Interview: Suzannah Herbert & Lauren Belfer
Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer‘s (pictured left) award-winning documentary WRESTLE follows four members of a high-school wrestling team in Huntsville, Alabama as they battle for the state championships and deal … Continue reading
Interview: Sofia Alvarez & Nicola Korzenko
Nicola Korzenko and Sofia Alvarez (pictured left) founded Blockchain Theater Project “to empower artists to produce the work they create, funded in part by cryptocurrency donations.” The company’s initial production, NYLON, written … Continue reading
WBW Brief: September 17, 2018
Pictured: Jaclyn Backhaus (Playwrights Horizons), Lauren Yee & Tanika Gupta (Adam Bennett) Playwriting Award: Jaclyn Backhaus and Lauren Yee are the winners of the 2018 Horton Foote Prize–lauded for India Pale … Continue reading
Interview: Gabri Christa
Born and raised in the Caribbean island nation of Curaçao, Gabri Christa has created an impressive body of work for stage and screen. Following her graduation from The School for … Continue reading
WBW Brief: September 2, 2018
Aretha Franklin & Barbara Harris RIP Aretha Franklin: Here’s Nelson George’s beautiful tribute (via Billboard) to Aretha Franklin. She touched billions of lives around the world, and anyone who has … Continue reading
Interview: Richa Rudola
Richa Rudola is an award-winning NYC-based filmmaker. Films were not a big part of Richa’s childhood growing up in India. It wasn’t until pursuing a statistics graduate degree in the … Continue reading
WBW Brief: August 12, 2018
Desiree Akhavan | photo credit: Katherine Anne Rose for the Observer Here’s the latest news in film and theater. Artistic Director Announced: Earlier this week, Stephanie Ybarra was named as … Continue reading
WBW Brief: June 27, 2018
Here’s a roundup of some recent news items about film festivals, films to watch, foundation support for women in the arts and more. Film Festival News: Here’s a look at … Continue reading
Interview: Sarah Wharton
Sarah Wharton is a New York-based actor, writer and producer. She stars in The Ring Thing, an incisive, moving film about same-sex marriage. The film mixes documentary footage of real-life … Continue reading
WBW Brief: May 17, 2018
Cannes Do: Black actresses protest racism within the film industry in France. 16 women–including Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Mata Gabin, Maïmouna Gueye, Eye Haïdara–decried not being considered for prestigious roles. Read more about … Continue reading
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