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DGF Emergency Grants
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This year, in response to the pandemic’s devastation of theatrical work, the Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) has increased its cash gifts to playwrights fifteen-fold, an unprecedented rise.

In the first six months of this year, the Foundation has given nearly $650,000 to dramatists to help cover rent, food, medical expenses and other necessities.

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Margaret Engel
Margaret Engel

and her twin, Allison, co-wrote Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, directed by David Esbjornson and starring Kathleen Turner. They wrote Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End and the radio play The Cat Lady Christmas. They are working on a monologue play, Women Make Me Laugh.