Happy Holidays from Works by Women!

supporting theatrical work written, directed, designed by women

IN THIS NEWSLETTER 12/16/14 We will be taking a holiday break from the newsletter. Your next one will be in your inbox on January 6th! Happy Holidays! Gifts that give back to women Discount code She's Beautiful When She's Angry Member Corner show See shows before they close! FEATURED When shopping for holiday gifts this year. Consider these organizations that give back to women. CORA A MONTHLY BOX OF ORGANIC PERIOD PRODUCTS  + TEA & CHOCOLATE DELIVERED MONTHLY TO YOUR DOOR  + A MONTH'S SUPPLY OF PADS GIVEN TO A GIRL IN NEED Safe and healthy products for you, safe and healthy products for her. GLOBAL GIRLFRIEND Women made. Fair trade. Each item you buy helps a girl go to primary or secondary school through the GROW program (Girls' Right to Opportunity Worldwide). THISTLE FARMS By hand, the women of Magdalene (abuse, trafficking, and addiction survivors) create natural bath and body products that are as good for the earth as they are for the body. Purchases of Thistle Farms products directly benefit the women by whom they were made. EXCLUSIVE MEMBER BENEFITS If you are receiving this message, you are a member of Works by Women and you have access to these exclusive benefits! LAST WEEK TO SEE THIS! Once Upon a Bride There was a Forest by Kristen Palmer directed by Heather Cohn Flux Theatre Ensemble 4th St Theatre 83 E 4th St East Village December 6, 2014 - December 20, 2014 lighting design: Kia Rogers  sound design: Janie Bullard costume design: Stephanie Levin  After Warren proposes to Josie, she decides she must make one last attempt to find her long-lost father before she walks down the aisle. What she finds instead is a dangerous, seductive world of secrets and magic from which she may not want to escape. Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest is a lyrical, haunting and surprisingly funny fairy tale about children and parents, forgetting and remembering, and the power of a good story to capture us or set us free.  USE CODE "WBW15" for $15 tickets  BUY TICKETS  ADVOCACY 'She's Beautiful When She's Angry' Tells The Feminist History Left Out Of Your School Textbook For many in the United States, the feminist movement has been reduced to vicious stereotypes that are still repeated today: feminists are angry, man-hating, childless, unmarried, and the awful list goes on and on. Watch Mary Dore's "She's Beautiful When She's Angry," and see that picture turn into a fun-house mirror reflection. The new documentary is a painstakingly researched dive into the heart of the women's movement from 1966-1973, through archives and interviews with scores of vibrant, passionate women. The Huffington Post spoke on phone to the film's director Mary Dore, READ MORE MEMBER CORNER In MEMBER CORNER, members of Works by Women can share productions they are working on which feature many women artists, but either have a run of less than 2 weeks or do not meet the 50/50 writer, director, design team Works by Women requires. If you would like your project to be included please email info@worksbywomen.org with the subject "Member Corner and Title of Your Show" Shakespeare Unplugged - Double Falsehood Judith Shakespeare Company NYC December 15-16-17-18 at 7:00 PM Shetler Studios' Penthouse (*please note: access to this space requires climbing one flight of stairs) 244 West 54th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues), NYC Tickets: $15 Suggested Donation at the door for Reservations (strongly suggested, as seating is limited): call/text: 917-275-7617 or email: judithshakespearecompany@gmail.com

Suggest a Show If your production (no readings, free events) has a creative team (writers, directors, designers) of at least 50% women and has a run of at least two weeks in a New York City venue, we would love to include it and maybe even bring our group to see it!  SUGGEST A SHOW PLEASE CONSIDER US IN YOUR HOLIDAY GIVING DONATE HERE SHOWS CLOSING THIS WEEK Smoke Horse Girls I See You Once Upon a Bride There was a Forest Daughters of Leda Me, My Mouth, and I SHOWS OPENING THIS WEEK          WWW.WORKSBYWOMEN.ORG