Lloyd Suh Wins 2020 Horton Foote Prize
The winning script ‘The Chinese Lady’ premiered in 2018 as a co-production between Ma-Yi Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company.
The winning script ‘The Chinese Lady’ premiered in 2018 as a co-production between Ma-Yi Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company.
The inaugural round of the commission has been awarded to five Afro/Black-Latina playwrights.
Nine projects will receive $500 to produce in Fertile Ground’s virtual New Works Festival.
The award, given to an emerging woman playwright, recognizes Walker’s play ‘The Madres’ with a $10,000 honorarium.
Adanna Paul and Savannah Miller will be the first participants in the Young Playwrights in Progress program, receiving readings in 2021.
The third cohort of playwrights increased in size by 50 percent to offer support to more out-of-work writers.
The award, which honors a Minnesota artist, comes with a $50,000 cash prize.
Alicea-Ford’s work will center around Teatro Pueblo Nuevo and education and outreach programs.
The program is being expanded this year in response to the ongoing pandemic.
Awarded by Chicago’s Court Theatre, the award honors founding artistic director Nicholas Rudall.