Women's Voices Theater Festival (Washington D.C.)

In the Fall of 2015, the Washington, D.C. region’s professional theaters combined to produce the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. The festival consists of over 50 companies each presenting a world premiere production of a work by one or more female playwrights. The festival is claimed to be "the largest collaboration of theater companies working simultaneously to produce original works by female writers in history". The Coordinating Producers of the Women's Voices Theater Festival are Nan Barnett of the National New Play Network - (NNPN) and former NNPN General Manager Jojo Ruf. The honorary committee supporting the festival is chaired by first lady Michelle Obama and includes actors Allison Janney and Tea Leoni and playwrights Beth Henley, Quiara Alegria Hudes and Lynn Nottage. rdf:langString