The Subtext: Jonathan Payne and the Sea of Stories
This month Brian speaks with the playwright about striving to write one play a year and drawing inspiration from various roles and identities.
All Stories About Dramatists Guild
The Courage to Produce: A Conversation on High School Censorship
A dialogue on how students, teachers, and parents can push back against a wave of conservative legislation and intimidation that threatens to chill theatrical expression.
How Does the WGA Strike Affect the Theatre? Ask Playwrights
The stakes are high for dramatists used to making most of their income writing for film and TV.
Dramatists Guild to Present 2022 Awards
This year’s honorees include Sanaz Toossi, Jeanine Tesori, Alice Childress, Nancy Garcia Loza, Ren Dara Santiago, Kirsten Childs, and Martyna Majok, with lifetime achievement awards for Pearl Cleage and Tina Howe.
#ENOUGH Seeks Short Plays on Gun Violence From Teen Writers
After a record year of gun violence in the U.S., the latest iteration of the nationwide campaign aims to give young people another chance to dramatize their feelings about it.
Adrienne Kennedy Receives Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Kennedy will receive the award at the Guild’s annual awards ceremony.
Counting Together Launches Database to Track Field’s Inclusivity
The database will provide industry-wide statistics on race, gender, and disability in the American theatre.
National Queer Theater Names Inaugural New Vision Fellows
Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko and Ayla Xuan Chi Sullivan will receive $5,000 to develop new work thanks to a new fellowship for Black trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) playwrights.
Amanda Green Named President of Dramatists Guild Council
The first woman in the role, she succeeds Doug Wright and is joined by a slate of board officers including Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kristoffer Diaz, and Christine Toy Johnson.
National Queer Theater, Dramatists Guild Create New Visions Fellowship
The fellowship will support early-career Black trans and gender nonconforming artists.
