Emergency Grants for Theater Professionals

For residents of:

South Florida and beyond

Provided by:

Dramatists Guild Foundation

Ideal for:

Performing Artists

Financial assistance to theater professionals in need of funds due to severe hardship or unexpected illness.

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Benefits

  • Emergency financial assistance for individual playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists.
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Eligibility

Potential applicants must meet at least one of the following requirements:

  • You are a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, the Playwrights' Center, New Dramatists, the Lark, or the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.
  • You attended an MFA program in playwriting or musical theater writing.
  • You received monetary compensation for my writing a play or musical for the American theater.
  • Your play or musical has been presented for an audience of ticket-buyers.

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Application

Application

Applications will be processed based on severity of need.

Applicants can either fill out a paper or electronic application. Click here to download a paper application.

Do not send paper applications to the DGF office, as their staff is working remotely. Please email paper applications and supplemental materials to applications@dgf.org, or mail paper applications to (Claire Hackett Dramatists Guild Foundation 417 Myrtle Ave Suite 34 Brooklyn, NY 11205).

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Requirements

  • Detailed information about your financial state including bank statements and additional documents that demonstrate your need for assistance.  
  • Theater-writing resume. 
  • Amount of financial assistance you are requesting.
  • Detailed breakdown of expenses that this potential funding will help support.
  • At least one document verifying your status/request (This may include medical bills, termination notices, contracts, utility bills, rent receipts, or anything similar).

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