How do I order contracts and articles from the Guild?
Guild members can download any of the Guild’s model contracts in PDF format by visiting the Contracts page. If you are an author’s representative (agent, manager, attorney, or other similar professional), you must be a Business Subscriber to order Guild materials.
If you do not know which specific model will serve as the best starting point for your transaction, please contact the Business Affairs Department.
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DG Sample Contract: Commission Agreement
Agreement between a commissioning producer and author(s) to write and revise a script. The author(s) retain(s) the sole ownership of the play and maintain(s) control over additions, changes, and modifications. This agreement covers only the writing ...
DG Sample Contract: Collaboration Agreement For Musicals
Form agreement for collaboration between authors writing a musical. It is in the best interest of parties to enter into a collaboration agreement early in the creative process, to avoid potential difficulties that could arise at a later time. Click ...
DG Sample Contract: Licensing Agreement
A basic license, this template grants the rights for a producer to produce a production without granting the subsidiary rights and future options that might go along with a premiere. This contract is short, straightforward and not intimidating, and ...
DG Sample Contract: Underlying Rights for Plays
Form of an option agreement used for an author to obtain the basic right to adapt a work as a straight play from an existing work in which a second author holds copyright. This form only deals with the acquisition of the option to adapt a copyrighted ...
Which Guild contract do I need?
The Guild’s model agreements contain the minimum standard terms promulgated for authors’ contracts. Always modify the forms as your situation requires and consult with an attorney to be certain that the contracts are legally binding ...