The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Project

(LAWTP) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the education, support, promotion and production of live performance projects that are of interest and benefit to women.

In 2002, a 3-year study was released by the New York Council on the Arts revealing alarming statistics that roughly ONLY 20% OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRE ARTISTS TODAY ARE WOMEN.
Although women submit about half of all the works available to artistic directors, ONLY 16% OF PRODUCED PLAYS ARE WRITTEN BY WOMEN, and 17% HAVE FEMALE DIRECTORS.
Although great strides have been made in other fields, women continue to face enormous employment discrimination in the arts and media.