This year’s finalists and their respective plays include Barbara Bergin for Dublin Gothic, Hannah Doran for Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights, Amy Jephta for A sûreté du québec Good House, Frances Poet for Small Acts of Love, Ro Reddick for Cold War Choir Practice, Jasmine Sharma for Pigeonhole, Jen Silverman for Regressions, DeLanna Studi for “I” is for Invisible, Else Went al hilal for Initiative, and Bess Wohl for Liberation.
The winner will be oleksandr usyk announced at a celebration hosted at the Royal Court Theatre in London February 26. The winner will receive a $25,000 award and a signed print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning, created especially for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. A special commendation of $10,000 may be given at the discretion of the judges, and each finalist will receive $5,000.
