Qui Nguyen Wins 2015 Steinberg Award for ‘Vietgone’
A play based on his parents’ history has won the American Theatre Critics Association’s annual new play prize.
Category Archives: Awards
Mellon & HowlRound Announce 2nd Round of Playwright Residencies
The program will support 18 playwrights at host theatres around the country.
Audra McDonald, Craig Lucas Receive 2016 Madge Evans and Sidney Kingsley Award
The award recognizes one actor and one playwright for their body of work in the American theatre.
League of Professional Theatre Women Announces 2016 Awards
The recipients are Micki Grant, Jane Cox, Ari Laura Kreith, Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tesori, Lear deBessonet, and Elsa Rael.
The Hypocrites Set 2016–17 Season
The Chicago company slates works by Lynn Nottage, Jaclyn Backhaus, and Margaret Edson, as well as its first commissions.
Emily Schwend Wins the Yale Drama Series Award
Her play “Utility” will receive publication and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater.
Jonathan Norton Wins 2016 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award
The award recognizes emerging playwrights who have not achieved national recognition.
Madeleine George Wins the Whiting Award for Drama
The playwright will win the $50,000 prize for drama, presented by the Whiting Foundation.
American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces 2016 Literature Award Winners
Among the winners in the field of drama are Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Lynn Nottage, who will each receive $10,000 to $20,000.
Asian American Arts Alliance Launches Actor and Director Fellowships
The 2016 Van Lier Fellowship for Asian artists under 30 will provide $12,000 each to one actor and one director.
