Comments on: Facing the Reality of Sexism in Playwriting

By: rro

rro — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:09:38 +0000

When I was a reader for The O’Neill’s NPC this past semester I read all the scripts blind, because that’s their policy, and I didn’t feel that it in any way negatively impacted my experience of reading and judging the plays. I’d be curious to know what the gender breakdown was after reading this, but I guess it doesn’t really matter. I totally agree with you, though, blind readings does seem like a solution.

By: sbmeyers

sbmeyers — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:23:18 +0000

I also feel that this idea of submitting pieces anonymously is a good start, but what past that?

By: sbmeyers

sbmeyers — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:20:52 +0000

This is ridiculous! I can’t believe it’s only 17%!!!! I’d be curious what other statistics come up for other minorities…