“The deities of the theatre are the playwrights. These gods have their own bible—the Dramatist Sourcebook.” —Back Stage.“The Sourcebook is a treasure trove of sound advice and practical information for the working writer. It provides a road map for beginning writers and is an essential reference for those well traveled.” —Donald Margulies, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with FriendsIf a playwright washes up on a desert island, one of her 10 books must be the Dramatist Sourcebook. With the Sourcebook one could even publish from there.” — Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to DriveCalled “the essential guide to professional opportunities and playscript procedures” by The Dramatist Guild of America.The Dramatist Sourcebook contains more than 900 opportunities for playwrights, translators, composers, lyricists and librettists, including script-submission procedures for hundreds of professional theatres, more than 100 prizes and scores of publishers, fellowships, residencies, developmental programs, agents, service organizations, state arts agencies and reference publications. This fully revised 24th edition is thoroughly indexed and contains an invaluable calendar of submission guidelines, as well as the Simple Working Guide for Playwrights by Tony Kushner.
