Dramatists Guild News

WAM Theatre will kick off its 15th Anniversary Season with a Fresh Takes Play Reading of Be Here Now written by Deborah Zoe Laufer. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Playwright Christopher Durang is the recipient of The Dramatists Guild's 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Learn more about Durang and about the award!

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the full cast and creative team for the new musical Gun & Powder. Learn more about the team here!

Transport Group has announced that its 2024 gala will honor Broadway producer Jennifer Costello and Activate4Good founder Jan Svendsen Weiss with its Transporting American Theatre Award on Tuesday, April 30, at The Edison Ballroom, 240 West 47 Street.

Discover the untold story of a chance meeting that could have changed history in THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER.

Conversations with My Divorce Attorney, written and directed by Suzanne Bachner, will have its festival debut at the New York City Fringe. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre has revealed its 2024-25 season featuring over 20 resident artists, as well as the official Off-Broadway premiere of Matthew LaBanca's Communion.

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will star as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway in Fall 2024. We have all the details!

Kara Young will reunite with her Clyde’s director, Kate Whoriskey, when she joins the cast of Kate Douglas’ THE APIARY on Wednesday evening, February 28th for the production’s final week of performances.

Uncover the origins of true crime entertainment in this unique comedy featuring the 'Brokeneck Girls' band. Discover a historical twist with a folk noir soundtrack.

 The York Theatre Company will present developmental readings of Bordello, The Musical, with book by Barbara Bellman and Joan Ross Sorkin, music by Emiliano Messiez, lyrics by Barbara Bellman, music direction by Steven Gross and directed by Will Pomerantz.

Bordello, The Musical is set to have developmental readings at York Theatre Company on February 29 and March 1.

The Dramatists Guild Foundation will present selections of work by the 2022-2023 Class of Musical Theater Writing Fellows on Monday, March 25, at Playwrights Horizons. Learn more about the Fellows here!

Made From Concentrate will present The Importance of Being Anxious, written by Hal Cantor and directed by Ralph Bogard. The production will be presented as part of the 2024 New York City Fringe Festival.

​​​​​​​Applications are open through March 18 for Theatre Exile's 2024 Paper Wings spring and summer Theatre Camps. Learn more about the camps and see how to register.

Bartlett Sher will direct a staged reading of Christopher Durang’s Tony Award-winning play VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, featuring original cast members. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

Theater Resources Unlimited is partnering with CreateTheater to present the fourth virtual edition of theTRU Voices New Plays Reading Series. Learn more about the reading!

Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press have revealed the winner of the January 2024 Go Try PlayWrite Contest. Find out who won here!

Theatre 4the People will present the World Premiere of Sperm Donor Wanted (or, The Unnamed Baby Play) by T.J. Young at The Chain Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Work a little bit more Stephen Schwartz into your life with a playlist of our favorite Stephen Schwartz songs. Enjoy songs from musicals like: Godspell, Pippin, Children of Eden, The Price of Egypt, The Baker's Wife, The Magic Show, and of course... Wicked!