SCRIPT FEEDBACK

Smart, thoughtful feedback—tailored specifically to you as a writer—is an invaluable part of writing a play. I have asked a few of my favorite collaborators to be part of this script feedback service. All of these artists are people who I have been sharing my own early work with for years.

HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Once you fill out the form and process your payment I will match you with a dramaturg. You will have a 15 minute call with them to assess whether it’s a match and tell them a few of your big burning questions about the play. Once you both confirm the match, they will do a careful reading of your script (60-130 pages) and then meet with you for an hour-long dramaturgical session to give you feedback, talk through your questions, and help you figure out how to get to the next draft.

HOW DO I GET MATCHED?
If you have a strong sense of who is the right match for you, great! If not, I can help you figure out who is well suited for your project. If you’re looking for something specific that you don’t see here, let me know. I have a broad network of artists who love new work. The artists listed here are some of the people I show my own early drafts to, so if you like working with me, chances are good you’ll like working with them.

WHAT THIS ISN’T
This service exists to provide artistic feedback. Dramaturgs don’t make introductions, write rec letters, or help with finding opportunities for the play. They’re here to help you get closer to your own unique vision and voice. If you need feedback on a kind of work not included here (musical, TV pilot, ten-minute plays, three-play epics) let me know and we’ll see what we can create for you.

THE TIMELINE
The timeline depends on the availability of the artists. If you have a time limit on when you need feedback, let me know and we’ll work together to find you a match who also meets your timing needs.

COST
$350, sliding scale down to $200

DRAMATURGS

“I met Zeina as an actor while working on my play FIGHT CALL out at Artists Rep. I quickly came to trust her keen dramaturgical eye. I took her with me as my dramaturg at Playwrights Horizons for my Off-Broadway debut.”

ZEINA SALAME is an artist/scholar working as a director, performer, and dramaturg. Recent projects with: The Old Globe, Guthrie Theater, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, the Lortel, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference and National Music Theater Conference, Artists Repertory Theatre’s Mercury Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Noor Theatre, Golden Thread Productions, New Arab American Theatre Works, and the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation (Pangea World Theater & Art2Action). Zeina’s writing on theatre is published in Études, Al Jadid, Arab Stages, and Howlround. She is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Vermont and co-founder of a Florida-based theatre company, The 5 & Dime.

“Mansa and I were classmates at Yale School of Drama. Not only is he one of my favorite writers, but I have now trusted his sharp eye and dramaturgical care on my own work for over a decade.”

MANSA RA is an award-winning writer and dramaturg with over a decade of experience spanning Off-Broadway stages and network television. From the historical depth of his play TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET—produced in every major American region—to his powerful New York Times Critic’s Pick …WHAT THE END WILL BE, Mansa’s work is celebrated for its structural integrity and nuanced approach to history. As an editor and dramaturg, Mansa applies the same rigor and empathy to your script that he does to his own. He operates on the philosophy that enduring scripts are built on the twin pillars of strong character and sound structure. A proud graduate of Morehouse College and Yale University, Mansa brings a global perspective to his craft, rooted in Memphis, Tennessee, and currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

“L M Feldman and I spent a couple years together in the Playwrights Realm Alumni Writers Group. Their work is bold and expansive and their eye for other writers’ plays cuts straight to the heart.”

L M FELDMAN is a queer, feminist, GNC playwright who writes theatrically audacious, physically kinetic, ensemble-driven plays that are both epic & intimate. Plays that explode space & time & dramaturgical form. Recent plays include: S P A C E (Central Square Theater); HAND FOOT HAND (Playwrights Realm); THRIVE, OR WHAT YOU WILL [AN EPIC] (American Shakespeare Center); and ANOTHER KIND OF SILENCE (City Theater Company). L is a Venturous Playwright Fellow & a Core Writer at the Playwrights’ Center, a finalist for the FEWW Prize & the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Drama. L spent a decade performing duo trapeze at festivals around the world, and they continue to teach both playwriting & circus dramaturgy around the country.

"Derek Kolluri and I worked together at Oregon Shakespeare Festival when I was there casting EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED. We have now remained artistic collaborators across four different cities. Last week I showed him pages so early I hadn’t even differentiated who was speaking. He understood it anyway.”

DEREK KOLLURI is a director, writer and actor out of NYC. He’s the Associate Director for OPERATION MINCEMEAT (First National Tour), SHUCKED (Broadway, First National Tour), SPAMALOT (First National Tour). His writing has been workshopped at The Public, ART in Portland, and upcoming at Ma-Yi. He has worked at theaters across the country, including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Rude Mechs, The Folger in DC, the Guthrie, and The Public. Derek is the former Artistic Director of Theatre en Bloc, Austin, TX.

“Miranda and I were in the same year of the same playwriting program at Yale and had all our classes together. She’s a brilliant dramatist who thinks in a wide variety of styles, tones, subjects, and forms. Her feedback on my plays has been indispensable.”

MIRANDA ROSE HALL is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. Her plays include A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction (finalist for the 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, commissioned by LubDub Theatre Co and currently touring internationally), The Sandwich Ministry, and Plot Points in Our Sexual Development (finalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award in Drama). She has written for television on Alaska Daily (ABC) and American Rust (Amazon Prime). She has worked in development with A24, FX, Middle Child Productions, and Emmy Rossum’s Composition8. Miranda’s work has been produced by LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, the Magic Theatre, and Centaur Theatre in Montreal. In 2020, she was honored with a Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. Miranda grew up in Baltimore, MD. She graduated with her BA from Georgetown University and her MFA from the Yale School of Drama.