‘Hamilton’ Wins 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Lin-Manuel Miranda won the top honor; ‘Gloria’ by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and ‘The Humans’ by Stephen Karam were named finalists.
Category Archives: Awards
Playwrights’ Center and Jerome Foundation Announce Playwriting Fellowships
The fellowships offer development opportunities for emerging playwrights.
Georgette Kelly Wins First ‘Hope on Stage’ Playwriting Contest
Kelly’s winning play, ‘I Carry Your Heart,’ will receive productions on both coasts next year.
Lindsay Adams Wins the 2016 Judith Barlow Prize
Adams will receive a reading of her one act play inspired by a historic woman playwright.
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.
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.
