Mara Nelson-Greenberg, Josiah Davis, Rudi Goblen, Dustin H. Chinn, Jacob G. Padrón, a.ok. payne, Deaf West Theatre, Isabel Pask, Joshua Castille, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” Brysen Boyd, Will Dagger, Avery Deutsch, Ryan Dowler, Miz Hashimoto, Divya Mangwani, Laura Neill, Juan Ramirez, Jr., Billy Recce, Elise Wien, Liqing Xu, and Gracie Leavitt.
The Winery Theatre will current the 2023 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Susan Stroman Directing Award, and Colman Domingo Award throughout the firm’s Rising Artists Celebration on Fri., Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.m. on the Nationwide Arts Membership. Vogel, Stroman, and Domingo shall be in attendance. Mara Nelson-Greenberg will obtain the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Josiah Davis will obtain the Susan Stroman Directing Award, and Rudi Goblen will obtain the Colman Domingo Award. The Winery’s Paula Vogel Playwriting Award is given yearly to an exceptionally promising early profession author. The award features a money prize, a yearlong residency to develop new work, in addition to writing house, readings, workshops, and ongoing dramaturgical help. The Susan Stroman Directing Award and residency is given biennially to a gifted early or mid-career director to develop new work whereas in residence. The Colman Domingo Award is bestowed yearly to a multi-faceted Black male or male-identifying theatre artist to supply help and sources to create new work. Recipients get a money stipend, workshops and different developmental alternatives, entry to writing and studio house, mentorship, and the continuing help of the Winery.
Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Basis have introduced the EST/Sloan Challenge commissions for the 2023-2024 season. This initiative seeks to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and expertise and to problem the prevailing stereotypes of scientists and engineers within the in style creativeness. This yr’s grant recipients are Brysen Boyd (POD:ORCA:POD), Will Dagger (Epitaph of Utopia), Avery Deutsch (The Age of Mary), Ryan Dowler (ROACH), Miz Hashimoto (The Bees Name Me Eva), Divya Mangwani (Indus), Laura Neill (C-WIID: A Comedy!), Juan Ramirez Jr. (Of Nice Magnitude, or The Earthquake Play), Billy Recce and Elise Wien (GUANOMANIA!: A Musical Shit Present), Liqing Xu (Untitled Epigenetics Play), and Gracie Leavitt with Media Artwork Xploration, Inc. (When Gentle Bends). Purposes for subsequent yr’s EST/Sloan play commissions shall be accepted by means of Dec. 15.
The Leisure Group Fund and Playwrights Horizons have chosen playwright Dustin H. Chinn to be the 2023 recipient of the Mark O’Donnell Prize. Named in honor of the award-winning author, the annual prize is introduced to an rising theatre artist in recognition of their expertise and promise. The award features a money prize of $20,000, use of the Mark O’Donnell Theater for one week to develop a studying of a brand new work; in addition to counseling on reasonably priced housing and medical health insurance from the Leisure Group Fund.
The Nationwide Theatre Convention, a nonprofit membership group made up of distinguished theatre professionals and teachers, has introduced its 2023 award recipients. Jacob G. Padrón is NTC’s Particular person of the 12 months, Deaf West Theatre has obtained the Excellent Theater Award, and a.ok. payne has received the Bernie and Bernard Stavis Playwriting Award for Furlough’s Paradise. The Stavis Award comes with a $2,000 honorarium and a public studying of the profitable play, to happen throughout the Nationwide Theatre Convention (Dec. 1-3) in New York Metropolis. Directed by Tamilla Woodard, the studying shall be Fri., Dec. 1, at 2:00 p.m. at The Gamers Membership. Padrón has chosen Isabel Pask to obtain the Paul Inexperienced Award, and Deaf West inventive director David Kurs has chosen Joshua Castille to obtain the Rising Skilled Award.
The Academic Theatre Basis (ETF), The Music Man Basis (TMMF), and Music Theatre Worldwide (MTI) have introduced 16 recipients of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” Grants, a complete of $160,000 awarded to highschool theatre packages nationwide to permit them to mount productions of the newly revised model of the basic Meredith Willson and Richard Morris property. The profitable colleges embody Aloha Excessive Faculty in Beaverton, Ore.; Arts Excessive Faculty in Newark, N.J.; Brownell Talbot Faculty Preparatory Faculty in Omaha, Neb.; Byng Excessive Faculty in Byng, Okla.; Clear Brook Excessive Faculty in Friendswood, Texas; Columbus Faculty for Women in Columbus, Ohio; Backyard Metropolis Excessive Faculty in Backyard Metropolis, Kans.; Grants Go Excessive Faculty in Grants Go, Ore.; Harry S. Truman Excessive Faculty in Levittown, Pa.; Lake Metropolis Excessive Faculty in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Little Flower Catholic Excessive Faculty for Women in Philadelphia; Maryvale Preparatory Faculty in Lutherville, Md; Morris Space Excessive Faculty in Morris, Minn.; Seaside Excessive Faculty in Seaside, Calif.; Walnut Hills Excessive Faculty in Cincinnati; and Woodmont Excessive Faculty in Piedmont, S.C. Further grants are set to be awarded within the spring of 2024 after a second spherical of submissions.
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