Dramatists Guild committees are special task forces, formed by Council approval, with the goal of investigating and addressing a particular issue affecting our industry.
ARCHIVE
Oversees the Archival material of the Dramatists Guild
Doug Wright, Chair
Kia Corthron, Joe DiPietro, Christine Toy Johnson, Stephen Kaplan, Stephanie Liss
AWARDS
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, co-chair
Joshua Harmon, co-chair
Isaac Gomez, Aleshea Harris, Amy Herzog, Donna Hoke, Jireh Holder, Samuel Hunter, Martyna Majok, Sarah Ruhl, Shaina Taub
COPYRIGHT ADVOCACY
Formerly the Censorship committee, advocates on behalf of authors and their copyright.
Georgia Stitt, Chair
Cheryl Davis, Mindi Dickstein, David Faux, Sean Flahaven, Stephen Flaherty, Karen Hartman, Donna Hoke, Kait Kerrigan, Stephanie Liss, Brian Lowdermilk, Peter Parnell, Douglas Post, Ralph Sevush, Tari Stratton
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION
Promotes the core belief that the theatre should be a diverse and inclusive place.
Christine Toy Johnson, Chair
Kia Corthron, Tina Fallon, Amanda Green, Anita Hollander, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lisa Kron, Victor Lesniewski, Michael Lew, Shellen Lubin, Mona Mansour, Saviana Stanescu, Tari Stratton, Lloyd Suh, Gwydion Suilebhan, Amy VonMacek, Charlayne Woodard
EDUCATION
Addresses theatre courses and copyright issues in higher education.
David Lindsay-Abaire, co-chair
Marsha Norman, co-chair
Kia Corthron, Kristoffer Diaz, Jonathan Dorf, Gary Garrison, Rebecca Gilman, Daniel Goldfarb, Donna Hoke, Lynn Nottage, Douglas Post, Tari Stratton, Sheri Wilner, Charlayne Woodard
EVENTS
Oversees the planning and execution of large-scale DG events.
Charlene Donaghy, Josh Gershick, Robert Schenkkan, Jeffrey Sweet, Sara Wordsworth
FESTIVAL/SUBMISSIONS
Created the ‘Festival Guidelines’.
Julius Galacki, David Guaspari, Donna Hoke, Michael R. Jackson, Stephen Kaplan, Rich Orloff, Eric Sanders, Jordan Stovall, Lloyd Suh, Kathleen Warnock
MEMBERSHIP
Oversees membership department and gives directives. Engages in member outreach.
Membership is currently overseen by the Steering Committee. See list below.
MUSIC
Investigates standards within orchestration agreements and cast albums.
Sean Flahaven, Chair
Jason Robert Brown, Stephen Flaherty, Michael Korie, Andrew Lippa, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Georgia Stitt
NEW MEDIA
Investigates standards within new media agreements.
Kristoffer Diaz, Chair
Jenna Chrisphonte, Tina Fallon, Amanda Green, Laurie Flanigan-Hegge, Deb Laufer, Andrew Lippa, Deborah Murad, Nikkole Salter, Ralph Sevush, Sarah Storm, Jeffrey Sweet, Pamela Turner, Amy VonMacek, Emmanuel Wilson
OPERA
Reviews and researches current standards for librettists and composers of opera for an eventual ‘best practice’ document.
Mark Campbell, co-chair
Michael Korie, co-chair
Deborah Brevoort, Sara Cooper, David Cote, Stephanie Fleischmann, Jake Hegge, David Henry Hwang, David Johnston, Stephen Karam, Jun Hyuk Kim, Tony Kushner, Craig Lucas, Deborah Murad, Lynn Nottage, Donna Di Novelli, Rachel Peters, Sarah Rebell, Emily Roller, Kelley Rourke, Stephen Schwartz, Ralph Sevush, John Patrick Shanley, David Simpatico, Joan Ross Sorkin
PRESS
Critics and DG Members come together to discuss the landscape of critique writing across the U.S.
Doug Wright, Chair
Marc Acito, David Auburn, Kia Corthron, Tina Fallon, Emily Mann, Douglas Post, Robert Schenkkan, Joey Stocks, Tari Stratton
Critics:
Maureen Angelos, Misha Berson, Sherry Eaker, Adam Feldman, Elysa Gardner, William Hirschman, Christopher Jones, Matt Polk
POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT
A group committed to taking action in the current political climate for dramatists.
Nikkole Salter, Chair
Jenna Chrisphonte, Tina Fallon, Michael R. Jackson, Christine Toy Johnson, Lisa Kron, Douglas Post, Kate Moira Ryan, Robert Schenkkan, Ralph Sevush, Gwydion Suilebhan, Zack Turner, Teresa Coleman Wash, Charlayne Woodard, Doug Wright
PUBLICATIONS
Oversees the content of The Dramatist magazine.
Amanda Green, Chair
Lynn Ahrens, Gretchen Cryer, Daniel Goldfarb, Adam Gwon, Chisa Hutchinson, Christine Toy Johnson, Michael R. Jackson, David Kirshenbaum, Michael Korie, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Todd London, Michele Lowe, Lynn Nottage, Sarah Rebell, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Caridad Svich
PUBLISHING
Investigates standards within publishing agreements.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Chair
Jenna Chrisphonte, Emily Mann, Ralph Sevush, Haleh Stilwell, Jeffrey Sweet, Pamela Turner
REGIONAL COUNCIL
Addresses regional Council issues.
Pamela Turner, Chair
Cheryl Coons, Kate Danley, Larry Dean Harris, Donna Hoke, Stephen Kaplan, Gwydion Suilebhan
STEERING
Oversees the agenda for Council meetings.
Doug Wright, Chair
Daniel Goldfarb, Amanda Green, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Julia Jordan, Lisa Kron, Andrew Lippa, Marsha Norman, Lynn Nottage, Robert Schenkkan, Stephen Schwartz, John Weidman