The mission of the National Women’s Theatre Festival is to create, produce, and promote extraordinary theatre by women and artists of all underrepresented genders with the ultimate goal of 100% parity in the US theatre industry. We gather artists from NC & across the nation at our annual events, helping to create a pipeline of extraordinary talent that will revolutionize theatre as we know it.

Since our founding in 2016, the National Women’s Theatre Festival (WTF) has produced 23 mainstage theatrical productions, 64 Fringe-style shows, and over 125 staged readings, all featuring theatre created, produced, and promoted by women and other underrepresented gender artists. We’ve hosted over 250 workshops and panels, ranging from technical and artistic training seminars to conversations around diversity and inclusion in theater with local and national experts. Our signature event is an annual summer festival of plays, workshops, and all things theatre based out of Raleigh, NC. Throughout the year, National WTF also offers virtual and in-person community engagement events and workshops, presents fully produced work, commissions new plays, offers intern and apprentice opportunities, and partners with other organizations to uplift underrepresented artists and amplify their work. WTF also develops new works, such as The Momversations Project play and podcast. WTF creates opportunities for underrepresented gender theatre makers to develop and practice skills in a supportive and creative environment, and to have their talents recognized.