Thank You!


Thank you to everyone who came to see GLO. We had sold out audiences and an incredible premiere in Los Angeles. Orly Minazad of the LA Weekly called us "some of this city’s most badass broads". We’re looking forward to bringing you more badass in the future.

 
 

About

Alexandria Dilks Pandola is the founder and Artistic Director of Green Light Productions. Since 2003, she has been at the forefront of women in theatre as a writer, producer, creator and ally. Alexandria also works extensively as a producer and fundraiser for arts and education-based nonprofits including: The GRAMMY Foundation & MusiCares, The Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, The Symphonic Jazz Orchestra and The Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Alexandria received her BA (magna cum laude) in Theatre from American University and her MFA from Columbia University in Theatre Producing and Management.

In 2004, Alexandria created the New Light Series in Philadelphia. New Light is a production of new short plays and performance pieces written, directed and performed by a collaborative of women. New Light gives women the opportunity to explore their creativity and form artistic partnerships with other women in a safe space. In 2005, Alexandria created GLO; a one-act play festival of new plays written and directed by women. There have been three productions of New Light in Philadelphia and five productions of GLO in Philadelphia, New York and Santa Monica, CA.

In 2010, Alexandria started working on a multi-year project inspired by WOMANHOUSE, the historic feminist art and performance installation created by Miriam Shapiro and Judy Chicago. “Exploring Womanhouse” featured the Philadelphia productions of “The Waiting Room” (2010) and “The Dressing Room” (2011). The productions featured eight new plays specifically commissioned for the project- all written, directed and performed by an amazing ensemble of women. “Exploring Womanhouse” also featured film screenings and art exhibits showcasing members of the Philadelphia Women’s Caucus for Art.

In 2020, Alexandria's short play "Vital Records," that premiered at the 2015 GLO Festival, was accepted into the 5th Annual Bridge PHL Theatre Festival (thebridgephl.org) where it was reimagined into a short film featuring Gayla Johnson and Kate Torri.

Alexandria has produced several world premiere productions including “Zelda and Scott: Boats Against the Current” and “Homeward Bound” as well as the Philadelphia premieres of Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig” (co-production with Director Dawn Cowles) and “The Widow’s Blind Date” by Israel Horovitz.

Green Light has produced over fifteen full productions across the country, as well as over seventy five one-act and short performance pieces all created by women. Check out our Production History HERE. We have worked with over 150 women who have influenced and continue to inspire everything we create. Each of those women is who we are. Check out our artists HERE.

Productions

Green Light has produced over fifteen full productions in Philadelphia and New York as well as over seventy five one-act and short performance pieces created by women. Here are some of the highlights!

  • 2003
  • September 2003
    Zelda and Scott: Boats Against The Current**
    The Adrienne Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • 2004
  • March 2004
    Mrs. Warren’s e-Profession**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • June 2004
    The New Light Series**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • June 2004
    Terror at the White House**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • December 2004
    The Gift of Giving**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • 2005
  • April 2005
    Hedda Without Walls**
    Second Stage at The Adrienne- Philadelphia, PA
  • June 2005
    The New Light Series**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • July 2005
    The Spark Festival
    Mum Puppettheatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • November 2005
    GLO**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • 2006
  • February 2006
    Friends for Life**
    Fergie’s Pub- Philadelphia, PA
  • March 2006
    Be Lie Ve
    The Playground at The Adrienne- Philadelphia, PA
  • April 2006
    Devils Also Believe**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • June 2006
    The New Light Series**
    The Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • September 2006
    Fat Pig
    Studio 3 at The Walnut Street Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • 2007
  • July 2007
    GLO**
    Columbia University and Shetler Studios- New York, NY
  • 2008
  • March 2008
    Homeward Bound (reading)**
    The Playground at The Adrienne- Philadelphia, PA
  • June 2008
    New Light**
    The Playground at The Adrienne- Philadelphia, PA
  • July 2008
    GLO**
    Shetler Studios- New York, NY
  • September 2008
    The Widow’s Blind Date*
    Studio 3 at The Walnut Street Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • 2009
  • April 2009
    Homeward Bound**
    Shetler Studios- New York, NY
  • 2010
  • March 2010
    New Light**
    Shubin Theatre- Philadelphia, PA
  • September 2010
    The Waiting Room**
    Old Pine Community Center- Philadelphia, PA
  • December 2010
    Screening of Womanhouse
    Old Pine Community Center- Philadelphia, PA
  • 2011
  • September 2011
    The Dressing Room**
    The Plastic Club- Philadelphia, PA
  • 2014
  • November 2014
    GLO (Green Light One-Acts)
    The Miles Memorial Playhouse- Santa Monica, CA

** WORLD PREMIERS
* LOCAL PREMIERS

Artists

We have worked with over 150 women who have influenced and continue to inspire everything we create. Each of those women is who we are.

