About Parity Productions

about us

Parity Productions is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit theatre company founded in 2016 by international award-winning director Ludovica Villar-Hauser.

Parity is the only New York theatre company that ensures we fill at least 50% of the creative roles on our own productions—playwrights, directors, and designers—with women, trans, and gender-expansive artists and offers free tools to encourage the rest of the theatre industry to do the same.

Visit parityproductions.org to learn more.

Infographic of the what, how, and why of Parity Productions. Text is on the left side, with the data on the right. A blue dashed line across the entire top of the graphic. Text to the left in orange and blue: What We Do, produce new work, promote gender parity in theatre for women, trans, and gender-expansive artists. A blue dashed line directly beneath the text. Below that text in orange, yellow, and black: How We Do It, ensure 50% hiring of women, trans, and gender-expansive artists on each of our productions. Below that, text in orange: our programs, The Annual Parity Commission, The Qualifying Productions Directory, The Parity Database. To the right of the main text is an infographic of the data. At the top text in blue and black: Why We Do It, Facts about gender disparity in New York City theatre. Below are 4 lines of silhouettes in gray and blue showing data by percentage. First line: Total women writers out of 34 productions on Broadway during the 2019 season: 13%. Source: Broadway by the Numbers, Production Pro, 2019. Second line: Total women directors out of 6 seasons 3,164 director positions from 2012-2018: 33.8%. Third line: Total women designers out of 6 seasons and 13,036 positions from 2012-2018: 29.7% 4th line: Total TGNC designers out of 6 seasons and 13,036 positions from 2012-2018: 0.1% Source for the second to the fourth line: Howlround, 2019