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TOC - The Reality Check Issue (2018)

Dramatist Guild of America
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Why Isn't the Guild a Labor Union?
  • Doug Wright
  • and Ralph Sevush
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Dear Dramatist - September/October 2018
  • Christopher King
Annalisa Dias
Annalisa Dias: Ten Qeustions
  • Annalisa Dias
Phillip DePoy
Phillip DePoy: The Craft
  • Phillip DePoy
Clockwise from left: Chris White, Arthur M. Jolly, Nicholas Dunn, Briandaniel Oglesby
Survival Jobs
  • Nicholas Dunn,
  • Chris White,
  • Briandaniel Oglesby,
  • and Arthur M Jolly
L to R: Victoria Z. Daly, Garrett Kim, Shamar White, Kyle Smith, Charles Gershman
The Big "What Now?" Part 2
  • Gary Garrison,
  • Shamar White,
  • Charles Gershman,
  • Kyle Smith,
  • Victoria Z. Daly,
  • and Garrett David Kim
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On Writers Groups
  • Sarah Rebell
Jeff Stolzer, Rachel Bublitz, Franky Gonzalez, Rachel Bykowski, Greg Vovos, and Becca Blackmore
Working Without An Agent
  • Jeff Stolzer,
  • Rachel Bublitz,
  • Franky D. Gonzalez,
  • Rachel Bykowski,
  • Greg Vovos,
  • and Becca Blackmore
Holli Harms, Susan Westfall, Jennifer Maisel, T.D. Mitchell, Mark Friedman
Suggestions for Staged Readings
  • Holli C Harms,
  • Susan Westfall,
  • Jennifer Maisel,
  • T. D. Mitchell,
  • and Mark Friedman
L to R: Morgan Gould, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Rajendra Maharaj, Regina Taylor
Directing Your Own Work
  • Morgan Gould,
  • Deborah Zoe Laufer,
  • Rajendra Maharaj,
  • Regina Taylor,
  • and Joey Stocks
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Freelance Isn't Free
  • Tari Stratton,
  • Alberto Roldan,
  • David Hernandez-Arqueta,
  • and Lisa Billips
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Rejection Letters That Never Made It Into Print
  • Stanley Taikeff
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Advice to Young Theatre Composers
  • Maury Yeston
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Copyright Advocacy: Between Never and Forever
  • David Faux
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From the Desk of DGF: What’s the Foundation?
  • Rachel Routh
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Chicago: Can Conversation Change the World?
  • Cheryl Coons
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Will Power
  • Teresa Coleman Wash
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DC: Honoring Howard Shalwitz
  • Allyson Currin
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Gulf Coast: The NOLA Project
  • Rob Florence
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Houston: Texas Playwrights Festival
  • William R. Duell
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Northern New England: Contracts for Writers
  • Patrick Gabridge
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New Jersey: Joel Stone
  • Stephen Kaplan
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San Francisco: The Rest I Make Up
  • Suze Allen
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Seattle: Out of Grief Comes Art
  • Kate Danley
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Southwest: New Work!
  • Elaine Romero
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Tennessee: How does a playwright get from New York to Tennessee? 
  • Andy Landis
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Guild News – September/October 2018
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Dramatists Diary – September/October 2018
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New Guild Members as of July 15, 2018
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