This model agreement should be used when a group of individuals (alternatively, “creators”) begins a collaborative process without first knowing who the authors will be.
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Devised Theatre Contract: Preliminary Agreement to Participate
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Devised Theatre Contract: Production Agreement
This agreement can be used when it comes time to present the devised work before a live audience. -
Devised Theatre Resource Manual
What happens when the collaboration expands beyond our traditional definitions? -
DG Guide for Dramatists: The Art of Negotiating Theatre Contracts
We know it can feel daunting to negotiate with a producer, theatre, school, college, or university that wants to produce your play or musical.
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DG Inclusion Rider
Free download for members and non-members. The first of its kind in the theatre industry, the Dramatists Guild Inclusion Rider is intended to be a model addendum that will enable you to ask
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Find a Collaborator
Theatre is undoubtedly a team sport. We're here to help you find great teammates. Whether it's someone with a different skill set - i.e., a librettist to your composer, a lyricist to your playwright - or maybe someone with a similar background, our service exists to help build lifelong creative partnerships. -
Form of Commission Agreement for Plays and Musicals
Agreement between a commissioning producer and author(s) to write and revise a play or musical. -
Form of Licensing Agreement
A basic license, it grants the rights for a producer to produce a production without granting the subsidiary rights or future options. -
Form of Underlying Rights for Musicals
Form of an option agreement used for an author to obtain the basic right to adapt a work as a musical from an existing work in which a second author holds copyright. -
Form of Underlying Rights for Plays
Form of an option agreement used for an author to obtain the basic right to adapt a work as a play from an existing work in which a second author holds copyright.