The Jerome Foundation awarded a two-year grant of $80,000 to NEW DRAMATISTS, New York City, in support of the Playwrights Lab and the Composer-Librettist Studio. The mission of New Dramatists is to find gifted playwrights and give them the time, space, and tools to develop their craft in the company of their peers, so that they may fulfill their potential and make lasting contributions to the theater. While in residence at New Dramatists, a member playwright has an artistic home for seven years during which time she or he has complete creative authority over the work developed at New Dramatists; unlimited access to workspaces; and an artistic community of peer playwrights, staff, collaborators, and alumni. The Playwrights Lab offers programs that provide writers with invaluable resources throughout each stage of the play development processfrom idea, to page, to reading, to workshop, and to production. The Composer-Librettist Studio, two weeks in length, is conducted in partnership with Nautilus Music-Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota, and focuses on music-theater development and the principles of collaboration. It teams five New Dramatists writers with five composers and five performers to develop new works.