New York, NY— Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the recipients of the second round of the 2021-22 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling $731,000, allow sixteen new plays extra time for development and rehearsal, with the goal of extending the life of the world premiere play after its first run. This round represents the second iteration of the New Play Awards after theatres’ seasons were canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The winning productions include Darlin’ Cory, book by Phillip DePoy, music by Kristian Bush, and lyrics by DePoy and Bush, at Alliance Theatre; WILD: A Musical Becoming, book by V (FKA Eve Ensler), music by Justin Tranter and Caroline Pennell, and lyrics by Tranter, Pennell, and V, at American Repertory Theater; Change Agent by Craig Lucas at Arena Stage; American Prophet by Charles Randolph-Wright and Marcus Hummon at Arena Stage; The High Ground by Nathan Alan Davis at Arena Stage; English by Sanaz Toossi at Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company; This Much I Know by Jonathan Spector at Aurora Theatre Company; Goddess, conceived by Saheem Ali, book by Jocelyn Bioh, music and lyrics by Michael Thurber, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre; In the Upper Room by Beaufield Berry at Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Georgina and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon at Marin Theatre Company; Manor by Moira Buffini at National Theatre; Middle by David Eldridge at National Theatre; The Father and the Assassin by Anupama Chandrasekhar at National Theatre; Camp Siegfried by Bess Wohl at The Old Vic; The Mirror and The Light adapted by Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles at the Gielgud Theatre, London's West End; and In Every Generation by Ali Viterbi at Victory Gardens Theater. 

The Edgerton Foundation New Plays Program was launched in 2006 with Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. The program expanded to a national level the following year and has supported 474 plays at over 50 theatres across the country.