This Year’s Steinberg Playwright Award: 20 Playwrights Rather Than 1
This year the annual award will be given to 20 playwrights in an effort to meet the immediate needs of writers.
All Stories About Leah Nanako Winkler
ATCA Awards Leah Nanako Winkler 2018 Francesca Primus Prize
The national critics association bestows its $10,000 prize for her play ‘Two Mile Hollow,’ so far produced primarily at smaller companies of color.
Playwrights Announced for 2019 Finish Line Commission
Plays by Leah Nanako Winkler, Kate Hamill, and Herbert Siguenza will receive a staged reading at Cygnet Theatre.
The Subtext: Leah Nanako Winkler and Mark Schultz
This month’s episode is super-long because Brian James Polak traveled to the Humana Festival and spoke to two playwrights that were getting world premieres there.
Women Ran the Table at the 2018 Humana Festival
At the 42nd Humana Festival of New American Plays, the Kilroys and Anne Bogart spoke, Lauren Gunderson got a prize, and a majority female-authored program commanded the stage.
Leah Nanako Winkler Wins 2018 Yale Drama Series Prize
Her play ‘God Said This’ was selected by playwright Ayad Akhtar for the prize.
Leah Nanako Winkler Receives 2017-19 Jerome Fellowship
Chosen by the Lark out of 286 applicants, she’ll embark on a two-year fellowship to develop a new play.
Leah Nanako Winkler Wins First Annual Mark O’Donnell Prize
The award for emerging theatre artists comes with $25,000 and developmental support.
Offscript: Leah Nanako Winkler and ‘The Mikado’
In this week’s episode, playwright Leah Nanako Winkler discusses New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ reimagined ‘Mikado.’ Plus the editors discuss musical theatre training.
Southern Female Playwrights, Leaving the Front Porch Behind
The South depicted by an emerging group of playwrights is complicated and diverse, and there’s not a mint julep in sight.
