The Playwrights’ Center Announces 2017-18 Fellows
Seven writers will receive support and mentorship for creating new work.
Seven writers will receive support and mentorship for creating new work.
Olivia Dufault, Mike Lew, and Susan Soon He Stanton will develop new plays as part of the inaugural fellowship.
Eleven young stage directors have been selected for this year-long program.
The Los Angeles institution will co-commission more than 50 new plays over the next decade.
The playwright will receive the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award.
The fellowship, which spans three years, is awarded through the Montalvo Arts Center of California.
The Ohio student will receive $2,500 and a reading of her play in New York City.
Nate Eppler and Michael Cristofer received prizes.
Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ and Sarah DeLappe’s ‘The Wolves’ were finalists in the drama category.
Playwrights Lynn Nottage, Ayad Akhtar, and Dominique Morisseau will receive cash prizes.