PHOTO FLASH: Daniel Breaker, Viola Davis, Gregory Jbara, Anika Noni Rose, et al. Celebrate Lynn Nottage at Steinberg Award Ceremony

The event included actors Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Viola Davis, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Russell Hornsby, Condola Rashad, and Anika Noni Rose performing scenes from Nottage’s work, including selections from Ruined, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, Intimate Apparel, and a preview of her upcoming By The Way, Meet Vera Stark.

Guests at the event also included David Adjimi, Daniel Breaker, Hazen Cuyler, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Oskar Eustis, Gregory Jbara, Lynne Meadow, Bruce Norris, Diana Son, and Charles Randolph Wright.

The award, which comes with a cash prize of $200,000, honors the artistic achievement of an American playwright whose body of work has made significant contributions to the American theater.