New York Theater: In honor of Women’s History Month, here are the 20 women playwrights who have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an annual award given for “a distinguished play by an American author…dealing with American life” that began in 1917, and will be awarded next on May 5, 2025.
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I love that this author linked the plays to this article so people reading it could easily go and find out more about the work or just simply go buy the script. I thought that was a really smart and hopefully effective choice. Sometimes I learn about a book or movie or play and think in the moment, “I should check that out.” But then after not too long I have completely forgotten what it was I wanted to revisit and am left with only the memory that there was something I wanted to check out. The plays being linked in the article makes it easy for a forgetful or simply busy person to open a new tab, reminding them to check it out later when they discover the tab is open. I hope this foresight by the author helps people go on to actually read or see these Pulitzer prize winning plays.
I had no idea there were 20 women who have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama—until now. Reading through this list during Women’s History Month was like uncovering a hidden hall of fame. I recognized a few big names like Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Suzan-Lori Parks, but I didn’t realize how far back it went—Zona Gale in 1921?! That’s over a century ago, and yet we still act surprised when women dominate the theatre scene. What’s wild is how different these stories are. One play is about three sisters in Mississippi (Crimes of the Heart), and another about a guy and his invisible rabbit (Harvey). Some plays are deeply political (Sweat, Ruined), others intimate and emotional (Wit, Cost of Living). It reminded me how theater is one of the few places where women can still break rules, experiment with structure, and create whole emotional universes out of a single moment.
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