Having paused the Qualifying Productions Program during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Parity is thrilled to be bringing back this valuable tool for our industry!

Parity uplifts theatrical productions that meet the 50% gender parity hiring standard (see below) with free promotion through our Qualifying Productions (#ParityQP) program. This free promotion includes being listed in the monthly #ParityQP press release, monthly e-newsletter to our subscribers, social media posts,
and on The Parity Database in our Qualifying Productions (#ParityQP) section.

FOR THEATRE MAKERS:

Visit our Qualifying Productions page on The Parity Database and select “Submit a Qualifying Production” to submit your production.

Please make sure you’ve read the eligibility requirements below before submitting.

Let us know that you are a Qualifying Production by using the hashtag #ParityQP on social media!

FOR THEATRE GOERS:

Visit our Qualifying Productions page on The Parity Database and select “Current QPs” to see currently running and upcoming Qualifying Productions.

Let us know that you’ve seen a Qualifying Production by using the hashtag #ParityQP on social media!

To be listed as a Qualifying Production, your production must:

• Meet our 50% gender parity hiring standard. This means that at least half of the creative team is made up of women, trans, gender-expansive, and/or intersex writers, directors, and designers (see below for full list.)

• Run for at least six performances. We do not list readings or workshops as Qualifying Productions. If you have a reading or workshop that meets our hiring standard but has fewer than six performances, please reach out to us about the Parity Community Spotlight.

What types of promotion do Qualifying Productions receive?

• Inclusion in our monthly Qualifying Productions press release.

• Inclusion in our monthly Qualifying Productions’ e-newsletter sent to over 1,600 subscribers. To be featured in a month’s press release and newsletter, you must submit your QP by the 15th of the prior month.

• Inclusion in our website’s online database of Qualifying Productions during the run of your production and inclusion indefinitely in our archive of Qualifying Productions when your show closes.

• A dedicated social media shout-out on our Facebook and Instagram about your Qualifying Production, reaching over 11,500 followers.

• In addition to all the free promotion we provide, Qualifying Productions also have the opportunity to share discount codes or other incentives with Parity’s audience base.

As a member of our Qualifying Productions database, you’ll be associated with a company that has been profiled by American Theatre Magazine and TDF and praised by the New York Times for our efforts in promoting women, trans, and gender-expansive artists in New York City theatre.

What do we include in “creative team?”

Aerial Director, Casting Director, Composer, Choreographer, Costume Designer, Dialect Design, Director, Dramaturg, Fight Choreographer/Director, Intimacy Coordinator/Director, Lighting Designer, Lyricist, Lyrics & Musical Book Writer,  Makeup, Movement Designer/Director, Musical Book Writer, Music Director, Playwright, Production Designer/Manager, Projection Designer, Properties, Puppetry, Set (Scenic), Sound Designer, Theatrical Film and Animation, Translator, Wigs/Hair.

What do we NOT include in “creative team?”

Actors, Assistants to the Creative Team, Musicians, Performers, Producers, Production Assistants

Parity's Partnership with Show-Score

Parity Productions teamed with Show-Score on a one-of-a-kind partnership ​in support of our 50% gender parity hiring standard for creative teams. If your Qualifying Production had 7 or more performances at a New York City venue, your production was listed in the Parity Qualifying Production page on Show-Score.com, the largest online fan community for New York City theater.​

Read American Theatre Magazine on Parity’s partnership with Show-Score and the Qualifying Productions.