Harold and Mimi Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award
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The Harold and Mimi Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award has been rewarding promising playwrights since 1974.[1]
The decision as to whom should receive the award is made by a committee of members of the American Theatre Critics Association.[2]
Accounts differ as to how large the cash portion of the award is, with some sources saying $2,500, or $25,000 or $200,000.[1][2][3]
Receipients
| year | receipient | play | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bill Cain | Equivocation[2] | |
| 2010 | Bill Cain | 9 Circles[2] | |
| 2016 | Sarah Ruhl | [4][3] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Harold and Mimi Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award, initiated in 1974, is the flagship award of the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program". Kennedy Center. https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/pre-professional-artist-training/kcactf/playwriting/award-categories/steinberg/#:~:text=The%20Harold%20and%20Mimi%20Steinberg,Mimi%20Steinberg%20National%20Playwriting%20Award.. Retrieved 2022-08-24. "The Kennedy Center will award the playwright a cash prize of $2,500. The second place playwright will receive a cash prize of $1,000."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tim Treanor (2011-04-08). "Cain repeats as Steinberg winner with 9 Circles; Theater J play is runner-up". DC Theatre Scene. https://dctheatrescene.com/2011/04/08/cain-repeats-as-steinberg-winner-with-9-circles-theater-j-play-is-runner-up/. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barbara Chai (2016-09-26). "Sarah Ruhl Wins Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award: The $200,000 cash award is one of the largest of its kind in the theater". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-96999. Retrieved 2022-08-24. "'I’ve watched her work, from "The Clean House" all the way on through to "The Oldest Boy,"' says James D. Steinberg, director of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg trust. 'Certainly having seen most of her work, it’s a perspective that is new to me and I appreciate that. One of the things you go to the theater for is to find new perspectives on things. I think she certainly gives us that.'"
- ↑ "Third Avenue Playhouse opens Winter Play Reading Festival". Green Bay Gazette (Sturgeon Bay). 2018-02-12. https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/entertainment/2018/02/12/third-avenue-playhouse-opens-winter-play-reading-festival/331652002/. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
