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Lynn Nottage and Will Eno Win Inaugural Horton Foote Prizes
She for Ruined, he for Middletown, both for excellence.
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Lynn Nottage and Will Eno are the inaugural recipients of the recently established Horton Foote Prizes, which awards excellence in American theater. The prize is named after Foote, a playwright and screenwriter whose many successes include the film adaptations of To Kill and Mockingbird and Tender Mercies.
Nottage’s Ruined won Outstanding New American Play, while Eno’s Middletown took how the award for Promising New American Play. Both will be honored at a private reception on Monday, September 20, at the Players in NYC. They will also be presented with $15,000 and a limited edition of Keith Carter’s photograph of Horton Foote.
In a statement about the award, Founder and Executive Director Mari Marchbanks said, “Horton Foote is widely regarded as one of the leading American dramatists of our time. He wrote some of our most beloved works and his lifelong dedication to, and his passion for, the theatre was boundless. In celebrating the life and legacy of Horton Foote, the Prize honors the work of the American playwright. We hope the Prize inspires its recipients in their continued contribution to the canon of American theater.”
The awards will be presented every two years.