2015 Nominators
Tony Adams – Artistic Director, Halcyon Theatre
Keith Josef Adkins – Artistic Director, The New Black Fest
Suzanne Agins – Director
Luis Alfaro – Playwright, University of Southern California
Claudia Alick – Associate Producer, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Jesse Cameron Alick – Literary Manager, Public Theater
Danielle Mages Amato – Literary Manager & Dramaturg, The Old Globe
Justin Anderson – Associate Artistic Director, Aurora Theatre, Inc.
A.P. Andrews – Literary Manager, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
Mark Armstrong – Director of New Work, Keen Company
Freddie Ashley – Artistic Director, Actor’s Express
Shan Ayers – Professor of Theatre, Berea College
Dan Bacalzo – Instructor, Dept. of Drama, New York University
Bianca Bagatourian – Playwright and President, Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
John M. Baker – Dramaturg
Nan Barnett – Executive Director, National New Play Network
Alex Barron – Creative Director, SPACE on Ryder Farm
Beatrice Basso – Director of New Work, American Conservatory Theater
P. Seth Bauer – Playwright
Meghan Beals – Interim Artistic Director, Chicago Dramatists
Chad Beckim – Co-Artistic Director, Partial Comfort Productions
Aphra Behn – Artistic Director, Guerrilla Girls On Tour
Kari Bentley-Quinn – Co-Founder, Mission to (dit)Mars
Zak Berkman – Producing Director, People’s Light
Susan Bernfield – Producing Artistic Director, New Georges
Walter Bilderback – Dramaturg, The Wilma Theater
Andre Bishop – Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater
Amy Boratko – Literary Manager, Yale Repertory Theatre
Art Borreca – Co-Head, Iowa Playwrights Workshop
Michelle Bossy – Associate Artistic Director, Primary Stages
Kirsten Bowen – Literary Manager, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Christopher Breyer – Dramaturg, Ojai Playwrights Conference
Melody Brooks – Artistic Director, New Perspectives Theatre Company
Ilana M. Brownstein – Director of New Work, Company One Theatre
Christopher Burney – Associate Artistic Director & Curator 2ST Uptown, Second Stage Theatre
Shelley Butler – Director
Adrienne Campbell-Holt – Artistic Director, Colt Coeur
Carolyn Cantor – Director
Aaron Carter – Director of New Play Development, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Diane Cary – Founder, Indie Chi Productions
Anika Chapin – Literary Manager, Two River Theater
Linda Chapman – Associate Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop
Desdemona Chiang – Director
Paula Cizmar – Playwright, Collaborator, & Professor, Deep Map Theatre Project, USC School of Dramatic Arts
Suzanne M. Cohen – Managing Artistic Director, Mirror Stage
Jeremy Cohen – Artistic Director, The Playwrights’ Center
Kimberly Colburn – Literary Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville
Kristiana Rae Colón – Executive Director, the #LetUsBreathe Collective
Quinn M. Corbin – Independent Script Reader
Miranda Cornell – Artistic Director, Semicolon Theatre Company
Kristen Coury – Producing Artistic Director, Gulfshore Playhouse
Ellie Covan – Artistic Director, Dixon Place
Tim Cummings – Literary Manager, Rogue Machine Theatre
Madge Darlington – Co-Producing Artistic Director, Rude Mechs
Joakim Daun – Co-founder, One Million Theatre
Ed Decker – Founder and Artistic Director, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Jennifer Decker – Artistic Director, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company
Ignacia Delgado – Literary Manager, Sundance Institute
Steven Dietz – Playwright and Director, UT Austin
Mike Donahue – Director
Julie Felise Dubiner – Associate Director, American Revolutions, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Jason Eagan – Artistic Director, Ars Nova
Sasha Eden – Actor & Producer
John Eisner – Artistic Director, The Lark
Jon Elston – Literary Director, Road Less Traveled Productions
Kevin Emrick – Director of Creative Development, Stuart Thompson Productions
Liz Engelman – Dramaturg, UT Austin & Tofte Lake Center
Nate Eppler – Playwright-in-Residence, Director of Ingram New Works Lab, Nashville Repertory Theatre
Ariel Estrada – Executive Director, Leviathan Lab
Nelson T. Eusebio III – Director
Paige Evans – Artistic Director, LCT3 / Lincoln Center Theater
Kip Fagan – Director
Evelina Fernandez – Playwright, Los Angeles Theatre Center
Hayley Finn – Associate Artistic Director, Playwrights’ Center
Linsay Firman – Literary Manager, Ensemble Studio Theatre
Dyan Flores – Professional Licensing and Development, Theatrical Rights Worldwide
Elizabeth Frankel – Literary Manager, The Public Theater
Jeri Frederickson – Associate Artistic Director & Literary Manager, Irish Theatre of Chicago
Nick Gandiello – Literary Manager, Young Playwrights Inc.
