Programs

The Dramatists Guild Fund depends heavily on individual contributions from theater enthusiasts across the country in order to carry out its mission and to establish new programs designed to encourage and support writers for the theater.

Since 2000 DGF has provided funds to support the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program in New York, an annual nine-month program designed to nurture the next generation of American dramatists.

In January of 2008, the Dramatists Guild Fund was re-classified as a 501(c)3 public charity, enabling it to expand its reach through the development of new programs. The Legacy Project was initiated in Spring 2009.

Other programs being developed are:

• The Ambassadors Program — sending established writers for the theater to communities throughout the country to hold seminars, master classes, and workshops
• Expanded Fellows Program — using the current New York version as a prototype, DGF will help develop similar mentoring initiatives in cities across the country
• Lecture Series — lectures and master classes by noted writers will be digitally recorded and streamed over the internet via the DGF website
• Book Series — transcribed from past interviews in The Dramatist and from seminars, the books will be made available to universities as well as to the general public
• Preservation of the Dramatists Guild Archives

Programs

• Dramatists Guild Fellows Program
• The Legacy Project