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For the first time in its fifteen-year history, the Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights has released a shortlist of eight playwrights who are in consideration for the prestigious award. This decision was made by the prize organizers to “better reflect the pluralism of [the prize's] applicant pool, and to provide a broader context about the state of the American Theater at the emerging level.” The eight...

Drama Desk and Obie award-winning off-Broadway theatre Keen Company has announced its 2022 Playwrights Lab Writers as Kristoffer Diaz, Sarah Schulman, and Anna Ziegler. These dramatists will join Keen Company’s 2021 Playwrights Lab Writers...

The Kleban Foundation has announced the recipients of its 32nd annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre. This year’s two recipients are Dramatists Guild member César Alvarez, who was awarded the Kleban...

FRIGID New York has announced the 27 works that will be featured in its sixteenth annual FRIGID Festival. The event is an open and uncensored opportunity for theatre artists to let their ingenuity thrive in a venue that values freedom of expression and artistic determination. 100% of box office proceeds go directly to the artists whose work is being presented. This year will feature the work of three Guild members: Hā Hā...

Dramatists Guild member and former Publications Intern Penny Pun has been announced as the first-ever Managing Director and Leader of Organizational Operations at National Disability Theatre. Penny will work...

Theater for the New City will host its 19th annual Love 'n Courage Gala on February 14th, dedicating the evening to Dramatists Guild Council member Austin Pendleton. The Gala will benefit TNC's emerging playwrights program, which, each year, gives twenty to 30 emerging artists full productions with a minimal run of three weeks. Austin Pendleton is a...

Page 73 develops and produces the work of early-career playwrights who have shown a commitment to playwriting as a career but who have yet to receive a professional production in New York City. Every year, the organization selects one playwright to receive a $10,000 cash grant and an additional $10,000 for developing several new plays over the course of the year. This year's recipient, the 19th fellow in Page 73's history, is...

The International Theatermakers Award is given with the purpose of recognizing the critical contribution of theatremakers from around the world to the American theatre in spite of the barriers they face to work in the United States. Among this year’s five recipients are Dramatists Guild members Nkenna Akunna and Tidtaya Sinutoke. The award, a...

The Fred Ebb Foundation has announced Tidtaya Sinutoke and Isabella Dawis as the recipients of the seventeenth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters. The $60,000 award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting by an emerging songwriter or songwriting team and is given with the purpose of encouring and...

PlayPenn, an artist-driven non-profit organization dedicated to the development of new plays and playwrights, has announced Che’Rae Adams as their new Artistic Director. For the past seventeen years, PlayPenn has been dedicated to supporting the needs of the writer and the demands of the play in an ever-evolving process within which playwrights can engage in risk taking, boundary-pushing work. Adams has acted as...

The Ziegfeld Club, Inc. has announced DG members Carmel Dean, Madeline Myers, and non-member November Christine as recipients of the sixth annual Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. The honor, given to female composers of musical theatre,...