Michael John Garcés – Artistic Director, Cornerstone Theater Company
Lee Mikeska Gardner – Artistic Director, The Nora Theatre Company
Graeme Gillis – Associate Artistic Director, Ensemble Studio Theatre
Kevin Glaccum – Producing Artistic Director, Azuka Theatre
John Glore – Associate Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory
Wendy C. Goldberg – Artistic Director, National Playwrights Conference , Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Jacqueline Goldfinger – Founder of The Foundry & Playwriting Professor at UPenn & Uarts
Issac Gomez – Literary Manager, Victory Gardens Theater
Seth Gordon – Associate Artistic Director, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
Hallie Gordon – Artistic Director Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Shawn Rene Graham – Literary Director, Classical Theatre of Harlem
Gabriel Greene – Director of New Play Development, La Jolla Playhouse
Adam Greenfield – Associate Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons
Mandy Greenfield – Artistic Director, Williamstown Theatre Festival
Lauren Halvorsen – Associate Literary Director, Studio Theatre
Christina Ham – Many Voices Fellowship Coordinator, The Playwrights’ Center
Anne Hamilton – Founder, Hamilton Dramaturgy
Rob Handel – Carnegie Mellon University
Adrien-Alice Hansel – Literary Director, Studio Theatre
Lawrence Harbison – Senior Editor, Smith & Kraus and Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Peter Hardy – Artistic Director, The Essential Theatre
Beth Harper – Producing Artistic Director, Portland Actors Conservatory
Emily K. Harrison – Producing Artistic Director, square product theatre
Rachel Edwards Harvith – Associate Artistic Director, Chicago Dramatists
Charles Haugland – Artistic Programs and Dramaturgy, Huntington Theatre Company
Corinne Hayoun – Manager & Producer
Heather Helinsky – Dramaturg
Kimberly Faith Hickman – Director & Choreographer
Andrea Hiebler – Director of Scouting and Submissions, Lark Play Development Center
Katrin Hilbe – Artistic Director, ManyTracks Inc.
Jessi D. Hill – Associate Artistic Director, terraNOVA Collective
Melissa Hillman – Artistic Director, Impact Theatre
Jen Hoguet – Development Associate, Ambassador Theatre Group
Kelley Holley – Director of New Works, Science Fiction Theatre Company
Ike Holter – Resident writer, Inconvenience
Velina Hasu Houston – Director of Dramatic Writing, Professor of Theatre, Resident Playwright, University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts
Polly Hubbard – Dramaturg
Lori Wolter Hudson – Artistic Associate & Co-Founder, The New Harmony Project & Three Day Hangover
Mame Hunt – Associate Artist, Sundance Theatre Lab
Mead Hunter – Artistic Director, The New Harmony Project
Naomi Iizuka – Playwright and Professor of Playwriting, University of California, San Diego
Jennifer Ikeda – Actor
Mara Isaacs – Producer, Octopus Theatricals
Dori Jacob – Casting Director, Marin Theatre Company
Lavina Jadhwani – Freelance director
Dina Janis – Artistic Director, Dorset Theatre Festival
Gaye Jeffers – Professor, University of Tennessee – Chattanooga
Ty Jones – Producing Artistic Director, The Classical Theatre of Harlem
Celise Kalke – Director of New Projects, Alliance Theatre
Benjamin Kamine – Director
Joan Kane – Artistic Director, Ego Actus Theatre Co.
