On Saturday, October 7, playwrights Christopher Durang and Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman sent an email to their students at The Juilliard School urging them not to submit their scripts to the 2007 O’Neill Theatre Conference. The statement alleged that The O’Neill Board “is determined to demand a percentage of the playwright’s subsidiary income IN PERPETUITY from any play accepted for presentation at the O’Neill.” A practice the playwrights deemed “patently unfair” and “clearly against [The O’Neill’s] mission statement.”
Playwright concern persists over O’Neill proposal
On Saturday, October 7, playwrights Christopher Durang and Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman sent an email to their students at The Juilliard School urging them not to submit their scripts to the 2007 O’Neill Theatre Conference. In just a few hours, the message was disseminated to thousands of playwrights across the U.S. by concerned writing teachers and theatre professionals, causing a firestor
20 Oct 2006
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