Advocacy

Introduction to the Manila Pages

The 6th Women Playwrights International Conference was held in Manila from November 14 - 20, 2003.  Playwright Alice Tuan was invited to speak at the conference and served as a representative of The Fund for Women Artists.  Prior to her departure, she asked 39 women in theatre in the U.S. to prepare short statements that she could take with her to share with the women at the conference. 

Three Ways to Read the Manila Pages

Offline

You can download a complete copy of the Manila Pages (approximately forty pages) by clicking on the links below:

• Adobe Acrobat file (You must have Adobe Acrobat software to read this file):  Manila_Pages.pdf
• Rich Text Format Document (Most word processors can open Rich Text Format files): Manila_Pages.rtf  

Online in Order Received

We have posted these essays in the order that Alice Tuan received them. To make them easier to load and read on your computer, we have divided them into seven parts online.

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Online in Alphabetical Order

We have posted an alphabetical list of the writers and you can click on a woman's name to go directly to her essay. 

Go to the alphabetical list of contributors>>

Manila Pages Essays in the Order Received

Click on the links below to go to these pages:

Go to Part 1>>

A. Garcia aka Rokafella, Dael Olandersmith,

Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Ellen McLaughlin, Caridad Svich, Sarah Schulman, Susan Jonas, Natsuko Ohama, Polly Pen, Elena Minor

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Cathy Schlund-Vials, Terry Hong, Susette Min

Go to Part 3>>

Sujata Bhatt, Talaya Delany, Ruth Maleczech,

Emily Mann, Susan Rubin

Go to Part 4>>

Eve Ensler

Go to Part 5>>

Kirsten Greenidge, Rhiana Yazzie, Martha Richards, Mallory Catlett

Go to Part 6>>

Lynn Nottage, Diane Paulus, Judyie Al-Balali, Julie Jensen, Desi Moreno-Penson, Ching Valdes, Suzanne Bennett, Doris Baizley, Nancy Keystone, Judy Soohoo, Lisa Loomer, Migdalia Cruz, Rachel Hauck

Go to Part 7>>

Andrea Hairson, Julie Hebert, Sarah Ruhl, Brooke Berman,

Paula Cizmar, Y York

Alphabetical List of Contributors to the Manila Pages

Click on a contributor's name to go directly to her essay.

Karin Aguilar-San Juan Judyie Al-Bilali Doris Baizley          Suzanne Bennett    Brooke Berman         Sujata Bhatt                 Mallory Catlett Paula Cizmar              Migdalia Cruz               Talaya A Delany          Eve Ensler                    Ana Garcia aka Rokafella Kirsten Greenidge         Andrea Hairston           Rachel Hauck               Julie Hebert        Terry Hong             Julie Jensen                       Susan Jonas                Lisa Loomer

Ruth Maleczech   Emily Mann                 Ellen McLaughlin          Susette Min                  Elena Minor   Desi Moreno-Penson      Lynn Nottage                Natsuko Ohama            Dael Orlandersmith       Diane Paulus              Polly Pen                    Martha Richards   Sarah Ruhl                   Cathy Schlund-Vials     Sarah Schulman           Judy Soohoo               Caridad Svich               Alice Tuan (Coming Soon)   Ching Valdes                Rhiana Yazzie Y York