Aditi Brennan Kapil – Playwright in Residence, Mixed Blood Theatre
Abigail Katz – Director of New Play Development, Atlantic Theater Company
Anne Kauffman – Director
Jen Kays – Associate Artistic Director Literary and Production, Circle X Theatre Co.
Maggie Keenan-Bolger – Co-Founder, Honest Accomplice Theatre
Neel Keller – Associate Artistic Director, Center Theatre Group
Bobby Kennedy – Literary Manager, Writers Theatre
Sue Kessler – Executive Director, The Bushwick Starr
Dylan Key – Artistic Associate, Undermain Theatre
Jennifer Kiger – Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Programs, Yale Repertory Theatre
Cheryl King – Director, Stage Left Studio
Justin Kirkeberg – Artistic Director, Candid Theater Co
Jon Klein – Head, MFA Playwriting, Catholic University
Jim Kleinmann – Artistic Director, PlayGround
Andy Knight – Assistant Literary Director, South Coast Repertory
Jessica Kubzansky – Co-Artistic Director, The Theatre @ Boston Court
Tessa LaNeve – Director of ESPA and New Arts Programming, Primary Stages
Marilyn Langbehn – Artistic Director, Contra Costa Civic Theatre
Kate Langsdorf – Education Programs Manager, Ford’s Theatre
Doug Langworthy – Literary Manager, Denver Center Theatre Company
Jenny Larson – Artistic Director, Salvage Vanguard Theater
Martha Lavey – Artistic Director, Steppenwolf Theatre
Seri Lawrence – Literary Manager, Cherry Lane Theatre
Kristin Leahey – Literary Director, Seattle Repertory Theatre
Polly Lee – Actress
Sarah Rose Leonard – Artistic Associate, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Mike Lew – Co-Director, Ma-Yi Writers Lab
Andrew Leynse – Artistic Director, Primary Stages
Padraic Lillis – Artistic Director, The Farm Theater
Jennifer Lim – Actress
Joan Lipkin – Artistic Director, That Uppity Theatre Company
Jacey Little – Artistic Director, Horse Head Theatre Co.
Sarah Lunnie – Literary Manager, Playwrights Horizons
Allison Lyman – Dramaturg & Producer
Kirk Lynn – Rude Mechs & University of Texas at Austin
Emily Lyon – Literary Manager, Bedlam
Nedra M. – Actor
Mariah MacCarthy – Executive Artistic Director, Caps Lock Theatre
David Macke – Artistic Director, Your Name Here A Queer Theater
Annie MacRae – Associate Artistic Director, Atlantic Theater Company
Matthew Maguire – Co-Director, Primary Stages MFA in Playwriting Program at Fordham
Matthew Maher – Actor
Aaron Malkin – Literary Associate, New York Theatre Workshop
Emily Mann – Artistic Director and Resident Playwright, McCarter Theatre Center
Victor Maog – Artistic Director, Second Generation Productions (2g)
Catherine María Rodríguez – Dramaturg, Center Stage
Molly Marinik – Literary Manager, Barefoot Theatre Company
Amy Rose Marsh – Literary Director, Samuel French, Inc.
Raphael Martin – Director of New Work & FEED, Soho Rep.
Marc Masterson – Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory
April Matthis – Actor
Jonathan McCrory – Director Of Theatre Arts, National Black Theatre, Inc.
