Contributors
The following leading women in theatre will be contributing sessions to the Women in Theatre Lab
Jennifer Tuckett
Co-Director, Women in Theatre Lab and Her Story Productions
Polly Kemp
Co-Director, Women in Theatre Lab and Her Story Productions
Stella Powell-Jones
Artistic Director, Jermyn Street Theatre, and project partner
Joanna Scanlan
BAFTA winning actress and writer
Doon Mackichan
Emmy winning actress, comedian and writer
April de Angelis
Leading UK playwright
Timberlake Wertenbaker
Leading UK playwright
Suzie Miller
Leading Australian playwright who wrote the hit play “Prima Facie” starring Jodie Comer
Dorothy Fortenberry
Leading American playwright and screenwriter including writer and Executive Producer on The Handmaids Tale and Extrapolations starring Meryl Streep
Stella Kanu
CEO, Shakespeare’s Globe, and co-founder of Black Womxn in Theatre
Titilola Dawudu
Writer, producer, dramaturg and creator of “Hear Me Now” series and co-founder of Black Womxn in Theatre
Lesley Gannon
Deputy General Secretary of The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain
Supporters
Additional supporters of the Women in Theatre Lab include
Gemma Arterton
Award-winning actress
Matthew Dunster
Leading director
David Doyle
Executive Producer, Jermyn Street Theatre, and project partner
“This is a great initiative and will help support and develop women playwrights. I’m very happy to add my support to Polly and Jennifer in their efforts to give a paid opportunity to women”
Gemma Arterton ,
award-winning actress