The guild is also releasing a series of webinars and a written guide to assist members with understanding and crafting their own rider based on the model created by its business affairs department and ...

Dramatists Play Service, the theatrical licensing and publishing agency formed in 1936 that represents scores the stage’s most prominent playwrights, has been acquired by Broadway Licensing in what ...

When Michaela O’Harra founded New Dramatists in 1949, her dream was to create a space where young writers could develop their work, share ideas, and grow as artists. “She envisioned a place that would ...

Amanda Green, President of the Dramatists Guild Council, hosted the event, which featured musical numbers, moving speeches, and many powerful moments of solidarity and community. The first award of ...

Playwright Christopher Durang has been named the recipient of The Dramatists Guild of America’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, joining a prestigious roster of such past awardees as John Guare, ...

For nearly 60 years, the Dramatists Guild Foundation has been providing financial support to theater writers who need it—and in 2020, boy have they needed it. The Foundation’s original intent for this ...

United Hospital Fund, with grant support from Venturous Theater Fund, has released Risky Business: A Guide for Dramatists (and Other Theater Workers) on Finding Affordable Health Coverage and Care, a ...

New Dramatists, the Tony-winning not-for-profit devoted to developing new works by playwrights, has announced the names of seven individuals who will receive seven-year residencies with the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), returning the question of abortion to the individual states, has provoked an obvious political ...

Sad news from Chicago Dramatists: its longtime artistic director Russ Tutterow died today, after a battle with cancer. A beloved director and stalwart of the Chicago theater scene, Tutterow was a ...

Tony-winning playwright and Pulitzer finalist Christopher Durang is the recipient of the Dramatists Guild of America’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, an annual award presented by the Dramatists ...