Ryan McGlone – Manager of Artistic Development, Second Stage Theatre
Lisa McNulty – Producing Artistic Director, Women’s Project Theater
Paul Meshejian – Artistic Director, PlayPenn
Bonnie Metzgar
Laura Esti Miller – Literary Manager, Forum Theatre
David J Miller – Producing Artistic Director, Zeitgeist Stage Company
Catherine Miller – Casting Director, Redtwist Theatre
Jasson Minadakis – Artistic Director, Marin Theatre Company
Rehana Lew Mirza – Playwright & Artistic Director, Desipina Productions
Anita Montgomery – Literary Manager, ACT Seattle
Dawson Moore – Coordinator, Last Frontier Theatre Conference
Ian Morgan – Associate Artistic Director, The New Group
Anne G. Morgan – Literary Manager, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Matt Morrow – Executive Artistic Director, Diversionary Theatre
Emily Morse – Artistic Director, New Dramatists
Michelle Mountain – Literary Manager, Purple Rose Theatre Company
A.J. Muhammad – Associate Producer of Outreach, The Fire This Time Festival
Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx – Artistic Director, Arts Bottega
Shannon Musgrave – Director of New Play Development, Salt Lake Acting Company
Mary Kathryn Nagle – Playwright, #InsteadofRedface
Alfredo Narciso – Actor
Lila Neugebauer – Director & Co-Artistic Director of The Mad Ones
Kent Nicholson – Director of Musical Theater, Playwrights Horizons
Evren Odcikin – Director of New Plays and Marketing, Golden Thread Productions
Jules Odendahl-James – Associate Artistic Director, Manbites Dog Theatre
Julie Oh – Vice President of Production & Development, The Weinstein Company
Madeleine Oldham – Director of The Ground Floor, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Matthew Paul Olmos – Playwright
Ramona Ostrowski – Literary Manager & Dramaturg, Company One Theatre
Sylvan Oswald – Assistant Professor of Playwriting, UCLA
Jacob Padrón – Line Producer, Public Theater
Tanya Palmer – Director of New Play Development, Goodman Theatre
A. Rey Pamatmat – Playwright and Co-Director, Ma-Yi Writer’s Lab
Janice Paran – Senior Program Associate, Sundance Institute Theatre Program
Christian Parker – Chair of Theatre Program, Columbia University School of the Arts
Ruth Pe Palileo – Director, Current Theatrics & Pintig Cultural Group
Carmen Pelaez
Ralph B. Pena – Artistic Director, Ma-Yi Theater Company
Johanna Pfaelzer – Artistic Director, New York Stage and. Film
Becca Poccia – Production Management and Literary Assistant, Geva Theatre Center
Lisa Portes – Head of Directing, The Theatre School at DePaul University
PJ Powers – Artistic Director, TimeLine Theatre Company
Toni Press-Coffman – Company Manager and Playwright-In-Residence, Winding Road Theater Ensemble
Kenneth Prestininzi – Director and Dramaturg
Jocelyn Prince – Site Coordinator of Almira School, Cleveland Play House
Pete Pryor – Company Member, People’s Light
Jordan Puckett – Associate Artistic Director, San Francisco Playhouse
Chad Rabinovitz – Producing Artistic Director, Bloomington Playwrights Project & Adirondack Theatre Festival
Jill Rafson – Director of New Play Development, Roundabout Theatre Company
Jason Ramirez – Professor of Theatre, SUNY
Catherine Randazzo – Associate Artist, Florida Studio Theatre
Sarah Rasmussen – Artistic Director, Jungle Theater
Deborah Rayne – Producer, Rainy Day Productions
Alice Reagan – Director
Rachel Karpf Reidy – Associate Director, Page 73
Dr Kara Reilly – Senior Lecturer & Freelance Dramaturg, University of Exeter
Randy Reinholz – Artistic Director, Native Voices at the Autry
Ryan Rilette – Producing Artistic Director, Round House Theatre
Joseph W. Ritsch – Co-Producing Artistic Director, Rep Stage
Tlaloc Rivas – Writer & Director
Colette Robert – Freelance Director
Dr. Chantal Rodriguez – Programming Director, Latino Theater Company
Lia Romeo – Literary Manager, Project Y Theatre Company
