Women’s Project was founded in 1978 by Julia Miles to address the significant under-representation of women in the American theater. Since then, countless artists have launched their careers and achieved substantial recognition at WP, including Anne Bogart, Eve Ensler, Emily Mann, Lynn Nottage, Maria Irene Fornes, Leigh Silverman, Suzan-Lori Parks, Katori Hall, Diane Paulus, Paula Vogel, and Anna Deavere Smith, among the many.

Throughout its luminous history, WP has staged over 600 mainstage productions and developmental projects, and published eleven anthologies of plays by women.