Nottage and Eno Presented With Their Horton Foote Prizes 9/20

 

Playwrights Lynn Nottage and Will Eno will be joined by Edward Albee, Elizabeth Ashley, André Bishop, Arthur French, Carlin Glynn, Tony Kushner, Jim Houghton, Peter Masterson, David Margulies, Charles Mee, Christopher Shinn, Lois Smith and Diane Foote, Hallie Foote and Horton Foote, Jr., among others while being presented with the Horton Foote Prizes for Outstanding New American Play and Promising New American Play respectively.

The private ceremony will be held Monday, September 20, 2010
The Players at 16 Gramercy Park South

To celebrate their exceptional contributions to American Theater, each playwright will be presented with $15,000 and a limited edition of Keith Carter's photograph of Horton Foote. As contenders for Outstanding New American Play and Promising New American Play, Nottage and Eno were nominated by Manhattan Theatre Club and Vineyard Theatre respectively. 54 resident theatres throughout the country, all with a strong history for producing new work, were invited to submit a produced or unproduced play for consideration.

Ruined had its world premiered as a co-production with Goodman Theatre in November 2008 and Manhattan Theatre Club in February 2009. The world premiere of Middletown at the Vineyard Theatre will begin previews October 13, 2010 with Opening Night set for November 3rd.

Horton Foote had his work produced on Broadway, off-Broadway as well as in theaters throughout the United States. His many honors, in addition to the Pulitzer and Academy Awards®, include Drama Desk, Obie, Outer Critics Circle and Lortel Awards, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Drama and the 2000 National Medal of Arts Award from President Bill Clinton.

The Horton Foote Prizes are funded by the Greg and Mari Marchbanks Family Foundation of Austin, Texas.