Nominations are Now Being Accepted
for the 2023
GILDER-COIGNEY INTERNATIONAL THEATRE AWARD
Seeking Names of Outstanding Theatre Women
Working Outside of the U.S.
(New York, NY) — The Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award Program (GCITA) is seeking nominations for an outstanding theatre woman working and living outside of the United States and is calling upon members of the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), its international affiliates, along with national and international cultural and artistic leaders for submissions. The Gilder-Coigney International Theatre Award is a program of the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Nominations are being accepted now through April 15, 2022.
Named after Rosamond Gilder and Martha Coigney who charted an enduring course that facilitates communication among theatre artists across the globe, the award is presented every three years and acknowledges the exceptional work of theatre women around the world, promotes expanded visibility and new opportunities for the awardee and her sister nominees, and fosters connections and networking with LPTW members and local cultural institutions. It also recognizes the contributions that an international theatre artist has made to her culture and the lives of past audiences.
Past recipients include Hanane Hajj Ali (Lebanon, 2020), Adelheid Roosen (Netherlands, 2017), Patricia Ariza (Colombia, 2014), and Odile Gakire Katese (Rwanda, 2011).
The next award program will be held in October 2023 and includes a week of events that profile and celebrate all nominees and highlights the work of theatre women around the world. It also includes the award ceremony, panel discussions, workshops, performances, and receptions.
The 2023 awardee will receive a $1,000 cash prize, a week-long trip to NYC, a full-day celebration of her work curated by LPTW in collaboration with partner institutions, and opportunities to meet and network with NYC-based theatre companies, individual artists, and all the nominees.
For more information about the nomination process and its detailed criteria, along with the Nomination Form, click here.
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Rosamond Gilder (1891-1986) was a founder of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), a worldwide organization created in 1947 after the fall of the Iron Curtain to provide a means for theatre people to exchange information that was free of government pressures. She was the Institute's President from its creation till 1975, and its Honorary President until her death. She was also President of the Institute's U.S. Center. Gilder was a founder and former Vice President of the American National Theatre and Academy, a staff writer for Theatre Arts Magazine from 1924-1948, and its Editor in Chief from 1937-1948. She was editorial secretary of the National Theatre Conference from 1933-1936, and Director of the Federal Theatre Project where she played an influential role in theatre artists being invited into the WPA. Gilder received a Tony Award from the American Theatre Wing, and in 1964 she was admitted to the French Order of Arts and Letters. She died in 1986.
Martha Coigney (1933-2016) continued Ms. Gilder’s work with the ITI serving as director of the U.S. Center from 1966-2003, and as President of the Worldwide ITI from 1987-1995 when she was awarded UNESCO's Picasso Medal and was made Honorary President of the ITI for life. Coigney said of her experience with ITI, "It taught me that theatre could make peace.” She helped hundreds of American theatre artists connect with their colleagues across the globe and was instrumental in creating the LPTW G/C International Theatre Award Program, presenting its first award in 2011.
The League of Professional Theatre Women , (a not-for-profit 501c3), has been leading the gender parity conversation in professional theatre for almost 40 years with its mission to champion, promote, and celebrate the voices, presence, and visibility of women theatre professionals and to advocate for parity and recognition for women in theatre across all disciplines.
This program is made possible, in part, with funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a state agency, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul, and honors our international colleagues. LPTW is proud to have SHOWTIME as a Brava Sponsor!