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Aug 1 Webinar: Artificial Intelligence in Theatre - Navigating Legal Considerations for Writers

Join our Business Affairs Staff for an enlightening discussion on Artificial Intelligence and its implications for theatrical writers. This event will explore how new innovations can influence the creative process, copyright issues, and the future of theatre writing. Theatre writers are increasingly concerned about AI's potential to scrape online scripts without permission, create AI-generated plays, and replace human dramatists. Legal and ethical...
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New Guild Staff: Introducing Ginnila Pérez and Yuanxiao Xu

The Dramatists Guild is delighted to introduce two new members of the Business Affairs department, our new associate Ginnila Pérez, and our BA consultant Yuanxiao Xu, a West Coast-based attorney, to help us respond to member queries on the Help Desk. "We look forward to their contributions to Team BA,” says Ralph Sevush, Executive Director of Business Affairs.  Ginnila Pérez, our new Business Affairs Associate, is excited to work with...
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From the Desk of Business Affairs: What’s In An Opera, Doc?

While Opera was the form that gave birth to the Broadway musical, the business of musical theatre writing has grown up since then. The documents that memorialize the rights of writers and the terms of their agreements are similar, but not the same. Since DG...
The Dramatist

The Real Person in Your Play

This article returns to a topic discussed in this column several years ago, but which seems to be increasingly popular. It all begins with a seemingly simple question: “Can I write a play about a real person?” This query invokes two areas of the law referred to as the right of publicity and the right of privacy. These rapidly...
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DG Webinar: Taxes in the Age of COVID

Join us on March 24 for a DG webinar providing support for dramatists on how to navigate the process of filing taxes during the pandemic. Wednesday, March 24 Eastern Time: 6pm – 7:30pm Central Time: 5pm-6:30pm Mountain Time: 4pm-5:30pm Pacific Time: 3pm-4:30pm Hosted by Elaine Grogan Luttrull Certified Public Accountant Founder, Minerva Financial Arts If it is true that the only certainties in life are death and...
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New Digital Rights Agreement

The Dramatists Guild's Business Affairs department recently created a new Digital Rights Agreement for member use. This agreement is intended to be a model contract that will enable members to grant a non-profit producer the exclusive right to present live-streamed productions. Any members who wish to license live stage production rights along with their digital rights can negotiate terms, using the DG form of live production agreement that is applicable to their circumstances, and...
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ASK BA Webinar: Broadway and The First Class Contract

Friday, September 11 at 4pm EDT Dramatists Guild Executive Director of Business Affairs, Ralph Sevush, will take part in a mock negotiation with DG lawyer David Faux, Esq. As Ralph and Dave work their way through the details of a Broadway production contract, they’ll provide viewers with behind-the-scene insights into what the Dramatists Guild looks for in a good contract. ...
The Dramatist

Editor's Notes on The Before and After Issue

Before this issue existed, it was an idea of Amy VonMacek’s, pitched to and pondered by our esteemed Publications Committee and Business Affairs Department. As we talked about it, we felt it made sense for it to come after The Coping Issue. Since February 2019, my “before” has been writing morning pages as prescribed in Julia...
The Dramatist

Out on the Fringe

Over the last eighteen months, the Dramatists Guild has begun to look beyond our own borders and reach out to international writing organizations in an effort to share information and learn more about each other’s industry. It began in October of 2017 when the Dramatists Guild partnered with the Writers Guild of Great Britain on the creation of the Good Neighbour Initiative, in which members of international writers’ organizations will have temporary...
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The Assignment Conspiracy: Dramatists & the So-Called “Work-Made-For-Hire”

In a world full of competing conspiracy theories, dramatists have been living with one of the most insidious: the work-made-for-hire (“WFH”). Like all conspiracies, it involves a strong element of deception and its existence is not nearly as widespread as it might seem. Unlike most conspiracies, though, each individual member of the...
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The Business Affairs Help Desk is LIVE!

The BA Help Desk is a new portal that answers your question more quickly and efficiently. Now you can submit a query or request a contract review via our new ticketing system. You can check the status of new or closed ticket. You'll no longer have to dig through your emails to find the answers to your business questions. Our ticketing system will allow you to follow up on issues months or, in some cases, years after you first...
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