Mississippi Goddam, a play about the neighbors of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, has won this year’s M. Elizabeth Osborne New Play Award for best new play by an emerging playwright, the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) announced this weekend.
Playwright Sharyn Rothstein wins $10,000 Primus Prize
The Francesca Primus Prize, awarded annually to an emerging woman playwright and administered by The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA), has been awarded to playwright Sharyn Rothstein for her play By the Water, ATCA announced today.
Three Plays with DC connections are among six Steinberg finalists
Three plays with connections to the Washington, DC theater scene are among the six finalists for the $25,000 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, which goes annually to the best new play produced by regional theater, the American Theatre Critics Association announced last night.