What can a dramaturg do for you as a playwright?
What do you wish playwrights knew about working with dramaturgs?
What do you wish dramaturgs knew about working with playwrights?
Where, and how, do we find each other?
Join us for a workshop and conversation with artists on both sides of the dramaturg-playwright relationship!
This workshop is led by guest speaker, Jessica Kahkoska.
Jessica Kahkoska is a writer, producer, and researcher for theatre and TV. Selected Awards: National Archives Foundation’s Cokie Roberts Women’s History Fellowship, Marion International Fellowship in the Performing Arts, Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship. BA: Northwestern. www.jessicakahkoska.com
Apprentice Admission: For current DDP Apprentices and Alternates only.
Emerging Admission: $5-15 sliding-scale, open to all those who self-identify as early-career.
General Admission: $15-40, for all other attendees.
100% of your admission fee goes back into our programming, including our Apprentice Circle, one of very few paid training opportunities for emerging dramaturgs. Thank you for helping us continue to create programming that makes exciting new theater happen, provides dramaturgical services to playwrights at no cost, and pays its artists equitably!
The Digital Development Project (DDP) is an initiative matching dramaturgs with playwrights for intentionally-paired, cost-free development opportunities. This is the first workshop in our 2024-25 Workshops Season which will include sessions with an all-star cast of dramaturgs and artists on topics ranging from the nuts and bolts of freelancing, to visions for the future of our field, and more. Visit our website or follow us on Instagram to learn more and stay in the loop!
