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This mentality has changed my life and how I move and because of it the phone has rung a lot more.

The Playwright Who Fearlessly Reimagines America nytimes.com/2024/04/11/mag…

End of Play 2024 Thread Dramatists Guild

When Jonathan Spector told me 'Eureka Day' is going to Broadway, I cried with happiness.

And now to hear that Aurora Theatre Company, where the show premiered, is announcing an emergency fundraising campaign at the same time?

This is the moment we're in: sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

Anyone participating in Dramatists Guild End of Play this month? How’s it going? I’ve gotten up early to write the last 3 mornings even with a migraine and for that, I’m proud. Making progress on this new one. #endofplay #newplay

I don’t know how to deal with this loss. It feels unthinkable.

Did you know that Anna Deavere Smith conducted over 300 interviews during her research for 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992'? Read about that play and more in this month's theatre history column! americantheatre.org/2024/04/02/thi…

'I think my sense of humor...asks for a complicated response. I ask people to laugh at things I know are also serious and tragic. Some people hate that. It’s like not wanting to mix your peas and mashed potatoes together—some people want them separate.' americantheatre.org/1999/12/01/an-…

Chris Durang was a hero of mine before I ever met him. Discovering his plays in college, I used to call people on the phone and read them passages of Sister Mary Ignatious Explains It All for You and Beyond Therapy- I think he's the only playwright I've ever done that with...

I am forever in debt to the progressive Nuns @ The Corpus Christi School in Harlem who took my 8th grade class downtown to see 'St. Mary Ignatius Explains It All To You'. It blew my mind, broke my heart & made me laugh HARD. All the reasons we go to the theater.
RIP Chris Durang

Christopher Durang was not only a giant in our field, but a guiding light whose daring works illuminated the stage with brilliance and wit.

His legacy as a playwright, lyricist, and educator is immeasurable, touching the lives of countless artists and audiences alike. As we…

I wrote about the shutdown of “Rift” at Montclair High back in february, and now the Dramatists Guild's DLDF has followed up with a strong letter asking for answers from the school's administration. thedldf.org/action/montcla…

How can students, teachers, and parents push back against censorship of high school theatre? In this dialogue from last year's Educational Theatre Association conference, Equality Florida's Nadine Smith and Dramatists Guild's Jessica Lit offer practical tools & strategies. americantheatre.org/2024/04/01/the…

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