Awards
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2015–2016
Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
- 2015 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama
2014–2015
Bootycandy by Robert O'Hara
- Obie Award Special Citation to the creative team and cast
- 2015 Lammy Award for LGBT Drama
IOWA by Todd Almond & Jenny Schwartz
- Obie Award to April Matthis for Sustained Excellence of Performance
2013–2014
THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE BY MADELEINE GEORGE
- Outer Critic's Circle John Gassner Playwrighting Award for New American Play
- Obie Award to John Ellison Conlee for Performance
Mr. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY BY ANNE WASHBURN
- Obie Award to Justin Townsend for Sustained Excellence (Lighting)
2012–2013
THE CALL BY TANYA BARFIELD
- Obie Award to Eisa Davis for Sustained Excellence of Performance
THE FLICK BY ANNIE BAKER
- 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Obie Award to Annie Baker for Playwriting
- Obie Award to Matthew Maher for Sustained Excellence of Performance
- Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
- Henry Hewes Design Award to Jane Cox (Lighting Design)
- Harold & Mimi Steinberg "Mimi" Award
THE WHALE BY SAMUEL D. HUNTER
- Obie Award to Shuler Hensley for Performance
- Lucille Lortel Award to Samuel D. Hunter for Oustanding Play
- Lucille Lortel Award to Shuler Hensley for Oustanding Lead Actor
- Lucille Lortel Award to Jessica Pabst for Oustanding Costume Design
- Drama Desk Special Award to Samuel D. Hunter: "His empathic and indelible The Whale affirms his arrival as a distinguished dramatist who depicts the human condition."
DETROIT BY LISA D'AMOUR
- Obie Award, Best New American Play
2011–2012
The Big Meal by Dan LeFranc
- Lucille Lortel Award to Sam Gold for Outstanding Direction of a Play
Milk Like Sugar by Kirsten Greenidge
- Lucille Lortel Award to Tonya Pinkins for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role
- Obie Award to Cherise Boothe for Performance
- Obie Award to Kirsten Greenidge for Playwriting
2010–2011
- Playwrights Horizons is awarded the National Theatre Conference’s Outstanding Theatre Award.
Go Back to Where You Are by David Greenspan
- Obie Award to Leigh Silverman for Direction
2009–2010
Clybourne Parkby Bruce Norris
- 2012 Tony Award for Best Play
- 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- 2011 Olivier Award for Best Play (London)
- Evening Standard Award, Best Play (London)
- Obie Award to Pam MacKinnon for Directing
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION BY ANNIE BAKER
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
- New York Drama Critics Circle Emerging Artist Special Citation to Annie Baker
- Obie Award to Annie Baker for Best New American Play
- Obie Award to Sam Gold for Directing
- Obie Award to the ensemble for Performance
2008–2009
- Playwrights Horizons receives a Drama Desk Citation honoring its "ongoing support to generations of theater artists and undiminished commitment to producing new work."
