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Best Practices for Opera

Authored by Jessica Lit, Director of Business Affairs at The Dramatists Guild, the Best Practices for Opera guide is intended to help composers and librettists understand their rights in the commissioning process—including credit, fees, and artistic control. The best practices highlighted in the report...
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Approved Production Contract Booklet Guide for Broadway

Learn all about the Dramatists Guild's Broadway Approved Production Contract in this APC booklet guide! Discover when to obtain the APC, how to use the APC, and what APC certification means. This guide also includes important information on the rights and responsibilities of DG members when they are produced on Broadway, including...
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Model Billing Provision for Opera

The Dramatists Guild has observed that opera companies in the 21st century have been trying to grow their audiences and develop their art form beyond the presentation of revivals of the established canon of works. To do so, some companies are commissioning a wider array of contemporary playwrights to write original libretti for new...
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DG Guide for Dramatists: The Art of Negotiating Theatre Contracts

We know it can feel daunting to negotiate with a producer, theatre, school, college, or university that wants to produce your play or musical. But it is important to advocate for yourself, to ensure that you receive the treatment that all playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists deserve. If you...
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Devised Theatre Resource Manual

The Devised Theatre Committee and Business Affairs Department are proud to announce the availability of four contract models designed specifically for devised theater, a ...
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Best Practices for Contests & Festivals

Meant to be used by dramatists when weighing contest & festival submission opportunities. Can also be used by theatres and arts organizations to craft contests or festivals. Guidelines devised by the DG Festival Committee meant to be used by playwrights when weighing contest and festival submission...
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Best Practice Considerations for Director Agreements

The CONSIDERATIONS FOR "DIRECTOR AGREEMENT" guidelines were arrived at after extensive discussions between writers and directors and were drafted to address the rare circumstance in which a director’s extraordinary contribution to a work transcends direction and dramaturgy. ...
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