Pein 1B Dominique Moris 1's Detroit ’67 has won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for plays inspired by American history: Moris- seau will receive $100,000 and a custom-designed website featuring study guides, historical research and scholarly interpre tions of the ply. The Ken- nedy Prize finalists were Appropriate by Brande Jacobs Jenkins (read ‘on page 4), Fun Howe by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori (read more on page 50), Party Pople by UNF VERSES, and rhe road ep, te ell rane dry by Mareus Gardley. 8 The 33rd William Inge Theatre Festival and Con- ference in March honored playwright Arthur Kopit withthe Distinguished Achievement in the Ameri can Theatre Award. In addition, Mat S the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award. newest phy 7 rier was presented at the fe 1 The 2014 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize was awarded in F UK. playwright Luey Kirkwood for her play Chimerica. She received $25,000 anda signed Wil- Jem de Kooning print The US. finalists in the competition, for female phyw who have written F snguage plays, we Sheila Callaghan, Lauren Gunderson and The resa Rebeck. They each received $2,500. & The American ‘Theatre Wing presented its 2014 Jonathan Larson Grants for emerging musical- theatre writers in April The recipients were Sa Cooper and Zach Redles, and Shaina Taub, Each writing team received $12,500. 1 At the Humana Festival fof New American Plays in Louisville, Ky: in April, the American Theatre rites Association ed playwright Topher Payne with the 2014 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an 1g playwright, for his LGBT-themed play Pasfiet Arrangement. The award carries a $1,000 cea = In Austin, Southern Methaalst University School of the Arts theatre professor Blake Hackler has been awarded a Fulbright Scholars Grant. The prize wll allow him tw he in residence at New Bulgarian University in Sotia, Bulgaria, in 2015, where he will teach and direet theatre, and collaborate with Sfumato, Theatre Laboratory 1 American Blues Theater in Chicago has jen its annual Blue Ink Playwriting Award for new work to Douglas Post, for his play Comden Mall Community Activists, Post will receive $1,000 as well as developmental support and a staged reading at American Blues Theater. 1 The Kennedy Center American College The- ater Festival was held in April in Washington, D.C., recognizing aspir. ing playwrights still in rity Jeff Augustin and Brian Polak each won $1,000 for the phys; Michael Yichao and Kristin ldaszak each won $500, 1 Berkeley Repertory “Theatre in Califo wed the 30 artists college or ‘who will participate in is third annual Ground Floor + residency: The artists will congregate in Berkeley fora four-week development hboratory The artis Baker, Colman Do Dave Malloy, John Leg Corthron, 1m People’ Light & Theatr include Annie amo and Kara Lee in Chester County, Penn., has named the inaugural artist in its New Plays Frontiers Residencies & Commissions, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Kate Fodor, Kar Dominiq eMorissean and Kathryn Peterson will develop work at the theatre inspired by the local community Workshops will be held 014-15 season 1d one ofthe plays wil bie produced in People’s Lights 2015-16: 1 Siv artists have b in th ‘commissioned by Seattle New Phey are Repertory Theatre Play Program, Braden Abraham, Justin Huertas, Jerry Manning, Lisa Peterson, David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, and Cheryl L West. Four of these artists will receive workshops and readings at SRT's 2014 New Phy Performance Space 122 in New York City has chose inaugural artists ofits multidiseiplinary RAMP resideney program for early-career artists Kaneza Schaal will be the sole resident in theatre, and she will receive developmental support for her frst full-length piece inspired by the Egyptian Book of the Dead. 1 The League of Profes- sional Theatre Women in New York City held its in March, The honorees were Zoe Caldwell for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Judith Dolan for the Ruth Morley Design Award, Sondra G for the Special Award, Kovner for Katheris the Lucille Lortel Award, Joanna Sherman for the Lee Reynolds Award and Meiyin Wang for the [Abady Awaed. 1 In May, New Drama- tists will present direetor/ choreographer Su Stroman wih is Life Achievement Award at the playwriting organization’ annual spring luncheon tribute. Snippets from ‘Stroman’s work will be presented atthe gathering. Pen Theatre received the Players Governors Award for Arts, Culture and Heritage at the Wisconsin Governors ‘Conference on Tourism in March, The award was presented to the company by Governor Seote Walker. ‘atenneast venue: