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Dramatist Guild of America
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Joey Stocks by Carla McDonald
Editor’s Notes on The Innovation Issue
  • Joey Stocks
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Dear Dramatist – March/April 2022
  • Kris Bauske,
  • Ed Verdin,
  • and Emma Palzere-Rae
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DG Glossary: Work For Hire
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Jason Robert Brown: Ten Questions
  • Jason Robert Brown
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Marsha Norman: What I’m Teaching Now
  • Marsha Norman
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The Listening Party
  • Terence Anthony
Gabriel Jason Dean, TS Hawkins, and Krista Knight
Innovative Dramatists
  • Gabriel Jason Dean,
  • TS Hawkins,
  • Krista Knight,
  • and Joey Stocks
“This Room Is a Broken Heart” in The Watering Hole at Signature Theatre featuring the art of Vanessa German
Innovation is Nothing New
  • amelia french
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Midnight Oil Collective
  • Michael Korie,
  • Emily Roller,
  • and Frances Pollock
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Dreaming the Queer Future
  • Roger Q. Mason,
  • Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko,
  • Ayla Xuan Chi Sullivan,
  • and Peppermint .
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How Should We Go On? The Great Realignment Begins
  • Emmanuel Wilson
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New Works Now In The Public Domain
  • Ralph Sevush
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Atlanta: Staying Optimistic
  • Laura King
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Kentucky: Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Award
  • Brian Walker
Papa Jennings Is Gone by Aseneth Elizabeth Parker in rehearsal at Obsidian Theatre Festival, March 2021. Two actors seated with crew members beside and behind them. Another crew member stands in front of the stage gesturing with his arms.
Michigan: A More Inclusive Theatre Community
  • Catherine Zudak
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New England – West: Ample Innovation
  • Emma Palzere-Rae
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The Carolinas: Crossing Over Into 2022
  • Nichole Palmer,
  • Erica McGee,
  • and Triza Cox
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Ohio: A Cincinnati Update
  • Michael London
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Oregon: Whipping Up a Flurry of Creativity
  • Rachael Carnes
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Philadelphia: The Hand that Holds the Quill
  • Marjorie Bicknell
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Puerto Rico: The Santaliz Archive (Archivo Santaliz)
  • Kairiana Núñez Santaliz
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California – South: Art in the Time of Omicron
  • Diana Burbano
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Twin Cities: A Certain Solidarity
  • Eric "Pogi" Sumangil
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New York State: Hudson Valley & Capital Region Funding Roundtable
  • Dominic D'Andrea
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Dramatists Diary – March/April 2022
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New Guild Members as of January 15, 2022
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Nikkole Salter: Why I Joined the Guild
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