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Crisis Relief Grants
Funding opportunity. Deadline: 2026-12-14
- Type
- Grant
- Organizer
- Dramatists Guild Foundation
- Deadline
- 14 December 2026 (estimated)
- Where
- US or U.S. Territories
- Compensation
- Varies, contingent on need and crisis impact, for immediate relief.
- Disciplines
- playwriting, dramatic writing, musical theater composition, lyrics, librettist, performance art (with strong written element), devised theatre (with strong written element), movement theatre (with strong written element)
About this opportunity
Dramatists Guild Foundation offers Crisis Relief Grants to theater writers facing unexpected, substantially disruptive emergencies or disasters. Applicants must be adult professional dramatists residing in the U.S. or U.S. Territories with less than $15,000 in combined bank accounts. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until December 14, 2026.
Who can apply
- Applicants must be theater writers (playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists) aged 18+, living/working in the US or its territories, with less than $15,000 in combined bank accounts.
- Must meet at least 3 of the following criteria: written 2+ full-length works in the past 10 years, enrolled in/graduated from a dramatic writing program, member of a writers' association, had work professionally developed/workshopped/produced, had work presented for paying audiences, or been commissioned/paid to write a play.
How to apply
The application link and the full call are available to members, together with every other open opportunity ranked around your practice.