Anne Washburn and Lucas Hnath Nab Prestigious Whiting Awards
The literary awards, given to 10 writers each year, has gone to the playwrights of ‘Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play’ and ‘The Christians.’
Category Archives: Awards
Theatre Development Fund Names TDF/Irene Sharaff Design Awardees
Tony-winning costume designer Jess Goldstein and scenic designer Douglas W. Schmidt are among the winners of the design-centric awards.
Tena Štivicić Wins the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The Croatian playwright has won the biggest and oldest prize for female playwrights.
Jackie Sibblies Drury Among Winners of Yale’s Windham-Campbell Prize
The college’s Beinecke Library is proud to present an award to the Brooklyn-based playwright, one of three dramatists given the prestigious $150,000 prize.
‘Father Comes Home From the Wars’ Bearing a Kennedy Award
Suzan-Lori Parks’s Civil War-era epic receives the $100,000 prize for a play inspired by American history.
Marcus Gardley Wins $4,000 Glickman Award
The African-American playwright will be recognized at Theatre Bay Area’s annual conference for his Lorca-inspired play ‘The House that will not Stand.’
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalists Announced
Nominees for the women-only playwright honor include Lisa D’Amour, Clare Barron, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Lindsey Ferrentino, Heidi Schreck and Ruby Rae Spiegel.
SMU’s Meadows Prize Residencies Go to Lear deBessonet and Complex Movements
A Detroit-based multimedia collective and the director of the Public Theater’s Public Works program are invited to create new urban arts projects for Dallas.
Rajiv Joseph Receives Laurents/Hatcher Award
Joseph has won the 2015 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for his play ‘Guards at the Taj.’
Goodman Theatre Names Marti Lyons a Directing Fellow
The Chicago-based director will work as an associate at the theatre under its Michael Maggio directing fellowship program for early career directors.
