Her 2022 play took home the $25,000 prize, while Madison Fiedler won the Osborn Prize and Suzan-Lori Parks and Rebecca Gilman received citations for their work.
The finalists are Aleshea Harris for ‘On Sugarland’ and Lloyd Suh for ‘The Far Country.’
Cox will supervise the producing and casting teams.
The 12 teenage playwrights hail from 5 different states, and this year’s live presentations will be the first performed in person since 2019.
The current and outgoing cohort of the D.C. playwriting collective reflect on 3 years of pandemic pivot, internal strain, and transformative growth.
Six New York-based artists will receive micro-residencies in Mexico City, while a second cohort of Mexican creators will be selected in fall 2023 for residencies in New York City.
Egan succeeds Linda DiGabriele, who served as managing director at Asolo Rep for 35 years.
The artistic director’s departure caps a 4-year period of extraordinary promise, crisis, and controversy, while the festival seeks help with its next steps.
The new partnership will launch this summer with playwrights York Walker and Dave Harris.
The 2023 competition marks the first time that the prize has been awarded to more than one finalist.
