Dramatists Guild Foundation News

Dramatists Guild Foundation has announced that it will honor orchestrator, and arranger Tom Kitt, the Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and Pulitzer Prize Award-winning Composer, Orchestrator, and Arranger; and producer Mindy Rich, Chairman at Rich Holdings Inc., Executive Chair at Rich Entertainment Group (REG), and Producing Partner at Grove Entertainment.

Northern Stage’s 2024/25 Season will open with Sisters, a new play by Matthew Libby. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and directed by Two-time Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad, will come to Broadway in spring 2025. We have all of the details!

Germaine Shames, a Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellow, Kilroys List playwright, and recipient of her state’s Literary Fellowship in Fiction. Read our interview!

The Downtown Urban Arts Festival celebrated its 22nd season with a diverse lineup of performances, including works by Savion Glover and Reg E. Gaines, and a special event for James Earl Hardy's B-Boy Blues. Learn more about the winners!

Queens, New York - Conch Shell Productions Inc presents a workshop reading of a new play - 'Captain Heaven America & The Evil Foreign Hell Demons' written by CSP Artist Collective member Petron B. Thursday July 25th, 2024 at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens at 7pm

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will receive a staged reading of THE PINK, directed by Kevin Newbury.

Award-winning composer and lyricist Zoe Sarnak, along with pioneering Artistic Director of BringAbout Development, Jennifer Jancuska, both recently named to the Women to Watch on Broadway 2024 List by the Broadway Women's Fund, have teamed up to create 'Bodies of Work ZOE SARNAK.”

Lavender Men, a new film directed by Lovell Holder and written by Holder and Roger Q. Mason, based on Mason’s critically acclaimed stage play, will receive its World Premiere at the OutSouth Queer Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, one of the largest queer film festivals in America.

Latino Theater Company will present God Will Do the Rest. Learn more about the play and see how to purchase tickets.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has revealed the roster of new musicals for their 36th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, which is slated to take place on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25, 2024, at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

The Dramatists Guild Foundation and The Lillys have announced graduate students Darrin Terpstra and Morgan Webber-Ottey as the 2024 recipients for the Hansberry-Lilly Fellowship.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/20/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Discover the diverse new works at PlayGround's Free-Play Festival, featuring 11 productions from acclaimed theatre artists, including three from Los Angeles. Runs August 9-25 at Potrero Stage and simulcast.

PlayGround's Free-Play Festival will return in Augus at Potrero Stage, featuring 11 diverse productions by theatre artists nationwide. Enjoy a variety of performances from dance to ensemble plays. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will receive an industry reading of Night Cities, a new play about Queer civil rights activist Bayard Rusin at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

On June 16, The 77th Annual Tony Awards made their debut at Lincoln Center at the David H. Koch Theatre to celebrate the best of Broadway for the 2023/24 theatre season.

The 77th Annual Tony Awards were a smashing success with The Outsiders and Stereophonic taking home the top prizes of Best Play and Best Musical. Find out who else took home honors with the full list of winners below!

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/13/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale, Calif. has awarded the NEXT commissions to playwrights Diana Burbano and Khari Wyatt, supporting the development of new plays inspired by classic works. Learn more about the playwrights!