The MACHA TEST is a set of criteria we use to determine if a script fulfills our mission to produce Feminist Theatre

Scripts where :

• more than half the characters are women/non-binary and these characters speak more than half the lines.

• women/non-binary characters are central to the narrative.

• there is a feminist perspective and the story empowers women/non-binary characters.

• there is not arbitrary violence against women or abuse of women. If the violence or abuse is important to the narrative, it is addressed directly and intentionally in ways that do not perpetuate rape culture. 

  When we say women we mean ALL women: We seek stories that empower and promote women of color, trans women, queer women, and woman of all ages and ability. We are committed to casting all scripts inclusively.

Banner photo: Belle Pugh, Michael Blackwood, James Lyle, Peter Cook, Caitlin Frances, and Bianca Raso in “Smoke & Dust” by Joy McCullough (Macha 2018). Photo by Joe Iano Photography.