2026 Workshop Series, Performance In Orbit
Performance in Orbit seeks to expand access to dramaturgical ways of thinking and create connections between theatre artists around the globe. For 2026, Performance in Orbit is bringing together interactive and informational labs and conversations with different dramaturgical thought leaders.
Workshop tickets for this season are $20|$40|$65.
Workshop Bundle Pricing
We understand price may be a barrier, and want everyone to be there, so we are sharing a bundle discount offer on workshop admission. If you purchase a bundle now, you will get 4 for the price of 3, which means when you buy 4 workshops, you get 1 free ! Click here to get started!
Workshop Schedule
Building Relationships In New Work Collaborations with Ken Cerniglia | June 22nd 7pm EST
Broadway Dramaturg Ken Cerniglia joins the Digital Development Project in a seminar-style event to discuss the ways one can create space in new collaborations between artists.
Dramaturgical Observatory with Lynde Rosario | July 20th 7pm EST
Developmental Dramaturg Lynde Rosario and her longtime collaborator will model an example of the playwright-dramaturg relationship. For this workshop, attendees are expected to take notes during the dramaturgy session and share their observations later on.
Playwright Amuse-Bouche with AJ Layague, lingyue 凌玥, & Straton Rushing | August 24th 7PM EST
DDP 2026 Playwright Fellows, lingyue 凌玥 & Straton Rushing, are joined by past PSE playwright AJ Layague to share how playwriting is integrated within their professional careers. Each playwright will also offer a 15-minute amuse-bouche on their specialty.
Freelance 101 with Suzi Elnaggar | September 24th TBA
Chicago-based Dramaturg & LMDA President Suzi Elnaggar walks through the motions of freelance theatre artistry.
Dramaturgy 101 with Maddie Williams | October TBA
California-based Director and Dramaturg Maddie Williams closes out our workshop season with going back to basics–opening the floor for you to ask, what even is dramaturgy? How did this art form evolve? What does it look like in the 21st century?
Past Workshops
The Digital Development Project’s Workshop Season is a series of virtual talks, panels, and interactive workshops for dramaturgs, early-career folks, and curious artists of all kinds!
Strategies for Submission and Development
Saturday, July 26, 2025 @ 3-4:30pm CST
This session explores how playwrights identify the right opportunities at the right time, what submission strategies help—or hinder—progress, and the varied, nonlinear paths scripts can take from draft to production.
Documenting Your Artistic Practice
Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 2-3:30pm ET
Explore the art of documenting your own practice — whether for personal reflection, portfolio building, grant applications, or social media engagement. In this workshop, you’ll learn practical techniques for writing about your work, capturing high-quality images, organizing your archives, leveraging documentation for professional opportunities, and more!
The State of the Art
Monday, February 24, 2025 @ 7-8:30pm EST
How did we get here? Is this the theater industry we want? Is this the theater industry we need? What might we do differently? What will that take? Where do dramaturgs fit in?
Join us for a conversation with forward-looking theater artists Ariel Sibert (Fake Friends, Circle Jerk), Chris Myers (Anticapitalism for Artists, Theater Workers for a Ceasefire), and Julie Felise Dubiner (“I Dare Us: A Manifesto for the 21st Century Literary Office,” American Revolutions @ Oregon Shakespeare Festival) about this moment in dramaturgy and the American theatre – and what we can do to build the future we need.
The Dramaturg-Playwright Relationship
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 @ 7-8:30pm EST
What can dramaturgs do for playwrights? What do you wish playwrights knew about working with dramaturgs? What do you wish dramaturgs knew about working with playwrights? Where, and how, do we find each other? Join the Digital Development Project, an initiative pairing playwrights with dramaturgs for cost-free development opportunities, for a workshop and conversation with artists on both sides of the dramaturg-playwright relationship!