ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award Winners

2008 Citations:

• Principal: 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman, Arena Stage, Washington, DC

• End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer, Florida Stage, Manalapan, FL

• Dead Manís Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC

2007 Citations:

• Principal: Hunter Gatherers by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Killing My Lobster, San Francisco, CA

• Opus by Michael Hollinger, Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA in association with City Theatre in Pittsburgh

• Guest Artist by Jeff Daniels, Purple Rose Theatre, Chelsea, MI

2006 Citations:

• Principal: A Body of Water by Lee Blessing, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

• Radio Golf by August Wilson, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT

• Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL

2005 Citations:

• Principal: Singing Forest by Craig Lucas, Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA

• The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT

• After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY

2004 Citations:

• Principal: Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD / South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA

• Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL / Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA

• The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Carson Kreitzer, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH

2003 Citations:

• Principal Citation: Anna and the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, New Theatre, Coral Gables, FL

• Recent Tragic Events by Craig Wright, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, D.C.

• Resurrection Blues by Arthur Miller, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

2002 Citations:

• Principal Citation: The Carpetbaggers Children, by Horton Foote, The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX

• Citation: The Action Against Sol Schumann by Jeffrey Sweet, Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL

• Joe and Betty by Maurice Mednick, Padua Playwrights Productions, Los Angeles, CA

2001 Citations:

• Principal Citation: Anton In Show Business by Jane Martin, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays

• Big Love by Charles Mee, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays

• King Hedley II by August Wilson, Pittsburgh, PA, Public Theatre; Seattle Repertory Theatre

2000 Citations:

• Principal: Oo-Bla-Dee by Regina Taylor, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

• Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher, City Theatre, Pitttsburgh, PA

• Syncopation by Allan Knee, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ

1999 Citations:

(Sponsored by the Rhode Island Providence Journal):

• Principal: Book of Days by Lanford Wilson, The Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea, MI

• Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies, Humana Festival, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, KY

• Expecting Isabel by Lisa Loomer, Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.

1998 Citations:

(Sponsored by The Chicago Tribune):

• Principal: The Cider House Rules, Part II, by Peter Parnell, adapted from the John Irving novel, Seattle Repertory Theatre, WA

• Jitney by August Wilson, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, PA

• The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood, co-produced by The McCarter Theatre, Princeton, N.J. and The Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT

1997 Citations:

(Sponsored by The Orlando Sentinel):

• Principal: Jack and Jill by Jane Martin, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY

• The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA

• The Ride Down Mount Morgan by Arthur Miller (revised 1996)

1996 Citations:

(Sponsored by Columbus, Ohio Dispatch)

• Principal: Amazing Grace by Michael Cristofer, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, PA

• Jungle Rot by Seth Greenland, Cleveland Playhouse, OH

• Seven Guitars by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

1995 Citations:

(Sponsored by The Salt Lake Tribune):

• Principal: The Nanjing Race by Reggie Cheong-Leen, McCarter Theatre, NJ

• Rush Limbaugh in Night School by Charlie Varon, San Francisco Marsh Theatre, CA

• The Waiting Room by Lisa Loomer, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA

1994 Citations:

(Sponsored by the Cleveland, Ohio Plain Dealer)

• Principal: Keely and Du by Jane Martin, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY

• Black Elk Speaks by Christopher Sergel, Denver Theatre Center, CO

• Hurricane by Anne Galjour, Climate Theatre, San Francisco, CA

1993 Citations:

• Principal: Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream by Steven Epp, Felicity Jones, Dominique Serrand and Paul Walsh, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Minneapolis, MN

• Dark Rapture by Eric Overmyer, The Empty Space, Seattle, WA

• Unfinished Stories by Sybille Pearson, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA

1992 Citations:

• Principal: Could I Have This Dance? by Doug Haverty, Colony Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.

• American Enterprise by Jeffrey Sweet, Organic Theatre Co., Chicago, IL.

• Miss Evers' Boys by David Feldshuh, Illusion Theater, Minneapolis, MN.

1991 Citations:

• Principal: Two Trains Running by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL.

• Sincerity Forever by Mac Wellman, Unicorn Co., Berkshire Theatre Festival.

• The Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cleveland, OH.

1990 Citations:

• Principal: 2 by Romulus Linney, Milwaukee Repertory, WI.

• Pick Up Ax by Anthony Clarvoe, Eureka Theatre, San Francisco.

• Marvin's Room by Scott McPherson, Goodman Theatre, IL.

1989 Citations:

• Principal: The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL.

• Generations by Dennis Clontz, Colony Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.

• The Downside by Richard Dresser, Cricket Theatre, Minneapolis, MN.

1988 Citations:

• Principal: Heathen Valley by Romulus Linney, Milwaukee Repertory.

• The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive, Hartford Stage, CT.

• The Deal by Matthew Witten, Philadelphia Festival for New Plays, PA.

1987 Citations:

• Principal: A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing, Yale Repertory Theatre, CT.

• The Film Society by John Robin Baitz, Los Angeles Theatre Center, CA.

• Back to the World by Stephen Mack Jones, Attic Theatre, Detroit, MI.

1986 Citations:

• Principal: Fences by August Wilson, Yale Repertory Theatre, CT.

• Fugue by Leonora Thuna, Long Wharf Theatre.

• Hunting Cockroaches by Januscz Glowacki, Byrdcliffe Theatre, Woodstock.

1985:

(no principal citation)

• Scheherazade by Marisha Chamberlain
• The Shaper by John Steppling
• A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow

1984: Wasted by Fred Gamel

1983: Closely Related by Bruce McDonald

1982: Talking With by Jane Martin

1981: Chekhov in Yalta by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow

1980: Custer by Robert E. Ingham

1979: Loose Ends by Michael Weller

1978: Getting Out by Marsha Norman

1977: And the Soul Shall Dance by Wakako Yamauchi