OFFICERS
Amanda Green
President
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Vice President
Kristoffer Diaz
Secretary
Christine Toy Johnson
Treasurer
STAFF
Ralph Sevush
Advisor to Council,
Executive Director of Business Affairs
Emmanuel Wilson
Executive Director of Creative Affairs and Membership
Claudia Stuart
Director of Finance & Administration
Tari Stratton
Director of Education and DGI
David Faux
Of Counsel
Amy VonMacek
Director of Council Programs
Aisha DeCoteau
Director of Business Affairs
Joey Stocks
Director of Publications
Todd London
Theatre Relations
Bekka Lindström
Graphic Designer
Trudy Appling
Data Analyst
Jordan K. Stovall
Regional Programs Manager
Sarah Rebell
Creative Affairs Manager
Ry Armstrong
Business Affairs Associate
Lily Dwoskin
Office Manager
Kelley Phung
Member Accounts Associate
Ioana Preda Buburuzan
Member Service Associate
Deborah Murad
Executive Director, DG Copyright Management
THE DRAMATIST
Amelia French
Editor
Bekka Lindström
Art Director
Tari Stratton
Associate Editor
Ian Sklarsky
Dan Romer
Contributing Illustrators
THE DRAMATIST COMMITTEE
Amanda Green
Chair
Lynn Ahrens
Gretchen Cryer
Idris Goodwin
Adam Gwon
Larry Dean Harris
Chisa Hutchinson
Christine Toy Johnson
Min Kahng
David Kirshenbaum
Michael Korie
Deborah Zoe Laufer
Michele Lowe
Lynn Nottage
Sarah Rebell
Caridad Svich
Amy VonMacek
Rhiana Yazzie
The DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA is the professional trade association of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. Our office sits on the Wickquasgeck trail (eventually renamed Broadway by the colonists who stole it) and the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Lenape.
POLICY STATEMENT
The Dramatists Guild, from time to time, provides opportunities for its members to publish letters or articles of interest to playwrights and the general theatrical community. However, the Guild does not necessarily endorse the positions taken or the views expressed in such contributions. All such contributions are subject to peer review by The Dramatist Committee and editing by the Guild.
The Dramatist (ISSN 1551-7683) is published six times per year, by the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., 1501 Broadway, Suite 701, New York, NY 10036-5505. For subscriptions, call (212) 398-9366. Application to mail Periodicals postage rates is paid at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices. Annual membership dues of $130 to the Dramatists Guild of America includes a one-year subscription to The Dramatist.
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DG COUNCIL
Lee Adams
Lynn Ahrens
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
David Auburn
Susan Birkenhead
Craig Carnelia
Kirsten Childs
Cheryl Coons
Kia Corthron
Gretchen Cryer
Kate Danley
Ty Defoe
Kristoffer Diaz
Christopher Durang
Jules Feiffer
William Finn
Stephen Flaherty
Rebecca Gilman
Daniel Goldfarb
Micki Grant
Amanda Green
John Guare
Sheldon Harnick
Larry Dean Harris
Tina Howe
Chisa Hutchinson
Michael R. Jackson
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Christine Toy Johnson
Julia Jordan
John Kander
Stephen Kaplan
Arthur Kopit
Lisa Kron
Tony Kushner
James Lapine
Deborah Zoe Laufer
Warren Leight
Mike Lew
David Lindsay-Abaire
Andrew Lippa
Robert Lopez
Emily Mann
Mona Mansour
Donald Margulies
Alan Menken
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Marsha Norman
Lynn Nottage
Austin Pendleton
Theresa Rebeck
Jonathan Reynolds
Nikkole Salter
Robert Schenkkan
Stephen Schwartz
John Patrick Shanley
David Shire
Rona Siddiqui
Stephen Sondheim
Georgia Stitt
Lloyd Suh
Jeffrey Sweet
Shaina Taub
Cori Thomas
Pamela Turner
Alfred Uhry
John Weidman
Michael Weller
George C. Wolfe
Charlayne Woodard
Doug Wright
Maury Yeston
DG REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Rita Anderson
Randy Baker
Amy Bernstein
Marjorie Bicknell
Terrance Brooks Boykin
Diana Burbano
Kathleen Cahill
Rachael Carnes
Dominic D’Andrea
Dolores Diaz
Patrick Gabridge
Idris Goodwin
Mora Harris
Les Hunter
Eric Jones
Laura King
Hannah Kohl
Melissa Leilani Larson
Kitt Lavoie
Jacqueline E. Lawton
Tere Martinez
Derek McPhatter
Winter Miller
Patricia Milton
Marj O’Neill-Butler
Emma Palzere-Rae
TJ Parker-Young
John Pietrowski
Arabelle Pollick
Elaine Romero
Eric "Pogi" Sumangil
Anita Vatshell
Brigitte Viellieu-Davis
Brian Walker
Catherine Zudak
DRAMATISTS GUILD FOUNDATION
Andrew Lippa
President
Kevin Hager
Vice President
Susan Laubach
Treasurer
Joseph A. Bierman
Secretary
Gretchen Cryer
President Emeritus
Rachel Routh
Executive Director
Mady J. Schuman
Development Director
Jamie Balsai
Development Manager
Rigdzin Collins
Program Manager
Alyson Ahrns
Communications Manager
Allison Gold
Program Coordinator
Claire Hackett
Executive Assistant
Becca Kleinman
Development Associate