5/06/2015

Drama Desk Nominee "The Other Mozart" Extended Thru May 30th!



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Drama Desk Nominee The Other Mozart 
Extended Thru May 30th!


The Players' Theatre
115 MacDougal St.
3rd Floor
New York, NY
May 7th - May 10th

Little Matchstick Factory's THE OTHER MOZART is the true and untold story of Nannerl Mozart, the sister of Amadeus - a prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history. LEARN MORE       
"Strikingly Beautiful." - The New York Times
USE CODE "MUSICBOX" FOR $35 TICKETS! 


WRITTEN, DIRECTED, AND DESIGNED BY WOMEN!

Turn To Flesh Productions
WorkShop Theatre
312 W. 36th St.
New York, NY
May 9th, 2015 - 23rd, 2015


This May at WorkShop Theater we will start
A play that explores business versus art.
(It's also the first verse play we have seen
Set at an in-flight airline magazine.)

Come see IN FLIGHT, where language soars like birds
And turns of phrase are never merely words.

USE CODE "TTFFND
FOR $10 Tickets (Regular $15)







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Drama of Works
The Waterfront Museum/Lehigh Valley Barge
29 Conover St., Red Hook
Brooklyn, NY
May 11th - May 31st, 2015

The Female Pirate Project is a devised piece that examines the history of female pirates. We want to share the stories of these incredible and dangerous women with you. LEARN MORE



USE CODE "BANDITS" FOR $10 Tickets (Regular $15)
Offer valid thru May 8th


written by Joanna Adams
Boomerang Theatre Company
at Teatro Circulo Mainstage
64 East 4th Street
New York, NY
May 1st - May 17th, 2015


Three extraneous Danish court officials: a professional loud mouth (the buttonholer), a kiss ass for hire (the lickspittle) and a successful dastard (the go-between) are tossed out of court just as Denmark's merchant fleet becomes of strategic importance in the Napoleonic war. LEARN MORE

 
USE CODE "BOOMWBW" FOR $15 Tickets (Regular $25)


written by Karen Lewis
directed by Audrey Alford
Ivy Theatre Company
4th St. Theater
83 East 4th St.
New York, NY
May 1st - May 16th, 2015


Perfect Daughter... Perfect Sister... With her family's reality fractured by early-onset dementia, how far will Kathy go to be The Perfect Wife?

USE CODE "worksbywomen" FOR $15 Tickets (Regular $18)





MEMBER CORNERMEMBER

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"


New Perspectives Theatre
458 W. 35th St.
New York, NY
May 9th - 10th, 2015
11:00 AM

Using puppets and live actors, award-winning writer Rick Balian tells the story of a twin brother and sister that plan to bake themselves a birthday cake. Things start to go wrong when they ask their neighbors for help with the ingredients. LEARN MORE
Suitable for ages 4-12.


The Irish Repertory Theatre
D2R Theatre
103 E. 15th St.
New York, NY
April 15th - June 7th, 2015

A wry and  bittersweet portrait of a city at war, The Belle of Belfast forces us to consider what is wrong and what is righteous. LEARN MORE

 
USE CODE "IRISHREP" FOR $20 OFF ON TICKETS UNTIL MAY 10TH (Regular $70)


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! 


5/04/2015

WMM: NYWIFT and Chicken & Egg Pics tomorrow!




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PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NEWS 

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs by Grace Lee won a Peabody Award. Congrats on this honor!

Congrats to Sophie Deraspe, whose film THE AMINA PROFILE won the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs! 

WINNING GIRL by Kimberlee Bassford will have its broadcast premiere on WORLD Channel's America ReFramed, May 12th for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. 

1971 by Johanna Hamilton will have its PBS broadcast on Independent Lens on May 18th. 


You can donate to these active Indiegogo campaigns: 

By critically acclaimed filmmaker Julie Dash, this film chronicles the life of Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor who changed the way we talk about women, race and food. Click here for more info & to donate.

sports documentary that follows high school fencers dueling to stand out on college applications. Directed by Holly BuechelClick here for more info & to donate.


Women Make Movies gratefully acknowledges the support of our funders: The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 

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Join us tomorrow for a Meet the Funder workshop with NYWIFT and Chicken & Eggs Pictures! Don't miss this great opportunity,
    
Tuesday, May 5th | 6:30pm
$35.00 (Reg Rate) | $25.00 (WMM Partner & Filmmaker Rate) 

Both NYWIFT (New York Women in Film & Television) and Chicken and Egg provide funds for women filmmakers. NYWIFT's "Fund for Women Filmmakers," offers several small grants including an In-Kind Post-Production Grants, a Directing Award and Marketing and Promotion grant for a dramatic feature film while Chicken & Egg Pictures supports women non-fiction filmmakers dedicated to well-crafted storytelling to catalyze social change. Since 2005, Chicken & Pictures has awarded $3.3 million. Joining us will be Terry Lawler, NYWIFT's Executive Director and Jenni Wolfson, Chicken and Egg Pictures' Executive Director to share information about their grant programs, the application process and to answer your questions. Register here
 
Check out our next Workshop! 


Impact, Outreach, Engagement, what do they mean, how do they differ and how do you go about creating a campaign tailored to the issues raised by your film? Join us for a nuts and bolts conversation about the growing importance of social change campaigns and how to go about crafting a game plan best suited to your project. Register here
  
See the full list of Spring workshops here


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