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Cover of The Dramatist March/April 2023: The Translations/Adaptations Issue

Vol. 25 No. 4

March/April 2023

The Translations and Adaptations Issue (2023)

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What’s the Deal (Memo)?

Free Articles

by

Ralph Sevush

Free Articles

Dramatizing Money

by

Elaine Grogan Luttrull

Free Articles

Monetizing Your Music

by

Ralph Sevush
and Yuanxiao Xu

Free Articles

A Serious Act: Are You a Professional Dramatist or Not?

by

Emmanuel Wilson

Concord: Lets make theatre happen.

Recent Articles

DG Network

L-R: Carlyle Brown, Constance Congdon, Philip Kan Gotanda, and Todd London at the 2022 DGF Gala. Photo by Rebecca Michelson.

The Legacy Playwrights Initiative: Honoring Those Still Among Us

The Dramatists Guild Legal Defense Fund Announces Sharai Bohannon As Recipient of 2021 Defender Award

DGCM: Who Do I Leave My Intellectual Property To?

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DLDF: Dear Friends of Free Expression

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DGCM: The Author is at the Center of Everything

Craft

March/April 2023

On Translations
by
- Migdalia Cruz,
- Jeremy Tiang,
- Jessica Lit,
- and Caridad Svich
March/April 2023

Alan Menken: On Adaptations
by
- Alan Menken
March/April 2023

On Adaptations
by
- Lee D.A. Cataluna,
- Kate Hamill,
- Mindi Dickstein,
- Tim J. Lord,
- Matthew Spangler,
- and Jeffrey Hatcher

Business

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March/April 2023

8 Questions About Adaptations

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March/April 2023

Adventures (Mostly Excellent) in the Land of Copyright Registration

by

Douglas Post

How are writers paid?

November/December 2022

Calling All Theatre Writers: Join the DG Compensation Study

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January/February 2023

Lessons in Estate Planning: Jim Morrison

by

Deborah Murad, Esq.

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January/February 2023

DG Glossary: Copyright Infringement

National Reports

Videos

Ten Questions

Caitlin Saylor Stephens

January/February 2023

Caitlin Saylor Stephens: Ten Questions

by

Caitlin Saylor Stephens

Why I Joined The Guild

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Chisa Hutchinson: Why I Joined the Guild

by

Chisa Hutchinson

Portrait of Lynn Nottage by Dan Romer for The Dramatist

Lynn Nottage: Why I Joined the Guild

by

Lynn Nottage

Portrait of playwright Kirsten Childs by Dan Romer

Kirsten Childs: Why I Joined the Guild

by

Kirsten Childs

Op/Ed

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Bad Words and Good Theatre

by

Joseph Bardin

Fidler Afn Dakh (Photo by Matthew Murphy)

Miracle of Miracles

by

Michele Lowe

Silence is a Sound by Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko, performed by Ianne Fields Stewart and James A. Pierce III

From the Desk of Jordan Stovall: Jubilee for a New Vision

by

Jordan K. Stovall