| THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG CHARITABLE TRUST ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 2021 STEINBERG PLAYWRIGHT AWARDS | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:08 pm EST 12/14/21 | |
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| THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG CHARITABLE TRUST ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 2021 STEINBERG PLAYWRIGHT AWARDS New York, NY (December 14, 2021) – The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced the names of the 10 outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2021 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $10,000 each.. In 2021 the Trust would normally honor two mid-career playwrights with a total of $100,000. But in 2020, given the impact of the pandemic on playwrights throughout the industry, the Trust temporarily restructured the awards to reach a greater number of writers. The recipients of the 2021 Steinberg Playwright Awards are: Jeff Augustin Clare Barron Eboni Booth Idris Goodwin Ike Holter Paola Lázaro Haruna Lee Mike Lew Ife Olujobi Jiehae Park “While the configuration of the awards was redesigned to meet the unique needs of the last two years, their original spirit and intention remain the same: to recognize, encourage, and spotlight exceptional playwriting,” said Steinberg Trustee, William D. Zabel. “The health, sanity, and sustainability of a civilization have always depended on its historians and its poets. Historians remind us where we have been to help us understand where we are standing. Poets imagine what could be, and by creating new proposals for the future, help bring it into being. These ten playwrights do both, and we need them desperately right now,” said Advisory Board Member, Sarah Lunnie. “The committee is grateful for this opportunity to celebrate the depth of their artistry and the clarity of their vision.” “It is truly an exciting time for playwriting in America, and we are honored and thrilled to support this group of extraordinary new voices. As we celebrate the return of live theater, the Steinberg Awards’ steadfast and unwavering commitment to playwrights is more important than ever,” said Neil Pepe, Advisory Committee Member. The “Mimi” Awards are presented annually to playwrights in early and middle stages of their careers who have distinctive and compelling voices, and whose work exhibits exceptional talent and artistic excellence. The awards celebrate the accomplishments of some of the most gifted up-and-coming American playwrights and honor the promise they hold for the future of American theater. In 2008, the Board of Directors created an advisory committee of seven prominent theater professionals to establish the awards criteria, nominate individual candidates, and select recipients. The 2021 Advisory Committee is comprised of Jeremy B. Cohen, Producing Artistic Director, The Playwrights' Center; Snehal Desai, Artistic Director, East West Players; Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater; Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co.; Sarah Lunnie, Dramaturg; Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Atlantic Theater Company; and Hana S. Sharif, Artistic Director, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. The Board of Trustees ofThe HaroldandMimiSteinbergCharitableTrust is made up ofCaroleA. Krumland, Susan C. Frunzi, JamesD. Steinberg ,Michael A.Steinberg, SethM. Weinga rten,andWilliamD. Zabel. About The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust was created by Harold Steinberg in 1986 in his name and the name of his late wife, Miriam. The Trust’s primary mission is to support and promote the American theater as a vital part of our culture by nurturing American playwrights, encouraging the development and production of new American plays, and providing significant support to not-for-profit theater companies across the country. Since its inception the Trust has given more than $100 million to more than 100 theater organizations. These gifts have funded countless productions as well as the commissioning of playwrights, playwriting programs, and arts-in-education outreach programs for thousands of children in an effort to create and educate new generations of theatergoers. The Trust also collaborated with the American Theater Critics Association to create and fund the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award. That award is presented annually during the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theater of Louisville. Recipients of this award include J. Nicole Brooks, E.M. Lewis, Lauren Yee, Michael Cristofer, Qui Nguyen, Rebecca Gilman, Lauren Gunderson, Robert Schenkkan, Yussef El Guindi, Bill Cain, E.M. Lewis, Moises Kaufman, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Lee Blessing, Craig Lucas, Lynn Nottage, Nilo Cruz, Horton Foote, Jane Martin, and Regina Taylor. |
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