Kia Corthron Wins 2020 Flora Roberts Award
The Dramatists Guild of America recognizes Corthron’s theatrical body of work.
Awards
65th Annual Obie Awards to Stream on YouTube
The celebration will include performances from the original Broadway and Off-Broadway revival casts of ‘Merrily We Roll Along.’
Why Not Theatre Announces ThisGen 2020 Fellowship
The recipients are Intisar Awisse, Tai A Grauman, Bianca Guimarães de Manuel, Crystal Lee, Nikki Shaffeeullah, Olivia Shortt, and Echo Zhou.
Jeremy O. Harris and the Bushwick Starr Announce Pet Project Grant
A total of $76,000 from licensing fees and publishing royalties of ‘Slave Play’ will be randomly awarded to 152 writers.
Playwrights’ Center Announces 2020-23 Core Writers
Sharon Bridgforth, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Andrew Rosendorf, Riti Sachdeva, Charly Evon Simpson, Crystal Skillman, and Jonathan Spector join the program.
Campo Santo and Crowded Fire Theater Announce Playwright-in-Residence
Star Finch will develop new works and facilitate writing groups as part of the three-year residency.
‘A Strange Loop’ Wins Best New Musical at Off Broadway Alliance Awards
Aaron Posner’s ‘Life Sucks’ wins for best new play, and Mark Blum, Wynn Handman, and Julia Miles join the Hall of Fame.
MTC Announces 6 New Recipients of Sloan Commissions
The selected playwrights have been commissioned to write plays about science.
The Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Announces Virtual Residencies
This summer, 18 musical theatre writers and teams will develop 9 projects remotely.
E.M. Lewis Wins 2020 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award
The prize recognizes the writer for ‘How the Light Gets In’ and comes with $25,000.