EST/SLOAN PROJECT COMMISSION RECIPIENTS

2021/22

New Play Commission Recipients

• Karina Billini - APPLE BOTTOM

• Nikki Brake-Sillá - ReWombed

• Dustin H. Chinn - The People vs. Andy Hildebrand

• Xandra Nur Clark - Ursa Major

• Sandra A. Daley-Sharif - Mother Wit: The Onnie Lee Logan Story

• Jeanne Dorsey – The Kit: Made by Martha

• Kareem Fahmy - Riparian States

• Amy Gijsbers van Wijk - Beckon, or The G-Spot Play

• Nadja Leonhard-Hooper – want.want.outside.love you.

• Thandiwe Mawungwa – How Power Flows

• Allyson Morgan - Teenage Huntress

• Ankita Raturi - THESIS DEFENSE

• Kira Rockwell - Space Town

• Caitlin Saylor Stephens - Bunnies

• Zhu Yi - Frozen

Regional Seed Grant Recipients

• New York Stage & Film (New York, NY)
  Kristin Slaney/The Lobbyists - Miss Mitchell

• Media Art Xploration (San Francisco, CA)
  Ethan Lipton - We Are Your Robots

• St. Louis Black Repertory (St. Louis, MO)
  Charly Evon Simpson - Behind the Sheet

2020/21

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New Play Commission Recipients

• Bonnie Antosh - Lemuria

• Jake Brasch - What?

• Noah Brody & Marshall Hagins - Love Antics and Dances

• AJ Clauss - Henry Makes a Bible

• Nelson Diaz-Marcano - Las Borinqueñas

• Gracie Gardner – Poison

• Krista Knight - UrbanXx

• Jacob Marx Rice - Binding Energy

• Charissa Menefee – Iowa Enemy

• Julián Mesri – A Heart in Pieces (Corazón Despedezado)

• Amanda Quaid - Weathergirl

• Phaedra Michelle Scott - Good Hair

• Ken Urban & Steve Cosson - The Moderate

Regional Seed Grant Recipients

• Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (Boulder, CO)
  Jacqueline Goldfinger - Backwards Forwards Back

• The Hangar Theatre (Ithica, NY)
  Michael Barakiva - The Nature of Things

• Media Art Exploration (nationwide)
  Ethan Lipton - We Are Your Robots

• Syracuse Stage (Syracuse, NY)
  Stephanie Leary - Commanding Space: The Rise of Annie Easley and the Centaur Rocket

2019/20

New Play Commission Recipients

• Stephen Brown - The Informants

• Cusi Cram - Amaru

• Susan Eve Haar* - Genetic Perfection

• Justice Hehir & Emilie Pass - ({free*play})

• Amanda Keating - with fellowship

• Mona Pirnot – Offshore Clinical Trials

• Kristin Slaney, with The Lobbyists (Alex Grubbs* & Tommy Crawford*) - Miss Mitchell

• Judy Tate* - Blood Feud

• Melisa Tien – Untitled

• Anna Ziegler* & Matt Schatz* – The Honoree

Regional Seed Grant Recipients

• The Civilians (New York, NY)
  Sam Chanse - What You Are Now

• Geva Theatre (Rochester, NY)
  Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder – What Looks Like Pretty

• HB Playwrights Studio (New York, NY)
  Julie McKee* - The Secret Life of Seaweed

2018/19

New Play Commission Recipients

• John J. Caswell Jr. – Acqua Alta

• Mia Chung – Skin in the Game

• Margot Connolly & Alex Keegan – Untitled Flint/Coding Play

• Morgan Gould* – Something Lost

• Mary Hamilton – Smart

• David Jacobi – Broker Trip

• Carson Kreitzer - Code Blue

• Yilong Liu – Curb

• Michael Walek – Have You Met Jane Goodall & Her Mother?

