178 stories by "League of Professional Theatre Women"
Writer and Director New York, New York USA The play that changed my life would be Antigone. I was cast as Ismene for a radio production at Purdue University, where one of the theatre departm…
Producing Director at T. Schreiber Studio
 New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Art and music are a big inspiration for me. Whenever I need a pick-me-up a trip to …
Producer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Music, musicals, plays, friends and family! What's your favorite book / movie / line from a play / pop culture guilty pleas…
Playwright / Attorney New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Most often, in history " to the point where I've toyed with the idea of thanking The History Channel, should I…
Finance, production and general management New York, New York USA I was very lucky growing up. My parents are both professors and there was a summer stock at the college they taught at, so, …
Playwright/Theatre Director/Producer London, UK I am the granddaughter of Romanian Jewish immigrants raised with many languages and cultures; a mixture of Northern English working class vaud…
Director / Choreographer / Actor New York, New York USA When I was eight, my parents took me to see a production of Oklahoma " I was smitten. I especially remember a dancer in the show who w…
Administrator / Fundraiser New York, New York USA At age 90, my greatest inspiration comes from waking up and facing the day. I loved Providence but am happiest in NYC and grateful to LPTW f…
Theatre Director; Applied Theatre Practitioner New York, New York USA My best escape is a trip through the Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, following the Coast Range down towards the Kuc…
Dramaturg, Academic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA I find inspiration everywhere and I think it has something to do with the fact that I am the product of two teachers. My incredible par…
Performer/General Manager New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I look for inspiration in other peoples’ successes; a great play, a fabulous performance or a fun ev…
Playwright, Translator, Songwriter, Editor South Gate, California USA Where do you look for inspiration? Politics, poetry, music, film, literature and human experience What's your favorite b…
Theatre Director, Artistic Director, Producer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I am inspired by everything around us. As an artist (visual as well as theatre), I…
Performer / Writer / Director New York, New York USA I am inspired by everything that happens around me. Â I love storytelling and I see stories in everything that touches my life. The pla…
Playwright, actor New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Â Books, subway rides, memories What's your favorite book / movie / line from a play / pop culture guilty pleasu…
Actor, Director, Playwright, Teacher New York, New York USA Reading"Â A Love Story I love reading"That solo escape into other times, countries, people, and events; time spent in solitude w…
Actor, writer and theatre producer Nairobi, KENYA LPTW’s 30th anniversary coincides with my 50th (in April). The received wisdom is that women don't reveal their age, but in my part of…
Producer Brooklyn, New York USA My Name is Rachel Corrie changed my life. Radically. I was a junior in college, studying acting, studying abroad in London, and generally being 21 years old w…
Theater Writer/Producer Granby, Connecticut USA A Marriage Made in Heaven Being a critic allows for a perfect marriage of two of my passions: theater and writing. Both passions have known ea…
Performing Arts Administrator / Consultant, International Projects in the Arts New York, New York USA While working at The Laura Pels International Foundation, I was introduced to the distin…
Dramatist New York, New York USA For the past six years, the source of my inspiration has come from my research on Edmonia Lewis (1845-1911) who is the first woman of African-American and Na…
Actress, Producer New York, New York USA I often say that if I couldn't be an actress I'd be a private investigator or a historian. Researching different lives, times and places is a delicio…
Dramatist, Producer New York, New York USA I managed to get myself to The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe on Broadway more than once. After first being dazzled by Lily T…
Retired Arts Administrator, former Co- President of the League of Professional Theatre Women, 30th Anniversary Co-Chair New York, New York USA Always inspired by the work of other women and …
Artistic Director – Kabosh, Director Belfast IRELAND My favorite book is 'Grace Notes' by Bernard McLaverty " a superb piece of work about a creative Belfast woman. Amongst many theatr…
