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New Chapter - Bechdel Project Founding Artist

Having been involved with the creation of many new programs and ventures over the years, few have excited me as much as BECHDEL PROJECT.

This non-profit company is dedicated to telling stories on stage and screen that pass the Bechdel Test.


If you are unfamiliar, there are three criteria to the Bechdel test:
  1. The story must have at least 2 women.
  2. Who talk to each other.
  3. About something besides a man.
Unfortunately a large percentage of the stories produced today do not meet these simple criteria. In other words, little has changed since Virginia Woolf wrote in A Room of One’s Own:  “fictitious women, are too simple — contrary to the living, breathing, complex women of real life, (they) are almost always depicted only in their relation to men.”


Chimamanda Adichie describes well what she calls "The danger of a single story," a fiction that can warp the way we see the world, and our place in it. The Bechdel Project believes it can play a pivotal role in changing the conversation by advocating for and creating new works that tell stories of multi-faceted women that are not just ‘in relation to men.’


This mission is not only good for our society - it is good for our business. We know that women make up a solid majority of theatre and film audiences, so it shouldn’t be surprising that research has found that stories passing the Bechdel test do significantly better at the box office.

Bechdel Project is a marriage of art and activism, education and economics. We hope you'll join us. In fact, we're throwing a party so you can!

BECHDEL PROJECT Rooftop Launch Party! 
October 3rd! Limited Space - get tickets today!

$15 Admission ($20 at door) includes:
We look forward to celebrating this new beginning with you and more of NYC's best artists and creators!


GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
ROOFTOP LAUNCH PARTY!