New York, NY – The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced James Ijames and Lloyd Suh as recipients of the 2022 Steinberg Playwright Awards. The annual awards are presented to dramatists in the early and middle stages of their careers with the goal of fostering further artistic development.  

“I am honored to be selected for this year’s award! Awards like the Steinberg Playwright Prize give writers freedoms and options!” said Ijames in a statement. “I’m thankful for this award and humbled to be joining such an amazing roster of past recipients.”

Added Suh, “It is completely surprising, and deeply humbling, to be listed among all these previous Mimi recipients. The Steinberg Trust has a long history of extraordinary impact on the ecology of American playwriting.” He continued, “Over the past few years, of course, it’s been uncommonly difficult to make theatre; so many industries have been hit particularly hard, and ours is certainly one of them. An award of this size is life-changing. It provides essential, unprecedented support, and I hope to prove myself worthy of such an incredible honor.”