La Femme Theatre Productions is dedicated to exploring the female experience through classic and contemporary plays. Our mission is to bring women’s voices center stage — where they belong.
New York, NY — Following the inaugural Women in Agency Festival in 2025, La Femme Theatre Productions (Jean Lichty, Executive Director) will deepen its investment in emerging artists with Equity development workshops of two works introduced at last year’s festival. Taking place November 9–20, 2026, at CAM Studios, the workshops advance the company’s commitment to giving promising playwrights and directors the resources, mentorship, and creative space to develop their work.
The first week, November 9–13, will focus on Abigail Duclos’s VENGEANCE, directed by Britt Berke (La Femme’s 2025 Woman on the Verge). The second week, November 16–21, will develop Tess Inderbitzin’s DÉJÀ DÉJÀ VU, directed by Mikayla Gold Benson (La Femme’s inaugural 2026 Austin Pendleton Directing Fellow). Each week will conclude with an invitation-only presentation.
La Femme launched the Women in Agency Festival in 2025 with Equity 29-hour readings of five works by female playwrights. By bringing two of those plays into more sustained development, the company is expanding the festival’s role as a pathway from an initial reading to deeper artistic exploration.
“Last year’s Women in Agency Festival introduced us to artists whose imagination, authorship, and fearlessness demanded our continued attention,” said Jean Lichty, Executive Director of La Femme Theatre Productions. “With these workshops, we can give Abigail, Tess, Britt, and Mikayla the time and support to ask new questions, take creative risks, and discover what comes next for these plays. That is the heart of the WIAF: meeting emerging artists’ ambition with meaningful opportunity and investing in the voices that will shape theatre’s future.”
Over the past decade, La Femme has curated seasons that not only align with our mission but also resonate with the zeitgeist of the American canon. Through collaborations with The Peccadillo Theater Company and The Cherry Lane Theatre, as well as independent productions at The Theatre at St. Clement’s, La Femme has expanded its reach, serving as a platform for female artists to thrive.
As we enter a new chapter, we at La Femme are excited to maintain this momentum with programs such as A Woman’s Storyland and Women on the Verge: The Gladys and Mary Dohmen Reading Series. With La Femme’s legacy continuing to grow, we are honored to have collaborated with award-winning artists on the 2023–2024 Off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’s The Night of the Iguana at the Pershing Square Signature Center’s Diamond Stage.
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