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Female-only festival looks to spotlight local women playwrights, artists, painters and designers

“It’s very frustrating to me that as a local artist, I have a better chance of being hired here if I move to New York,” Astle said. “Women make up over 60 percent of the theater audience, but their voices are not necessarily represented on stage … We’re looking for voices and stories that wouldn’t have otherwise been told.”

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