Amy Brenneman, Kristine Nielsen, and More Celebrate the Heroines of Theater at Playwrights Horizons’ Annual Spring Gala
Heroines was the theme of Playwrights Horizons annual spring gala benefit. The event was a celebration of the company’s long history of work with many of today’s most celebrated female playwrights. Several of these illustrious women were in attendance including Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (
Ruined), Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo (
Rapture, Blister, Burn), Tony Award nominee Sarah Ruhl (
In the Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play), Lisa D’Amour (
Detroit), and many more.
The evening also honored Leslie Marcus who is enjoying her 20th year as managing director of Playwrights Horizons. Marcus joined this roster of renowned female playwrights in celebration of the heroines of New York theater.
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Amy Brenneman appeared at Playwrights Horizons in last season’s
Rapture, Blister, Burn. Here she is with Managing Director Leslie Marcus.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage (
Ruined), Tony Award-winning lyricist Lynn Ahrens (
Ragtime), Drama Desk Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori (
Caroline, Or Change), and Drama Desk Award nominee Kirsten Childs (
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin) are quite the decorated foursome.
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Obie Award-winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo authored last season’s
Rapture, Blister, Burn.
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Obie Award-winning playwright Amy Herzog penned this season’s
The Great God Pan.
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Wendy MacLeod is the author of
Juvenilia and
The Water Children, both of which premiered at Playwrights Horizons.
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Tony Award-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl (
In the Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play) will have the New York City premiere of her newest play,
Stage Kiss at Playwrights Horizons in 2014.
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Tanya Barfield is the author of
The Call, which is currently receiving an extended run at Playwrights Horizons.
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Obie Award-winning playwright Melissa James Gibson penned her “unromantic comedy”
This for Playwrights Horizons’ 2009 season.
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Anne Washburn is the playwright of next season’s highly anticipated fantasia on
The Simpsons,
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play.
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Playwrights Kathleen Tolan (
Memory House) and Lisa D’Amour (
Detroit) sport their yellow boutonnieres.
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Recent Tony Award nominee Kristine Nielsen spends her night off from
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike with her friends at Playwright Horizons.
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Director Davis McCallum and playwright Samuel D. Hunter collaborated on this season’s award-winning
The Whale, about a 600-pound housebound man.
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