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Playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau were feted on Monday night when The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust hosted the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards (the 8th Annual ‘Mimi’ Awards) at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in New York. Jacobs-Jenkins and Morisseau each received a cash award of $50,000 and a statuette designed by David Rockwell, Tony Award-nominated scenic designer and architect.
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winners Dominique Morisseau and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of Signature Theatre and 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jimmy Keys and his wife 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winners Dominique Morisseau and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Director Kamilah Forbes attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of Signature Theatre attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winners Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winners Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
The evening featured opening remarks by Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director, CENTERSTAGE, followed by readings of Jacobs-Jenkins’ notable works including AN OCTOROON performed by Chris Myers, and a monologue from NEIGHBORS performed by Jocelyn Bioh. James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of Signature Theatre, introduced Jacobs-Jenkins. Austin Durant, Brian Tyree Henry, Carra Patterson, Will Rogers and Michele Shay performed an excerpt from Jacobs-Jenkins’ latest work WAR, which will premiere as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s new season in Spring 2016.
Baltimore Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Baltimore Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Chris Myers performs at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jocelyn Bioh performs at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jocelyn Bioh performs at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of Signature Theatre, introduced Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Michael Steinberg speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Michael Steinberg at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Bryan Tyree Henry, Carra Patterson and Michele Shay perform at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Michele Shay performs at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Austin Durant, Will Rogers, Bryan Tyree Henry, Carra Patterson and Michele Shay perform at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Austin Durant, Will Rogers, Bryan Tyree Henry, Carra Patterson and Michele Shay perform at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Cheo Bourne attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Kamilah Forbes, Artistic Director of HI-Arts/Hip Hop Theater Festival, introduced Dominique Morisseau. The cast of the upcoming Atlantic Theater Company production cast of SKELETON CREW, including Jason Dirden, Lynda Gravatt and Nikiya Mathis performed scenes from the play, and Dominique Fishback presented an excerpt from JEZELLE THE GAZELLE. Both performances were helmed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
Carole Krumland and Kamilah Forbes speak at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Kamilah Forbes speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jimmy Keys and his wife 2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jason Dirden, Nikiya Mathis and Lynda Gravatt perform at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Lynda Gravatt performs at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
A scene from Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau speaks at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Dominique Fishback performs at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Dominique Fishback performs at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jimmy Keys with his wife 2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau, Kamilah Forbes and Ruben Santiago-Hudson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jimmy Keys with his wife 2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Dominique Fishback and 2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Also in attendance were the Steinberg Board of Directors members Carole Krumland, Jim Steinberg, Michael Steinberg and William Zabel; 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards Advisory Committee Members Jeremy Cohen, Paige Evans, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Neil Pepe, Bill Rauch, Carole Rothman and Chay Yew; as well as Rajiv Joseph (Steinberg Playwright Award winner, 2013), Lisa d’Amour (Steinberg Playwright Award winner, 2011), Hilton Als, Geneva Carr, Liza Colón Zayas, Mara Davi, John Ellison Conlee, Kamilah Forbes, Montego Glover, Wendy Goldberg, Barry Grove, Joshua Harmon, Stephen McKinley Henderson, James Houghton, Garth Kravits, Brandon J. Dirden, Crystal Dickinson, Keith Josef Adkins, Stephen Karam, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Boo Killebrew, Lynne Meadow, Ashley Park, Benj Pasek, Laura Pels, Joel Perez, Ira Pittelman, Daryl Roth, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Tracey Scott Wilson, Ryan Spahn, Sarah Stiles, Wesley Taylor, Neil Tyrone Pritchard, Michael Urie, Morgan Weed, Zoe Winters and more.
Lorie Steinberg and Jim Steinberg attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Wendy Goldberg, Artistic Director of National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Wendy Goldberg, Artistic Director of National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and Victory Gardens’ Chay Yew attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Crystal Dickinson and her husband Brandon J. Dirden attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Brandon J. Dirden and his wife Crystal Dickinson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Marc Damon Johnson, Brandon J. Dirden and his wife Crystal Dickinson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jason Dirden attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jason Dirden attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Stephen McKinley Henderson attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Ruben Santiago-Hudson attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Lileana Blain – Cruz and Ruben Santiago-Hudson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
National Black Theatre’s Sade Lythcott and Jonathan McCrory attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City.
Dominique Fishback attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Boo Killebrew and Joshua Harmon attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Ashley Park attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2011 Steinberg Award winner Lisa d’Amour attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Todd d’Amour and 2011 Steinberg Award winner Lisa d’Amour attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Celia Keenan-Bolger attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Celia Keenan-Bolger attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
John Ellison Conlee and his wife Celia Keenan-Bolger attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Marc Damon Johnson attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Mara Davi attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Mara Davi attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Sarah Stiles attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Lynda Gravatt attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Joel Perez attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Lileana Blain – Cruz and 2015 Steinberg Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Morgan Weed and 2013 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Rajiv Joseph attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City.
The Steinberg Playwright Awards are presented biennially to playwrights in early and middle stages of their careers, who have distinctive and compelling voices, and whose current bodies of work exhibit exceptional talent and artistic excellence. The awards celebrate the accomplishments of some of the most gifted up-and-coming American playwrights and honor the promise they hold for the future of American theater.
