Levels of Membership

Join the Guild as a Member, Student, Subscriber, or Affiliate Organization.

Theatre writers at all career levels, both produced and unproduced, amateur and professional, are eligible for membership. Whether you've written a 10-minute play or a full-length musical, the Guild is here for you.

Become a member and learn how the services of the only trade association for playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists can serve your career. Guild membership is reserved only for theatre writers.

However, theatres, arts organizations, producers, agents, managers, and lawyers can access specific Guild programs by becoming a Magazine/Business Subscriber or an Affiliate. Provide writers a deal that suits their best interests by gaining access to 100 years of advocacy for dramatists.

Membership for produced or published playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists.

Not eligible for this member level? Scroll below.

Member

Become a Member

Membership for playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists who completed a script or score.

Associate

Become an Associate

Membership for playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists enrolled in a certificate or degree program.

Student

Apply as a Student

Membership for the estates of playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists.

Legacy

Become a Legacy Member

A subscription package for producers, agents, managers, lawyers, or any theater-related individual or business entity. Are you a non-profit? Scroll below.

Business

Become a Business Subscriber

A subscription for non-profit organizations.

Non-Profit

BECOME A NON-PROFIT SUBSCRIBER

A subscription to The Dramatist -the only national publication devoted to the business and craft of writing for theatre.

Magazine

BECOME A MAGAZINE SUBSCRIBER

A free program for theatres and arts organizations.

Affiliate

Subscription Fee

FREE

Join a growing network of theaters and arts organizations committed to sustaining a vital community of playwrights, and receive valuable professional services and benefits. Connect with local playwrights, composers, and lyricists (and let us do the work). It’s easy. It’s free.

What We Ask

For Theaters

Enroll your theatre in Playwrights Welcome.

Provide space for two community events per calendar year, organized by Guild representatives.

Support the Dramatists Bill of Rights by making the DG’s Non-Profit Addendum available to DG members who are having new works premiered on the theater’s main stage.

If the affiliates program isn’t appropriate for your theater, but you still want to host local dramatists, scroll below for discounted services for Host Theatres.

Host Theatres who sponsor Playwrights Welcome and two Guild events get two FREE subscriptions to The Dramatist and, additionally, a 50% discount on a Business Subscription ($200).

For Arts Organizations

Provide space for two community events per calendar year, organized by Guild representatives.

Support the Dramatists Bill of Rights

What We Offer

Arts Organizations

The ability to offers your members/program participants Affiliate Subscriber status to the Guild Website providing free access to The Dramatist Blog, The Dramatist Issue Archive and invitations to Guild events across the country.

Theatres and Arts Organizations

Free consultations with the DG’s Business Affairs department to answer questions about the policies, procedures, standards, and agreements that are applicable when you work with Guild member playwrights, composers, librettists, lyricists, and devisers. This also includes free downloadable model contracts, business articles, and webinars. Beyond business and contract support, Affiliates receive:

Publications

Two free subscriptions to The Dramatist;
A free copy of the Resource Directory;
A free subscription to our new “Dear Theatres” newsletter
Access to the Guild's Monthly Newsletter;
Free access to Guild articles, videos, and our new Talkback podcast series;
Free access to our online Resource Directory and Submissions Calendar; and
Free access to the “Subscribers Only” section of our website.

Promotion

A free ad in The Dramatist;
Special mention in the DG’s Resource directory (in print and on our website);
Additional promotion of Affiliate productions through the DG’s own marketing efforts and ongoing listing on our website.

Plus++

Invitations to select Guild events, priority access and discounted rates for all DG events nationwide, including DG Institute classes, workshops, and conferences.

BECOME AN AFFILIATE

A discounted offering for theatres.

Host Theatre

What We Offer

Two free subscriptions to The Dramatist [$35 for each additional subscription], as well as the Guild's Monthly Newsletter and a preliminary consultation with the Business Affairs department, to answer questions about the policies, procedures, standards, and agreements that are applicable when you work with Guild member playwrights, composers, librettists, lyricists, and devisers. Host Theatres are also eligible for a 50% discount on a Non-Profit Business subscription, which includes the following:

Discounted ad space available in our publications;
Invitations to select Guild events;
Discounted access to model contracts, articles, videos, Business Affairs webinars, and DG podcasts, and
Continuing access to the Business Affairs department to answer any additional questions about our policies, procedures, standards and model agreements.

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Membership

Levels of Membership

Membership for produced or published playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists.

Not eligible for this member level? Scroll below.

Member

Membership for playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists who completed a script or score.

Associate

Membership for playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists enrolled in a certificate or degree program.

Student

Membership for the estates of playwrights, librettists, composers, or lyricists.

Legacy

A subscription package for producers, agents, managers, lawyers, or any theater-related individual or business entity. Are you a non-profit? Scroll below.

Business

A subscription for non-profit organizations.

Non-Profit

A subscription to The Dramatist -the only national publication devoted to the business and craft of writing for theatre.

Magazine

A free program for theatres and arts organizations.

Affiliate

A discounted offering for theatres.

Host Theatre

Become a member

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