National Playwriting Month is approaching, and that means it's time for End of Play.®, the Dramatists Guild's annual month-long writing challenge for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists, and Librettists. Guild staff members Lily Dwoskin and Jordan Stovall stop by the show to tell us about their work at the Guild and all things End of Play.®.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What End of Play.® is and who can participate (Hint: anyone and everyone!)
• How  End of Play.® got started
• How working at the Guild helped Lily become a better advocate for her own work
• How the pandemic has changed the way drag and musical theatre are created and consumed 

And more!

Resources Mentioned

End of Play.®
Dramatists Guild
AWP

About Our Guests

Lily Dwoskin is a bookwriter, lyricist, and playwright based in New York. She is a graduate of NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Her bookwriter/lyricist credits include Off Broadway: Turtle On A Fencepost at Theater 555 & The Scarlet Savior at St. Luke's Theatre. Other credits include: Hyena in Petticoats and The Aviatrix. Originally, Lily is from the greater Philadelphia region. Lily's work has been performed at St. Luke's, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, The Greenroom 42, Hedgerow Theatre Company, various universities and more. Lily works for and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America and has worked as a director, dramaturg, teaching artist and stage manager. 

Jordan Stovall is a playwright, arts administrator, and drag artist known as Wanda Whatever. They presently serve as the Director of Outreach & Institutional Partnerships for the Dramatists Guild, where they have worked since 2016. Their plays have been shortlisted and selected as Finalists for the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Festival and Relentless Award, with productions in London and the US. 

As a drag artist, they are the founding producer of Time Out London Award-Nominated cabaret Boulangerie; and Fussy, a series of queer community gatherings. They can be seen on Pistol and Meet the Richardsons. They have performed in Bushwig Berlin and NYC, Sink the Pink, Clapham Grand, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, and

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