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🎭 Amplifying Women’s Voices in Theatre Since 1993
✨ Empowerment • Legacy • Community
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Ready to make an impact? 🎬✨ LAWTF is calling for Ready to make an impact? 🎬✨ LAWTF is calling for volunteers for our 33rd Annual Festival, happening March 26–29! We’re looking for passionate, reliable, and creative individuals to help us bring this incredible event to life. Volunteer opportunities include: 🎟 Box Office / Raffle / Merchandise Sales 🍽 Catering Assistants 🎨 Decorators 💄 Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists 📸 Photographers 🎤 Red Carpet & Exit Interviewers 🎁 Swag Bag Stuffers 🔧 Set Up / Breakdown Crew 🎬 Technical / Backstage Crew 🎭 Ushers 📹 Videographers …and more! Your time and talents help us create an unforgettable festival experience while supporting LAWTF’s mission of advocacy, empowerment, and storytelling. ✨ Join our volunteer team and be part of something meaningful. Click the link in our bio or go to LAWTF.org to sign up today!
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It’s the first #MotivationalMonday of March, and a It’s the first #MotivationalMonday of March, and a new season is in the air! To match the joys of Spring, #LAWTF has chosen musical theater star Sutton Foster, who brings an irresistible sense of artistic joy to every new challenge. 💐 Born in Georgia, Sutton grew up a creative & outgoing child, taking part in a variety of local theater groups & productions, quickly finding herself drawn to musical theater for its blend of disciplines. After appearing on the TV talent show ‘Star Search’ at just 15, Sutton later attended Carnegie Mellon University for a year before choosing to pursue a full-time professional career, honing her craft by touring & working in resident productions. A fruitful choice, as between ’95 and the year 2000, Sutton performed in productions including ‘Grease,’ ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel,’ ‘Annie’ & ‘Les Misérables’ on tour & on Broadway. 🎶 Her breakthrough came when she originated the role of Millie Dilmount in ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie.’ Receiving rave reviews, Sutton won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical & no one would’ve guessed that she’d only taken over the role of Millie 9 days before previews began! 🏆✨ Sutton’s second Tony for Best Actress came in 2011, when she portrayed Reno Sweeney in the Broadway revival of ‘Anything Goes’. Yet again, her performance received outstanding acclaim. Her charisma, comic timing & sheer stamina were labeled as “show-stopping”, and her tenure as Reno Sweeny is considered by many to be a career-defining role. 🎭🚢 As well as her amazing stage & screen career, Sutton loves to speak on the positive impacts of access to the arts. Forever grateful to the educators who helped her find an outlet and a place of belonging in the arts, Sutton is passionate about giving others that same chance. Sutton Foster has performed some of the most classic roles in musical theater history. Just as enduring as the parts she plays is the effervescent, joyful energy she brings to every stage & set. Whether tap dancing in London’s West End or belting out a ballad on Broadway, Sutton is a shining example of how living & working with hope is as much a discipline as anything else we train for. 💜✨ #SuttonFoster
🔥 4 WEEKS TO GO! 🔥 The countdown is ON for the 33r 🔥 4 WEEKS TO GO! 🔥 The countdown is ON for the 33rd Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival — and the excitement is building! 🎭✨ In just four weeks, we’ll gather for four unforgettable days of bold, brave, and brilliant solo performances by extraordinary women artists. Powerful stories. Electric moments. A community that shows up for women’s voices. From our sparkling Champagne GALA kickoff to dynamic performances all weekend long — this is where artistry, truth, and connection take center stage. 🎟 Early Bird tickets are still available — now’s the time to make your plans, gather your friends, and secure your seats! March 26–29, 2026. Let’s celebrate The Strength We Carry together. 💜 #TheStrengthWeCarry #LAWTF #Womenintheatre #soloartists
A big thanks to Pacific Park on the Santa Monica P A big thanks to Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier for supporting LAWTF’s 33rd Annual Solo Theatre Festival - “The Strength We Carry” via @DonationMatch #pacificpark Attend the festival March 26-29 for your chance to win! Tickets at our Linktree in bio or at LAWTF.ORG
✨ YOU’RE INVITED ✨ Join the Los Angeles Women's Th ✨ YOU’RE INVITED ✨ Join the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival for our Opening Night 🥂 “IN TRIBUTE TO” CHAMPAGNE GALA & AWARDS CEREMONY 🥂 📍 Barnsdall Gallery Theatre 📅 Thursday, March 26 🕡 6:30PM Catered Champagne Reception 🕗 8PM Awards Ceremony An unforgettable evening honoring extraordinary women of exceptional achievement in theatre — hosted by Ted Lange (The Love Boat) and Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), and directed by Fay Hauser-Price. 🌟 Honoring: Carmen de Lavallade – Infinity Award Diane Ladd – Infinity Award Yvonne Farrow – Eternity Award Vannia Ibarguen – Maverick Award Andi Chapman – Integrity Award TL Forsberg – Rainbow Award ✨ Featuring special performances by: Sari Hicks, Sona Lewis, Christina Linhardt & Clarinda Ross This elegant evening launches our powerful 4-day festival celebrating women solo artists, March 26–29, 2026. 🎟 VIP tickets include access to ALL 6 programs throughout the festival weekend. 🎫 Separate ticket links available for the GALA and for the March 27–29 solo performances. Follow the link in our bio or visit LAWTF.org to reserve your seat. Celebrate legacy. Celebrate artistry. Celebrate the strength we carry. 💜 #LAWTF #GALA #TheStrengthWeCarry #womensoloartists #womenintheatre
