Jasmine Sharma, a playwright and performer who was recently a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, has signed with WME for representation. She will be repped by Lizzy Weingold in ...

Dramatic Writing alumna Hannah Doran (MFA ’18) has won the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights. The prestigious international award recognizes ...

The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been given to U.S. playwright a.k. payne for their play Furlough's Paradise. Awarded annually since 1978, the prestigious international Prize is the largest ...

This year's Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is going to not one, but two women+ playwrights: Ro Reddick, for Cold War Choir ...

Founded in 1978, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is the longest-running prize in English theatre for female and nonbinary playwrights. American writer ak payne has won the 2025 prize for their play ...

Two winners have been awarded the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Hannah Doran’s The Meat Kings! (Inc) of Brooklyn Heights and Ro Reddick’s Cold War Choir Practice declared joint winners of award for female, transgender and non-binary writers ...

The 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced the Judging Panel for the 48th Annual Award. Founded in 1978, the Prize is the largest and oldest international prize honoring women+ playwrights for ...

DeLanna Studi’s path from Fort Smith community theater to national stages has taken another historic turn: the Cherokee Nation actor and playwright has been named a finalist for the Susan Smith ...