A NUMBER OF NNPN MEMBER-DEVELOPED
PLAYS RECEIVE ACCOLADES AND AWARDS

The American Theatre Critics Association has announced six finalists for the 2008 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, the largest playwrighting award in the country. Three of six finalists are plays that made their World Premieres at NNPN member theatres: END DAYS by Deborah Zoe Laufer, is currently a participant in NNPN's Continued Life of New Plays program, through which it received rolling world premieres at Florida Stage (West Palm beach) in October 2007, Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis) in January 2008, and an upcoming production at Curious Theatre Company (Denver) in July 2007. Also included as finalists are DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE by Sarah Ruhl, which was premiered by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Washington DC) in June 2007, and THE CROWD YOU'RE IN WITH by Rebecca Gilman, which premiered at Magic Theatre (San Francisco) in November 2007.

Funded by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and administered by the American Theatre Critics Association, the Steinberg New Play Award awards $25,000 to the author of the first place script, as well as $7,500 each to the second and third place winners. The winning scripts will be announced March 29.