2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Goes to Stephen Adly Guirgis
‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ is the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Jordan Harrison and Suzan-Lori Parks are named as finalists.
Category Archives: Awards
Yale Drama Series Award Goes to Barbara Seyda for ‘Celia, a Slave’
The playwright’s docutheatre piece, about an infamous case involving a young slave convicted for killing her master, takes top prize.
Sacred Fools Wins Big at Pro-99-Seat Rally, a.k.a. L.A. Stage Raw Awards
The inheritor of the defunct L.A. Weekly Awards honored the town’s 99-seat-and-under theatres, which are feeling besieged at the moment.
Sam Willmott and Sam Carner Receive Kleban Prizes
The winners of the award for promising musical theatre lyricists and librettists receive a total of $100,000 each, payable over two years, with the honor.
First Judith Barlow Prize Goes to Selina Fillinger for ‘Machinal’-Inspired One-Act
Given by History Matters/Back to the Future, whose goal is to expand the male-dominated theatrical canon, the award recognizes students for their creative responses to classics by women.
The Drama League Announces 2015 Directing Fellows
Eleven fellows will participate in the program, which encompasses four different areas of study.
Rebecca Gilman Wins Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for ‘Luna Gale’
Lucas Hnath and Nathan Alan Davis were also named cited as runners-up.
Martyna Majok Receives 2015-16 PoNY Fellowship
The Polish-born playwright will receive $100,000 in artistic support, health insurance benefits and living expenses.
Sarah Moser Awarded RHE Artistic Fellowship
The Bay Area actor receives $10,000 and a year of mentorship from Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Foundation.
Playwrights Kristoffer Diaz, Lucas Hnath and Dan O’Brien Named Guggenheim Fellows
Writers of ‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety,’ ‘The Christians’ and ‘The Body of an American,’ respectively, receive the midcareer honor.
