Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Junk’ Wins 2018 Kennedy Prize for Drama
Akhtar will receive a cash prize of $100,000 for his play about junk bond tycoons of the 1980s.
All Stories About Ayad Akhtar
Columbia University Announces Kennedy Prize Finalists
Plays by Ayad Akhtar, Kristen Childs, Lisa Loomer, Dominique Morisseau, and Lauren Yee are up for the award.
Ayad Akhtar and Lucas Hnath Win 2017 Steinberg Playwright Awards
The two writers will each receive a $50,000 prize.
American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards Honor Playwrights
Playwrights Lynn Nottage, Ayad Akhtar, and Dominique Morisseau will receive cash prizes.
#TCG16 Plenary 2: Leadership as a Creative Act
In morning addresses director Kimberly Senior and executive and technologist John Maeda addressed risk and struggle.
Kimberly Senior Is Just Getting Started
The director, who receives the Alan Schneider Director Award at #TCG16, talks about her self-starting career and artistic restlessness.
Ayad Akhtar Named 2016–17 Playwright in Residence at Arena Stage
The playwright will create a new work for a future season at the theatre.
Striking Distance: The Violence We See, and Don’t See, Onstage
From the Greeks to ‘Disgraced,’ direct violence has been a theatrical staple. Structural violence, though harder to stage, is also the stuff of drama.
Offscript: Who’s Afraid of Ayad Akhtar?
This week’s episode is a doozy. Ayad Akhtar stops by to talk about his play ‘Disgraced,’ the most-produced play in 2015-16. Plus, the ‘New York Times”s Charles Isherwood and ‘Chicago Tribune”s Chris Jones drop in.
The Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2015–16 Season
Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced,’ a new entry, tops the list, alongside other new entries and some returning favorites.
