The Pacific Northwest Issue
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Masthead of The Pacific Northwest Issue
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Editor's Notes on The Pacific Northwest Issue
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News Roundup: Mar/Apr 2020
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Notes to a Playwright
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Postcard from Eugene
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New Plays at Artists Repertory Theatre
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Seattle Rep
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Portland Center Stage: A Conversation with Marissa Woolf
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Village Theatre
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival: A Conversation with Nataki Garrett
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Intiman 2020: A Small Theatre with a Big Heart
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A Contemporary Theatre
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Annex Theatre
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Book-It Repertory Theatre
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Burien Actors Theatre
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Defunkt Theatre
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Macha Theatre Works: In Search of the Strong Female Character
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A Miracle on Stark Street
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Taproot Theatre Company
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Fear, Dread, and the Unknown
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The Northwest Ten Festival
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Hedgebrook: A Love Story
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LineStorm Playwrights
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Parley: A Seattle Playwrights' Group
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Portland Civic Theatre Guild
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Rain City Projects
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DGF Fellows: Charles Gershman
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DGF Fellows: Aryanna Garber & Benjamin Velez
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DGF: Our 9th Gala
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What is the DG Regional Rep and Ambassador Program?
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Atlanta: Meet Laura King, Southern Georgia Ambassador
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Austin/San Antonio: FronteraFest
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Baltimore: Interview with Donna Ibale
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California - South: “Because I’m a Playwright”
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Colorado: Heather Beasley Profile
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Michigan: Ann Arbor Writing Retreat
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Kentucky: Teatro Tercera Llamada
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New England - West: Interview with Darcy Parker Bruce
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North Carolina: DG Footlights
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Ohio: Getting Off on the Right Foot
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Philadelphia: The New Rep’s First Year
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Twin Cities: Playwright Cabal
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Upstate New York: Alleyway Theatre
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Notes from Puerto Rico, Part Three
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Why I Joined the Guild with Lisa Kron
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Illustration of Lisa Kron by Dan Romer
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Illustration of Lisa Kron by Dan Romer
I first encountered the Guild in 1993 when the director of a solo show I was doing in the East Village demanded co-writing credit and I wasn’t sure what to do. Someone suggested I call the Dramatists Guild. I couldn’t imagine they’d take my call. I was part of a dynamic downtown lesbian theater scene that was basically invisible above 14th Street and barely noticed below. But I was assured that DG would help me, so I called. The next thing I knew I was sitting in Richard Garmise’s office as he explained my rights as a playwright and offered advice about how I could protect them. Similarly, when I first came to Council I thought I’d be entering an old boys club, but Council’s biggest focus during my first term was The Count – the national survey of new play production that has led to unprecedented progress on gender parity for playwrights, and is now tackling racial and ethnic inequities in new plays. From the beginning of my career, the Guild has had my back, both personally and through their broad commitment to equity of opportunity. Since I joined the Guild, two plays of mine have gone to Broadway, and by paying my first-class assessments I’ve had the opportunity to pay some of that crucial support forward.

wrote the book and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home. Other plays include In The Wake, Well, and 2.5 Minute Ride (Obie). Acting credits include Well (Tony nom.) and Good Person of Szechuan (Lortel Award). Founding member: OBIE- and Bessie-Award-winning theater company The Five Lesbian Brothers. Former Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America.