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  • A
  • Abby Rothwell
  • Adrienne Johnston-Lister
  • Aisha Nicole Anderson
  • Alana Gerlach
  • Alex Llyod
  • Alexandria Dilks Pandola
  • Alexis Parente
  • Alison Altergott
  • Allie Costa
  • Allison Walton
  • Alyssa Kondraki
  • Amy C. Whipple
  • Amy Stoch
  • Ana Vizcerra Rankin
  • Andrea Bryant
  • Angelina Jerbasi
  • Anne Hamilton
  • Anne Holmes
  • Annie Saekang
  • April Shaw
  • Ashley Kerns
  • B
  • Becca Schneider
  • Becki Zaritsky
  • Bonnie MacAllister
  • Brenna Geffers
  • C
  • Caitlin McMahon
  • Carla Mariani
  • Cat Hasson West
  • Cat Hasson West
  • Celeste Villa
  • Celeste Walker
  • Charlotte Northeast
  • Cherie Jazmyn
  • Colleen Hughes
  • Crystal Jackson
  • D
  • DJ Harner
  • Danielle Weiser
  • Dawn Cowles
  • Dawn Fisher
  • Deanna Weiner
  • Debra Leigh Scott
  • Denise Shubin
  • Diana Cavollo
  • E
  • Elizabeth Levy
  • Ellen Bonnet
  • Ellen Lindsay
  • Ellen Podolsky
  • Emily Button
  • Erika Mapes
  • Erlina D. Ortiz
  • F
  • Francesca De La Vega
  • G
  • Gabrielle Corsaro
  • Gerre Garrett
  • Gillienne Nadeau
  • Gina Martinelli
  • Gina Martino
  • Gina Pisasale
  • H
  • Hannah Tsapatoris MacLeod
  • Harmony Ingraham
  • Heather Jones
  • Heidi Kelly
  • Helen Boyle
  • Helen O’Rourke
  • Hope Williams
  • J
  • Jackie Kay Knox
  • Jackie Ruggiero
  • Jaimie Mayer
  • Jana Nogowski
  • Janine White
  • Jen Bloom
  • Jennie Webb
  • Jean Brooks
  • Jen Browne
  • Jen Hutten
  • Jen Williamson
  • Jennifer Brown
  • Jenny Birnkrant
  • Jenny Kirlin
  • Jenny Pratt
  • Jillian Singer
  • Joniece Abbott-Pratt
  • Juile Marra
  • Julianne Homokay
  • Julianne Kusmierczyk
  • K
  • Kate Black Regan
  • Kate Quinn
  • Kathie Driscoll
  • Katherine James
  • Kathy Harmer
  • Katie Apicella
  • Kelly DeVose
  • Kelly Gregory
  • Killian Beldy
  • Kim Carney
  • Kimberley Barrante
  • Kirsten Quinn
  • Krissy Johnson
  • Kristi Good
  • L
  • Lanna Joffrey
  • Laura Henry
  • Laura Michl
  • Leslie Korein
  • Linda Newsted
  • Linda Suzuki
  • Liz Hinlein
  • Liz Z
  • Lora Bloom
  • Lori-Nan Engler
  • Lucy Wang
  • M
  • Mackenzie Reid
  • Madeline Maher
  • Makaria Tsapatoris
  • Malika Oyetimein
  • Maria Gunji
  • Maria Tomas
  • Marianne Green
  • Marie Stahl
  • Marjorie Goldman
  • Mary Ellen Cosaboon
  • Maxine Wicks
  • Megan Hoke
  • Michele Pace
  • Michelle Pauls
  • Miriam White
  • Mle’ Chester
  • Monica Cortez
  • N
  • Nandita Shenoy
  • Natalie Randazzo
  • Natasha Lee Martin
  • Nicole Mancino
  • P
  • Paget Kagy
  • Pamela Dollak
  • Patricia Crebase
  • Patricia Graham
  • Patricia Mason
  • Paula Diehi
  • Pauline Borkon
  • Phoebe Kuhlman
  • Prin Baker
  • R
  • Rachel Ogden
  • Rachel Sullivan
  • Rebecca Davis
  • Rebecca Van Ryn
  • Reena Shah
  • Ricka Fisher
  • Rivka Rivera
  • Robin Silver
  • Rosalind Bloom
  • Rowen Haigh
  • Ruchama Bilenky
  • Ruth Wells Fisher
  • Ryanne Laratonda
  • S
  • Sandy Ziviani
  • Sara Judge
  • Sara Snyder
  • Sarah Wondrack
  • Shannon Fillion
  • Sharon King
  • Shauna Horn
  • Shayna Padovano
  • Shelia Daley
  • Shelia McDonald
  • Sherry Lorraine
  • Sonia Sherrod
  • Susan Lovell
  • Susan Watson
  • Suzanne Roche
  • T
  • Tai Ricci
  • Teresa McCullough
  • The Philadelphia Chapter of the Women’s Art Caucus
  • Tiffany Robinson
  • TS Hawkins
  • V
  • Vicky De Dios
  • Virginia Maksymowicz
  • Vivian Appler
 

GLO

The GLO IV Plays

Juiced by Alex Dilks Pandola

Five women rid themselves of toxins during a juice-cleanse bachelorette party.

