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Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival
Home to well over 700 multidisciplinary and multicultural solo artists from around the globe since 1993.
The Annual 4-day Festival celebrates female voices and honors the achievements of extraordinary women in theatre.

LAWTF Circle,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We at LAWTF hope you are all off to a great start this New Year!

We are delighted to announce that we have exceeded our 2025 Year-End Fundraiser goal. (We reached well over our goal of $5,000!)

Many thanks to all who contributed in any amount to join us in making it to the finish line!

We value each and every one of you.

We will earmark your giving for our 2026 programming and performer stipends.

We so appreciate your continued support and will name your benefits at the level you have donated. A  personal THANK YOU letter with your benefits will follow.

If anyone is reading this and has not given (or wants to contribute more!) you can always donate on this website beyond this Give Lively Crowdfunder in support of our many programs.

We look forward to seeing you at our 33rd Annual Festival March 26 – 29, 2026, “THE STRENGTH WE CARRY!

We have a powerful, diverse and magical line-up awaiting you this year!

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2026 Festival Nominations

We are now accepting nominations for our 2026 Festival Award Nominees in the following categories:

ETERNITY AWARD: Presented to an artist or individual whose lifetime achievements have made a lasting contribution to world of theatre.

INTEGRITY AWARD: Presented to an artist or individual who has brought credibility and dignity to her work.

MAVERICK AWARD: Presented to an artist or individual whose work has set a high standard of individuality and self-styled creativity.

RAINBOW AWARD: Presented to an artist or individual for her diverse contributions in fostering non-traditional and multicultural theatre works.

INFINITY AWARD: Presented to an artist who has passed on and leaves behind a legacy that will always be remembered.

Please click on the link below to submit your nomination

The 2026 Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 26, 2026, with the Awards Ceremony directly following.

Please submit nominations by January 15, 2026

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Thank You for an Unforgettable 32nd Annual Festival –
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  • “Thank you so much for ALL you do for so, so many! I am truly humbled and deeply moved by this recognition. I am so thrilled to be able to introduce such amazing women to LAWTF.” LAWTF 2021 Integrity Awardee

    Akuyoe Graham

  • “Adilah Barnes and the women who run this festival are Grade A. The talent at this festival and the quality of the shows are outstanding. Honored to have performed my critically acclaimed solo show, My Brooklyn Hamlet twice. Once for the festival and once for a Best of the Fest fundraiser. Excited to be called back to be a guest panelist for Empowerment Day in August. Always inspired by my fellow presenters and the amazing women who show up to learn how to bring their stories and talent into the world in a bigger way.”

    Brenda Adelman

  • “Such talent, brilliance, and camaraderie amongst us for this 29th Annual Festival “Beyond Boundaries”!! BRAVA each and e-ver-y-one!! It was a joy to Co-Host! STELLAR is an excellent virtual venue to present from… but, onward and upward… My guests enjoyed the show immensely, every minute, and cannot WAIT for us to go live in 2023!!” LAWTF Advisory Board Member, and Festival Co-Host

    Jahna Houston

  • Thank you sincerely for acknowledging my work as an emerging playwright and solo show artist. It was a pleasure to meet so many talented women sharing their experiences and stories. More importantly, thank you for being a resource and safe space to present work that is outside of the mainstream and is as provocative as they are entertaining. I was truly honored to be invited and I hope to work with LAWTF in the very near future.” — Festival Performer

    Sandra Booker

OUR 2025 SPONSORS

Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival organization is supported and made possible in part by: Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, California Arts Council, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Burbank, 4Imprint, KPFK 90.7 FM and Adilah Barnes Productions.

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The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization that is supported, in part, by generous donations from our audiences and supporters.

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