Amanda Green Announced as First Woman Council President of The Dramatists Guild of America
Amanda will serve with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as Vice President, Kristoffer Diaz as Secretary, and Christine Toy Johnson as Treasurer.by BWW News Desk
The Dramatists Guild of America has announced that Amanda Green has been elected to be their incoming Council President succeeding outgoing President Doug Wright. She will be the first woman president in the Guild s 100-year history. Amanda will serve with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as Vice President, Kristoffer Diaz as Secretary, and Christine Toy Johnson as Treasurer. Previous Board Officers have included Lisa Kron, Julia Jordan, Marsha Norman, Lynn Nottage, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman, and Doug Wright.
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