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Congratulations to DDW Tony Award Winners!
Wednesday, Jun 14, 2023
Congratulations to DDW Faculty Suzan-Lori Parks and Miriam Silverman! Suzan-Lori Parks won the 2023 TONY for Best Revival of a Play for Top Dog/Underdog. Miriam Silverman scooped up Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window.
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DDW Faculty Spotlight: Kristoffer Diaz
Tuesday, Jun 13, 2023
Congratulations to DDW Faculty Kristoffer Diaz! Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys and Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Kristoffer Diaz bring their exhilarating coming-of-age musical HELL’S KITCHEN to The Public this fall.
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DDW Spotlight: Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 Green Violet Script Call
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Everyone who submitted to this year’s inaugural Green Violet Script Call addressed one of the most pressing topics of our day in original and even, uplifting ways. The three scripts deemed the most compelling by our judges are:
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DDW Alum Sanaz Toossi wins the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Dramatic Writing Alum Sanaz Toossi (MFA '18) wins the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play 'English'.
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DDW Student Spotlight: Sean Dunnington
Thursday, Apr 27, 2023
Congratulations to Sean Dunnington (MFA ' 24) who wrote "My Partner," an official selection at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival 2023.
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DDW Alumni Spotlight: Simran Bal
Tuesday, Apr 25, 2023
Congratulations to Simran Bal (MFA '23) who received the Circle of Confusion Writer's Discovery Fellowship with her pilot, Threshold.
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2023 Goldberg Play Prize Winners Announced!
Wednesday, Apr 19, 2023
We are thrilled to announce the winners and finalists for the 2023 Goldberg Playwriting Award. The winner is...
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DDW Alumni Spotlight: Laura Shovan
Monday, Feb 27, 2023
Congratulations to DDW Alumna Laura Shovan (BFA '91)! on her new book Welcome to Monsterville. Award-winning author Laura Shovan debuts a new book of playful poems that help children understand and manage emotions.
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DDW 2023 Writers Guild Awards Nominations!
Friday, Feb 3, 2023
Congratulations to our WRITERS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATED Alums Dan Erickson, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Samantha Riley, Daniel Goldfarb, Ayo Edebiri, Megan Callahan-Shah, Billy Domineau, and Celeste Yim. The Writers Guild awards celebrates the best writing in TV, film and other categories.
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DDW Professor Richard Wesley Receives 2022 AUDELCO Lifetime Achievement Award
Monday, Dec 12, 2022
Congratulations to Dramatic Writing Associate Professor Richard Wesley who was awarded the AUDELCO Lifetime Acheivement Award for his excellence in theater. The AUDELCO Inc. was founded and incorporated in 1973 to highlight black theater and artists in New York City.
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