Lauren Gunderson Wins Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award
The prize recognizes her play ‘Book of Will’ and comes with $25,000.
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ATCA Announces Recipients of New-Play Awards
Nate Eppler and Michael Cristofer received prizes.
ATCA Awards Lauren Yee 2016 Francesca Primus Prize
She will receive an award of $10,000 for her play ‘in a word.’
ATCA to Hold Workshop for Drama Critics
The workshop will bring together theatre critics in the Seattle region.
Criticism So White? Here’s How to Change That
How theatre critics can use their words, and their status, to be more inclusive of both theatre artists and a diverse new generation of journalists.
Qui Nguyen Wins 2015 Steinberg Award for ‘Vietgone’
A play based on his parents’ history has won the American Theatre Critics Association’s annual new play prize.
Jonathan Norton Wins 2016 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award
The award recognizes emerging playwrights who have not achieved national recognition.
ATCA Names Six Finalists for the Steinberg/ATCA Award
Steven Dietz, Samuel D. Hunter, Jen Silverman, Jonathan Norton, Lynn Nottage, and Qui Nguyen are this year’s finalists.
ATCA Awards Sharyn Rothstein With the Francesca Primus Prize
The award for emerging female playwrights has gone to Rothstein for her play ‘By the Water.’
Offscript: Humana Festival Edition
AMERICAN THEATRE looks back on the 38th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, which featured new plays by Kimber Lee, Lucas Hnath and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. AMERICAN THEATRE’s senior editor Rob Weinert-Kendt sat down over Skype for a podcast conversation with two theatre critics: Erin Keane—arts reporter and theatre critic from Louisville’s NPR station WFPL—and Bill Hirschman, editor and critic of Florida Theater On Stage. They discussed the festival’s offerings, if art for art’s sake is a good idea and the critic’s obligation to the playwright.
