PAULA VOGEL PLAYWRITING AWARD
Since 2008, The Vineyard has granted the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award annually to a gifted early-career playwright to write and develop new work while in residence at The Vineyard. Named after Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, teacher, and longtime Vineyard artist Paula Vogel, the award includes a stipend, work space, dramaturgical support, and collaborative resources to develop a new work or works at The Vineyard over the course of a season. Recipients of the award include:
- 2008 – Tarell Alvin McCraney (The Vineyard’s WIG OUT!, THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS)
- 2009 – Rajiv Joseph (The Vineyard’s THE NORTH POOL, BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO)
- 2010 – Kara Lee Corthron (JULIUS BY DESIGN, ALICEGRACEANON)
- 2011 – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Vineyard’s GLORIA, APPROPRIATE)
- 2012 – Erika Sheffer (RUSSIAN TRANSPORT, THE FUNDAMENTALS)
- 2013 – Christopher Chen (THE HUNDRED FLOWERS PROJECT, INTO THE NUMBERS)
- 2014 – Clare Barron (YOU GOT OLDER, BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE)
- 2015 – Boo Killebrew (MILLER, MISSISSIPPI; THE PLAY ABOUT MY DAD)
- 2016 – Kate Tarker (THUNDERBODIES, LAURA AND THE SEA)
- 2017 – Antoinette Nwandu (PASS OVER, BREACH)
- 2018 – Jeremy O. Harris (The Vineyard’s “Daddy,” SLAVE PLAY)
- 2019 – Charly Evon Simpson (JUMP, BEHIND THE SHEET)
