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Jun 01, 2025
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Originally published IN THE DG NEWSLETTER, SEPTEMBER 1997

Your play is an intensely personal manuscript reflecting your life and the people in it, and it expresses your singular view of the world. You have worked on it for many years—shaping it, molding it, and developing it. Producers are starting to take notice, sniffing around your staged readings, making promises. You just need to get over some last few hurdles to make the play into the venture that folks are looking for.

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Ralph Sevush, Esq.
Ralph Sevush, Esq.

is an entertainment attorney. He’s been with the Dramatists Guild of America since 1997, and their Executive Director and general counsel since June 2005. He is the Treasurer for the Dramatists Legal Defense Fund.

Christopher C. Wilson

is the former Executive Director of the Dramatists Guild of America. Prior to joining the Guild in 1996, Mr. Wilson practiced in the Business Reorganization Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. He now serves as Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs/General Counsel for the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

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