• Ryann Weir - Untitled Tech Play

• Joshua Williams - Ornithology

Rewrite Commission Recipients

• Susan Bernfield w/ Kate Marvin – Sizzle Sizzle Fly

• Arlene Hutton* – Maria Sibylla

• Anchuli Felicia King – Golden Shield

• Charly Evon Simpson – Behind the Sheet

Regional Seed Grant Recipients

• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring, NY)
  Keith Burridge – The Message

• HB Studios (New York, NY)
  Julie McKee* – The Secret Life of Seaweed

• Dr. Allison Waters & Tannis Kowalchuk – Out of Mind

• Williamston Theatre (Williamston, MI)
  Jennifer Maisel – Out of Orbit

2017/18

New Play Commission Recipients

• Trista Baldwin – Modified

• L M Feldman & Larissa Lury – M13

• Cary Gitter – The Holiest Place in the World

• Lindsay Joelle – The Garbologists

• Catya McMullen – Untitled

• Jason Gray Platt – Autonomous

• Susan Soon He Stanton – Untitled

• Dominic Taylor – Young-Just/Just-Young

• Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder - Untitled Shirley Card Project

• The Apothetae (Gregg Mozgala & Ashlin Halfnight) – Untitled

Regional Seed Grant Recipients

• The Bluebarn Theatre (Omaha, NE)
  Ellen Struve – The Octopus Play

• Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA)
  Laura Maria Censabella* – Paradise

• Media Arts Xploration/Kay Matschullat (San Francisco, CA)
  Lynn Rosen* – Lightyears

• Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (Chicago, IL)
  Lynn Rosen* – The Firebirds Take the Field

• TimeLine Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)
  Anna Ziegler* – Boy

• The Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO)
  Deborah Zoe Laufer – Informed Consent

2016/17

New Play Commission Recipients

• Marc Acito - The Man in the Moon

• Chad Beckim - Ghosts

• Laura Maria Censabella* - Untitled

• Kristin Idaszak - The Surest Poison

• Christina Quintana - Citizen Scientist

• Gabrielle Reisman - Pattern Seeking Animals

• Abby Rosebrock - La Vida Es Corta

• Charly Evon Simpson - Under The Sheet

• C. Denby Swanson - Nutshell

• Andrea Thome - Untitled Al-Zarqali Project

• Benjamin Weiner - Untitled Alfred Nobel Project

• Leah Nanako Winkler* - Ruby

Rewrite Commission Recipients

• Eleanor Burgess - Start Down

• Cory Finley - The Ice

NP2 Regional Seed Grant Recipients

• The Barrow Group (New York, NY)

• Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA)

• San Francisco Playhouse (San Francisco, CA)

• StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance (Pittsboro, NC)

• The Virginia Stage Company (Norfolk, VA)

2015/16

New Play Commission Recipients

• Will Aronson & Sarah Hammond

• Susan Bernfield

• Agnes Borinsky

• Sam Chanse

• Dustin Chinn

• Sarah DeLappe

• Ryan Dowler

• Ryan Fogarty

• Keli Garrett

• Joe Gilford*

• Robert Lyons

• Ana Nogueria

• Tommy Smith*

• Will Snide

Rewrite Commission Recipients

• Stargazer by Craig Hatkoff

NP2 Regional Seed Grant Recipients

• Leigh Fondakowski (Spill)

• Laura Maria Censabella* (Paradise)

• Eric Conger* (Project Dolly)

• Keith Reddin* (Some Brighter Distance)

Partner Theatres

• Barrow Theatre Group, New York, NY

• City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

• TimeLine Theatre, Chicago, IL

• Underground Railway Theater, Cambridge, MA

2014/15

Playwright Commissionees

• Cesar Alvarez

• Chiara Atik

• Sinead Daly

• Sean Devine

• Jessica Dickey

• Cory Finley

• Arlene Hutton*

• Andrea Lepcio

• Patrick Link

• Daniel Reitz*

• Erica Saleh*

• Matt Schatz*

• Emily Schwend

• Kim Sherman & Margaret Vandenburg

• Deborah Yarchun

• Anna Ziegler*

Partner Theatres

• Cleveland Play House

• Geva Theatre Center (Rochester, NY)

• Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theater (Minneapolis, MN)

• Huntington Theatre (Boston, MA)

• Hartford Stage

• La Jolla Playhouse

• South Coast Rep (Costa Mesa, CA)

• 2G (NYC)

• Swine Palace Theatre (Baton Rouge, LA)

2013/14

Playwright Commissionees

• Michael Barakiva

• Clare Barron

• Carla Ching

• OliviaDufault

• Justin Fleming

• Lucas Hnath*

• David Jenkins

• Deborah Zoe Laufer

• Ken Lin

• Tala Manassah & Mona Mansour

• Julie McKee

• Cassandra Medley

• Matt Olmos

• Willie Orbison

• Lynn Rosen

• August Schulenburg

• David Valdes Greenwood

• Bridget Wimberly

Partner Theatres

• Red Fern Theater (NYC)

• HERE Arts Center (NYC)

• People's Light and Theater (Malvern, PA)

• Boulder Ensemble Theatre

• American Opera Projects (Brooklyn, NY)

• Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO)

• NACL Theatre (Highland Lake, NY)

• TACIT, Caltech Theater Arts (Pasadena, CA)

2012/13

Playwright Commissionees

• France-Luce Benson*

• Agnes Borinsky

• Naveen Choudhury

• Meghan Deans

• Leigh Fondakowki

• J. Holtham*

• Lindsey Hope-Pearlman

• Lucas Kavner

• Daniel Reitz*

• Tom Rowan*

• Cori Thomas*

• Emily Chadick Weiss

Partner Theatres

• Exit Pursued By A Bear

• Seattle Rep

2011/12

Playwright Commissionees

• Hilary Bettis*

• Bekah Brunstetter

• Carla Ching

• Justin Fleming

• Joe Gilford*

• Holli Harms*

• Kenneth Lin

• Patrick Link

• Jennifer Maisel

• Kara Manning

• Eric March, Jeff Beinstock & Patrick Link

• Rogelio Martinez

• Anna Moench & Rob Rusli

• Ben Rosenthal

• Deborah Zoe Laufer

• Keith Reddin*

• Jacquelyn Reingold*

• Lloyd Suh*

• Vern Thiessen*

Partner Theatres

• MIT - Underground Railroad & Central Square Theater

2010/11

Playwright Commissionees

• Robert Askins*

• Laura Maria Censabella*

• Carla Ching

• Laura Jacqmin

• Jon Kern

• Jon Marans

• Megan Mostyn-Brown

• Kim Sherman

• Cori Thomas*

• John Walch

• Anna Ziegler*

Partner Theatres

• American Opera Project

• ART - HERE Arts Center

• The Civilians

• Fool's Fury (San Francisco)

• Luna Stage

• New Theatre of Coral Gables

• Sinking Ship Productions

2009/10

Playwright Commissionees

• Frank Basloe

• Adrienne Campbell-Holt & Emily Conbere

• Jihan Crowther & Matt Schatz

• Kevin Confoy* & Christine Farrell*

• David Ford

• Dorothy Fortenberry

• Amy Fox*

• Adam Gwon & Justin Werner

• Lucas Hnath

• Emily Levine

• Leah Maddrie

• Rehana Mizra

• Anna Moench

• Rebecca Nesvet

• Shaun Raviv

• Lynn Rosen*

• Jane Wheeler*

Partner Theatres

• The Playwrights Center (Minneapolis)

• The Cleveland Playhouse

• Delaware Theatre Company

Galileo Prize

• Mike Daisey

2008/09

Playwright Commissionees

• Shirley Lauro*

• Sharyn Rothstein

• Matt Schatz

• Jay Scheib

• Tommy Smith

• Lloyd Suh*

• Vern Thiessen

Partner Theatres

• The Playwrights Center (Minneapolis)