2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau, 2013 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Rajiv Joseph and Morgan Weed attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Brandon J. Dirden, 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau and Crystal Dickinson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau and Geneva Carr attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Keith Josef Adkins and 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Marc Damon Johnson and 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Liza Colon-Zayas, 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau, William Rivera and Billy Keys attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
A guest and Jade King Carroll attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Crystal Dickinson and Lia Chang attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Brandon J. Dirden
A guest, John Dias, Brandon J. Dirden and Crystal Dickinson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Keith Josef Adkins, Lileana Blain – Cruz, Brian Henry, Jocelyn Bioh, Austin Durant, Jason Dirden attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jason Dirden and Wendell Franklin attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and his posse attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Aaron Gaines, Garth Kravits and Mara Davi attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Lia Chang and Liza Colon-Zayas attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jason Dirden and Libya V. Pugh attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Crystal Dickinson and Marc Damon Johnson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Jason Dirden and Michele Shay attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
A Drowsy Chaperone reunion for Garth Kravits and Mara Davi at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Joel Perez, Victory Gardens’ Chay Yew and a guest attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Keith Josef Adkins and Kamilah Forbes attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Liza Colon-Zayas and Joel Perez attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Lynda Gravatt and Chay Yew attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Michael Urie and Garth Kravits attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Michele Shay, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Liza Colon-Zayas attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Morgan Weed and Lia Chang attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Garth Kravits
Michele Shay, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Lynda Gravatt attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Soriya Chum and Nicole Chalas attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Stephanie Styles, Ashley Park, Sarah Stiles, and Lily Robinson attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Steve Broadnax, Nsagou Njikam and Brandon J. Dirden attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
In 2008, the Board of Directors created an advisory committee of prominent theater professionals to establish the awards criteria, nominate individual candidates and select each recipient. The 2015 Advisory Committee is comprised of Jeremy Cohen, Producing Artistic Director, The Playwrights’ Center; Paige Evans, Artistic Director, LCT3; Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director, CENTERSTAGE; Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Atlantic Theater Company; Bill Rauch, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Carole Rothman, Artistic Director,Second Stage Theatre; and Chay Yew, Artistic Director, Victory Gardens Theater.
Michael Elyanow, Chay Yew and Jeremy Cohen attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Victory Gardens’ Chay Yew and Two River Theater’s John Dias attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Garth Kravits, Chay Yew and Christopher Hibma attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Atlantic Theater Company’s Neil Pepe attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Brandon J. Dirden is flanked by Atlantic Theater Company’s Jeffory Lawson and Neil Pepe attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Atlantic Theater Company’s Neil Pepe is flanked by Nikiya Mathis and Jason Dirden attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Atlantic Theater Company’s Neil Pepe, 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Lileana Blain – Cruz attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Paige Evans, 2015 Steinberg Award winner Dominique Morisseau and Signature Theatre’s Founding Artistic Director James Houghton attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Bill Rauch, James Houghton, Ty Jones and Jimmy Keys attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Jason Dirden and Wendell Franklin attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Brandon J. Dirden, Crystal Dickinson, Kwame Kwei-Armah attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Sade Lythcott, Kamilah Forbes, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Ty Jones and Stephen McKinley Henderson and a guest attend the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
The Board of Directors of The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust is made up of Carole A. Krumland, James D. Steinberg, Michael A. Steinberg, Seth M. Weingarten, and William D. Zabel.
2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is currently a Residency Five playwright at the Signature Theatre. His work has been seen at Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Victory Gardens Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theater, The Matrix Theater, Mixed Blood Theater, CompanyOne, and the HighTide Festival (UK). Playwright credits include Gloria (Vineyard Theatre); Appropriate (Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Signature Theatre); Neighbors (The Public Theater); An Octoroon (Obie Award, Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience); and War (Yale Rep). He is under commissions from Lincoln Center/LCT3, MTC, and Center Theater Group. His honors include aPaula Vogel Award, a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the inaugural Tennessee Williams award. Branden has taught at NYU and at Queens University of Charlotte, and holds an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU. He is a graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School.
2015 Steinberg Playwright Award winner Dominique Morisseau attends the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Lia Chang
Dominique Morisseau is an alumna of the Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Playwrights Workshop. Credits include: Skeleton Crew (Sundance, Lark Barebones, Atlantic Theater Company/Scott Rudin Productions); Paradise Blue (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem/NBT); Blood At The Root (Arkansas Rep, Penn State); Sunset Baby (Gate Theater, LAByrinth Theatre); and Follow Me To Nellie’s (O’Neill, Premiere Stages). Her three-play cycle, entitled “The Detroit Projects,” includes Detroit ’67, Paradise Blue, and Skeleton Crew. She’s produced original works for the Hip Hop Theater Festival and American Theatre of Harlem, and her play Blood at the Root has toured South Africa, Scotland, Australia and the U.S. and has garnered her production The Graham F. Smith Peace Foundation Award. Dominique has been commissioned by Steppenwolf, LCT3, Women’s Project, South Coast Rep, People’s Light and Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Penumbra Theatre. She currently serves as Story Editor on the upcoming season of the Showtime series Shameless and is developing two original musicals. Her awards include: Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, NAACP Image Award, Stavis Playwriting Award, Spirit of Detroit Award, University of Michigan Emerging Leader Award, Weissberger Award, PoNY Fellowship, Sky-Cooper New American Play Prize, TEER Spirit Trailblazer Award, and the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama.
The Steinberg Playwright Awards and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award are presented in alternate years. Past recipients include:
· Stephen Adly Guirgis, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2014
· Annie Baker and Rajiv Joseph, Steinberg Playwright Awards, 2013
· David Henry Hwang, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2012
· Lisa D’Amour and Melissa James Gibson, Steinberg Playwright Awards, 2011
· Lynn Nottage, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2010
· David Adjmi, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bruce Norris, Steinberg Playwright Awards, 2009
· Tony Kushner, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2008
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust was created by Harold Steinberg in 1986 in his name and the name of his late wife, Miriam. The Trust’s primary mission is to support and promote the American theater as a vital part of our culture by nurturing American playwrights, encouraging the development and production of new American plays, and by providing significant support to theater companies across the country.
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