Steinberg Emerging Playwrights Award
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The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust announced the Steinberg Emerging Playwrights Award in 2008, issuing the first pair of awards in 2009.[1] Two Emerging Playwrights Awards are given each year, to "two young playwrights whose work shows promise." They each receive a cash award of $50,000.
The usual practice of giving two awards was modified, in 2021, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[2] The trustees decided to grant ten individuals awards of $10,000 each. They were: Jeff Augustin, Clare Barron, Eboni Booth, Idris Goodwin, Ike Holter, Paola Lázaro, Haruna Lee, Mike Lew, Ife Olujobi and Jiehae Park.
References
- ↑ Adam Hetrick. Steinberg Trust Creates Awards for Emerging and Distinguished Playwrights: The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced the creation of two biennial awards in support of playwrights., Playbill magazine, 2008-03-02. Retrieved on 2022-08-24. “The Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award will honor a mid-career playwright, whose work has been previously recognized, with a $200,000 cash prize.”
- ↑ 2021 Steinberg Playwright Awardees Announced, American Theatre, 2021-12-14. Retrieved on 2022-08-25. “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 the past the Steinberg Trust honored 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.”