Steinberg/ATCA -- roster of past honorees

2018

The Book of Will, Lauren Gunderson, Denver Center for the Performing Arts

CITATIONS:

Cry It Out, Molly Smith Metzler, Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville

The Wolf at the End of the Block, Ike Holter, Teatro Vista, Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago

2017

Man in the Ring, Michael Cristofer, Court Theatre, Chicago

CITATIONS:

Mary Page Marlowe, Tracy Letts, Steppenwolf, Chicago

Visiting Edna, David Rabe, Steppenwolf, Chicago

2016

Vietgone, Qui Nguyen, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California

CITATIONS: 

Bloomsday, Steven Dietz, ACT, Seattle 

The Dangerous House of Pretty Mbane, Jen Silverman, InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia 

2015

Luna Gale, Rebecca Gilman, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, and Kirk Douglas Theatre, Los Angeles

CITATIONS:

The Christians, Lucas Hnath, Actors Theatre of Louisville

Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea, Nathan Alan Davis, Skylight Theatre Company and Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles 

2014

I And You, Lauren Gunderson, Marin Theatre Company

CITATIONS:

Fear Up Harsh, Christopher Demos-Brown, Zoetic Stage, Miami

Seven Spots on the Sun, Martin Zimmerman, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park 

2013

All the Way by Robert Schenkkan, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

CITATIONS:

Death Tax by Lucas Hnath, Humana Fesival, Actors Theater of Louisville

Gidion’s Knot by Johnna Adams, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, W.V.

2012

Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World by Yussef El Guindi, ACT Repertory, Seattle

CITATIONS:

On the Spectrum by Ken LaZebnik, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis

Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat, Humana Festival, Actors Theater of Louisville 

2011

Nine Circles by Bill Cain, Marin Theatre Company

CITATIONS: 

The Good Counselor by Kathryn Grant, Premiere Stages, N.J.;

The History of Invulnerability by David Bar Katz, Cincinnaiti Playhouse in the Park.

2010

Equivocation by Bill Cain, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Seattle Repertory Theatre

CITATIONS: 

Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles;

Legacy of Light, by Karen Zacarías, Arena Stage, Washington, DC

2009

Song of Extinction by E.M. Lewis, Moving Arts, Hollwood, CA

CITATIONS: 

Great Falls by Lee Blessing, Humana Fesival, Actors Theatre of Louisville;

Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago

2008

33 Variations by Moises Kaufman, Arena Stage, Washington, DC

CITATIONS: 

Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC;

End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer, Florida Stage, Manalaplan, FL

2007

Hunter Gatherers by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Killing My Lobster, San Francisco, CA

CITATIONS: 

Opus by Michael Hollinger, Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA; City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA;

Guest Artist by Jeff Daniels, Purple Rose Theatre, Chelsea, MI

2006

 A Body of Water by Lee Blessing, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

CITATIONS: 

Radio Golf by August Wilson, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT;

Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL

2005

Singing Forest by Craig Lucas, Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA

CITATIONS: 

The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT;

After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY

2004

Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD; South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA

CITATIONS: 

Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL; Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA ;

The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Carson Kreitzer, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH

2003

Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, New Theatre, Coral Gables, FL

CITATIONS: 

Recent Tragic Events by Craig Wright, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC;

Resurrection Blues by Arthur Miller, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

2002

The Carpetbaggers Children by Horton Foote, The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX

CITATIONS: 

The Action Against Sol Schumann by Jeffrey Sweet, Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL;

Joe and Betty by Maurice Mednick, Padua Playwrights Productions, Los Angeles, CA

2001

 Anton In Show Business by Jane Martin, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays

CITATIONS: 

Big Love by Charles Mee, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays;

King Hedley II by August Wilson, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, PA; Seattle Repertory Theatre, WA

2000

Oo-Bla-Dee by Regina Taylor, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

CITATIONS:

Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher, City Theatre, Pitttsburgh, PA;