2007–2008
The Drunken City by Adam Bock
- Theater World Award to Cassie Beck
100 Saints You Should Know by Kate FodoR
- Clarence Derwent Award to Zoe Kazan
2006–2007
Crazy Mary by A.R. Gurney
- Clarence Derwent Award to Michael Esper
Frank's Home by Richard Nelson
- Obie Award to Harris Yulin for Performance
2005–2006
Pen by David Marshall Grant
- Obie Award to Reed Birney for Sustained Excellence of Performance
Grey Gardens by Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie
- Tony® Award to Christine Ebersole for Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Tony® Award to Mary Louise Wilson for Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Tony® Award to William Ivey Long for Best Costume Design of a Musical
- Drama League Distinguished Performance Award to Christine Ebersole
- New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation to Christine Ebersole
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical to Christine Ebersole
- Obie Award to Christine Ebersole for Performance
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical to Christine Ebersole
2004–2005
Rodney's Wife by Richard Nelson
- Lucille Lortel Award to David Weiner for Outstanding Lighting Design
Spatter Pattern, or How I Got Away With It by Neal Bell
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Play
- Obie Award to Deirdre O'Connell for Sustained Excellence of Performance
2003–2004
Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage
- Obie Award for Playwriting
Small Tragedy by Craig Lucas
- Included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2003–2004
- Obie Award to Craig Lucas for Best American Play
- Obie Award to the acting company for Performance
2002–2003
I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
- Tony® Award to Doug Wright for Best Play
- Tony® Award to Jefferson Mays for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
- Drama Desk Award to Jefferson Mays for Outstanding Solo Performance
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Play
- Outer Critics Circle Award to Jefferson Mays for Outstanding Solo Performance
- Obie Award to Jefferson Mays for Performance
- Obie Award to Moises Kaufman for Direction
- Obie Award to Derek McLane for Design
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show
- Lucille Lortel Award to Derek McLane for Outstanding Scenic Design
- Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play
- Theater World Award to Jefferson Mays
She Stoops To Comedy by David Greenspan
- Obie Award to David Greenspan, Special Citation
My Life With Albertine by Richard Nelson and Ricky Ian Gordon
- AT&T: OnStage Award
- Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Musical Theater Award
2001–2002
Franny's Way by Richard Nelson
- Lucille Lortel Award to Kathleen Widdoes for Outstanding Featured Actress
- Lucille Lortel Award to Scott Lehrer for Outstanding Sound Design
2000–2001
Breath, Boom by Kia Corthron
- Obie Award to Yvette Ganier for Performance
Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan
- AT&T: OnStage Award
1999–2000
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin by Kirsten Childs
- AUDELCO Award to Kirsten Childs for Outstanding Musical Creator
- AUDELCO Award to Fred Carl for Outstanding Musical Director
- Obie Award to Kirsten Childs (Special Citation for Music & Lyrics)
- Obie Award to David Gallo for Sustained Achievement in Set Design
James Joyce's The Dead, by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey
- Tony® Award to Richard Nelson for Best Book of a Musical
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical
- New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical
- Outer Critics Circle Award to Stephen Spinella for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
- Drama Desk Award to Stephen Spinella for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
- Artios Award to James Calleri, C.S.A. for Musical Theater Casting
1998–1999
- Playwrights Horizons receives a New York State Governor's Arts Award, in recognition of the organization's continuing commitment to the arts and their importance in our society.
Goodnight Children Everywhere, by Richard Nelson
- 1999 Olivier Award for Best Play (London)
Betty's Summer Vacation, by Christopher Durang
- Obie Award to Christopher Durang for Playwriting
- Obie Award to Nicholas Martin for Directing
- Obie Award to Kristine Nielsen for Performance
- Obie Award to Thomas Lynch for Sustained Excellence in Set Design
1997–1998
From Above, by Tom Donaghy
- Obie Award to Mary Testa for Performance
Mud, River, Stone by Lynn Nottage
- Obie Award to Brian Murray for Sustained Excellence of Performance
Lillian, written and performed by David Cale
- 1998/1999 Obie Award Special Citation for David Cale
1996–1997
Violet, by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley
- NY Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical
- Obie Award Special Citation to Jeanine Tesori for Music
- Obie Award to Derek McLane for Sustained Excellence of Set Design
- Obie Award to Catherine Zuber for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical
