Horton Foote
Birth Place: Wharton, TX, USA
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Awards and Nominations
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Horton FooteThe Orphans’ Home Cycle
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Horton FooteThe Orphans’ Home Cycle
Horton Foote, Dividing the Estate
Horton Foote, Dividing the Estate
Horton Foote, The Young Man From Atlanta
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Horton Foote
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Horton Foote, The Young Man From Atlant
Videos
Betty Buckley Will Release 'Enough' Single, From Sara Bareilles' THE INTERESTINGS Musical
by Nicole Rosky - 2026-04-24 08:20:20
Video: Watch a Preview of THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL at Theatre Raleigh
by Michael Major - 2025-03-27 16:40:07
Video: First Look at WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Cleveland Playhouse
by Joshua Wright - 2024-10-18 11:15:08
Video: Inside Rehearsals For WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Cleveland Playhouse
by Joshua Wright - 2024-10-09 16:05:36
VIDEO: Tom Morello and Zayd Ayers Dohrn Talk REVOLUTIONS(S) at New Stages Festival 2023
by Blair Ingenthron - 2023-12-03 13:56:08
News
by Stephi Wild - Jul 15, 2026
Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Emmy Award and SAG Award nominee Jurnee Smollett will join the company of The Whoopi Monologues. Learn more here!
by Team BWW - Jul 17, 2026
Tony ® Award-winning stage and screen legend Betty Buckley today releases her new live album, Enough, via Palmetto Records. Recorded during her acclaimed 2025 residency at Joe's Pub in 2025, the 13-track collection is now available on all major streaming and digital platforms
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 29, 2026
Betty Buckley has released her new single, “On the 4th of July,” written by six-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor. The track is the second single from Buckley’s forthcoming album, Enough. Listen now!
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 25, 2026
Penguin Rep Theatre will present Lloyd Suh's THE HEART SELLERS, directed by Maria Mileaf, at its Stony Point, New York hay barn venue. The two-hander follows immigrant women from the Philippines and South Korea navigating new lives in 1973 America.
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 22, 2026
Composer and songwriter Peter Melnick has released his debut single, “Bring Them Home,” available now on all streaming platforms alongside an accompanying music video. The track serves as the first glimpse into a forthcoming songwriting project from Melnick. Listen to it now.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 17, 2026
PlayGround will present a simultaneous four-city gala honoring Margo Hall, Jessica Kubzansky, Emily Shooltz, and Ericka Ratcliff, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the June Anne Baker Prize for women and non-binary playwrights.
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2026
Burning Coal Theatre Company's Second Stage Series will present three works by emerging artists — SHADOWS IN RED LIGHT, DANGER!, and DR. RIDE'S AMERICAN BEACH HOUSE — in repertory in Raleigh, NC.
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2026
Pittsburgh Public Theater has terminated all of its staff as the merger with Pittsburgh CLO proceeds. Between 9 and 12 staff members were told that their positions have been eliminated and they were to prepare to leave the same day.
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2026
Burning Coal Theatre Company will present WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2026, featuring three plays in repertory by emerging artists, including works by Roné Sargent, Lucius Robinson, and Liza Birkenmeier, at its Raleigh, NC venue.
by Stephi Wild - May 4, 2026
Playwright Zach Barr received the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for THE PILON, which had its world premiere at Chicago's Red Theater. The award carries a $25,000 honorarium.
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 29, 2026
The Dramatists Guild of America celebrated its 2026 Awards on Monday, April 27, 2026, in New York City, honoring a remarkable group of playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, theater artists, and advocates whose work continues to shape the American theatre. Check out photos here.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 24, 2026
The Dramatists Guild of America announced its 2026 award recipients, including Bess Wohl, Kimber Lee, Lisa Kron, Victor I. Cazares, Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez, and Migdalia Cruz, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 24, 2026
Tony Award–winning stage and screen icon Betty Buckley releases her new single, “Enough,” written by GRAMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles. Watch in this video as she explains more about what fans can expect from the album.
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 24, 2026
Ahead of the highly anticipated new film, Forbidden Fruits co-writer Lily Houghton spoke to BroadwayWorld about the cinematic adaptation of her play, and how she channeled her own grief and 'hyper-fem” voice into this heightened world.
by Gillian Blum - Mar 15, 2026
The Broadway Women's Fund revealed its 2026 Women to Watch on Broadway list, the seventh list from the fund spotlighting women in leadership in theater.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2026
Continuing the 2026 theatre season, City Theatre will present Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus. Blending satire, history, and lots of twisted fun, the production sails into Austin.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2026
Act II Playhouse has announced its slate of 2026-2027 productions. The season will kick off with “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground” by Richard Hellesen. Learn more here!
by R. Scott Reedy - Mar 10, 2026
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about the fictional small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the Depression-era South grappling with violence and racial inequality, along with issues of class, courage, and compassion, is a classic of modern American literature and one of the best-selling books of all time.
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 6, 2026
The Arts Club Theatre Company will present Lloyd Suh's FRANKLINLAND at the Lindsay Family Stage on Granville Island from March 12 to April 5, 2026, with a media opening on March 18.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2026
Performances are now underway for Dog Day Afternoon, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis. Meet the cast of Dog Day Afternoon here!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Horton Foote has written 15 shows including Only the Heart (Playwright), The Chase (Playwright), Two's Company (Sketches), The Trip to Bountiful (Playwright), The Traveling Lady (Playwright), Gone with the Wind (Bookwriter), The Young Man from Atlanta (Playwright), Dividing The Estate (Playwright), The Orphans' Home Cycle: Part 1 - The Story of a Childhood (Playwright), The Orphans' Home Cycle: Part 2 - The Story of a Marriage (Playwright), The Orphans' Home Cycle: Part 3 - The Story of a Family (Playwright), The Orphans' Home Cycle (Playwright), Harrison, TX: Three Plays (Playwright), The Old Friends (Playwright), Inactive (Playwright).
Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Dividing the Estate, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Dividing the Estate, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Young Man From Atlanta, Outstanding Body of Work (The Lortels) and The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for The Young Man From Atlant.
Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Orphans’ Home Cycle; Outstanding Body of Work (The Lortels); The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for The Young Man From Atlanta.
