Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award

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The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust announced the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award in 2008.[1] Distinguished Playwright Awards "honor a mid-career playwright, whose work has been previously recognized". They receive a cash prize of $200,000.

## Receipients[edit]

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2009 | Bill Cain | Equivocation[2]
2010 | Bill Cain | 9 Circles[2]
2016 | Sarah Ruhl | [3][4]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Adam Hetrick. Steinberg Trust Creates Awards for Emerging and Distinguished Playwrights: The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced the creation of two biennial awards in support of playwrights., Playbill magazine, 2008-03-02. Retrieved on 2022-08-24. “The Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award will honor a mid-career playwright, whose work has been previously recognized, with a $200,000 cash prize.”
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tim Treanor. Cain repeats as Steinberg winner with 9 Circles; Theater J play is runner-up, DC Theatre Scene, 2011-04-08. Retrieved on 2022-08-24.
3. ↑ Third Avenue Playhouse opens Winter Play Reading Festival, Green Bay Gazette, 2018-02-12. Retrieved on 2022-08-24.
4. ↑ Barbara Chai. Sarah Ruhl Wins Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award: The $200,000 cash award is one of the largest of its kind in the theater, Wall Street Journal, 2016-09-26. Retrieved on 2022-08-24. “'I’ve watched her work, from "The Clean House" all the way on through to "The Oldest Boy,"' says James D. Steinberg, director of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg trust. 'Certainly having seen most of her work, it’s a perspective that is new to me and I appreciate that. One of the things you go to the theater for is to find new perspectives on things. I think she certainly gives us that.'”

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