Anthony Doan and Nicole Tung in Dustin H. Chinn’s “Colonialism Is Terrible, But Pho Is Delicious” at Aurora Theatre final December. (Photo by Kevin Berne)
NEW YORK: Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has introduced the recipients of the primary and second rounds of the 2022-23 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards whole $725,000 and can permit 17 productions additional time for growth and rehearsal within the hopes of extending the lifetime of the play after its world premiere.
“As our theatre field continues to navigate the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, the Edgerton Foundation’s visionary investment in new plays continues to make a critical difference,” TCG government director Teresa Eyring stated in an announcement. “The Foundation’s support of longer rehearsal processes has always been impactful, but now, as our field seeks to welcome back audiences, that support is truly game-changing. Theatres can ensure that new plays receive the resources they need to not only attract audiences in their inaugural productions, but enjoy many subsequent performances at theatres across the country.”
The awards are introduced to the musical Cowboy Bob, with music and lyrics by Jeanna Phillips and ebook and extra lyrics by Molly Beach Murphy, whose authentic manufacturing will likely be on the Alley Theatre, directed and choreographed by Annie Tippe; Here There Are Blueberries by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, directed by Kaufman in a co-production with La Jolla Playhouse and Tectonic Theater Project; Patriots by Peter Morgan at Almeida Theatre; The Travelers by Luis Alfaro at Magic Theatre; Exclusion by Kenneth Lin at Arena Stage; The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne on the National Theatre; Pru Payne by Steven Drukman at Arizona Theatre Company; shadow/land by Erika Dickerson-Dispenza on the Public Theater; Elyria by Deepa Purohit on the Atlantic Theater Company; Primary Trust by Eboni Booth at Roundabout Theatre Company; The Far Country by Lloyd Suh on the Atlantic; Hamnet by Lolita Chakrabarti on the Royal Shakespeare Company; Colonialism Is Terrible, But Pho Is Delicious by Dustin H. Chinn at Aurora Theatre Company; Letters from Max by Sarah Ruhl at Signature Theatre Company; Laughs In Spanish by Alexis Scheer on the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Eternal Life, Part 1 by Nathan Alan Davis on the Wilma Theater; and Swing State by Rebecca Gilman on the Goodman Theatre.
Over the final 17 years, the Edgerton Foundation has awarded over $15 million to 491 productions, enabling many performs to schedule subsequent productions following their world premieres. The basis’s New Plays Program was piloted in 2006 with Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, and Brad and Louise Edgerton launched this system nationally in 2007.
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