SELECTED WET CREDITS

WET is a 501(c)3 non-profit production company that produces media which challenges female stereotypes and advocates for equality.  Founded in 1999 by Executive Producers Sasha Eden and Victoria Pettibone, WET produces premiere theatrical productions written by female playwrights, events promoting celebrated female talent, and a city-wide media literacy & leadership program for teenage girls. WET was the subject of a feature article in The New York Times Arts & Leisure section, referred to as “the on the rise company."  WET was awarded “A Theater in Residence” at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in 2004 and is currently in residence at Daryl Roth’s 99 seat theater in Union Square, The DR2 Theatre. 

Theatrical Productions: world premiere of BFF by Anna Ziegler, directed by Josh Hecht; world premiere of Big Times, by Mia Barron, Maggie Lacey, Danielle Skraastad, directed by Leigh Silverman; world premiere of St. Scarlet, written by Julia Jordan, directed by Chris Messina; world premiere of Scab, written by Sheila Callaghan, directed by Hayley Finn; New York premiere of Bold Girls written by Rona Munro, directed by Hayley Finn; I Stand Before You Nakedwritten by Joyce Carol Oates, directed by Heather Scarlet Arnet at the NY Int’l Fringe Festival and I Stand Before You Naked, with original additional text by Joyce Carol Oates written for WET’s production.  Events:  Letters to A Young Artist, a performance of selected material from the book written by Anna Deavere Smith, read by Ms. Smith, Olympia Dukakis, Eve Ensler, Bill T. Jones, Josh Hamilton, Eugene Jarecki, Lisa Kron, James C. Nicola; Waitress, original screenplay reading written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, starring Paul Rudd, Gretchen Mol, Amy Sedaris and Michael Cerveris; Bottom Of The World, a new play commissioned by WET, written by Lucy Thurber at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, The Tribeca Theater Festival and The Public Theater; The Morgan Stories, screenplay written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, starring Billy Crudup, Ally Sheedy and Paul Rudd; The Modern Woman Unbound I and II with New York Times Best Selling authors, including Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin  (“The Nanny Diaries”), Amy Sohn  (“Run Catch Kiss” and “Kiss and Tell”), Beth Harpaz (“Girls in the Van”) and Lorene Cary (“Pride”, “Black Ice”); LOVE, hosted by Diane von Furstenberg at the DVF studios with Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage), Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club), Mark Feuerstein (In Her Shoes), Cady Huffman (TONY Award Winner, The Producers), Jessica Hecht (Sideways), Jackie Hoffman (Garden State); Laugh ‘til You WET Your Pants parts I and II, stand up comedy nights of all star female talent held at Gotham Comedy Club and Gramercy Comedy Club featuring Judy Gold, Corey Kahaney, and other notable female stand up comics; The INKubator: The Ray and Kit Sawyer Development Series develops the work (plays or screenplays) of ten women writers throughout the year, providing dramaturgical, promotional and creative support for new material.

Educational Program: In 2004 WET launched the educational wing of the company, a city-wide media literacy & leadership program for adolescent girls, WET’s Risk Takers Film Series, with 30 participating NYC schools, 100+ teenage girls, and celebrity participants including Frances McDormand, Olympia Dukakis, Mary-Louise Parker, Kerry Washington, Michelle Rodriguez and Ally Sheedy.  www.wetweb.org