LMDA seeks exceptional dramaturgical projects for Bly Creative Fellowships (individual) and Bly Creative Capacity Grants (individual in partnership with not-for-profit institution). Apply online only at http://www.lmda.org/blygrant.

With these grants, LMDA is committed to facilitating the creative dreams of independent or institutional artists who are defining new ways of conducting dramaturgical activities. LMDA encourages a range of artists and institutions to apply.

(Ross Travis' solo show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth, FURY Factory 2014. Ph: N. Etemad)

In our third partnership over the last four years, LMDA has joined forces with foolsFURY of San Francisco to provide Dramaturgs for this June's Raw Materials, the works-in-progress series of FURY Factory Festival of Ensemble and Devised Theater. We are proud to announce this year's festival Dramaturgs: Maddie Gaw, Shannon Stockwell, Michael Moerman, Quest Zeidler, and Emily DeDakis.

The 2016 Conference Handbook is now available. Check out all of the people, panels, and events that will be available in Portland. Early Bird registration has been extended to May 31st so sign up today!  

Third time’s a charm! LMDA (Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas) partners once again with foolsFURY ensemble theater company to provide dramaturgs for Raw Materials, the works-in-progress series of the FURY Factory Festival of Ensemble and Devised Theater, performing at San Francisco’s Project Artaud June 14-26, 2016. Each Raw Materials Program is matched with one Dramaturg to run talkbacks for the program’s three companies at its second performance. Come watch the Dramaturgs in action and be part of the creative process!

Athena Project--located in Denver, Colorado--is proud to announce the call for submissions for its Plays In Progress Series (PIP Series).  This Series will take place in Denver at a location to be determined over the course of approximately March-April, 2017, as part of a larger arts festival celebrating the voices of female artists.  Four new plays will be selected based on a blind submission process and given a dramaturg, director, cast and workshop level production during the Festival.  One play from the PIP Series 2017 will be awarded a full production in March of 2018 ba

The deadline for applications or nominations for the Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy is this Friday, February 26th.  Details on how to apply/nominate can be found here.

The University Caucus of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas will once again sponsor a Hot Topics session at the next annual conference in Portland, OR, on Thursday afternoon, July 7, 2016: exact time TBA. Hot Topics invites all LMDA members (not academics only) to present, in 5 minutes, an idea or project that passionately engages you right now.

We’re fierce about the time limit to make room for everyone, so your presentation will require a good deal of careful preparation. You want to introduce the topic so that anyone interested can join the conversation.

Amy Brooks will collaborate with Roadside Theater, a grassroots company based in rural Appalachia, on the production of a new play set in—and produced by residents of—Letcher County, Kentucky.