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The Dramatists Guild of America
Professional association of American playwrights. The Guild protects the rights of dramatists in relation to producers and more recently Directors.
http://www.dramaguild.com/
Lazy Bee Scripts
Online publisher of pantomimes and plays. Site includes guidelines for authors and playwrights.
http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/
Playwriting Opportunities for the E-Merging Writer
Free listing of playwriting opportunities: retreats, workshops, contests, ongoing submissions, links and resources.
http://www.playwritingopportunities.com
TheatreUSA.com Playwriting Links
Education, organizations, support, and assistance for playwrights.
http://www.theatreusa.com/dcd/Create_in_Wr...
The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
A service for playwrights, showing the schedule of staged readings of new plays.
http://playwrightscentersf.org/
Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Philadelphia Young Playwrights is an intensive arts- education program that pairs a professional teaching artist with a classroom teacher. The two work together as an artistic team, guiding and supporting students in the process of writing a play.
http://www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/
Sheriffs Performance Writers' Group
Based at the Riverhouse Barn in Elmbridge, Surrey, U.K, the Sheriffs Performance Writers' Group aims to develop and write professional theatre for the stage and screen.
http://www.writersgroup.co.uk/
Ohio University MFA Playwriting
Information about the Master of Fine Arts Degree Program in Playwriting at Ohio University.
http://ohioplaywriting.org
The Brick Playhouse
Dedicated exclusively to the creation, development, and production of new theatre works.
http://thebrickplayhouse.org/mission.htm
Boston Playwrights' Theatre - Professional Theatre and Graduate Playwriting Program
Award-winning professional theatre, founded in 1981 to promote new plays. Home to the Boston University Graduate Playwriting Program, and producers of the Boston Theater Marathon.
http://www.bu.edu/bpt/
The Playwright's Noticeboard
Notices of playwriting opportunities, updated regularly.
http://www.stageplays.com/markets.htm
Dramatic Exchange
Web resource for playwrights, producers, and anybody interested in plays.
http://www.dramex.org/
Will Dunne Dramatic Writing Workshops
Offers support for playwrights and screenwriters, including private consultations for dramatic writers anywhere in the world and an ongoing quarterly workshop program for dramatic writers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.willdunne.com
Young Playwrights 101
A free resource site for young playwrights and those who teach them. Also, information about Young Playwrights 101, a complete playwriting curriculum in an e-book.
http://youngplaywrights101.com
Performing and Writing Musical Theatre
A resource for professional and aspiring performers/ composers/ writers. Tips and tricks on the craft of writing and composing.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/musica...
ProPlay
Professionally produced stage plays available for immediate reading online.
http://www.singlelane.com/proplay
Swan Playwrights
The theatre writers' group at Worcester Swan Theatre, UK.
http://www.swanplaywrights.org
Playmarket
Agency and script advisory service for New Zealand playwrights.
http://www.playmarket.org.nz/about_home.ph...
Performingwrites.com
Library of online play synopses and scripts.
http://www.performingwrites.com/index.htm
Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights
Support and service organization dedicated to addressing the professional needs of the Los Angeles playwriting community.
http://www.laplaywrights.org/
The Playwrights' Co-Operative
Promoting and publishing the works of new and established playrights. Full online or paper catalogue of acting scripts.
http://plays4theatre.site-street.net/
Playwrights Foundation
West Coast Center for new play development - resources for playwrights and annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org
Playwrighting Resources
Directory of links, from Artslynx International Theatre Resources.
http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/playwright...
Hidden River Arts
A non-profit literary arts organization in Philadelphia, PA offering playwrighting and fiction competitions yearly, as well as residencies, workshops, and educational outreach programs.
http://www.hiddenriverarts.org
Pier Playwrights - From Page to Stage
For playwrights run by playwrights. Membership is open to writers in dramatic all forms, resident in the South East of England.
http://www.pierplaywrights.co.uk
La Ronde
Playwright's webring; presenting the work of an individual playwright or groups of playwrights.
http://www.pipeline.com/~jude/AboutLaRonde...
Limelight Scripts
Online publishers of mainly English pantomimes, but also plays and musicals. Includes submission guidelines and a tutorial on how to write pantomimes.
http://www.limelightscripts.co.uk
NYCPlaywrights
NYCPlaywrights is a nonprofit organization for writers. Meets Wednesdays in NYC for play readings as an aid to development. New writers welcome.
http://www.nycplaywrights.org
Write Angle Productions
Devoted to supporting work of member playwrights and developing new scripts for production. Includes ongoing Ten Minute Play contest.
http://www.writeangle.org/
Project Writers Unite
Bay Area writers club. Welcomes writers from all creative writing mediums, including playwrights.
http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/projectwrit...
Toscan's Online Playwriting Seminar
Comprehensive overview of the craft of playwriting, from Virginia Commonwealth University
http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwrit...
International Centre for Women Playwrights
Dedicated to the support of women playwrights around the world.
http://www.internationalwomenplaywrights.o...
The Playwrights Forum
The Playwrights Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to the artistic development of talented playwrights from the Washington D.C. area.
http://users.erols.com/pforum/welcome.htm
Playwrights' Center
Minneapolis-based, The Playwrights' Center fuels the theater by providing services to support playwrights and playwriting.
http://www.pwcenter.org/
Linda Eisenstein: Practical Playwriting
Excerpts from advice book for playwrights, including "17 Surefire Ways to Get Your Scripts Rejected."
http://my.en.com/~herone/Practical_Playwri...
NY Play Development Lab
Serves and supports member playwrights in the creation of new stage works. Offers script labs, readings, and promotion.
http://nyplaydevelopment.home.pipeline.com...
Charles Deemer: Playwriting Basics
Tips for playwrights.
http://www.geocities.com/cdeemer/Play.htm
Australian Script Centre
Collects, catalogues, promotes and distributes unpublished Australian plays and now holds hundreds of scripts.
http://www.ozscript.org
Wrightofplay
A rest-stop for aspiring playwrights. Tips, tricks, and techniques. Articles, activism, and a few links.
http://wrightofplay.com
Moondance International Film Festival
To promote and encourage women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers, and women who make independent films.
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/
Jassin Office - Publishing and Theatre Law
Advice for writers and theatre workers on copyright, trademark, libel and contract law. Includes free "Helpful Articles" section.
http://copylaw.com/aboutus.html
Playwright Guild Of Canada
Service organization for Canadian playwrights. Site includes searchable online catalogue, with a history of the Guild and membership information.
http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/
Playwriting 101
A playwriting tutorial written by playwright and screenwriter Jon Dorf.
http://www.playwriting101.com/
Playwriting at Suite101.com
Articles (archived) to assist playwrights.
http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/playw...
Greensboro Playwrights' Forum
A gathering of North Carolina playwrights, meeting once a month to discuss works-in-progress and aid one another in getting produced or published.
http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/P...
Boston Theatre Works Unbound
Equity theatre accepting scripts for its annual Unbound playwrighting festival. Details and submission guidelines available on website.
http://www.bostontheatreworks.com/season8/...
Resources for Teaching Playwriting Compiled by Adam Russell
Annotated bibliography of recommended texts.
http://www.kennesaw.edu/english/kmwp/Bridg...
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