Via BroadwayCon’s website:

Do you know how many of your favorite Broadway songs were written by a female identifying, nonbinary, and/or gender expansive musical theatre writer? How many can you name? Want to learn about what the workers in the industry are doing to pave the way for more?

It’s time to shine a light on the folks who are breaking ground – and breaking glass ceilings – as musical theatre writers!

This conversation, presented by Maestra and The Dramatists Guild of America, will celebrate the trailblazers who have recently made their Broadway debuts and lift up emerging musical theatre writers who are the face of the future by bringing them in the room together. We’ll discuss their experiences, lingering disparities in the industry, as well as the ongoing programs developed to achieve progress, such as Maestra’s RISE Theatre Network, The Count, DG’s Inclusion Rider, ongoing DEIA efforts, and other resources developed to address historic inequities in Broadway and the American theatre at large.

The panel features Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Christiana Cole, Gretchen Cryer and Rona Siddiqui. The panel will be moderated by Georgia Stitt and Sarah Rebell.

BroadwayCon is July 21-23, 2023. This panel will be the very first block of the weekend, at 10am on July 21.

This panel was featured in the NYTimes as a top pick at this year’s BroadwayCon! Click here to read the article.

To visit the BroadwayCon site to learn more, click here.