2016 RECIPIENTS
Enlighten Me! Three One-Acts by Margo Hammond
First Prize for Excellence in Playwriting
First Prize for Excellence in Playwriting
Carol Goldberg and Margo Hammond
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Enlighten Me! Three One-Acts
The Button Man is about a man, his wife and his curious friendship with Enish. Bob has arrived at a place in his life where he is feeling particularly lost. He is drawn to Enish’s astonishing lectures and so decides to bring this stranger home to meet his worried wife, Ruth. Ruth has some eye-opening discoveries as she undergoes an encounter with this guest. Look Me In the Eyes is about a man who feels invisible to the world. He intensely searches for a more meaningful connection with his wife and with the world around him. One day on a busy subway platform he encounters a stranger who looks him right in the eye and really seems to see him. This poignant contact changes everything as the husband is driven to confront his wife and ask for more. Mistress Marlene is a play about Sandra’s titillating encounter with a most unusual electrician. Sandra thinks he’s there to fix her electrical sockets but to her enlightened surprise she gets more than she bargained for. |
Notes To Wherever by Judy Frank
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Carol Goldberg and Judy Frank
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Notes To Wherever
Inspired by an anniversary card her husband once gave her on which he wrote... In 1969 I said I love you and in 2006 I'll say it again, and I'll never stop as long as we're here. Then I'll say it from wherever. A woman has, for some months, been writing notes to her deceased husband because after forty years of a loving marriage she still has a need to share life with him. Finally, on this night, she decides to read her notes aloud in a gesture of letting go. These are not sentimental or gushy notes, but honest expressions of pain laced with irrepressible laughter, ending in deep gratitude for the years they shared and a desire to live fully in the time she has left. |
Dancing On Ice by Anita Keal and Janet Sarno
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Citation for Excellence in Playwriting
Anita Keal, Carol Goldberg and Janet Sarno
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Dancing On Ice is a play about two innocents from very different worlds with one thing in common–they love to dance. It is 5am in a hard-scrabble New York City. Charlie, a Sailor on leave wanders into the outside eating area of a fast food joint smarting from his recent attempt to lose his virginity. He meets Julie, a Puerto Rican hooker. Julie is bruised, too, having just had a run-in with some cops who absconded with her nights’ earnings. She now fearfully awaits Terence, her pimp. Charlie and Julie start off at odds but when they learn they both love to dance, their hearts unfold opening the door to an experience of growth and wonder.
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Photos by Michele Becker