Mariam Bazeed, Rhiana Yazzie Named Co-Recipients of Lanford Wilson Award
An awards ceremony will be scheduled for a later date to bestow each writer with a $20,000 cash prize.
Awards
PlayGround Announces 2021-22 Producing Fellows
The new cohort of fellows will work in the areas of communications, development, artistic programs, and theatre management.
Hermitage Artist Retreat Announces Hermitage Major Theater Award
The award will support a playwright or theatre artist each year to develop a new work.
TCG Announces First Round of Edgerton New Play Awards
The awards will allow 28 productions more time for rehearsal and development with the entire creative team.
The Performing Garage Announces Artist Partnership Program
Kaneza Schaal’s initiative ‘Towards a New Collectivity’ will partner with five artists this summer.
National Queer Theater Names Inaugural New Vision Fellows
Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko and Ayla Xuan Chi Sullivan will receive $5,000 to develop new work thanks to a new fellowship for Black trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) playwrights.
Pillsbury House Names 2021 Naked Stages Fellows
This year’s recipients are Ashembaga (Ashe) Jaafaru, Margaret Ogas, and Alys Ayumi Ogura.
Katori Hall Wins 2021 Drama Pulitzer for ‘The Hot Wing King’
Finalists for this year’s prize were ‘Circle Jerk’ by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley and ‘Stew’ by Zora Howard.
Donja R. Love Awarded Revived Terrence McNally Award
Love will receive a $5,000 cash award, developmental guidance, and dramaturgical support from Philadelphia Theatre Co. for his new play, ‘What Will Happen to All That Beauty?’
TheFrontOffice Foundation Announces Childcare Grants
Need-based grants will be awarded to artists, administrators, and production staff to offset childcare costs.
