Columbia University Announces Finalists for Edward M. Kennedy Prize
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Qui Nguyen are this year’s finalists.
Category Archives: Awards
Public Theater Announces 10 Playwrights for 2016–17 Emerging Writers Group
The company named the writers who will be part of its new-work development program for 2016–17.
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Announces 2015–16 Finalists
Ten female playwrights from the U.S. and the U.K. are nominated, with the winner to be announced Feb. 22.
Ars Nova Announces 2016 Resident Artists and New-Work Programs
The new-play incubator and creative home opens its doors for emerging artists to develop work.
Christopher Demos-Brown, Sarah Burgess Receive the Laurents/Hatcher Award
Monetary awards will be given to each playwright and to the theatres producing the premiere productions of their plays.
Stacey Luftig and Daniel Goldstein Recieve Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre
The awards are bestowed to musical theatre librettists and lyricists in honor of ‘Chorus Line’ lyricist Edward L. Kleban.
Seattle’s ACT Announces Acting Core Company
The new artistic director’s first initiative is to make ACT a creative home for local performers.
ASCAP Foundation, DreamWorks Select 4 Musicals for 2016 Workshop
Six composers and lyricists will workshop four new musicals under the direction of Stephen Schwartz.
ATCA Awards Sharyn Rothstein With the Francesca Primus Prize
The award for emerging female playwrights has gone to Rothstein for her play ‘By the Water.’
Cygnet Theatre Receives James Irvine Foundation Grant
The $187,000 award will support a military outreach initiative at the theatre.
