The 32nd Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) has a roster of accomplished co-hosts for its six programs. This year’s overall theme is Stronger Together. Our Annual Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony, taking place at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, will honor 6 accomplished women in theatre, the event will also include 2 performances! The following three days of performance will take place at Theatre 68 Arts Complex - The Rosalie at 5112 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA.

Schedule Of events

March 27, 2025 at 8 pm
The Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony will occur at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre - 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Six deserving women will be honored with the Festival’s Annual Theatre Awards for their laudable contributions to the theatre world (who will be named in a separate press release). Spoken word and dance performances will also be presented.

The theme of the GALA: "A TOAST TO"

Hosted by Ted Lange and Margaret Avery.

Vannia Ibarguen, "Path to Home"
This dance defines home is where we feel confident and safe within ourselves.

Karen A. Clark, "Karen A. Clark Sings"
Vocalist Karen A. Clark will share two of her vibrant musical selections.

March 28, 2025 at 8 pm-Theme: A WOMAN’S CHOICE
Hosted by Jahna Cole Houston and Jessica Lynn Johnson

Maggie Cee, "Ladies at a Gay Girls’ Bar: 1938 - 1969"
This dance/theatre piece explores the strength and determination of women who
paved the way for the Queer Rights Movement by creating space to be themselves
out of sheer necessity.

Janice Creneti, "My Year of Saying No"
During COVID-19, a woman’s journey rejects patriarchy, perfection and guilt to
find her way back to herself.

Smita Russell, "Odds Are"
This autobiographical story navigates the tumultuous terrain of multiple
miscarriages as told through the lenses of honesty, humor and curiosity.

March 29, 2025, 3 pm-Theme: A Look Back in Time
Hosted by Lula Washington (Co-Founder, Lula Washington Dance Theatre) and Rosie Lee Hooks (Sweet Honey In The Rock)

Vanessa Adams Harris, "Rosa Parks"
This story dives deep into the life of a Rosa Parks we may not know.

Tashara Gavin-Moorehead, "The Spirit of Jazz"
The Spirit of Jazz is a piece that invites you to remember the roots of jazz and to strive for freedom and liberation.

Hope Levy, "The Connie Converse Universe"
In August of 1974 after turning 50, Connie Converse, the first female modern folk
singer-songwriter wrote a cryptic letter to loved ones and mysteriously was never
to be seen again.

Melissa Lugo, "For You"
A story that weaves through grief, addiction and the bond between mothers and
daughters.

March 29, 2025, 8 pm-Theme: Unsilenced
Hosted by Kat Kramer (Actor/Producer) and Yvonne Farrow (City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs)

Mayuri Bhandari, "The Anti - Yogi"
This blended show of yoga, dance, live percussion and poetry peels back the yoga
mat to reveal the recolonization and commercialism of yoga in the West and
nationalization in the East.

Laura Elaine Ellis, "A Black Woman’s Truth"

Fay Hauser-Price, "Lady Of The Southland"

Caroline Hawthorne, "The iPhone Arias"
This mezzo-soprano singer recounts her chaotic relationship through a cell phone.

Sigute Miller, "Tragic Magic"
Tragic magic is the story of someone who most of her life tries to balance the good
girl versus the party animal in her wild ride from addiction to recovery, and
ultimately finds redemption and triumph.

March 30, 2025, 3 pm-Theme: Encore
Hosted by Lynne Conner (Filmmaker/Producer) and Terrie Silverman (Creative Rites)

Liza Dealey-Thomason, "Supernova"
Supernova is a fanciful musical that explores the need to be the hero who tries to take care of everyone else and ultimately arrives at the celebration of discovering the joy of taking care of self.

Sona Lewis, "Goddess Song" and "Tarana"
This dancer presents two traditional Kathak Indian dances which pay homage to
14th Century compositions.

Sharon Nyree Williams, "Legacy"
A poet’s exploration of her life’s journey honoring family legacy, standing firmly
in the present and envisioning the future.

March 30, 2025, 7 pm- Theme: Family Portraits
Hosted by Christina Linhardt (Opera Singer) and Kathryn Taylor Smith (A Mile in My Shoes)

Katie Chin, "Holy Shiitake! A Wok Star is Born"
Raised by a seamstress mother turned successful and well-known chef, Katie
follows in her mother’s footsteps to also become a Wok Star in the culinary world.

Juliette Jeffers, "Tio Pablo"
The audience will meet and get to know Juliette’s Tio Pablo.

Victoria Kelleher, "Daddy Issues"
This GenX-er who was raised on hose water and neglect, finds her life is changed
after a "23 and Me" DNA identity test.

Alice Manning, "Manning’s Madhouse"
Alice weaves both hilarious and traumatic memories of her family with two
parents and 9 children living in 3 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms on Allison Road in
Cleveland, Ohio.

Date: March 27-30,2025

Location: Theatre 68 Arts Complex, 5112 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601

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