2009 recipients
Lawnchairs by Nancy Hasty
First Prize for Excellence in Playwriting
First Prize for Excellence in Playwriting
Nancy Hasty (winner) with playwright Kathryn Grant
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In a vaguely Southern town in 1967, Geri and Bev are backyard buddies. They share a mutual fixation on Geri’s intriguing next door neighbor – the Lana Turner-ish Connie, who is frequently visited by the local doctor when her husband is at work. Curiosity drives Bev to force her teenage son, Benny, to spy. When the first gunshot is heard, the fixation turns to obsession.
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Rio Rita by Bill Cosgriff
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Carol Goldberg congratulates Bill Cosgriff
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Set in a dog kennel in Tampa, Florida, Rio Rita is a noir-inflected romantic comedy about a botched robbery, criminal fugitives, a double-cross – and a very inconvenient love affair. Even after escaping the law – and the lover, Rita finds she cannot escape a final confrontation with her past and a final choice about her future. (Rio Rita was a finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference in 2009.)
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The Farm by Julius Landau
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Carol Goldberg with Julius Landau
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A middle-aged New Yorker goes to Ireland with his new Irish wife. The wife’s family’s farm is up for grabs when her hermit brother has a slick, pretty, young horse-owner ease into the farm. The New Yorker is asked to save the farm – something life in no way has prepared him for.
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