Dramatist guild membership

Fellows:

Ari Afsar, Musical Theater Writing

Emma Ashford, Musical Theater Writing

Sophie Boyce, Musical Theater Writing

Fouad Dakwar, Musical Theater Writing

Jen Diamond, Playwriting

Matthew Jellison, Playwriting

Yilong Liu, Playwriting

Jaime Lozano, Musical Theater Writing

Veronica Mansour, Musical Theater Writing

Ro Reddick, Playwriting

Phillip Christian Smith, Playwriting

National Fellows:

Alan Stewart, Playwriting

Beth Kander, Playwriting

Germaine Shames, Playwriting

Hope Villanueva, Playwriting

Joe Barsanti, Musical Theater Writing

Katie Winkler, Musical Theater Writing

Lachrisa Grandberry, Musical Theater Writing

Nabra Nelson, Playwriting

Nicolette Blount, Musical Theater Writing

Petron Brown, Playwriting Fellow

Orlando Morales, Musical Theater Writing

Since its inception in , the Fellows program has given over writers a path forward in the industry, with several going on to achieve the highest levels of recognition in both theater and film.

Fellows alumni include Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Frozen, In Transit, Coco), Chisa Hutchinson (She Like Girls, The Wedding Gift), Michael R.

Jackson (Pulitzer Prize Winner, A Strange Loop), Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), Antoinette Nwandu (Pass Over), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman, La La Land), Lauren Yee (The Great Leap, King of the Yees), and many more.

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DGF National Fellows Program

Our historic Fellows program has expanded to have a virtual offering for playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists located across the United States.

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