MISSION
To champion, promote, and celebrate the voices, presence and visibility of women theatre professionals and to advocate for parity and recognition for women in theatre across all disciplines.

WHAT WE DO

  • Provide networking, programming and professional development for our members. 
  • Spearhead vibrant public programming, initiatives and advocacy projects.
  • Highlight the contemporary and historic work and accomplishments of women in theatre-- both nationally and around the globe.
  • Advocate for change in policy and decision-making across the scope of our industry.


OUR 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:

  • Equity: To ensure fair treatment to all members and prospective members
  • Diversity: To honor each individual by acknowledging our differences with grace & respect.
  • Inclusion:  To build and nurture a community that fosters a diversity of expression and actively encourages all members to contribute.
  • Accessibility:  To provide open access to our events and programs for all members & guests.

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*
Co-Presidents –  Mary E. Hodges & Katrin Hilbe
Executive Vice President – Malini Singh McDonald
Co-VPs of Communications – Nancy Rhodes
VP of Membership –  Alisa Matlovsky 
Co-Secretaries –  Cheryl L. Davis
Treasurer – Melody Brooks

Board of Directors 
Abigail Zealey Bess 
Cate Cammarata 
Laura Caparrotti 
Diane Davis
Sherry Eaker
Annemarie Hagenaars
Tess Howsam
Susan Izatt 
Kim Marie Jones 
Tanya Khordoc 
Jenna Lazar
Kat Mustatea 
Wendy Peace 
Illana Stein
Cynthia Straus 

 

LEGACY COUNCIL
Margot Astrachan
Linda Chapman
Joan Firestone
Yvette Heyliger
Shellen Lubin
Lorca Peress
Sheilah Rae
Harriet Slaughter

 

STAFF
Administrative Director – Jhanaë Bonnick
Bookkeeper – Thomas Kelso

PRESS AGENT
Emily Owens PR

ADVISORY COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS  

Theresa Rebeck
Daryl Roth

ADVISORY COUNCIL 
Margot Astrachan 
Andre Bishop 
Rachel Chavkin 
Lisa D’Amour 
Jane Harmon 
Enid Nemy 
Lynn Nottage 
Estelle Parsons 
Phylicia Rashad 
Sarah Ruhl 
Tim Sanford 
Elizabeth Williams

PAST PRESIDENTS* 
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