Richard Rose – Producing Artistic Director, Barter Theatre
Lisa Rothe – Director of Global Exchange, The Lark
Mia Rovegno – Freelance Director
Jerry Ruiz – Director
Rachel Rusch – VP of Event Series, Fox Broadcasting Company
Amy Saltz – Freelance Director & Emeritus Head of MFA Directing, Rutgers University
Sean San Jose – Program Director, Campo Santo (Performance Clika)
Holly Sansom – General Manager, Honest Accomplice Theatre
Debargo Sanyal – Actor
Teresa Sapien – Artistic Assistant, La Jolla Playhouse
Jason Schlafstein – Producing Artistic Director, Flying V
Jennifer Schlueter – Regional Representative, The Dramatists Guild & Assistant Professor of Theatre, The Ohio State University
Joanie Schultz – Associate Artistic Producer, Victory Gardens Theatre
Jolie Curtsinger Schwartz – Artistic Director, InProximity Theatre Company
Jean Bruce Scott – Producing Executive Director, Native Voices at the Autry
Eric Shethar – Artistic Programs Associate, Ars Nova
Emily Shooltz – Associate Artistic Director, Ars Nova
Rachel Silverman – Artistic Producing Associate, New York Theatre Workshop
Leigh Silverman – Director
Emily Simoness – Executive Director, SPACE on Ryder Farm
Kira Simring – Artistic Director, The Cell Theatre Company
Natasha Sinha – LCT3 Associate, LCT3 / Lincoln Center Theater
Vance Smith – Artistic Director, Stage Left Theatre
M. Graham Smith – Director
Sonya Sobieski – New Play Advocate, New Georges
Saviana Stanescu – Writer & Professor of Playwriting and Contemporary Theatre/Performance, Ithaca College & Immigrant Artists and Scholars in New York
John Steber – Director of the Playwrights’ Lab, New Dramatists
Martha Wade Steketee – General Editor, Chance Magazine & Freelance Dramaturg
Sarah Stern – Artistic Director, Vineyard Theatre
Maria Striar – Producing Artistic Director, Clubbed Thumb
Lloyd Suh – Director of Onsite Programs, Lark Play Development Center
Gwydion Suilebhan – Playwright and Advocate
Rachel Sullivan – Co-Founder, Honest Accomplice Theatre
Christine Sumption – Dramaturg, Hedgebrook
Lisa Timmel – Director of New Work, Huntington Theatre Company
Daniella Topol – Director
Alice Tuan – Playwright
GT Upchurch – Director
Zev Valancy – Literary Manager, Stage Left Theatre
Krissy Vanderwarker – Co-Artistic Director, Dog & Pony Theatre Co.
Kristen vanGinhoven – Artistic Director, WAM Theatre
Heather Violanti
Michael Walkup – Producing Director, Page 73
Meg Wallace – Artistic Director, Collaborative Artists Ensemble
Chip Walton – Producing Artistic Director, Curious Theatre Company
Danielle Ward – Literary Manager, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Kathleen Warnock – Playwrights Company Manager, Emerging Artists Theater; Curator, Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project, TOSOS, NYC
Amy Wegener – Literary Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville
Miriam Weisfeld – Associate Artistic Director, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Erica Weiss – Director
Susan Westfall – Co-Founder & Literary Director, City Theatre
Amy Wheeler – Executive Director, Hedgebrook
Andrew White – Artistic Director, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Gwendolyn Whiteside – Producing Artistic Director, American Blues Theater
Krista Williams – Roundtable Director, Lark Play Development Center
Elizabeth Williamson – Associate Artistic Director, Hartford Stage
Henry Wishcamper – Artistic Associate, Goodman Theatre
Hannah Wolf – Director
Marissa Wolf – Director of New Works, Kansas City Rep
Laurie Woolery – Associate Director of Public Works, Public Theater
Stephanie Ybarra – Director of Special Artistic Projects, The Public Theater
Chay Yew – Artistic Director, Victory Gardens Theater
Christine Young – Associate Professor, University of San Francisco
Joe Zarrow – Playwright and Actor
José Zayas – Resident Director, Repertorio Español
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