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Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Play

Annie Baker, Infinite Life


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The Pulitzer Prize - 2014 - Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Annie Baker, The Flick

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Play

Annie Baker, The Flick


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Obie Awards - 2013 - Playwriting

Annie Baker, The Flick


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Obie Awards - 2010 - Best New American Play

Annie Baker, Circle Mirror Transformation


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Obie Awards - 2010 - Best New American Play

Annie Baker, The Aliens

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Play

Annie BakerBody Awareness

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2009 - John Gassner Playwriting Award

Annie Baker, Body Awareness

News

TEETH, GRAND HORIZONS, and THE ANTIPODES and More Set for Wilbury Theatre Group 2026/27 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 19, 2026

Wilbury Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Main Series season, featuring a world premiere, regional premieres, and Rhode Island premieres, including works by Michael R. Jackson, Annie Baker, and Bess Wohl.
Heidi Schreck Receives Theater Masters' Standing Ovation Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 17, 2026

Playwright and actor Heidi Schreck, best known for What the Constitution Means to Me, received Theater Masters' Standing Ovation Award at a ceremony in New York City, with speakers including playwright Annie Baker.
Theater Masters Honors Playwright Heidi Schreck With Standing Ovation Award
by Stephi Wild - Jun 17, 2026

Theater Masters presented playwright Heidi Schreck with its Standing Ovation Award, recognizing her contributions to American theatre, including WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, which earned two Tony nominations and a Pulitzer Prize finalist nod.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS NATIONALS Reveals 2026 Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 3, 2026

The 24 Hour Plays revealed the full company for its Nationals intensive in New York and Los Angeles, featuring emerging actors, directors, playwrights, and more culminating in Off-Broadway productions at Classic Stage.
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION to Open Parish Players' 60th Season in Vermont
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2026

Parish Players will present Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Circle Mirror Transformation at the Eclipse Grange Theater in Thetford, VT, directed by J. Bailey Burcham in his Upper Valley directing debut.
WHO WE BECOME to Return to New York With Lanford Wilson One-Acts
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2026

Deep Flight Productions will present an encore engagement of WHO WE BECOME, a program of rarely produced Lanford Wilson one-acts, at Factory Series at the Chain Studio Theatre in New York.
THE ALIENS by Annie Baker to Open at Drama Works Theatre in Old Saybrook
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2026

Drama Works Theatre of Old Saybrook will present THE ALIENS, a play with songs by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker, directed by Patrick Barry, featuring a cast of three.
MEXODUS, SPELLING BEE, and More Win Off-Broadway Alliance Awards; Full List
by Stephi Wild - May 27, 2026

The Off Broadway Alliance has announced the winners of the 15th Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, including Mexodus, Cold War Choir Practice, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and more. Checkout the full list here!
Summer 2026 Atlanta Indie Theatre Round Up
by Jennifer Skura Boutell - Jun 1, 2026

When you hear about Atlanta's rich independent, sometimes underground, performance experiences, where do you get your information? Search no more! This ecclectic round up of Atlanta's exquisit performing artists is a great place to start your Atlanta indie theatre adventures.
MEXODUS, 11 TO MIDNIGHT and More Nominated for 2026 Off Broadway Alliance Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2026

The Off Broadway Alliance has revealed the nominees for the 15th Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2025-2026 season.
PRIMARY TRUST To Close Crow’s Theatre Season With Toronto Run
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 28, 2026

Crow's Theatre and the Grand Theatre co-produce Eboni Booth's PRIMARY TRUST, the 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, directed by Cherissa Richards and starring Durae McFarlane, at Toronto's Guloien Theatre.
Meet the Cast of THE BALUSTERS, Now Playing on Broadway!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 31, 2026

Performances are now underway for Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The Balusters, a new play by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Meet the cast of The Balusters here!
Eliya Smith's DAD DON’T READ THIS to Premiere at St. Luke's Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 10, 2026

Following the breakout success of her Off-Broadway debut Grief Camp, playwright Eliya Smith will bring audiences deeper into the lives of teenagers with the world premiere of Dad Don’t Read This.
Applications Now Open for The 24 Hour Plays Nationals in NY and LA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2026

The 24 Hour Plays Nationals, an annual professional development initiative for early-career theater artists, will return this summer for a 15th year, with cohorts in both New York and Los Angeles.
Review: THE FLICK at Theatre Charlotte
by Perry Tannenbaum - Feb 20, 2026

Kyle J. Britt's high-concept presentation of Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play was hit-and-miss at the old Queens Road barn, crash-burning frequently on audibility and unfortunate sightlines. Prospects are better for fuller enjoyment at The Independent Picture House, where the run resumes this weekend.
Meet the Cast of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Beginning Previews Tonight on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2026

Death of a Salesman is back on Broadway! Arthur Miller’s American drama will star three-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane, two-time Tony Award winner Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott and Ben Ahlers. Meet the cast of Death of a Salesman here!
Review: STEREOPHONIC at National Theatre
by David Friscic - Feb 13, 2026

The heightened reality replete with elongated pauses –(do people really wait this long in real life to answer one another?) that emanates from the stage of the Pulitzer- Prize and Tony -winning production of Stereophonic –now being produced in a touring /edited two hour and 50-minute version at the National Theatre-- certainly grabbed my attention.
Theatre Charlotte Will Present THE FLICK
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2026

Theatre Charlotte will present The Flick, Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, in an immersive production staged both onstage and in a working movie theater. Directed by Kyle J. Britt.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld January 28, 2026- TWO STRANGERS Stops By Daytime TV and More
by - Jan 28, 2026

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 28, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Cherry Lane Theatre Launches Playwrights Collective
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2026

The Cherry Lane Theatre has announced its Playwrights Collective, a nine-month developmental program under the direction of playwright Annie Baker. Learn more here!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Annie Baker written?

Annie Baker has written 6 shows including Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwright), The Aliens (Playwright), The Flick (Playwright), John (Playwright), The Antipodes (Playwright), Infinite Life (Playwright).

What awards has Annie Baker been nominated for?

Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Infinite Life, Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for The Flick, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Flick, Playwriting (Obie Awards) for The Flick, Best New American Play (Obie Awards) for Circle Mirror Transformation, Best New American Play (Obie Awards) for The Aliens, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Body Awareness and John Gassner Playwriting Award (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Body Awareness.

What awards has Annie Baker won?

Annie Baker has won several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Flick. She received the Obie Award for Playwriting for The Flick, as well as the Obie Award for Best New American Play for Circle Mirror Transformation. Additionally, she won the Obie Award for Best New American Play for The Aliens.

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