News: Advocacy

Voting is now open for the 2023 DG Council Elections! All eligible Guild Members can help to elect the Council Members who will make decisions about how your Guild operates. Each candidate has crafted a biography and a personal statement for your review and selection. Please read their entries, and vote for the Council Members you want to see representing your Guild.  Take a moment to use the link below to vote in this year's Council Election. ...

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), which represents 59 education, publishing, religious, and arts organizations, has joined the Dramatists Legal Defense Fund and PEN America to call attention to the cancellation of Paula Vogel's play Indecent at a Florida...

Join us for three exciting career training events this month! Learn to create opportunities for your work at site-specific venues, find out what to expect when submitting your work to writing contests or festivals, and discover how email marketing campaigns can help you promote your show. These free events will all take place online; no matter where you are, you'll be able to participate in the webinars. Discover more upcoming events for writers via our ...

We wish you and yours a joyful, healthy season, no matter what you celebrate at this time of the year. Here's hoping that 2023 will be a year of creativity and fulfillment! Please be advised that the Guild Offices will be closed from December 24, 2022 - January 3, 2023. We look forward to continuing to support and serve our members in the new year. If you need to speak to someone in Business Affairs, or have an unsigned contract that you...

You get the call that you have been waiting for; someone is interested in producing your script! Before you know it, you are looking at a multi-page production agreement, and being asked to sign on the dotted line. Even if you are lucky enough to have an agent or an attorney on your team, it is critical that you read the agreement and understand its terms.  This article will review the six most basic terms in a production agreement. Having a working knowledge of these terms...

Dear DG Affiliates, With autumn underway and the changing of the seasons, we turn toward a time of warmth, connection, and new possibility.  With that, we thank you for your continued dedication and support for those who are out creating and innovating dynamic work that will surely shape the fabric of our shared theatrical ecosystem in the coming years. The uplifting of voices and new stories is perhaps more important now than ever – and you are the connective tissue bringing it...

Guild Members! Please help us help YOU. We are calling on all Guild members to complete this year's Authors Coalition Survey, so that we can receive the funds necessary to continue our advocacy work on behalf of all dramatists. This means more resources for us to educate and advocate for the rights and opportunities that are available to all theatrical writers in the United States, including Guild members.  We have continued ...

Season 4 Episode 6 of The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK podcast is now available to download! DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE This season, we celebrate...

The Dramatists Guild Foundation is now offering Bridge Grants to eligible playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists! apply here These Bridge Grants are need-based awards of up to $500, now available to support theatre writers with non-...

Season 4 Episode 3 of The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK podcast is now available to download! DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE This season, we celebrate how writers from a diverse array of backgrounds have built...

Sometimes, what goes on in Washington D.C. can feel worlds apart from what happens on our stages but that couldn't be further from the truth. When you vote, you have the power to help elect officials who will prioritize issues that matter to writers like you.  Here are some of the policy and legislative relative issues the we've been working on in our advocacy efforts on behalf of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. Discover our...

Tuesday, November 29 Atlantic Time: 5pm Eastern Time: 4pm Central Time: 3pm Mountain Time: 2pm Pacific Time: 1pm Alaska Time: 12pm Hawaii Time: 11am Watch the Recording This webinar, specially designed for those who write for the theatre, will help...