B*TCH C*LLECTIVE

B*TCH C*LLECTIVE’s mission is to combat gender inequity in the theater industry through work produced by, for, and about women and nonbinary people whose complex narratives are not done justice, or purposefully erased. We’re committed to putting more work into the theatrical canon that does not need to involve men, and creates safe communal spaces for women and nonbinary people of all ages, but especially teens and young adults. Our current body of work explores disgustingly beautiful coming of age stories: the grit and glory of growing up female presenting. Why are we ridiculed and manipulated so fiercley? While we can’t offer a definitive solution to this profound pain, we can let those teens and young adults be ugly, with flushed out identities, focusing on their relationships to each other and themselves over men around them.