Photo Flash: Nottage, Eno Awarded Horton Foote Prizes

 

Playwrights Lynn Nottage and Will Eno were 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 to receive Horton Foote Prizes for Outstanding New American Play and Promising New American Play respectively.

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

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.

Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski