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Oct. 24: Dramatists Guild Foundation Will Honor Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Paula Vogel, Fashion Designer Jeffrey Banks and DGF Board Member Barbara Olcott at 60th Anniversary Gala at Ziegfeld Ballroom

Dramatists Guild Foundation will present Fashion Designer Jeffrey Banks and DGF Board Member Barbara Olcott with the Patron of the Arts honors for their work to uplift and support the theater community on Monday, October 24th at the 60th Anniversary Gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The decades-long career of playwright Paula Vogel will be celebrated as this year’s dramatist honor. Jeffrey Banks is an acclaimed Men’s … Continue reading Oct. 24: Dramatists Guild Foundation Will Honor Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Paula Vogel, Fashion Designer Jeffrey Banks and DGF Board Member Barbara Olcott at 60th Anniversary Gala at Ziegfeld Ballroom

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Theater Industry Comes Together to Create Transportation Fund For AAPI Theater Artists to Avoid Subway Violence

In response to the unabated surge in violence against Asians, Asian Americans,and Pacific Islanders (AAPI’s) in NYC, the Obie Award-winning advocacy group, the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC), announced a partnership with grant-making organization Indie Theater Fund/IndieSpace to create a fund and disburse grants to AAPI theater artists for car service or taxi fare if they do not feel safe using mass transportation to … Continue reading Theater Industry Comes Together to Create Transportation Fund For AAPI Theater Artists to Avoid Subway Violence

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Apr. 28: Creative Lab Hawai’i Presents Playwrights on Playwriting Panel Featuring Lloyd Suh, Kit Yan and Chay Yew

Tonight at 1pm HST/4pm PT/7pm EST: Creative Lab Hawai’i Presents Playwrights on Playwriting Panel Featuring Lloyd Suh, Kit Yan and Chay Yew https://wp.me/p8ilTC-99U Continue reading Apr. 28: Creative Lab Hawai’i Presents Playwrights on Playwriting Panel Featuring Lloyd Suh, Kit Yan and Chay Yew

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David Henry Hwang, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Porter, Aaron Tveit, and More Set for DGF Virtual Benefit ‘Write In The Dark’

David Henry Hwang, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Porter, Aaron Tveit, and More Set for DGF Virtual Benefit ‘Write In The Dark’ https://wp.me/p8ilTC-8hr Continue reading David Henry Hwang, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Porter, Aaron Tveit, and More Set for DGF Virtual Benefit ‘Write In The Dark’

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Watch: Playwrights Philip Kan Gotanda, Constance Congdon and Ed Bullins Receive Inaugural Legacy Playwrights Initiative Awards at Dramatists Guild Foundation “Write in the Dark” Virtual Benefit

Watch: Playwrights Philip Kan Gotanda, Constance Congdon and Ed Bullins Receive Inaugural Legacy Playwrights Initiative Awards at Dramatists Guild Foundation “Write in the Dark” Virtual Benefit https://wp.me/p8ilTC-8cq
Continue reading Watch: Playwrights Philip Kan Gotanda, Constance Congdon and Ed Bullins Receive Inaugural Legacy Playwrights Initiative Awards at Dramatists Guild Foundation “Write in the Dark” Virtual Benefit

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Dramatists Guild of America Joins Dramatists Guild Foundation and the Lillys to Announce Their Annual Awards

Dramatists Guild of America Joins Dramatists Guild Foundation and the Lillys to Announce Their Annual Awards https://wp.me/p8ilTC-6X2 Presenters will include Lynn Nottage, Stephen Schwartz, Hallie Foote, Chisa Hutchinson, Sarah Ruhl, Kirsten Childs, Heidi Schreck, and more.

This year’s Dramatists Guild awards go to Michael R Jackson, recipient of the Hull-Warriner Award and the Frederick Loewe Award for his musical A Strange Loop; Kia Corthron, recipient of the Flora Roberts Award; Lydia Diamond, recipient of the Horton Foote Playwriting Award; and Madhuri Shekar, recipient of the Lanford Wilson Award.

The Dramatists Guild Foundation’s awards go to Khiyon Hursey, recipient of the Stephen Schwartz Award; and Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Julia Meinwald, and Benjamin Velez, co-recipients of the Thom Thomas Award. Continue reading Dramatists Guild of America Joins Dramatists Guild Foundation and the Lillys to Announce Their Annual Awards

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Dramatists Guild Foundation Hosts Presentation Of New Works By DGF Fellows Jay Adana and Zeniba Now, Rae Binstock, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Mathilde Dratwa, Aryanna Garber and Benjamin Velez, Charles Gershman, Nambi E. Kelley, Melissa Li and Kit Yan, and Zack Zadek

Dramatists Guild Foundation Hosts Presentation Of New Works By DGF Fellows Jay Adana and Zeniba Now, Rae Binstock, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Mathilde Dratwa, Aryanna Garber and Benjamin Velez, Charles Gershman, Nambi E. Kelley, Melissa Li and Kit Yan, and Zack Zadek https://wp.me/p8ilTC-57Z Continue reading Dramatists Guild Foundation Hosts Presentation Of New Works By DGF Fellows Jay Adana and Zeniba Now, Rae Binstock, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Mathilde Dratwa, Aryanna Garber and Benjamin Velez, Charles Gershman, Nambi E. Kelley, Melissa Li and Kit Yan, and Zack Zadek

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Celebrating International Women’s Voices Day: Dramatists Guild Foundation Presents Reading of Christine Toy Johnson’s THE NEW DEAL on January 20

Celebrating International Women’s Voices Day: Dramatists Guild Foundation Presents Reading of Christine Toy Johnson’s THE NEW DEAL on January 20 Continue reading Celebrating International Women’s Voices Day: Dramatists Guild Foundation Presents Reading of Christine Toy Johnson’s THE NEW DEAL on January 20

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