- Encore Magazine "Taking Off" Award
- AT&T: OnStage Award
Floyd Collins, by Tina Landau and Adam Guettel
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical
- Obie Award to Bruce Coughlin (Orchestrator) and Adam Guettel (Composer) for Music
- Drama Desk Award to Dan Moses Schreier for Sound Design
1995–1996
The Monogamist, by Christopher Kyle
- Lucille Lortel Award to Scott Elliot for Outstanding Director
- Theater World Award to Timothy Olyphant
1994–1995
A Cheever Evening, by A. R. Gurney
- Obie Award to Don Scardino for Directing
- Obie Award to Mary Beth Peil for Performance
- Obie Award to Jennifer Von Mayrhauser for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design
1993-94
MOE'S LUCKY SEVEN BY Marlane Meyer
- Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
1991–1992
Falsettos, the combination of "March of the Falsettos" and "Falsettoland" by William Finn and James Lapine
- Tony® Award for Best Musical Score
- Tony® Award for Best Book of a Musical
The End of the Day, by Jon Robin Baitz
- Obie Award to Roger Rees for Performance
Marvin's Room, by Scott McPherson
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
- Drama Desk Award to Laura Esterman for Best Actress in a Play
- Obie Award to Laura Esterman for Performance
- Outer Critics Circle: John Gassner Playwriting Award to Scott McPherson
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
- Outer Critics Circle Award to Laura Esterman for Outstanding Actress in a Play
- Theater World Award to Mark Rosenthal
1990–1991
The Substance of Fire, by Jon Robin Baitz
- Drama Desk Award to Ron Rifkin for Best Actor in a Play
- Obie Award to Ron Rifkin for Performance
Falsettoland, by Willian Finn and James Lapine
- Drama Desk Award to William Finn for Best Music
- Drama Desk Award to William Finn for Best Lyrics
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
1989–1990
Once on this Island, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
- 1995 Olivier Award for Best Musical (London)
- The AT&T: OnStage Award
- Theater World Award to LaChanze
When She Danced, by Martin Sherman
- Obie Award to Marcia Jean Kurtz for Performance
1988–1989
The Heidi Chronicles, by Wendy Wasserstein
- 1989 Tony Award for Best Play
- 1989 Tony Award for Boyd Gaines for Best Featured Actor
- 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- NY Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Production of a Play
- Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Gus and Al, by Albert Innaurato
- Obie Award to Mark Blum for Performance
1986–1987
Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry
- 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Obie Award to Dana Ivey for Performance
- Obie Award to Morgan Freeman for Performance
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
- Outer Critics Circle Award to Ron Lagomarsino for Direction
- Outer Critics Circle Award to Dana Ivey for Outstanding Performance by an Actress
- 1989 Academy Award for Best Picture
1985–1986
Anteroom, by Harry Kondoleon
- Obie Award to Elizabeth Wilson for Performance
The Perfect Party, by A.R. Gurney
- Outer Critics Circle Award to John Tillinger for Directing (along with Loot and Corpse!)
1984–1985
Romance Language by Peter Parnell
- Obie Award to Loren Sherman for Set Design (not show-specific)
1983–1984
Sunday in the Park with George, by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim
- 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- NY Drama Critics Circle Award to Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine for Best Musical
- Tony® Award to Tony Straiges for Set Design
- Tony® Award to Richard Nelson for Lighting Design
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
- Drama Desk Award to James Lapine for Outstanding Director of a Musical
- Drama Desk Award to James Lapine for Outstanding Book of a Musical
- Drama Desk Award to Michael Starobin for Orchestration
- Drama Desk Award to Tony Straiges for Set Design
- Drama Desk Award to Stephen Sondheim for Lyrics
- Drama Desk Award to Richard Nelson for Lighting Design
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
- Outer Critics Circle Award to Tony Straiges for Set Design
Terra Nova, by Ted Tally
- Obie Award to Ted Tally for Playwriting
1982–1983
Christmas on Mars by Harry Kondoleon
- Obie Award to Harry Kondoleon for Most Promising Young Playwright
1981–1982
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, by Christopher Durang
- Obie Award to Christopher Durang for Playwriting
Geniuses by Jonathan Reynolds
- Clarence Derwent Award to Joanne Camp
- Theater World Award to Joanne Camp
1980–1981
March of the Falsettos, by William Finn and James Lapine
- New York Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
Table Settings, by James Lapine
- George Oppenheimer-Newsday Award for Best New Play
1978–1979
Vienna Notes, by Richard Nelson
- Obie Award to Richard Nelson for Playwriting
- Obie Award to Marcell Rosenblatt for Performance
1976–1977
Gemini, by Albert Innaurato
- Obie Award to Albert Innaurato