Performance Rights

Hi Babarino, Firstly, good on you for persisting with trying to track down the rights to these plays, even in the face of adversity! A lesser person might have just proceeded ahead with staging a production and dodged obtaining performing rights. Kudos! Communicating with overseas agencies can be tricky, especially if the agent has changed hands, re-negotiated which writers they are representing or simply ceased business. It's frustrating that no-one has yet even acknowledged your emails. Perhaps giving them a timeline to respond in may motivate a response. If you explain that you need to have your next season decided by X date they may at least get back with a Yes or No. Perhaps checking that the email address Dominie gave you is still current may be worthwhile too. Have you tried an internet search on the playwright? Perhaps the author has some contact details available online and you may be able to chat to them direct. If an agency is being tardy about securing royalties for a playwright, then I'm sure they would be most interested to know about it! Perhaps the playwright was once represented by an agency but they now manage their own affairs and a direct contact is the way to go. Not sure if any of that helps, but that's how I would be tackling the situation at this point. Be interested to know how this all pans out for you. Tulipa.