Nominations are Open for the ICWP 50/50 Applause Awards

Nominations are open for The International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Applause Awards. This ICWP Award increases awareness and applauds theaters that produced a season with an equal or greater number of plays written by female playwrights.

Nominations will be accepted from Feb 15 – March 15, 2018. To make a Nomination follow this link: Nominations Online Form.

This award will be given to theatres internationally who have met the qualifying criteria. To be eligible for the 2018 International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Applause Award a theatre must meet the following conditions:

  1. Have at least three productions in their season.
  2. Have plays by both female and male dramatists in their season.
  3. At least 50% of the plays produced during the year must be the work of female playwrights.
  4. At least 50% of the total number of performances during the season must be the work of female playwrights. (Nominated theatres will be asked to provide this information.)
  5. Large Theatre companies operating more than one theatre venue can only have productions in the Main Stage theatre spaces.
  6. All performances in a single theatre space, produced between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018 will be included. 

What is eligible within a season? 

  1. Musicals with a book by a woman
  2. Full-length shows (70 mins or more)
  3. Puppet theatre
  4. Multi-media theatre
  5. Productions and Co-productions by in-house theatre companies

Who is NOT eligible?

  1. Festivals
  2. Development programs, including workshops, labs, colonies and retreats
  3. Theatre companies that produce plays by women playwrights only.
  4. Theatres with fewer than three productions in the qualifying period
  5. Theatres with only women playwrights represented in the qualifying period
  6. Productions by visiting companies
  7. Venues that are receiving houses only.

What is NOT eligible within a season? 

  1. Devised work
  2. One act festivals or shorts festivals
  3. Special Events
  4. Readings and staged readings

What is the process? 

  1. Nominations will be open February 15 – March 15, 2018 through an online nomination form. ANYONE can nominate a theatre.
  2. The Awards Committee will contact all nominated theaters for further qualifying information. Information will be due April 12, 2018. If a theatre does not submit the additional information, they will be disqualified from consideration.
  3. Recipients will be announced in May 2018.

Still have more questions? Please visit the ICWP website.

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