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IN THIS NEWSLETTER 3/10/15 LPTW Big Mingle and Online Auction HBOAccess Writing Fellowship Application Open! New discount codes for Works by Women members! Member Corner Shows SHOWS CLOSING THIS WEEK SHOWS OPENING THIS WEEK Irreversible FEATURE BUY TICKETS 2015 LPTW AUCTION -- OPEN UNTIL MARCH 17!   The auction will run through Tuesday, March 17 with items ranging from Broadway tickets to Hugh Jackman recording your voicemail message!  CLICK HERE TO BEGIN BIDDING OPPORTUNITIES HBOAccess Writing Fellowship HBO has announced the launch of the HBOAccess Writing Fellowship which will begin accepting applications on March 4, 2015. The program will give emerging writers from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to attend a week of master classes held at the HBO campus in Santa Monica, California focusing on character and story development, pitching ideas and projects, securing an agent, and networking. Deadline: When 1000 submissions have been reached READ MORE HERE   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! Abundance The Beckett Theatre Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street, NYC Feb 17, 2015 - Mar 28, 2015 From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Crimes of the Heart, comes the breathtaking tall tale of Bess and Macon, two mail-order brides lured to the plains of Wyoming by the promise of new beginnings. Beth Henley's fierce and funny adventure spans a 25 year friendship as wild and unpredictable as the untamed West itself, unearthing along the way, the dark underside of American mythology and the unbreakable bonds of female friendship. USE CODE "TRABWBW" FOR $44.75 TICKETS (USUALLY $59.25)  BUY TICKETS Bright Half Life New York City Center Stage II 131 West 55th Street, NYC Feb 17, 2015 - Mar 22, 2015 Bright Half Life is a new play by Pulitzer Prize nominee Tanya Barfield and directed by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman. Starring Rebecca Henderson (Appropriate Behavior) and Rachael Holmes (Ruined), the play is a moving love story that spans decades in an instance from marriage, children, skydiving and the infinite moments that make a life together. USE CODE "BHL35" FOR $35 TICKETS (USUALLY $60)  BUY TICKETS  Everything You Touch Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce St, NYC Jan 28, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015 Victor is a ruthless fashion designer in the 1970s at the top of his game. Esme, his glamorous protégé and muse, is pushed aside when an ordinary Southern woman inspires Victor to make his artistry accessible to the masses. A generation later, a woman grappling with a healthy dose of self-loathing must wrestle her own family demons to find her way through the world of fashion that won't give a woman her size a second look. Skipping back and forth in time, Everything You Touch is a viciously funny look at the struggle to find an identity that's more than skin deep. USE CODE "RRMEYT" FOR $39.50 TICKETS (USUALLY $56)   BUY TICKETS  The Nether MCC Theater at The Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher St Feb 4, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015 There is a new immersive realm for the senses online, a virtual playground where those who plug in are coaxed into acting out their darkest fantasies--with no consequences in the "real" world. Or so it seems... until a young female detective begins an investigation to determine if there is a point at which thought or intention may actually constitute a crime within--and outside of--this new frontier. Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Jennifer Haley's The Nether is a haunting thriller that will make you question when the fantastic becomes too real. USE CODE "NETHERCP" FOR $39-$49 TICKETS (USUALLY $69-$75) BUY TICKETS 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" Lola and the Planet of Glorious Diversity by Robin Rice Lichtig Alchemical Theatre Laboratory 104 West 14th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10011 March 11 - March 15, 2015 LOLA AND THE PLANET OF GLORIOUS DIVERSITY, by Robin Rice Lichtig, is a large-cast, full-length play with movement and music. It tells the story of what happens when a group of young people try to create a new and better world.   USE CODE "iceskating" FOR $9 TICKETS (USUALLY $18) BUY TICKETS  4x15 - Round 9 Musical Theatre Factory 250 W. 40th Street, 4th Floor, NYC  Sunday, March 15 at 7:00pm   Join us for a unique opportunity to participate in making musical theatre! In our 4×15 series, we showcase four new shows by up-and-coming writers in four 15-minute staged presentations. Each creative team will have 5 hours to workshop the strongest (or most troublesome) excerpt of their piece. A cast of MTF volunteer performers will then have 15 minutes to present each excerpt before an audience and a panel of industry professionals. The audience is invited to offer supportive feedback to the writers and creative teams. Come enjoy a refreshment at the Factory, and get in on the creative process!  BUY TICKETS

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 www.worksbywomen.org