Catalyst Fellowship
In response to the timely need for innovation in the world of theater, The Dramatists Guild Foundation has designed an opportunity for some of the most brilliant Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Latiné innovators of theater to radically imagine solutions to the equity, social justice, and change in theater.
The Catalyst Fellowship is the brainchild of the Dramatists Guild Foundation board member Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with research support and thought partnership from playwright, Nick Kaidoo. This unique fellowship was developed to create an opportunity to support dramatists that identify as the global ethnic majority who are interested in using their platform to incite political and social change in their communities.
Through this fellowship, the Dramatists Guild Foundation will award 10 dramatists a financial award of $30k each year over a period of 2-years totaling $60, for each fellow. With this financial support, we hope that each fellow can continue to address key issues around disrupting marginalization, inequity and disenfranchisement—and boldly create and pilot courageous ideas that transform theatre. These funds cannot be used toward productions or
New York, NY – The Dramatists Guild Foundation’s Fellows program is a free, year-long New York City-based intensive for dramatists looking to develop their existing work in pursuit of further production in the next level of their careers. Fellows receive one-on-one mentoring from accomplished professionals in the field who help them hone their process and find their unique voice, as they revise and edit their current work.
DGF Fellows
Aaron Coleman, Playwriting
Nicholas Connors, Musical Theater Writing
Joriah Kwamé, Musical Theater Writing
Matthew Libby, Playwriting
Zizi Majid, Playwriting
Julián Mesri, Musical Theater Writing
Gloria Oladipo, Playwriting
April Dae Okpwae, Musical Theater Writing
SMJ, Playwriting
For more information, visit the DGF Fellows website.
DGF Fellows is supported through the generosity of the Seller-Lehrer Family Foundation.
New York, NY – The Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) has announced its inaugural class of National Fellows. The historic Fellows program has expanded to have a virtual offering for playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists located across the United States.
The Fellows program has traditionally only been offered to dramatists based in the tri-state area who could attend writing workshops and mentorship sessions in person, but in DGF’s continued work to expand accessibility and resources for writers at all stages of their careers, the program will now offer a virtual option. Designed to eliminate historical barriers of entry, the Fellows program is a completely free program, hosted and designed by the Dramatists Guild Foundation.
This program has been championed by numerous generous donors, including support from the Jeffrey Seller Family Foundation. The DGF National Fellows Program Chairs are Bernardo Cubría, Playwriting Chair, and Christine Toy Johnson*, Musical Theatre Chair.
[* denotes Dramatists Guild member]
DGF National Fellows
Alan Stewart* (he/him), Playwriting Fellow in Oakland, California
Beth Kander* (she/her), Playwriting Fellow in Skokie,
Playwright and Dramatists Guild Council member Chisa Hutchinson sat down with DG Communications Manager Sarah Rebell to chat about her newly launched Signpost Fellowship and what mentorship means to her. Applications for the Signpost Fellowship are open now through Friday, March Learn more by visiting Chisa’s website.
Sarah Rebell: What was the impetus for the Signpost Fellowship?
Chisa Hutchinson: Ever since graduating from college, any time I get a notice of an opportunity from an alumni posting board or from the scholarship program that I went through, the opportunities are usually for math and science people. And I’m like, “Well, what are the rest of us supposed to do? How do we proceed? What are the steps that we need to take in order to get the experience that we need to be active in our field?” I feel like we don’t value art enough to create opportunities for people to actually pursue it. So, I thought, “Fuck it, I’ll just create one.”
Sarah Rebell: After so many years of feeling that way, what led you to take the plunge and launch the fellowship?
Chisa Hutchinson: It helps to be in a position where I’m constantly searching for funding. I do a lot of be
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