OUR MISSION
3Girls Theatre Company develops, promotes, and presents new plays by emerging SF Bay Area women+ playwrights over 40 years of age. Founded in 2011 to challenge gender bias within theater, we provide dedicated support to a cohort that is multiracial, multigenerational, and includes cis and trans women, gender non-conforming artists, and trans men.
In Remembrance of Lee Brady
All of us at 3Girls Theatre were saddened to learn about the passing on June 17th of 3GT cofounder and legacy playwright Lee Brady. One of the original "3 Girls" back in 2011, Lee’s contributions to the company and to the Bay Area theater community will continue to inspire.
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A playwright, teacher, actor, director, producer, critic, and theatre professional, Lee Brady did it all throughout her 50+ year career. Of her 46 full-length plays, more than 30 have been produced, including in Edinburgh, Scotland and San Jose, Costa Rica, as well as in regional theatre in the Midwest, South, Southwest and several California cities. Among many others, she has won awards for her plays Home from the Wedding and Southern Lights, which 3GT produced in 2018 at Zbelow. In a 2016 interview for SF Gate, Lee explains how she, AJ Baker, and Suze Allen created the concept for 3GT: "We would get women’s plays onstage where they belong. That was our motto.” In 2018, 3GT's Brady Fellowship, which provides invaluable support for emerging women+ writers over 40, was named in Lee’s honor.
Tremendously brilliant, talented, and kind, Lee will be remembered for her sense of humor, kindness and fierce support of theatre artists and is dearly missed. She lives on through her plays, her many artistic contributions, through all those she inspired and in our hearts.
A celebration of life will take place at the Phoenix Theatre on October 30, 2025 - Lee’s 96th Birthday. We look forward to sharing our memories and love for Lee with all of you then.
Lee Brady 3GT Co-Founder
3GT’s legacy development program is named in honor of our beloved co-founder, Lee Brady. Lee's celebrated 50+ year career as a playwright, critic, teacher and all-around theatre guru continues to inspire us every day .
We are honored to continue Lee Brady's Legacy: Apply to be a Brady Fellow!
The Brady Fellowship is for emerging Bay Area women and AFAB writers who are: over 40 and/or BIPOC and/or LBTQ+. Each play is supported with dramaturgy and given a full staged reading in front of an audience. This is invaluable support for an emerging writer.
This year's window for Brady Fellows opens August 15th and closes September 15th. For questions about the application or program, email Casting and Producing Consultant Zoe Chien
COMING SOON:
"The Break Up! A Queer Latina Torch Song" starring Tina D'Elia!
Kicking off our 2025-2026 Season will be 3GT Program Alumni and current Board Member, Tina D'Elia in her solo show, "The Break Up! A Queer Latina Torch Song".
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Date: Sunday, September 21 at 2pm
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Location: The iMPACt Center for Art & Dance, 1625 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
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Tickets and more information coming soon!
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Recorded performances of our shows during the 2021/2022 season are available on YouTube. Current shows are being added and CLOSED CAPTIONING is now available! Click here to see our YouTube Channel and subscribe to stay in the loop when videos are added in the future!
“It’s the obvious truth that women write plays as well as men do. The disparity in productions is just another byproduct of
centuries of patriarchal bias.”
-Theatre Communications Group
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