3 Playwrights Receive 2016 PEN Literary Awards
Lynn Nottage, Young Jean Lee, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins were the winners in the drama category.
Lynn Nottage, Young Jean Lee, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins were the winners in the drama category.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Hannah Moscovitch, and Abbie Spallen will each receive $150,000.
The residency will give six emerging playwrights creative homes at theatres in New York City.
The celebrated stage and film director, playwright, and actor will receive the award this spring.
Solo artist and theatremaker Tim Etchells will receive a commission for a new work and four productions.
The prize awards dramatic literature inspired by the history of the United States.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright receives a $25,000 award for her play about America’s industrial decline.
Tonight’s awards ceremony for playwrights and their advocates includes a new prize named for the late American master.
The award recognizes Off-Broadway theatres that achieved parity among their playwrights and directors.
San Diego-area critics and arts journalists select the best works of the year.