Every May, Parity Productions celebrates our birthday with a month-long Annual Pledge (#PledgeforParity). On May 16, 2016, Parity Productions arose from two separate longstanding non-profits – one a theatre production company, the other an advocacy organization for women in theatre – and immediately set to work serving women, trans, and gender-expansive artists in New York City theatre.
What the Pledge Is
A fundraiser | to support Parity Productions’ mission to empower women, trans, and gender-exansive artists in theatre
A celebration | of Parity’s accomplishments in the past year and how we are changing the theatrical landscape, with the help of supporters like you.
An invitation | to learn more about Parity’s mission, our productions and advocacy initiatives, and the artists we support
An engagement tool | to educate theatregoers about the state of gender parity in New York City theatre and what we’re doing to imporve it.
Why the Pledge is Different
It’s different because we’re different.
As a full-service theatre production company and advocacy organization for women, trans, and gender-expansive theatre artists, Parity
develops and produces work by women, trans, and gender-expansive playwrights
follows a 80% gender parity hiring practice for all our creative teams from table readings to full productions
provides tools to make it easier for our colleagues in the industry to practice 50% gender parity hiring in creative teams
models the change we wish to see in the NYC theatre industry, and promotes other theatre companies that embrace that change.