THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA

A note for those who pay dues online:

PLEASE NOTE: Our electronic invoicing only works with Internet Explorer. We will be working later this year with the company that handles our invoicing to make billing compatible with other browsers such as Firefox, but until further notice, please use Internet Explorer when paying your dues. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Member Alert: Website Login And Online Payment Service Interruption

During the week of July 13, 2009, the Guild will be upgrading its database software. As a result, there will be interruptions to the availability of online member log-in as well as payment of dues online. Members wishing to pay their dues in July are encouraged to phone the Guild offices at (212) 398-9366. Thank you for your patience and consideration while we work to increase overall efficiency and improve member services.

Friday Night Footlights is on hiatus for the Summer.
To schedule a slot for anytime after September, 2009, please email Larry Pontius, Assistant to Gary Garrison, at lpontius [at ] dramatistsguild.com

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We are a community of playwrights, composers and lyricists dedicated to protecting, informing, and promoting the interests of dramatists everywhere.

We do this by providing free of charge to our members:

Contracts and legal advice.
Information about representation, production opportunities, theatrical resources, grants, prizes, awards and members’ publications through our web-site and bi-monthly magazine, The Dramatist.
Rigorous defense of our copyrights - that is, we protect the right to own and control our own work.
Resources to counter censorship and artistic encroachment of any kind.
Cultural & educational exchanges with other playwrights, composers and lyricists in the form of informal talks and round table discussions with theater professionals.
Year-long fellowships and observerships for new writers.
Advocacy for cultural diversity, including issues of race, class, gender, ethnicity and disability.
Access to health insurance plans and through The Dramatists’ Guild Fund, providing financial support for writers in need.

"People come to the theater,” David Mamet once said, “to be told the truth.” From O’Neill to Albee to Sondheim, the voice which has spoken that truth has been the voice of the American playwright.

It is the mission of the Dramatists Guild to ensure that the voice of the playwright will continue to be heard loudly, clearly, and without compromise.