🎭✨ TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! ✨🎭 The 33rd Annual Los 🎭✨ TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! ✨🎭 The 33rd Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival presents “The Strength We Carry” — and this is one you do NOT want to miss. For four powerful days, women’s voices take center stage. Experience the magic of live theatre, the intimacy of solo performance, and the electricity of a community gathering to witness bold, heartfelt, unforgettable stories. 💫 Early Bird pricing is available now. 👯‍♀️ Group sales are available — bring your friends, your book club, your students, your sisters. This festival is special. It’s moving. It’s inspiring. And every year, audiences leave talking about the performances long after the curtain falls. Don’t be the one hearing about it after it’s over. 🎟 Book your tickets today — secure your seats before Early Bird pricing ends. Four days. Powerful women. One unforgettable experience. #LAWTF #TheStrengthWeCarry #theatrefestival #womenintheatre #soloartists
For our last #MotivationalMonday of #BlackHistoryM For our last #MotivationalMonday of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re looking to the future of young Black artists. Our spotlight is on Leah Sava Jeffries, who, at only 16, has been making an impact in the industry for over a decade! ✨ She landed her first role at just 5 years old, playing Lola Lyons on ‘Empire,’ delivering her lines & improvising so well that the director just kept rolling. At 11, she played Idris Elba's daughter in ‘Beast,’ earning praise for her emotional maturity alongside Elba, who called her “an amazing person [and] great actor.” 🎭 In 2022, it was revealed that Leah would play Annabeth Chase in Disney’s hotly anticipated adaptation of the Percy Jackson books, a demigod daughter of Athena & one of the saga’s lead characters. An amazing & well-earned opportunity, but the announcement was marred by an onslaught of online harassment & bullying. In the books, Annabeth is described as white with blonde hair & gray eyes. Clearly, Leah has none of these physical traits & this was enough for racially misogynistic trolls to target the 12-year-old, demanding the role be recast. The backlash led Rick Riordan, the books’ author, to publicly condemn the attacks on Leah & praise her talent, saying: “It’s a shame such posts need to be written, but they do…Leah brings so much energy and enthusiasm to this role, so much of Annabeth’s strength. She will be a role model for new generations of girls who will see in her the kind of hero they want to be.” To the perpetrators, he stated: “Whatever else you take from this post, we should be able to agree that bullying and harassing a child online is inexcusably wrong.” Since then, Leah has given award-winning performances in the show’s first 2 seasons & has handled the haters with grace beyond her years, even saying recently, “I forgive anyone who was saying the bad stuff.” At 16, Leah Sava Jeffries has already experienced some of the best & worst moments that actors – especially women of color – can face. Riordan is right; she never should have had to endure that abuse, but in the face of adversity, she carried herself with talent & dignity worthy of a daughter of Athena — and of herself. 💛💪🏾 #GirlsInTheArts
Only 5 weeks to go until the 33rd Annual Los Angel Only 5 weeks to go until the 33rd Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival! 🎭✨ March 26–29, 2026, we invite our community to gather for four days of incredible, powerful programming featuring dynamic women solo artists sharing bold, moving, and unforgettable stories. Join us at the Theatre 68 Complex in North Hollywood for a weekend that celebrates “The Strength We Carry.” We’ll kick everything off in style at our Champagne GALA & Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 26 at the beautiful Barnsdall Gallery Theatre 🥂 ✨ Early Bird tickets are on sale now — don’t wait! Secure your seats for the Gala and all solo performances today. 🎟 Tickets available at the link in our Linktree or visit LAWTF.ORG Come celebrate women’s voices, artistry, and community with us. 💜
🌟 We’re proud to share that LAWTF has earned the G 🌟 We’re proud to share that LAWTF has earned the Gold Seal of Transparency with @CandidDotOrg for the 3rd year in a row! This milestone reflects our commitment to openness and showcasing our impact. 💪✨ Explore our #NonprofitProfile and stay updated on how we’re empowering voices through the arts: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/95-4450591 Thank you for your continued support! 💛 #TransparencyMatters #LAWTF
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