The Dramatists Guild of America

In case you missed it, this month's Attorney's Backstage is all about music copyright! Link in bio to register.

The Winter 2025 edition of the quarterly explores grief in its many forms—career grief, personal grief, collective grief, culturally-inherited grief. You can read it online now or find your copy in the mail this week!

Want to take a peek behind the curtain as to how the Guild's Council and staff operate? Register to attend the Annual Meeting on February 23!

Members can also submit questions to be answered during the meeting via the link in our bio. Priority will be given to questions submitted earlier.

In honor of the Grammy Awards, this month's Attorney's Backstage is all about music copyright! Link in bio to register!

Each month, our attorneys “pull back the curtain” on various aspects of the business of writing for the theatre.

Come learn all about the New Play Exchange and how to make the most of your presence on the platform as a dramatist! This career training will be hosted by NPX Project Director Gwydion Suilebhan and will include the opportunity to ask questions. Link to register in our bio!

Voting in the 2026 Council Election is now open at the link in our bio! Voting will close at 4:30PM EST on February 23rd, 2026. Make your voice heard by voting now! Please keep in mind that only Member-level members are eligible to participate in elections.

Here's what's happening at the Guild this February—we'd love to see you at one of our events! Link in bio for more details💌

Come learn all about copyright fundamentals at this Thursday's Attorneys Backstage event! More details and link to register in our bio.

We're kicking off this year's Attorneys Backstage series by going back to basics—join us to learn all about the fundamentals of copyright!

Whether you know nothing about copyright or think you know all there is to know, this session will have something for everyone! Link in bio to register.

Don't miss our Contract Bootcamp this Thursday! DG Director of Business Affairs, Jessica Lit Esq., will be breaking down the newly revised Model Licensing Agreement and providing tips for negotiating with theatres and producers. Link in bio to register!

Here's what's happening at the Guild this January—we'd love to see you at one of our events! Link in bio for more details✨

In case you missed our Contract Bootcamp last month, which covered the newly revised Model Licensing Agreement, we've got another one in store for you! You can register for the event at the link in our bio.

Dear Dramatists, Happy New Year! Tell us in the comments about your writing resolutions for 2026! ✨ ✍️

The Dramatists Guild office will close for the holidays at the end of the work day on Tuesday, December 23. Our dedicated staff look forward to serving you through the help desk and other channels when we reopen on Monday, January 5. We hope everyone has a restful and fulfilling end of the year!

We recently re-released our revised Model Licensing Agreement, and our Director of Business Affairs would love to walk you through it! Join us next Wednesday for a detailed explanation of the contract and tips for how best to negotiate with theatres and producers. Link in bio to register!

Have you registered for our December Attorneys Backstage event? If you've ever been curious about de-collaboration or how to end a professional relationship with a publisher or agent, our attorneys will be unpacking everything that comes along with that. Register now at the link in our bio!

The Autumn Issue is now live on our website—and has been arriving in mailboxes this week!

This issue of The Dramatist Quarterly is devoted to the theme of courage, particularly in the face of censorship. In it, we explore the importance of free speech, freedom of expression, and representation.

"Part of the journey is the end..."

During this month's Attorneys Backstage event, join us as the attorneys pull back the curtain on de-collaboration and ending professional relationships. Link in bio to register!

Here's what's happening at the Guild this December—we'd love to see you at one of our events! ❄️

Throughout 2025, the Guild has been revising and re-releasing its Model Contracts, and we are thrilled to release our newly updated Model Licensing Agreement! The link to download the agreement and to register for the Contract Bootcamp unpacking this newly revised version can be found in our bio.

After so many conversations this season about how writers get paid (or not), in the last episode of season six of TALKBACK, Christine talks to the Guild’s Executive Director of Business Affairs, Ralph Sevush, to clarify the questions that have come up and give us his expert perspective.

In this week's episode of TALKBACK, Christine resumes her conversation with Amanda Green and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins from episode one. They continue to dish the dish on demystifying compensation and amortization and more.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

In this week's episode of TALKBACK, Christine sits down with David Henry Hwang. They talk about his changed perspective on telling his own story, breaking the cycle of Asian Americans portrayed as “perpetual foreigners” on Broadway, writing for themselves, and how the Guild is fighting for them.

In case you missed it, it's your last chance to register for our November Attorneys Backstage event, happening tomorrow via Zoom at 4pm EST! Link in our bio to reserve your spot.

The Guild would like to congratulate and celebrate the many talented Dramatist Guild members who have been nominated for a 2026 Grammy Award! Swipe to see the full list of nominees.

In this week's episode of TALKBACK, Christine sits down with fellow Guild officer, Kristoffer Diaz, to talk about what it takes for a theatre writer to make a living, the nitty gritty on how writers get paid on Broadway, and keeping grounded in spite of the unpredictable nature of the theatre.

During this month' Attorneys Backstage event the attorneys are joined by First Amendment guru and Executive Director of the Dramatists Guild, Ralph Sevush, Esq., as they pull back the curtain on censorship and satire in our current times. For more info and to register, click the link in our bio!

In this week's episode of TALKBACK, Christine talks with ground-breaking pioneer and fellow Dramatists Guild Council member, Gretchen Cryer about longevity in the field, how development of new musicals has changed over her decades long career, and how she keeps going!

In this week's episode of TALKBACK, Christine talks to award-winning playwright Lloyd Suh about his “speculative future” plays, uplifting other writers through service, and the shift in new play development. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, or check out the video at the link in our bio!

The first episode of the latest season of TalkBack, hosted by Christine Toy Johnson, is available now wherever you get your podcasts (or at the link in our bio)! Stay tuned for new episodes dropping every Monday. 🎙️