When was Gan-e-meed Theare Project founded, and what prompted its formation?
GAN-e-meed was founded in February of 2009, incorporated in April, and gained 501c3 status in November. The project, itself, began as a personal mission to produce a play, Hamlet. I proposed the idea to Christopher James Webb (who’s directing Hamlet and is on our board) over two years ago. As we talked over time, I realized that if I already felt daunted by the self-production process, other women must feel the same way. And, as such, are missing out on playing the roles they should, directing the plays they should, designing what they should, you name it. Because who, in reality, IS creating career-changing opportunities for women? So, basically, I wanted to offer to other women what I am creating for myself. Share the love, you might say. As we began researching this idea, the media picked up on several news stories (including an undergrad who did the first ever blind study on gender and playwrights) about women in theatre. The timing seemed right; the world was telling us what we al
