Over the course of the last 31 years, our 4-day, 6-program Annual Festival has presented close to 700 solo performers from around the globe, including performers from Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, and India, and disciplines that include theatre, dance, storytelling, performance poetry, performance art, song, music, and stand-up comedy. LAWTF is committed to reflecting the progressive attitude of Los Angeles by bringing audiences a lineup of performers who represent our larger community and are diverse in age, ethnicity, and culture.

Join Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival’s “DECEMBER MONTH OF GIVING”

Funding from this 2024 End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign will go toward our 32nd Annual Festival. Donations will support our 2025 programming, marketing, operations, and artist stipends.

Since our founding in 1993, the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) has successfully honored our mission of developing and presenting female solo artistry through year-round multidisciplinary programming. LAWTF’s crown jewel event is our exciting Annual Festival that celebrates and gives voice to diverse women in theatre by way of performances and five Annual Theatre Awards.

Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival will celebrate our 32nd Annual Festival March 27 – 30, 2025. 

With the support of our Honorary Chairpersons, Danny Glover and Hattie Winston, along with a strong team, a powerful mission at our core, and our many supporters over three decades, we invite you to join hands as a contributor to the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival!

JOIN LAWTF'S UPCOMING EVENTS!

PAIGE WILHIDE

PAIGE WILHIDE

KATHRYN TAYLOR SMITH

KATHRYN TAYLOR SMITH

CLARINDA ROSS

FESTIVAL TESTIMONIALS​
  • “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

DEPARTMENT OF 

CULTURAL AFFAIRS

FALL’S FEATURED GOVERNMENT GRANTOR

As a leading, progressive arts and cultural agency, DCA empowers Los Angeles’s vibrant communities by supporting and providing access to quality visual, literary, musical, performing, and educational arts programming; managing vital cultural centers; preserving historic sites; creating public art; and funding services provided by arts organizations and individual artists.

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.

THANK YOU TO OUR GOVERNMENT GRANTORS AND SPONSORS