Under a grant from the Ford Foundation, Miles created The Women's Project under the umbrella of The American Place Theater to encourage the development of female playwrights and directors and to provide a forum for their work.
[9] WP Theater artist alumni include Billie Allen, Anne Bogart, Pearl Cleage, Eve Ensler, María Irene Fornés, Pam MacKinnon, Martyna Majok, Alexis Scheer, Danya Taymor Dominique Morisseau, Lynn Nottage, Joyce Carol Oates, Diane Paulus, Sarah Ruhl, Anna Deavere Smith, and Rebecca Taichman.
Other actors who have performed in WP Theater productions include Adrienne C. Moore, Pedro Pascal, Ato Essandoh, Richard Masur, Cristin Milioti, Constance Shulman,and Tracie Thoms.
Alumni of the WP Lab include JoAnne Akalaitis, Tea Alagić, Rachel Chavkin, Quíara Alegria Hudes, and Anne Kauffman.
These include Dirty Laundry by Mathilde Dratwa, minor.ity by francisca da silveira, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord by Alexis Scheer, Hurricane Diane by Madeleine George, Bright Half Life written by Tanya Barfield and directed by Leigh Silverman, Stuffed by Lisa Lampanelli, Or, by Liz Duffy Adams, and Virginia Woolf's only play, Freshwater, directed by Anne Bogart.
WP Theater's first production was Choices, a one-woman show that was adapted from the works of Colette, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, and Joan Didion, among others.
One of WP Theater's most heralded productions is A...My Name is Alice, a revue of songs and sketches conceived and directed by Julianne Boyd and Joan Micklin Silver.
The production earned the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Revue in the 1983/84 season and featured songs and scenes penned by Cassandra Medley, Winnie Holzman, Marta Kauffman, Anne Meara, and others.
The Lab provides its members with a vital professional network, entrepreneurial and leadership training, rehearsal space, and opportunities for the development and production of bold new work for the stage.
These productions include The Architecture of Becoming (2014), We Play for the Gods (2012), Global Cooling: The Women Chill (2009), Corporate Carnival (2008), and Girls Just Wanna Have Fund$ (2007).
Past recipients of the Women of Achievement Award include Maya Angelou, Katie Couric, Whoopi Goldberg, Billie Jean King, Chita Rivera, and Gloria Steinem.
[23] Nedra Marie Taylor, Nimene Sierra Wureh Directors: • Carolyn Cantor • Chika Ike • Sophiyaa Nayar • Machel Ross • Katharine Wilkinson Producers: Iyvon E • B.J.
Evans • Kristin Leahey • Ayana Parker Morrison • Cynthia J. Tong Lead Book Writers: Alice Yorke, Eva Steinmetz, Scott R. Sheppard, and Alex Bechtel Music, Lyrics and Arrangements: Alex Bechtel Director: Eva Steinmetz Composer: Alex Bechtel Choreographer: Melanie Cotton Co-Creators: Katie Gould, Jaime Maseda, Lee Minora, Brett Ashley Robinson and Brenson Thomas WP Space Program Residents: Lightning Rod Special Producers: Renee Blinkwolt, Erica Rotstein, Rachel Sussman or Ten Tiny Snapshots of WP narration: Soneela Nankani featuring archival audio from: Billie Allen, Kathleen Chalfant, María Irene Fornés, Emily Mann, Julia Miles, Wendy Wasserstein and a few surprises... Directors: Victoria Collado • Sarah Hughes • Candis C. Jones • Rebecca Martínez • Arpita Mukherjee Producers: Ilana Becker • Marie Cisco • Lucy Jackson • Stephanie Rolland • Alyssa Simmons Directors: Melissa Crespo • Morgan Gould • Ellie Heyman • Tyne Rafaeli • Mo Zhou Producers: Roxanna Barrios • SallyCade Holmes • Nidia Medina • Laura Ramadei • Yuvika Tolani in association with New Neighborhood Directors: Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Lee Sunday Evans, Sarah Krohn, Danya Taymor, Tamilla Woodard Producers: Pearl Hodiwala, Rachel Karpf Reidy, Kristen Luciani, Liz Olson, & Rachel Sussman