Dramatists Play Service

Short description: American publisher of plays

Dramatists Play Service, Inc.File:DPS Logo 1.png

Parent company| Broadway Licensing
Founded| 1936
Founder| Dramatists Guild of America and the Society for Authors' Representatives
Country of origin| United States
Headquarters location| New York City
Publication types| Acting Editions
Official website| www.concordtheatricals.com

Dramatists Play Service, Inc. is a theatrical-publishing and licensing house imprint of Broadway Licensing Global. Established in 1936 by members of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Society for Authors' Representatives,[1] DPS publishes English-language acting editions of plays and handles the licensing for professional and nonprofessional English-language productions of these plays in the United States, Canada, and throughout the world.

DPS is based in New York City, with affiliates in London, Australia, South Africa, India, Asia, and South America that serve DPS' interests in their respective regions. The DPS catalogue consists of over 3,300 titles from over 1,300 authors.

Broadway Licensing Global acquired Dramatists Play Service in 2021, adding to its family of imprints which also includes Playscripts and Stageworks.[2][3] On May 8, 2025, Variety announced that Broadway Licensing had been acquired by Concord and is now a part of Concord Theatricals.[4]

## Notes

1. ↑ The Society of Authors' Representatives (founded in 1928) and the Independent Literary Agents Association (founded in 1977) merged in 1991 to become the Association of Authors' Representatives (AAR)
2. ↑ Culwell-Block, Logan (2021-03-23). "Broadway Licensing Acquires Dramatists Play Service". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-licensing-acquires-dramatists-play-service. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
3. ↑ "Broadway Licensing Acquires Dramatists Play Service" (in en-US). 2021-04-01. https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/04/01/broadway-licensing-acquires-dramatists-play-service/.
4. ↑ Lang, Brent (8 May 2025). "Concord Buys Broadway Licensing Global (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. https://variety.com/2025/legit/news/concord-buys-broadway-licensing-global-1236390696/.

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