New York, NY – Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the recipients of the first and second rounds of the 2022-23 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards will allow seventeen new plays extra time for development and rehearsal in an effort to extend the life of the world premiere play after its first run.
The first and second rounds of the 2022-23 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards were presented to:
Cowboy Bob by Molly Beach Murphy, Jeanna Phillips, and Annie Tippe
Alley Theatre
Patriots by Peter Morgan
Almeida Theatre
Exclusion by Kenneth Lin
Arena Stage
Pru Payne by Steven Drukman
Arizona Theatre Company
Elyria by Deepa Purohit
Atlantic Theater Company
The Far Country by Lloyd Suh
Atlantic Theater Company
Colonialism is Terrible, but Pho is Delicious by Dustin H. Chinn
Aurora Theatre Company
Laughs In Spanish by Alexis Scheer
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Swing State by Rebecca Gilman
Goodman Theatre
Here There are Blueberries by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
La Jolla Playhouse & Tectonic Theater Project
The Travelers by Luis Alfaro
Magic Theatre
The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne
National Theatre
shadow/land by Erika Dickerson-Despenza
The Public Theater
Primary Trust by Eboni Booth
Roundabout Theatre Company
Hamnet by Lolita Chakrabarti
Royal Shakespeare Company
Letters from Max by Sarah Ruhl
Signature Theatre Company
Eternal Life, Part 1 by Nathan Alan Davis
Wilma Theater
The Edgerton Foundation New Plays Program, directed by Brad and Louise Edgerton, was piloted in 2006 with Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles by offering two musicals in development an extended rehearsal period for the entire creative team, including the playwrights. The Edgertons launched the program nationally in 2007 and have supported 491 plays to date at over 50 different theatres across the country.