The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Subtitle: six important new plays by women from the 25th anniversary year
By: edited by Emilie de Mun Smith Kilgore.
Contributors: Kilgore, Emilie S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Contemporary playwrights series
Publisher: Smith and Kraus
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: English drama -- Women authors.; American drama -- Women authors.; American drama -- 21st century.; English drama -- 21st century.
Other titles: Six important new plays by women from the 25th anniversary year
Description: "For twenty-five years the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has recognized, honored, and encouraged the most gifted women writing for the English-speaking theater. These six plays, from both sides of the Atlantic, were selected by the distinguished international panel of judges from the finalists of the twenty-fifth anniversary year." "Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman tackles the charged and dangerous world of discrimination within the African-American community." "Frozen by Bryony Lavery deals with the horror of child molestation, although the artistry of the language gives a depth and humanity to the emotional life of each of the three characters that transcends any sensationalism." "Rinne Groff's Orange Lemon Egg Canary uses a magician's show as a metaphor for the magic of theatre and the agony of collaboration." "In Helen Cooper's Three Women and a Piano Tuner, a composer, a performer, and a financial backer come together to put on a concert. As tensions rise between the women, the true and startling nature of their relationship becomes clear." "Hannah and Martin by Kate Fodor starts at the moment when Jewish political philosopher Hannah Arendt decides to support Martin Heidegger in spite of his own pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic WWII stances. The play then spirals backwards, to dramatize all incarnations of their relationships, from colleagues to lovers to antagonists." "Charlotte Eilenberg's The Lucky Ones, pierces the intricacies of post-Holocaust responsibility through the simple theatrical action of a real estate exchange."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize was established in 1978 and is "awarded annually to a woman who deserves recognition for writing a work of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theater." (p. vii)
Table of contents: title: Preface -- Introduction; title: Yellowman -- Dael Orlandersmith; title: Orange lemon egg canary -- Rinne Groff; title: Hannah and Martin -- Kate Fodor; title: Frozen -- Bryony Lavery; title: Three women and a piano tuner -- Helen Cooper; title: The lucky ones -- Charlotte Eilenberg -- Appendix: Finalists, judges, and presenters -- Permission acknowledgments.