178 stories from The League of Professional Theatre Women
LPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
Producer, Actress, Writer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? People My favorite current quotes “Any idea that isn’t dangerous is unworthy of being called a…
Playwright New York, New York USA When I look for inspiration among playwrights, I look to Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, Laurents and Sondheim. The attention paid to crafting ri…
Assistant Lecturer / Actress Cairo, Egypt and New York, New York USA (til Feb 2013) I’m in love with performances. When I saw an experimental play on Hamlet in a festival in Sweden 199…
Actor/Writer/Producer/Youth-Arts Advocate New York, New York USA What play or production changed your life? i actually kind of bookmark my life by plays… like BIG RIVER, the first play…
Director/ Producer New York, New York USA What's your favorite pop culture guilty pleasure? My favorite guilty pleasure is that I can (and do) watch PRIDE & PREJUDICE every time it's on.…
Phew! We’ve filled Blog30 with interesting League members every single day since 2012 kicked off " that’s 5 whole months of blog posts! So we’re thinking maybe it’s o…
LPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
Classically Trained Operatic singer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Â A still small voice " when I am very quiet What's your favorite line from a play? "intermis…
Lighting Designer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Nature What's your favorite book? Open by Andre Agassi What play or production changed your life? None Is there an…
Stage Manager, Director-in-Training New York, New York USA What's your favorite cocktail? Brandy Alexander (my Aunt Dorothy’s recipe) What play or production changed your life? Louisvi…
Playwright / Professor New York, New York USA Inspiration, perspiration, persuasion (with an accent) Inspiration? In newspapers, magazines, TV/radio shows (yes, even reality shows), books, b…
LPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
Actor, Potter, Teacher, Director New York, New York + Ohio USA What play or production changed your life? From Stoppard's Arcadia I learned what life was all about. If we could define a leaf…
Executive Director, WomenArts " Non-profit Arts Manager San Francisco, California USA Where do you look for inspiration? I am inspired by our history. I love reading about women's accomplish…
Producing Artistic Director / Literary Manager New York, New York USA What's your favorite book / movie? I am a huge lover of animals. Many dog and horse books. My favorite non-fiction dog b…
Producer New York, New York USA I never look for inspiration, it just happens. Went to brunch last weekend, discussing my Bully Project and suddenly a major idea popped into my head. I think…
Writer, Actor, Director Florida and New York, USA Where do you look for inspiration? People, places, plays and privacy What's your favorite book / To Kill a Mockingbird favorite movie / Too …
Casting Director New York, New York USA 
Where do you look for inspiration? On the streets of New York What's your favorite book " The Princess Bride, Adventures in the Screen Trade/ m…
LPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
Dramaturg New York, New York USA I find my inspiration in nature, in lively-minded theater and the arts. I find my inspiration in the streets of New York, “rain or shine." My favorite …
Playwright New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? The rhythms of everyday language. History. The sea. What's your favorite line from a play? My two favorites are: “W…
Director / Event Producer / Executive Coach Brooklyn, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Visual arts: museum or galleries; plus, I dabble in watercolor, create found-object coll…
Playwright New York, New York USA The Play that Changed My Life Growing up in my working class neighborhood only one hour and two trains away from New York City (you had to change in Jamaica…
Actor, Stage Manager New York, New York USA It's Wonderful to Know Where You Belong. A financial adviser recently asked me, “When do you want to retire?” “I don’t,…