Syncopation by Allan Knee, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ

1999 (sponsored by the Providence Journal)

Book of Days by Lanford Wilson, Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea, MI

CITATIONS: 

Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies, Humana Festival, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, KY;

Expecting Isabel by Lisa Loomer, Arena Stage, Washington, DC

1998 (sponsored by The Chicago Tribune)

The Cider House Rules, Part II, by Peter Parnell, adapted from the John Irving novel, Seattle Repertory Theatre, WA

CITATIONS: 

Jitney by August Wilson, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, PA ;

The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, N.J.; Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT

1997 (sponsored by The Orlando Sentinel)

Jack and Jill by Jane Martin, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY

CITATIONS: 

The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA ;

The Ride Down Mount Morgan by Arthur Miller (revised 1996)

1996 (sponsored by Columbus Dispatch)

Amazing Grace by Michael Cristofer, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, PA

CITATIONS: 

Jungle Rot by Seth Greenland, Cleveland Playhouse, OH;

Seven Guitars by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

1995 (sponsored by The Salt Lake Tribune)

The Nanjing Race by Reggie Cheong-Leen, McCarter Theatre, NJ

CITATIONS: 

Rush Limbaugh in Night School by Charlie Varon, San Francisco Marsh Theatre, CA;

The Waiting Room by Lisa Loomer, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA

1994 (sponsored by the Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Keely and Du by Jane Martin, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY

CITATIONS: 

Black Elk Speaks by Christopher Sergel, Denver Theatre Center, CO;

Hurricane by Anne Galjour, Climate Theatre, San Francisco, CA

1993

Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream by Steven Epp, Felicity Jones, Dominique Serrand and Paul Walsh, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Minneapolis, MN

CITATIONS: 

Dark Rapture by Eric Overmyer, The Empty Space, Seattle, WA;

Unfinished Stories by Sybille Pearson, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA

1992

Could I Have This Dance? by Doug Haverty, Colony Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.

CITATIONS: 

American Enterprise by Jeffrey Sweet, Organic Theatre Co., Chicago, IL;

Miss Evers’ Boys by David Feldshuh, Illusion Theater, Minneapolis, MN

1991

Two Trains Running by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

CITATIONS: 

Sincerity Forever by Mac Wellman, Unicorn Co., Berkshire Theatre Festival;

The Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cleveland, OH

1990

 2 by Romulus Linney, Milwaukee Repertory, WI

CITATIONS: 

Pick Up Ax by Anthony Clarvoe, Eureka Theatre, San Francisco;

Marvin’s Room by Scott McPherson, Goodman Theatre, IL.

1989

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

CITATIONS: 

Generations by Dennis Clontz, Colony Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA;

The Downside by Richard Dresser, Cricket Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

1988

Heathen Valley by Romulus Linney, Milwaukee Repertory

CITATIONS: 

The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive, Hartford Stage, CT;

The Deal by Matthew Witten, Philadelphia Festival for New Plays, PA

1987

A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing, Yale Repertory Theatre, CT

CITATIONS: 

The Film Society by John Robin Baitz, Los Angeles Theatre Center, CA;

Back to the World by Stephen Mack Jones, Attic Theatre, Detroit, MI

1986

Fences by August Wilson, Yale Repertory Theatre, CT

CITATIONS: 

Fugue by Leonora Thuna, Long Wharf Theatre, CT;

Hunting Cockroaches by Januscz Glowacki, Byrdcliffe Theatre, Woodstock, NY

1985

(no principal honoree)

CITATIONS: 

Scheherazade by Marisha Chamberlain;

The Shaper by John Steppling;

A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow

1984

Wasted by Fred Gamel

1983

Closely Related by Bruce McDonald

1982

Talking With by Jane Martin

1981

Chekhov in Yalta by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow

1980

Custer by Robert E. Ingham

1979

Loose Ends by Michael Weller

1978

Getting Out by Marsha Norman

1977

And the Soul Shall Dance by Wakako Yamauchi