2012-2013 Recipients’ Plays and Playwrights
*Indicates ICWP member
**Indicates previous recipient
AlterTheater (San Rafael, California, USA)
- “The Dead Girl” by Ann Brebner
Black Coffee Productions (Bangalore, INDIA)
https://www.facebook.com/bcbrew
- “The God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
Cherry Lane Theatre (New York, New York, USA)
http://www.cherrylanetheatre.org
- “Pas de Deux (lost my shoe)” by Lisa Ramirez
- “Joe” by Elizabeth A. Davis
- “Lawnpeople” by Natalia Naman
- “Exile” by Nastaran Ahmadi
Children’s Theatre Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
http://www.childrenstheatre.org/
- “Buccaneers!” by Liz Duffy Adams, Composed by Ellen Maddow
- “The Cat in the Hat” By Dr. Seuss, Adapted by Katie Mitchell
- “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Based on the book by Dr. Seuss, Book/Lyrics by Tim Mason, music by Mel Marvin
- “Pinnochio” by Carlo Collodi, adapted by Greg Banks
- “The Biggest Little House in the Forest” by Djemma Bider, Adapted by Rosanna Staffa
- “Jackie and Me” by Dan Gutman, adapted by Steven Dietz
- “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, adapted by Sharon Holland
Clubbed Thumb (New York, New York, USA)
- “Baby Screams Miracle” by Clare Barron
- “Phoebe in Winter” by Jen Silverman
- “La Brea” by Gregory S. Moss
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre (Summit, New Jersey, USA)
- “The Neighborhood” Book and Lyrics by Laura Ekstrand, music by Joe Zawila
- “The Language Archive” by Julia Cho
- “Shakespeare in Vegas” by Suzanne Bradbeer
Factory Theatre (Toronto, Ontario, CANADA)
- “Every Letter Counts” by Nina Lee Aquino
- “Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata” by Veda Hille and Bill Richardson
- “Iceland” by Nicolas Billon
- “Stopheart” by Amy Lee Lavoie
Haugesund Teater (Haugesand, Rogaland, NORWAY)
- “Helter (Heroes)” by Birgit Amalie Nilssen*
- “Horisonter (Horizons)” Poems by Kolbein Falkeid, adapted by Birgit Amalie Nilssen*
- “Det Kommer Alltid En Jul (There Will Allways Be a New Christmas)” by Torunn Tusj
- “Gi Meg En Lykkelig Slutt (Give Me a Happy Ending)” by Marius Leknes Snekkevåg
- “Lev Vel - Spis Is (Live Well - Eat Ice Cream)” by Torunn Tusj
- “Juleshow (Christmavaganza) by Birgit Amalie Nilssen*
- “Flaggermusen (The Bat)” by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée
- “Kim Leker (Kim/Who’s (pun) Playing)” by Gunnar Germundson
- “Yolo (You Only Live Once)” Devised by 15 teenagers, adapted by Elisabeth Hagli Aars
- “Blodig Alvor (God of Carnage)” by Yasmina Reza
HERE (New York, New York, USA)
- “Strange Tales of Liaozhai” by Hanne Tierney
- “Aging Magician” Written and composed by Paola Prestini
- “Lucid Possession” by Toni Dove
- “Sumeida’s Song” book by David Herskovitz, created and composed by Mohammed Fairouz
- “Soldier Songs” book by Yuval Sharon, composed by David T. Little
- “City Council Meeting” by Aaron Landsman, Mallory Catlett, Jim Findley
- “You Are Dead, You Are Here” by Christine Evans, created by Joseph Megel
Hollins University (Roanoke, Virginia, USA)
http://www.hollins.edu/academics/theatre/
- “Decision Height” by Meredith Levy
- “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” by Kevin Henkes, adapted by Kevin Kling
- “9 to 5: The Musical” Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton, Book by Patricia Resnick
Looking for Lilith Theatre Company (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
http://lookingforlilith.org/index.php
- “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare
- “Alice in Black and White” by Robin Rice Lichtig*
- “Becoming Mothers” by a female playwriting ensemble of Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
- “Choices: an interactive play about cyberbullying and teen suicide” by a female playwriting ensemble of Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
Mixed Blood Theatre (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
- “Next to Normal” by Brian Yorkey, composed by Tom Kitt
- “Elemeno Pea” by Molly Smith Metzler
- “In the Time of the Butterflies” adapted by Caridad Svich, book by Julia Alavarez
New York Theatre Workshop (New York, New York, USA)
- “Red Dog Howls” by Alexander Dinelaris
- “A Civil War Christmas” by Paula Vogel
- “Belleville” by Amy Herzog
- “Sontag: Reborn” Adapted by Moe Angelos
Orlando Repertory Theater (Orlando, Florida, USA)
- “The Paper Bag Princess” by Jennifer Kirkeby and Shirley Mier, based on the book by Robert Munsch
- “Chasing George Washington” Book and Lyrics by Karen Zacarias, Music by Debbie Wicks La Puma
- “Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat” Adapted by Katie Miller, based on the book by Dr. Seuss (originally produced at the National Theatre of Great Britain)
- “Junior Claus” by Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond
- “The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle” adapted by Ernie Nolan from the novels of Hugh Lofting
