The acclaimed television series WOMEN IN THEATRE airs on CUNY-TV channel 75 in New York City and is hosted by Linda Winer, theatre critic for Newsday.
The women interviewed in the series have been:
- Year One: Playwrights Dael Orlandersmith, Suzan-Lori Parks, Diana Son, Paula Vogel; Actresses Rosemary Harris, Cherry Jones; Producers Elizabeth McCann, Daryl Roth; Artistic Directors Lynne Meadow (Manhattan Theatre Club), Molly Smith (Arena Stage); Designers Heidi Ettinger (scenic), Willa Kim (costume); and Virginia Louloudes, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York.
- Year Two: Playwright Wendy Wasserstein; Actresses Kathleen Chalfant, Ruby Dee, Chita Rivera, Marian Seldes, Kate Valk; Artistic Directors Libby Appel (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Carey Perloff (American Conservatory Theatre; Director/Designer Julie Taymor; Choreographers Graciele Daniele, Susan Stroman; Designer Jennifer Tipton (lighting); and Isabelle Stevenson (American Theatre Wing). Year Three: Playwrights Tina Howe, Lynn Nottage, Anna Deavere Smith; Actresses Barbara Cook, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Joanne Woodward, Joan Allen, Lois Smith; Producers/Artistic Directors Anne Bogart, Martha Lavey ( Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Ellen Stewart (La Mama Experimental Theatre); Designers Peggy Eisenhauer (lighting), Jane Greenwood (costumes); Composers Jeanine Tesori; and a profile of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago. Year Four: Playwrights Edward Albee (speaking on women in his plays), Kia Corthron; Artistic Director, Producer, Playwright Emily Mann (McCarter Theatre); Actresses Patti LuPone, S. Epatha Merkerson, Estelle Parsons, Zoe Caldwell; Lyricist Lynn Ahrens; Producers/Artistic Directors Margot Harley (The Acting Company), Tina Packer (Shakespeare & Company); Casting Director/Producer Rosemarie Tichler; Designer Carrie Robbins (costumes); and Political Theatre Group: Guerrilla Girls on Tour. Year Five: Cynthia Nixon,Daphne Rubin-Vega, LaChanze, Actresses; Jo Bonney, Director, Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Second Stage Theatre; Anne Cattaneo,Dramaturg, Lincoln Center Theater; Blanka Zizka, Artistic Director, The Wilma Theater; Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer, Composer and Lyricist; Floria Lasky, Theatrical Attorney; Elizabeth Swados, Composer/Director/Writer; Natasha Katz, Lighting Designer; Martha Clarke, Director/Choreographer, Margo Lion, Producer WIT is underwritten by the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, the Edith Meiser Foundation, the Grisham Foundation, the Amber Foundation, the Stephen and Daryl Roth Foundation, the Strelsin Foundation, The Palisades Educational Foundation, The Betty R. Sheffer Foundation, William Haber, Joanne Jacobson, Nina Lannan, Honey Waldman, and individual members of the League.
In April 2006, 13 interviews drawn from WIT's first three seasons is currently available for sale in a DVD format, distributed by the Theatre Communications Group, to individuals, libraries, theatres, schools, universities, museums and other nonprofits as well as individuals; this endeavor is made possible by a grant from the Educational Foundation of America.