It's About Time Theater
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Inspiring, Showcasing, Educating and Supporting Women through Theater
Celebrating more than the man in humanity
Fact Sheet (Source: Media Report to Women)
Not many statistics have been gathered on women in theater, but the following figures in other media reflect the same biases women face in theater.
* In the 2002-2003 theater season, of 2007 productions at 357 theaters, 16.9% were by a woman playwright. 22.6% were directed by women (City Pages, Minneapolis MN, 3/19/03)
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Women are about 37% of prime-time TV characters (they are 51% of the U.S.
population) (American Association of Retired Persons, 1996)
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Women 45 and older are only 15% of prime-time TV characters (American
Association of Retired Persons, 1996)
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96% of voiceovers in promotional announcements for television programs
are male (Professor B. Carol Eaton, Syracuse University, 1997)
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Women are only 132 of the general managers of the 1,600 television stations
in the U.S. (National Association of Broadcasters statistics)
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Of the top 250 domestic grossing films released in 2002, more than one
in five films employed no women directors, executive producers, producers,
writers, cinematographers or editors. The percentage of women working
behind the scenes declined from 19% in 2001 to 17% in 2002. Male characters
outnumbered female characters, 72% to 28%. (Professor Martha Lauzen, San
Diego State University , 2003)
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Although women make up the majority of Americans, men got 62% of the movie
roles cast in 2002, numbers similar to data found in previous years.
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Women are affected by ageism to a greater degree than older men. Women
over the age of 40 were cast in only 11% of the movie roles for women,
while men aged 40 and over accounted for nearly 26% of roles cast.
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At the major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC), women made up 32% of the news
correspondent pool and reported just 26% of the stories in 1999 (Professor
Joe Foote, Southern Illinois University, 2000)
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Women hold 26.5 percent of television news director jobs; women hold 39.3
percent of all television news jobs. (Radio and Television News Directors
Association, 2003)
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In radio, women hold 14.4 percent of the news director slots and constitute
24 percent of the workforce. (Radio and Television News Directors Association,
2003)
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Women account for only one-third of journalists, a number little changed
since 1982. Women make up the journalism workforce as follows: they represent
43.5% at newsmagazines; 37.4% in television; 36.9% in weekly newspapers;
33% at daily newspapers; 21.8% in radio; and 20.3% at major wire services.
(Poynter Institute's American Journalist Survey, 2003)
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