For far too long, freelancers - including dramatists - have been forced to choose between owning their copyright and organizing with collective bargaining power. The “Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act” can change that. https://www.dramatistsguild.com/news/why-the-guild-supports-the-pro-act #laborday #happylaborday | The Dramatists Guild of America

“I’m very proud to be a member of @dramatistsguild & @WGAWest / @WGAEast, working for the same cause, which is acknowledging, celebrating, supporting, propagating and increasing the value of the act of writing." - Branden Jacob Jenkins #laborday #happylaborday | The Dramatists Guild of America

It's hard to believe our DG Awards Night was two months ago! The Guild continues to uplift the incredible writers who received awards that night, as well as those writers who might sometimes feel unseen in their artistic practice. We appreciate you and the stories that only you can tell. We're proud to celebrate playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. Always. 🎥: Eddie Lebron Joe's Pub | The Dramatists Guild of America

Today's resource for #TheEducatorsStage is "Someone Wrote That Song" (music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Craig Carnelia), a Guild campaign to help combat about the piracy of sheet music on the internet! "If a puppet tells you not to steal sheet music, we think you should listen. Especially if those puppets are voiced by Benj Pasek, Nick Blaemire, Kait Kerrigan and the inimitable Stephen Schwartz." - Kait Kerrigan & Bree Lowdermilk | The Dramatists Guild of America

Congratulations to Pearl Cleage on receiving the 2022 Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award! Pearl Cleage is an Atlanta-based writer whose works include three novels, "What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day" (Avon Books, 1997), "I Wish I Had a Red Dress" (Morrow/Avon, 2001), and "Some Things I Never Thought I’d Do" (Ballantine/One World, August, 2003), a dozen plays, including "Flyin’ West," "Blues for an Alabama Sky," "Hospice," and "Bourbon at the Border," two books of essays, "Mad at

Wondering what's going on at the Guild in August? The second edition of the Dramatists Guild's Monthly Digest has just been sent to your inbox! Find all the details about this month's events in your email now. | The Dramatists Guild of America