Form agreement for collaboration between authors writing a musical.

Form agreement for collaboration between authors writing a straight play.

For the rare circumstances in which a director's extraordinary contributions to a work transcend dramaturgy, and the author elects to assign a portion of the work's future revenues to the director.

This model agreement should be used when a group of individuals (alternatively, “creators”) begins a collaborative process without first knowing who the authors will be.

This agreement can be used when it comes time to present the devised work before a live audience.

This model represents a process in which one or more writer(s) (alternatively, principal devisors, delegates, or lead writers) collaborate with one or more non-writers to create a new work.

This model should be used when all of the participants in the devised process are writers (alternatively, “ensemble members”).

The DG©M is an estate planning consultancy and intellectual property management program created by the Dramatists Guild of America to oversee the stewardship of your plays, songs and musicals.

The Guild is governed by a board of directors (Council) elected from its membership.