PlayPenn Announces 2020 Plays and Haas Fellows
The selected playwrights will receive workshops and readings as part of PlayPenn’s 2020 play development conference.
Awards
Theater Latté Da Announces New Musical Commissions
The NEXT Generation Commission has been awarded to Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses, and Jessie Austrian and Noah Brody.
Town Stages Announces 2020 Fellows and Residents
Though COVID-19 has closed the building’s doors, the fellowship and residency continue digitally.
Will Arbery Receives 2020 Whiting Award for Drama
The ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ playwright will be awarded $50,000.
Aleshea Harris, Julia Cho Among This Year’s Windham-Campbell Prize Honorees
The Windham-Campbell Prize honors English-language writers all over the world at every stage of their careers.
PlayGround Announces 4 Producing Fellows
Each of the fellows will focus on a different aspect of the production process.
The Old Globe Names 2020 Classical Directing Fellowships
The 2020 fellows are Meg DeBoard, Manoel Felciano, Lavina Jadhwani, and Edward Torres.
Sanaz Toossi Wins 2020 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award
The award, presented by Williamstown Theatre Festival, includes a cash prize and a commission to write a new play.
Oklahoma City University Names Kristin Chenoweth Artist in Residence
Chenoweth will visit her alma mater each semester to teach students in the the Wanda L. Bass School of Music.
Madhuri Shekar Named Recipient of 2020 Lanford Wilson Award
The New Dramatists fellow will be honored this summer.