In response to the unabated surge in violence against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders (AAPI’s) in NYC, we are proud to partner wit the Indie Theater Fund and AAPAC to provide grants to AAPI theater writers for car service or taxi fare, if they do not feel safe using mass transportation to get to and from work. Grants of $250—roughly the cost of 10 car rides— are now available.
Please apply here.
AAPI theaters writers not based in NYC may apply for safe transportation funding through the Emergency Grants program.
Emergency Grants
It is vital to support writers in times of need so that they can get back to doing what they do best. DGF provides emergency financial assistance to individual playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists in dire need of funds due to severe hardship or unexpected illness.
If you are a writer in need, we can help.
Learn More and Apply for an Emergency Grant
Subvenciones de emergencia
Es muy importante apoyar a los escritores en tiempos de adversidad para que puedan volver a la labor que hacen mejor. DGF ofrece ayuda financiera a dramaturgos, compositores, liricistas, y libretistas con ferviente necesidad económica causada por dificultades imprevistas o enfermedades.
Si usted es escritor y tiene necesidad, le podemos ayudar.
Housing Assistance Grants
Housing grants are one-time grants to help theater writers with housing expenses that have accumulated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DGF is committed to preventing evictions and displacement of dramatic writers as well as helping them rebuild their lives during the period of recovery from the pandemic.
Theatrical writers in the following situations may request help immediately:
– Mortgage and rent payments pending
-Sudden rent increases
-Added payments for services
-Payments pending for moving expenses
– Pending credit card payments due to any of the above reasons.
Learn More and Apply for a Housing Assistance GrantSubvenciones para vivienda
Las subvenciones para vivienda, son becas de una sola ocasión para ayudar a escritores teatrales con gastos de vivienda que se han acumulado debido a la pandemia del COVID-19. DGF está comprometido prevenir evicciones y desplazamientos de escritores dramáticos así como a apoyarlos a rehacer sus vidas durante el periodo de recuperación de la pandemia.
Escritores teatrales que estén en las siguientes situaciones podrán solicitar ayuda inmediatamente:
-Pagos de hipoteca y renta pendientes
-Incrementos repentinos de renta
-Pagos atrasados de servicios
-Pagos pendientes de gastos de mudanza
-Pagos pendientes de tarjeta de crédito debido a cualquiera de las razones anteriores.
Haga su solicitud aquíSteven Schwartzberg Grants
for Mental Health & Wellness
Writers are the beating heart of theater, whom we rely upon to take us on journeys and inspire us to think through the stories they create for the stage. During these unprecedented times, DGF has created the Steven Schwartzberg Grants to provide financial support for mental health and wellness services for theater writers. These funds are unrestricted, for the writer to use to best serve their individual needs.
Learn More and Apply for a Mental Health & Wellness Grant
