Archive Advertise Diary The Dramatist is the official journal of the Dramatists Guild of America, the professional organization of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. Vol. 28 No. 1 Winter 2025 Grief Current Issue Issue Archive Why Billing Matters Business and Career Craft How is dramatic writing a well-suited avenue for exploring grief? How is it uniquely challenging? by Kermit Frazier, Chelsea Marcantel, Laura Shamas, Rosanna Alfaro, Denmo Ibrahim, a.k. payne, Tara Moses, and Steve Yockey Business and Career Attorneys Backstage: Pulling Back the Curtain on Breach & Contract Enforcement by Leesa Fenderson Ten Questions Liz Duffy Adams: Ten Questions by Liz Adams Advocacy Immigrant Artists Deserve to be Free by Francisco Mendoza Advocacy Room Enough by Azure D. Osborne-Lee Free Articles New Play Conferences by Goldie Patrick, DeLanna Studi, Kevin Lawler, Adrian Centeno, Jeremy Cohen, and Melia Bensussen Industry News VIEW ALL Industry News Election Results: Dramatists Guild 2025 Council Industry News Honor Roll! Accepting Submissions for Third Annual Marjorie Bicknell Honor Roll! Honors Industry News Roger Q. Mason Awarded McKnight National Residency and Commission by Playwrights’ Center Industry News American Theatre Wing to Relaunch National Theatre Company Grants Program Industry News Great Plains Theatre Commons Announces 2024 Playwrights Industry News Announcing 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Recipients Industry News Eboni Booth’s ‘Primary Trust’ Receives 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Industry News Lloyd Suh Receives 2024 Steinberg/ATCA Award Advocacy Newsroom VIEW ALL Career Alert: Concerns About Submission Opportunity at Bold Sunrise Theatre Action Alert: Oppose AI Moratorium in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act 2025 Council Election Results Statement on the Kennedy Center's Announced Cancellation of a Production Emmanuel Wilson Steps Down As Co-Executive Director Aug 26 Webinar: Incorporating for Theatre Writers - Essentials for LLCs, S Corps, and Sole Proprietorships Aug 1 Webinar: Artificial Intelligence in Theatre - Navigating Legal Considerations for Writers Philadelphia: Join Us For An Advocacy Session on July 27 at Free Library of Philadelphia Business and Career VIEW ALL Dec 01, 2025 --> Attorneys Backstage: Pulling Back the Curtain on Breach & Contract Enforcement Sep 01, 2025 --> DG Glossary: Defamation Sep 01, 2025 --> Attorneys Backstage: Pulling Back the Curtain on Copyright + Collaborations in Educational Institutions Sep 01, 2025 --> Between Rewrites and O-1 Renewals Jun 01, 2025 --> How To Avoid “Rent” Control: Protecting Your Copyright When Working with a Non-Authorial Collaborator
Craft How is dramatic writing a well-suited avenue for exploring grief? How is it uniquely challenging? by Kermit Frazier, Chelsea Marcantel, Laura Shamas, Rosanna Alfaro, Denmo Ibrahim, a.k. payne, Tara Moses, and Steve Yockey
Business and Career Attorneys Backstage: Pulling Back the Curtain on Breach & Contract Enforcement by Leesa Fenderson
Free Articles New Play Conferences by Goldie Patrick, DeLanna Studi, Kevin Lawler, Adrian Centeno, Jeremy Cohen, and Melia Bensussen
Winter 2025 How is dramatic writing a well-suited avenue for exploring grief? How is it uniquely challenging? by Kermit Frazier, Chelsea Marcantel, Laura Shamas, Rosanna Alfaro, Denmo Ibrahim, a.k. payne, Tara Moses, and Steve Yockey
Autumn 2025 Lillian Hellman’s Code of Decency and the House Un-American Activities Committee by Carolyn Gage
