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News Project Shaw Season Will Celebrate 100 Years of Women鈥檚 Rights Artistic director David Staller has announced the lineup of plays for 2017.
David Staller, Judith Ivey and Tyne Daly
As America prepares to possibly elect its first female president, Gingold Theatrical Group鈥檚 Project Shaw, which is under the leadership of founding artistic director David Staller, announced its 2017 season, which will celebrate 100 years of women's rights.

The 2017 Project Shaw Season, to be presented at Symphony Space鈥檚 Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway at 95th Street), will include Mrs. Warren鈥檚 Profession (January 16), Candida (February 13), You Never Can Tell (April 17), Press Cuttings (May 22), Getting Married (June 26), Super Shaw Women (July 17), Rachel Crothers鈥� A Man鈥檚 World (September 18), Captain Brassbound鈥檚 Conversion (October 23), Elizabeth Robins鈥� Votes for Women (November 20), and Oscar Wilde鈥檚 A Woman of No Importance (December 18).

In a statement Staller said, 鈥淲omen take the stage! We鈥檙e celebrating 100 years of women鈥檚 rights in New York with our 12th season of Project Shaw. Not only will we be offering some of Shaw鈥檚 most iconographic strong women, we鈥檒l be bringing you plays examining the struggle for equal rights with two plays written by women in the early part of the 20th century, Elizabeth Robins and Rachel Crothers. As a bit of icing on the cake, we鈥檒l return to Oscar Wilde to end the season with his ground-breaking look at women challenging society. Guest directors to be announced shortly.鈥�

Single tickets are $35 and are available by calling (212) 864-5400 or online at . VIP (reserved) seats are available by phoning the GTG office (212) 355-7823, as are discounts for purchasing the entire season in advance.

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Now celebrating its 11th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw made history in December 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts, and sketches). They are now also including plays by writers who most inspired Shaw to begin his playwriting career, including work by Chekhov, Ibsen, Wilde, Barrie, and Harley Granville-Barker, while continuing its new play development and educational programs.

 
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