Directed by Liz Hinlein
Featuring: Emily Button, Julianne Kusmierczyk, Paget Kagy, Rivka Rivera & Suzanne Roche

 

Buying a House by Jennie Webb

A dark comedy about money, women and place, in that order.

Directed by Jen Bloom
Featuring: Rebecca Davis, D.J. Harner & Skip Pipo

Femme Noir by Allie Costa

In 1944, a notorious playboy hires Ruby Russell, a tough as nails female P.I., to solve a murder.

Directed by Ricka Fisher
Featuring: Maria Tomas, Darren Hayes, Sheila Daley, Phoebe Kuhlman & Laura Michl

 

Sisters Lunching by the Seaside by Julianne Homokay

Half-sisters Clytemnestra and Helen of Troy meet for lunch to discuss the demise of Greek civilization.

Directed by Katherine James
Featuring: James Singleton, Marie Stahl & Amy Stoch

 

Past GLO plays include:

  • Baggage Claim by Sara Snyder
  • Bullfighting by Lucy Wang
  • The Domestication of Women by Jackie Ruggiero Jacobson
  • I’ve Never Told Anyone This by Linda Suzuki
  • Last Rites by Heather L. Jones
  • Left by Laura Henry
  • Maggie Misplaced by Alex Dilks Pandola
  • Marrying Nandini by Nandita Shenoy
  • Militia Slumber Party, or Embracing the New World Order by Crystal Jackson
  • The Opal Show by Kim Carney
  • Precious by Mary Ellen Cosaboon
  • Santa Loves Colon Cancer by Amy Carolyn Whipple
  • There’s No I In We by Alex Dilks Pandola
  • The Twenty Something’s? by Killian Beldy
  • Who Gives This Woman by Linda Suzuki
 
 
 

Support Us

Get Involved!

Do you want to be a part of Green Light? Great! We’re always looking for artists and like-minded people who are interested in being a part of what we do. And since what we do is influenced by the people we’re working with- what we do depends on what’s important now and YOU. Green Light is about building relationships and creating new relationships between the people we work with. Green Light is also about challenging you as an artist- so if you’re a director with a one-woman show you want to perform or an actor who’s longing to direct- you can do that.

Green Light encourages you to explore who you are as an artist and never EVER stop growing. We don’t have rules. We don’t set boundaries. Everything is up for discussion. Some of the best things we’ve done were ideas I didn’t “get” right away.

Drop us a line, send us a message and let us know why you want to work with or get to know us. We also post audition announcements, script submission announcements and job postings on our website- so keep an eye out for those as well.

Support Us

Since you’re here it must mean that you want to help, which is great, because your support makes it possible for us to keep developing and producing work by women. And this is seriously important work.

As you may know, the percentage of plays being produced each year in the US that are written by women is not at all representative of the number of women writing plays or the number of women seeing plays or the substance of the stories that women have to tell.

Green Light is working to change this by giving women a place to be creative, to explore their craft, to meet and work with like-minded artists- and to be produced.

Make a donation:

Green Light Productions is a proud member of the LA FPI

Want to be a part of Green Light?

Great! We’re always looking for artists and like-minded people who are interested in being a part of what we do. And since what we do is influenced by the people we’re working with- what we do depends on what’s important now and YOU.

No Rules. No Boundaries.

Explore who you are as an artist and never EVER stop growing. Click HERE to find out more!

 

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DO WE REALLY NEED THIS?

This week, Green Light was asked to write a blog post for the LA FPI about GLO. I hope you enjoy reading about GLO, how it was created and why it’s so important. We only have 4 performances and they are going to be amazing! Look out for tickets- they go on-sale October 16th.

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The Shubert Report

An examination of the theatres currently receiving funding from The Shubert Foundation

What is The Shubert Foundation: The nation’s largest private foundation dedicated to providing unrestricted funding for performing arts organizations.

Theatre funding: 349 nonprofit theatres across the country were awarded a total of $16.4 million in grants ranging from $10,000-$300,000.

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The Cat Therapist

Project Greenlight and Green Light Productions started around the same time. After a long hiatus for Project Greenlight and a shorter one for Green Light Productions; both are back and better than ever.

Check out the short film I wrote and directed for the Project Green Light competition. "Cat Therapist" also stars Sean Faye (who coincidentally was in the first production of GLO back in 2006) and Xander the cat.

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Hobby Lobby

In light of the recent Hobby Lobby decision, I wrote to Whole Foods Market and a local co-op market, asking that they remove Eden Foods products from their shelves. I’m sharing my correspondence with Whole Foods below. I’m not surprised at their response. I’m not posting the correspondence with the co-op but they basically took the same stance as Whole Foods.

One side of me knew the co-op wouldn’t stand up and do something radical like pull Eden Foods off their shelves but another part of me wished they would because they’re not just another soulless company assuming the rights of an individual but accepting none of the responsibility that goes with it.

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