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Dramatists Sourcebook 2002-03 Edition: Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists

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Drama, by definition, is a public act. Writing a playscript and sitting on it not only won't do anyone else any good, it will make you quite upset. At the very least, you will want someone to read your script in a workshop. But come on, what we all really want is to sell for production.

This book doesn't have as many entries as the Writer's Market, since it aims primarily at not-for-profit and educational theatre. Art for art's sake. However, its entries are much more thorough and help you target your submissions for where they're needed and wanted. There are also entries for contests, agencies, grants and fellowships, retreats, state arts agencies, professional guilds, sources of emergency funds, and more. This is a tightly focussed guide for the professional (or would-be professional) dramatist.

As an annual edition, it will eventually be out of date and will need to be discarded in favor of a new edition. And there are a few typographical problems. So the book isn't perfect. However, it has everything you'll need in any practical way to move your scripts. Treat it with respect and it will serve you well.