Janet Bentley (1970-2025) Janet Bentley was a pioneering student in our new MFA Dramaturgy Program at the University of Iowa from 2001 to 2004. As an outstanding student and a talented and passionate theatre artist, they helped to shape what the Dramaturgy Program is...
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LMDA Update about NEA Grant Funding
LMDA Update about NEA Grant Funding As many of you may have heard, over the past few days the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has rescinded already awarded grant funding to many organizations after the Trump Administration put forward a proposed budget that...
LMDA Statement on Kennedy Center
LMDA Statement on Kennedy Center February 21, 2025 Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas stands in solidarity with the Dramatists Guild and Actors Equity Association and all artists resigning from the Board, all company members of canceled or severely...
Lee Devin (1938-2024)
Lee Devin (1938-2024) Lee Devin’s brilliant, rigorous writings on dramaturgy, his career as the first resident Dramaturg at People’s Light, his legacy as the creator of Swarthmore’s theatre program, and his decades-long leadership in Literary Managers and Dramaturgs...
Edwin Wilson (1927-2023)
Edwin Wilson (1927-2023) Author, theatre critic and teacher, Ed Wilson, died peacefully at home on December 2, 2023 at the age of 96. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where he grew up with his parents, EE "Bitsy" and Catherine Wilson, and his younger sister...
New Membership Pricing
New Membership Pricing LMDA Members and Community, LMDA is introducing a new pricing structure on a pilot basis starting October 1, 2023. We have set these prices in close consultation with and the approval of the LMDA Board and Executive Committees. All of these...
LMDA News and Connections
LMDA News and Connections Looking to stay up-to-date with the latest news and events in the world of dramaturgy? Interested in connecting with other professionals in the field? LMDA offers a range of resources and opportunities for engagement, from our monthly LMDA...
Michael Earl Feingold (1945-2022)
Michael Earl Feingold (1945-2022) Reflections on a Life (Photo by Genevieve Rafter Keddy, American Theatre Magazine) More than half a century ago, Michael Feingold served as the first Literary Manager of the Yale Repertory Theater. (The title was borrowed from a few...
Elliot B. Quick (1984-2020)
(photo by Eileen Meny) Elliot B. Quick (1984-2020) Elliot's Obituary: Elliot B. Quick died after a fall on February 19, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. He was 35. Elliot was a dramaturg and taught theater history and playwriting at the Maggie Flanigan School of Acting and...
Lee Breuer (1937-2021)
Lee Breuer (1937-2021) "Lee Breuer, an acclaimed and influential director who over a half-century in New York’s downtown theater scene blended genres in extravagantly experimental productions, often with Mabou Mines, the avant-garde troupe he helped found, died on...
