The Autumn 2025 issue of The Dramatist Quarterly is devoted to the theme of courage, particularly in the face of censorship. This edition of the quarterly explores the importance of free speech, freedom of expression, and representation, with features including a roundtable with this year’s DLDF Defender award recipients moderated by Robert Schenkkan, an interview with Rhiana Yazzie a

In the Summer 2025 edition of The Dramatist, Deborah Zoe Laufer moderates a roundtable of “Dramaturgs on Dramaturgy” with Julie Felise Dubiner, Jordan Ealey, Liz Engelman, Zachariah Ezer, and Gaven Trinidad.

In the Spring 2025 edition of The Dramatist, Christine Toy Johnson tells “A Tale of 3 Commissions,” Director of Business Affairs Jessica Lit breaks down the DG Model Commission Agreement, and Sandy Rustin embarks on “A Quest for Ikigai.” 

The Winter 2024 edition of The Dramatist is an adventure through our publications archive, beginning with “So Which Comes First, the Words or the Music?” by Sheldon Harnick from the Spring 1967 Dramatists Guild Quarterly.

The Autumn 2024 edition of The Dramatist focuses on the creation and development of new musicals, including Career articles “When Should I Give Someone a Co-Writing Credit?” and “Best Practices for Authorial Billing for Musicals & Opera.”

The Summer 2024 edition of The Dramatist celebrates the 2023-2024 theatre season and world premiere productions throughout the country — and dives deep into what it means to create new plays.

The Spring 2024 edition of The Dramatist explores the topic of mentorship through conversations between Jeanine Tesori & Paula Vogel and Roger Q. Mason & Steven Dietz.

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