In 2015, the League of Professional Theater Women conducted a study of New York theaters and their employment of female theater-makers over a five year span. They found that less than half of the jobs on a given production are held by women. 2012-2013 saw the highest amount of plays by female writers -- 36%. That same year, only 8% of lighting designers were women. When theaters did hire women, th
ey often hired the same several people over and over again*. We're sick of these statistics. So we've set out to do something about them. We nurture and celebrate women, non-binary, trans and people of underrepresented genders artists (playwrights, directors, actors, and designers) and develop plays that represent the complex and vast spectrum of womanhood. The Hearth produces plays that explore characters who pulse with emotional, intellectual, and psychological complexity. We seek to challenge stereotypes, advance and complicate the conversation about feminism, and expand perceptions of what it means to be a woman.
