On Twitter, we asked our members, “As a writer, how do you build community?” Here’s what they said:

If possible, self-produce a reading or a production. I’ve done both. Seek out your favorite actors and directors and work with them. Take an AD to coffee. Write a fan note after seeing a special show. It’s basically—reach out.

Kathy Rucker
Hillsborough, CA

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Kathy Rucker

JACQUELINE GOLDFINGER

curates Page By Page (patreon.com/pagebypage), a resource for theatre-makers. She won the Yale Drama Prize, the Smith Prize, and others. Her work has been developed and/or produced at theatres including: National Theatre/London, Wilma Theatre, Kennedy Center, La MaMa, Florida Studio Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, and Seattle Public. www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com

Christine Toy Johnson

is a Tony honored, Obie, and Rosetta LeNoire award winning writer, actor, director, and advocate for inclusion. Proud DG Officer, Chair of the DEIA Committee, host of “The Dramatists Guild presents Talkback” podcast. Details: www.christinetoyjohnson.com Twitter/Insta: @CToyJ

Greg Vovos

is a playwright, screenwriter, and director, working in the vibrant Cleveland theatre scene. He’s a two-time winner of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award in Playwriting (Complete and Total; How to Be a Respectable Junkie); a 2016 Cleveland Public Theatre Nord Playwriting Fellow (Well Beings); Dobama Theatre Playwrights Gym member; and proud Dramatists Guild member.

Rachel Bublitz

’s plays include Ripped, Let’s Fix Andy, Really Adult, and Toxic. She has worked with Playwrights Foundation, SF Playhouse, Salt Lake Acting Company, Wyoming Theater Festival, Custom Made Theatre, This Is Water Theatre, Plan-B Theatre, and many others.

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