Moriah Evans and Modesto Flako Jimenez Among 2023-24 Hodder Fellows
The five fellows will create new works at Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts.
Awards
Kristina Wong Receives First Joan D. Firestone Commission
A Pulitzer finalist for ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,’ she will create a new work about food insecurity as the first recipient of a new award from En Garde Arts.
TYA BIPOC Superhero Project to Commission New Work From 20 Writers
A new program from TYA/USA, which partners its writers with 24 major TYA theatres, is billed as the largest such effort ever undertaken in the field.
La Jolla Playhouse Announces DNA New Works Series
The annual new-play series, featuring plays by Keith Bunin, Idris Goodwin, Noelle Viñas, and Lia Romeo, runs Dec. 1-12.
Michel Hausmann and New Miami Drama Receive Thornton Wilder Prize
Next week’s awards ceremony will feature a conversation among Hausmann, playwright Sarah Ruhl, and the author’s nephew, Tappan Wilder.
Itamar Moses Receives 2022 Trish Vrandenburg New Jewish Play Prize
Moses will be awarded $15,000 and a reading of his play ‘The Ally’ at Theater J’s annual benefit next week.
Brittani Samuel Receives First ATCA Medina Award for Cultural Criticism
Samuel will receive a cash award and a complimentary annual American Theatre Critics Association membership.
Matt Barbot Receives Commission From Miami New Drama and the Black List
In the first theatre project undertaken by the influential screenwriting platform, the Brooklyn-based writer will receive $10,000 to develop a new work with the Florida theatre.
Theater J Commissions 7 Playwrights for Expanding the Canon Initiative
Created to broaden racial and ethnic portrayals of Jewishness onstage, the program provides playwrights with a $10,000 commission and a $5,000 developmental budget to support the creation of their new full-length plays over the next two and a half years.
Angel Adedokun Named RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow
The Bay Area singer-songwriter will receive a $10,000 award funded by the RHE Foundation and Theatre Bay Area performing arts organization.
