The Dramatists Guild of America

Community Building: The Dramatists Guild is committed to shepherding playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists through every stage of their careers by providing community, advocacy, contract reviews and professional development to aspiring and professional dramatists working in the United States.  Programming is national supporting writers in various advocacy nights, workshops and networking opportunities.

Education: The Dramatists Guild offers classes and workshops for playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, theatre educators, and theatremakers.

Data Reports: In partnership with The Lillys, The Count studies gender, race, and nationality of the creators of plays and musicals. Due to the size of the data set and intersectionality, we could only reliable break. down race into two groups, BIPOC and white. The Count collects national statistics and breaks them down by region and city. Findings are presented in three-year installments, in hopes of creating a dynamic record of change over time.