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Lizzie Simon's avatar

I love Adam and his taste and PH - but am also insulted and offended and disappointed that there are no women writers in the upcoming season. Did Adam share an explanation? A justification?

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Risa Mickenberg, Editor's avatar

This is incredible. Thank you for being there and sharing it.

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Laura Ekstrand's avatar

I also appreciate this report, but like Lizzie Simon, am curious if you received any response, satisfying or not, from Adam or anyone else.

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kaufman57@gmail.com's avatar

Thanks for sharing. How can we discover their response—any ideas?

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Brooke Berman's avatar

I would say, apart from the obvious intermittent Googling, follow The Lilly’s and Julia Jordan and maybe also Lisa Kron? I don’t know if there will be a response, honestly, but I’m glad we were heard.

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Brooke Berman's avatar

well i personally would not have received any response, im just an individual who attended this meeting. i am not any of the people that any of the other people would be in

communication with. i’m literally just sharing Theresa’s excellent statement.

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Laura Ekstrand's avatar

Agree! It is excellent! I meant in person, during this discussion. Or perhaps it was more of a presentation than a discussion...?

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Brooke Berman's avatar

There were no responses, really, during the event. It was not a presentation, it was not a discussion, it was a Town Hall — a chance to air grievances and be heard. Adam did speak to one or points but for the most part, I think he was listening. In my humble opinion, the fact that it happened, it sold out (people were turned away because of seating capacity) and we’re talking and writing about it is a good message to Artistic Directors. If you program a season that excludes 51% of the population, there will be pushback.

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Emma Goldman-Sherman's avatar

Thank you for sharing this! I appreciate it.

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