Ten finalists have been announced for the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which honors outstanding new English-language plays by women. A ceremony honoring all finalists and announcing the winner will take place in New York City on February 28.
Finalists and their nominating theaters include Lisa D’Amour – Detroit , Steppenwolf Theatre Company (U.S.); Sam Burns – Not the Worst Place, Paines Plough (U.K.); Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig – Lidless, Marin Theatre Company (U.S.); Georgia Fitch- Satellite Faith , The Royal Shakespeare Company (U.K.), Katori Hall – Hurt Village , Signature Theatre Company (U.S); Lisa Kron – In the Wake , Berkeley Repertory Theatre (U.S.); Tamsin Oglesby – Really Old, Like 45, The Royal National Theatre (U.K.); Anne Washburn – Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play , Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (U.S); Joy Wilkinson – The Golden Age, Everyman Playhouse Liverpool (U.K.); and Alex Wood – The Andes , Out of Joint (U.K.).
The winner will be awarded $20,000, and will also receive a signed print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning, created especially for the prize. Each of the additional finalists will receive $1,000. A special commendation of $5,000 may be given at the discretion of the judges.
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