- “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer TYA” written by Ken Ludwig, music and lyrics by Don Schiltz, based on the novel by Mark Twain
Playwrights Horizons (New York, New York, USA)**
http://www.playwrightshorizons.org
- “Detroit” by Lisa D’Amour
- “The Whale” by Samuel D. Hunter
- “The Great God Pan” by Amy Herzog
- “The Flick” by Annie Baker
- “The Call” by Tanya Barfield
- “Far From Heaven” book by Richard Greenberg, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie
Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA)
- “Gunmetal Blues” book by Scott Wentworth, music and lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler
- “This is War” by Hannah Moscovitch
- “The Dishwashers” by Morris Panych
- “The Swearing Jar” by Kate Hewlett
- “The Brink” by Ellen Peterson
- “Magical Mystery Munsch” adapted by Debbie Patterson, based on stories by Robert Munsch
Prologue Theatre Company (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- “Patria Libre” by Zoë Miller-Lee
Ragged Wing Ensemble (El Cerrito, California, USA)
- “Time Sensitive” by Amy Sass
- “Within the Wheel” By Annie Paladino, Cecilia Palmtag, Molly Gilbert, Soren Santos, Adam Sussman, David Stein, Giulio Perrone, Anna Shneiderman
- “The Hour Glass” by Addie Ulrey
- “Now! Now? Now.” by Cecilia Palmtag
- “The Music Tree” by Phil Warton
- “In the Blink” by David Stein
- “Moment to Moment” by Adam Sussman
- “Air: Born” by Soren Santos
- “Fishtank piece” by Addie Ulrey
Road Less Traveled Productions (Buffalo, New York, USA)
roadlesstraveledproductions.org
- “From the Mississippi Delta” by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland
- “End of the Road” (world premiere) by Jon Elston
- “Circle Mirror Transformation” by Annie Baker
- “Seeds” (world premiere) by Donna Hoke*
- “The Clean House” by Sarah Ruhl
Shameless Hussy Productions (Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA)
http://www.shamelesshussy.com/
- “SonofaBitch Stew: the drunken life of Calamity Jane” by Brian Peterson in collaboration with Renee Iaci and Deb Pickman
- “Dissolve” by Meghan Gardiner
Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- “Impenetrable” by Mia McCullough
- “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw
- “Rabbit” by Nina Raine
Stageworks (Tampa, Florida, USA)
http://www.stageworkstheatre.org
- “The Colored Museum” by George C. Wolfe
- “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
- “Holiday Party of One” by Karla Hartley and Alison Burns
- “MOMologues 2: Off to School” by Lisa Rafferty, Stefanie Cloutier and Sheila Eppolito
- “Circle Mirror Transformation” by Annie Baker
- “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” by Karen Zacarias
Symmetry Theatre (Berkeley, California, USA)**
http://www.symmetrytheatre.com/
- “The Language Archive” by Julia Cho
Synchronicity Theatre (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- “The Minotaur” by Anna Ziegler
- “A Year with Frog and Toad” by Robert and Willie Reale
- “Petite Rouge” by Joan Cushing
Teatro Luna (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- “Crossed” (World Premiere) Written by Teatro Luna, developed by Miranda Gonzalez
- “Living Large in a Mini Kind of Way” by Diane Rodriguez
- “PUTAS!” by Liza Ann Acosta
- “Cry Wolf” by Kristiana Rae Colón
- “SEXomedy” by Melissa DuPrey
- “A Very Luna Christmas” by Paula Ramirez and Abigail Vega
- “Your Problem with Men” by Emilio Williams
Tennessee Women’s Theater Project (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
- “Shooting Star” by Stephen Dietz
- “Distracted” by Lisa Loomer
The English Theatre of Rome (Rome, ITALY)
- “Loopy Ladies” by Terianne Falcone, Gaby Ford, Alexia Murray, Parysa Pourmoneshi & Dyanne White
- “A Short Trip” by Jason Atkinson (co-produced by FringeNYC)
- “Gatsby” adapted by Gaby Ford, Liz Saragnese and Molly Zimmelman, inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel
- “TJ and Dave” by TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi
- “Loveplay” by Moira Buffini
- “Old Times” by Harold Pinter
- “Can’t Help It” by Alice Beever
- “A Broad Abroad” by Gaby Ford
- “And Then I Changed My Mind” devised by Jane O’Farrell with Molly Zimmelman
- “Shiva Arms” (European premiere) by Doug Motel
The Indian Ensemble (Bangalore, INDIA)
https://sites.google.com/site/theindianensemble/home
- “Treadmill” by Sandeep Shikhar
- “Afterlife of Birds” by Abhishek Majumdar
- “Gasha” by Irawati Karnik
Theatre Pro Rata (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
- “Lovers & Executioners” by John Strand, based on the work of Antoine Jacob de Montfleury
- “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom” by Jennifer Haley
- “Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight” by Lauren Gunderson
*Indicates ICWP member
**Indicates previous recipient
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