Rebecca Gilman Wins Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for ‘Luna Gale’
Lucas Hnath and Nathan Alan Davis were also named cited as runners-up.
Lucas Hnath and Nathan Alan Davis were also named cited as runners-up.
Writers of ‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety,’ ‘The Christians’ and ‘The Body of an American,’ respectively, receive the midcareer honor.
A newly devised ‘Antigone’ and Stoppard’s ‘The Hard Problem’ join ‘An Octoroon’ and ‘The Christians’ on the theatre’s slate.
The literary awards, given to 10 writers each year, has gone to the playwrights of ‘Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play’ and ‘The Christians.’
The New York City theatre’s new season includes two world premiere plays, plus new works by Lucas Hnath, Taylor Mac, Jordan Harrison and Danai Gurira.
Recent plays by Marcus Gardley and Lucas Hnath, a world premiere from Tracey Scott Wilson, comprise the theatre’s 24th season.
A new play about a doctrinal controversy at one megachurch cracks open conversations about difficult emotions.
The kind of tension his plays provide may be just what contemporary audiences are looking for.
The human condition gets a workout at 2 festivals: Humana and Pacific Playwrights.