Johnna Adams, Madeleine George, Molly Smith Metzler Among Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalists
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Finalists have been announced for the 2011-2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which honors an outstanding new English-language play written by a woman.
The winner — to be named at the Awards Presentation in London on February 28 — will be awarded $20,000, and will also receive a signed and numbered print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning, created especially for the award. Each of the additional finalists will receive $1,000.
Playwrights and the works they are being recognized for include Johnna Adams – Gidion’s Knot; Alice Birch – Many Moons; Madeleine George – Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England; Jennifer Haley – The Nether; Nancy Harris – No Romance; Zinnie Harris – The Wheel, Jaki McCarrick – Belfast Girls, Molly Smith Metzler – Close Up Space; Meg Miroshnik – The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls; and Alexis Zegerman – The Steingolds.
