The League of Independent Theater honors the 2024 New York Independent Theater Award Recipients.

​The Muse Project is this year's Ellen Stewart Award recipient. Learn more.

"After a complete reimagining of the award process and a tripling of engagement over previous years, a committee of 35 community members evaluated over a hundred nominations to come to a consensus around the 6 Honorary Award Recipients. These Honorees exhibit outstanding leadership, service, artistry and commitment to the indie and off-off broadway theatrical landscape."

​Thank you to the Indie Theater League and the NYIT Awards, and congratulations to all the honorees and finalists.

A Simple Herstory goes to Powerhouse, July 2024.

"Since 1985, Powerhouse has welcomed artists and students of the highest caliber to the Vassar College campus—from Lynn Nottage to John Patrick Shanley and from Taylor Mac to Sarah DeLappe [...] Jocelyn Kuritsky (KPOP) and her writing partners present episodes in progress of the Webby Award-honored podcast A Simple Herstory, in collaboration with The Tank and directed by Meghan Finn." Learn more.

Thank you to Powerhouse for hosting us and helping us develop Season 2!

A Simple Herstory is a 2024 Official Webby Awards Honoree!!!

"Hailed as the 'Internet’s highest honor' by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996, The Webby Awards received 13,000 entries from all 50 states and over 70 countries worldwide this year."  Learn More - Best Indie Podcast, Features.

Thank you to IADAS for this recognition.

On March 21st, 2024 Scripps Presents featured A Simple Herstory, the award-winning, deviant, multi-platform audio fiction exploration of the 100+ women who have run for President of the United States. It was a night filled with engaging discussion by the creators of the podcast — Jocelyn Kuritsky, Jonathan Goldberg, and Jennifer Hall. 

"Scripps Presents is an electrifying mix of storytellers and artists, policymakers and musicians—and everything in between. From the iconic to the emerging, join Scripps Presents as we host eye-opening, mind-bending writers and performers, and exhilarating thinkers and doers whose passion and perspective are changing the way we see the world. Recent guests have included Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, author Megan Phelps-Roper, political strategist Ana Navarro." Learn more.

A Simple Herstory had a workshop at The Tank in October, 2023. Thanks to all who came out for our Season 2 Workshop!

The second season is written by the award-winning playwright Jonathan A. Goldberg and Peabody Award winner Jenny Turner Hall. The workshop cast featured Ashlie Atkinson, Tony nominee Maria Dizzia, Kate MacCluggage, Cecil Baldwin, Varín Ayala, & Sharina Martin. The presentation was also followed by a panel discussion with Turner Hall and Webby Award winner, Pia Wilson. Learn more. 

Big tanks to The Tank!​

A theatrical installation with the first season of The Muse Project's A Simple Herstory is in development. Season 1 was featured in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2022 Quills Fest, which won a 2023 Telly Award.

We extend a huge thank you to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and The Merchant's House Museum.

​​To learn more about this project, please visit Live & Immersive on the Herstory website.

"The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. Founded in 1979 to honor local, regional and cable television commercials, with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after, the award has evolved with the rise of digital video to include branded content, documentary, social media, immersive and more."
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Learn more about the Telly Awards.

More Muse website updates coming soon!
​In the meantime, visit A Simple Herstory here.

About.

The Muse Project shifts the traditional theater paradigm, and prioritizes women stage actors as creators and content generators. Our Muses have included an array of accomplished and burgeoning actresses, including the late Lynn Cohen, Florencia Lozano, Déa Julien, Vanessa Aspillaga, Kyra Miller, Jessica Frances Dukes,  Jocelyn Kuritsky (Artistic Director), Tina Benko, and more. We have partnered with various celebrated New York theater companies to incubate our work, including New Georges, The New Group, Abingdon Theatre Company, The Tank, The Flea Theater, The PIT, Theaterlab, & Torn Page.

Project Of The Moment.

Please visit asimpleherstory.com to learn more about our project of the moment.

In Memoriam.

The Muse Project mourns the loss of our friend and colleague, Lanie Zipoy. Lanie was seriously injured in a car accident in June, 2022, and she succumbed to her injuries shortly thereafter. Lanie was a champion of and advisor to The Muse Project from its inception. She was simultaneously filled to the brim with a full, elastic heart and awesome ambition: an artist's artist and woman's woman. We miss her terribly. If you have the means, you can still make a contribution to Lanie's GoFundMe, and you can view Lanie's film, The Subject here. The Subject was Lanie's feature film directorial debut.

The great Lynn Cohen passed away on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2020 at her home in NYC. Lynn was a veteran stage and screen actor, and a pillar of the New York theater community. She was best known for playing Magda on Sex and the City, Golda Meir in Munich, and Mags in The Hunger Games. She was a constant source of mentorship, support, and encouragement, and she loved women actors with a fierce camaraderie. Lynn was instrumental in launching and building The Muse Project. She and her husband, Ron Cohen, came to nearly every event, every performance, every reading, every moment that was Muse. We are forever grateful to Lynn and her belief in this project. 

Update: Ron Cohen passed in November of 2023. We also remember him with love and gratitude for his boundless support of Muse.