• PS 122

• Living Image Arts (NY)

• Moving Dock Theatre (Chicago)

• Center Theater Group (Los Angeles)

• Theatre at Boston Court (Pasadena, CA)

Galileo Prize

• Tina Howe*

2007/08

Playwright Commissionees

• Kara Lee Corthron

• Michael Lew

• Kim Merrill

• Paul Mullin*

• Rey Pamatmat

• Lisa Rothe

• Cristina Vidal

• David Zellnik*

Partner Theatres

• The Empty Space Theatre (Seattle)

• The Playwrights Center (Minneapolis)

• The Music Research Institute (Greensboro, NC)

• New York Musical Theatre Festival

Galileo Prize

• Romulus Linney*

2006/07

Playwright Commissionees

• Robert Askins

• Amy Fox*

• Alex Timbers

• Kate Moira Ryan

• Robert Brophy

• Lisa Schlessinger

• Jon Klein

• Samara Kanegis

• Ann Marie Healy*

• Jason Grote

• Alec Duffy

• Gwydion Suilebhan

• Matt Schatz

• Joyce van Dyke

Partner Theatres

• Alliance Theatre (Atlanta)

• A Contemporary Theatre (Seattle)

• The Black Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

• Epic Theatre Center (NY)

• The Playwrights Center (Minneapolis)

• Stillpoint Productions (NY)

• Swine Palace Theatre (Baton Rouge)

2005/06

Playwright Commissionees

• Tom & Julia Coash

• Lear DeBessonet & Deborah Stein

• Alex Lewin

• Ellen Lewis

• Larry Loebell

• Judith Montague

• RAW Impressions

• Sung Rno

• Adriano Shaplin

• Jeffrey Stanley

• Dominic Taylor

• David Valdes-Greenwood

• David Zellnik*

Partner Theatres

• Actors Theatre of Louisville

• The Great American History Theatre (St. Paul)

• The Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis)

• Magic Theatre (San Francisco)

• New York Stage & Film

• The Playwrights Center (Minneapolis)

• Royal Shakespeare Company (London)

• Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago)

2004/05

Playwright Commissionees

• Andy Bragen

• Amy Herzog

• Michael Hollinger

• David L. Morgan, Geoffrey Gordon & Jennifer L. Morgan

• Stan Peal

• Jacquelyn Reingold*

• RAW Impressions

• Allison Weiss

2003/04

Playwright Commissionees

• Carlo Adinolfi*

• Deborah Brevoort

• Sheila Callaghan

• Mojie Crigler

• David Vades Greenwood

• Christina Ham

• Israel Horovitz

• Susan Kim*

• Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj

• Paul Mullin*

• Don Nigro

• Carey Perloff

• Jacquelyn Reingold*

• Sarah Ruhl

Partner Theatres

• Actors Theatre of Louisville

• The Cleveland Play House

• The Guthrie Theater

• The Magic Theatre

• The Victory Gardens Theater

2002/03

Playwright Commissionees

• Cheryl L. Davis

• Cassandra Medley*

• Chiori Miyagawa

• Lynn Rosen*

• Jane Shepard

• Jeremy Soule

• Joe Sutton

2001/02

Playwright Commissionees

• Richard Colton

• Drama of Works

• Annie Elias

• Arthur Giron*

• Michael Holinger

• Ellen Lewis

• Paul Mullin

• Brian Nelson

• David Sinaiko

• Crystal Skillman*

• Amy Spencer

• Caridad Svich

• Staci Swedeen

• Bridgette Wimberly

• William Yellow Robe, Jr.*

2000/01

Playwright Commissionees

• Peter Basch*

• Bob Clyman

• Brian Greene

• Sandra Kaufmann

• Quincy Long

• Cassandra Medley

• Rita Nachtman

• Dan O’ Brien

• Jeff Reich*

• Jacquelyn Reingold*

• Jamie Richards*

• Elyse Singer

• Matthew Wells

* denotes EST Member