American Shakespeare Center Introduces the Bard’s New Contemporaries
Playwrights Anchuli Felicia King and Emma Whipday’s works, inspired by ‘Othello’ and ‘Cymbeline,’ respectively, will be produced.
Awards
Jackie Sibblies Drury Wins 2019 Drama Pulitzer for ‘Fairview’
Finalists were ‘Dance Nation’ by Clare Barron and ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ by Heidi Schreck.
MTC Announces 8 New Recipients of Sloan Commissions
The selected playwrights have been commissioned to write plays about science.
TCG Announces Willa Kim Design Scholarship
The scholarship will support emerging costume designers enrolled in a university or professional training program.
Great Plains Theatre Conference Announces 2019 PlayLab Playwrights
The annual conference will invite 20 playwrights to develop new works this summer.
Lauren Yee’s ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ Take Steinberg-ATCA Award
Also cited were Noah Haidle’s ‘Birthday Candles’ and Jen Silverman’s ‘Witch,’ with the Osborn Award going to Spenser Davis’s ‘Plainclothes.’
La Jolla Playhouse to Commission UCSD MFA Playwrights
The theatre will commission plays from graduates of University of California, San Diego’s playwriting program.
Wendy Graf Is First Winner of Hart New Play Gold Medallion
Graf won for her play ‘Exit Wounds,’ which explores the effect of a horrific tragedy on the perpetrator’s family.
PlayPenn Announces 2019 Plays and Haas Fellows
The selected writers will develop their plays through workshops and public readings at the conference.
Anna Deavere Smith, Sarah Ruhl Among Recipients of Signature Residencies
The two artists will be produced multiple times over a single season at the Off-Broadway theatre; Samuel D. Hunter, Lauren Yee, and collective the Mad Ones will join the Residency 5 program.