EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine George, playwright and author on Hulu’s Solely Murders within the Constructing, has been newly chosen because the 2021 recipient of the Hermitage Main Theater Award, a nationwide jury-selected prize that presents one of many largest non-profit theater commissions within the nation.
George will obtain a money prize of $35,000, in addition to a residency on the Hermitage in Sarasota County, Florida, in addition to a developmental workshop in a significant arts capital akin to New York, Chicago, or London within the fall of 2023.
“I used to be stunned and thrilled to get the information concerning the Hermitage Main Theater Award,” stated George in an announcement. “It’s such an honor to be becoming a member of within the Hermitage’s awe-inspiring household of artists, and I’m excited to have assets and time to place in direction of my commissioned play, which has been on my thoughts for some time and which I’m desirous to share with the world.”
Andy Sandberg, Creative Director and CEO of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, made the announcement in the present day. The award was established by the Hermitage final 12 months with help from the Kutya Main Basis.
George’s performs embody Hurricane Diane (Obie Award), The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England, Treasured Little, and The Zero Hour. She is presently a author and producer on Hulu’s mystery-comedy Solely Murders within the Constructing starring Steve Martin, Martin Quick, and Selena Gomez.
The 2021 Hermitage was initially awarded final December to playwright Radha Clean, who just isn’t in a position to fulfill the fee as a result of private issues and conflicting skilled commitments. George was considered one of 4 finalists within the preliminary course of, and the inaugural Award Committee reconvened “to enthusiastically endorse” for the distinction.
The 2021 Award Committee included Pulitzer-winning playwright Doug Wright, director Leigh Silverman and director Liesl Tommy.
“Madeleine George is an acute and infrequently hilarious commentator on American tradition, skewering ‘sacred cows’ like gender, expertise, academia, and our patriarchal authorities and – in doing so – reveals the maddening inconsistencies of the human coronary heart,” stated Wright, a member of the Hermitage Board of Trustees.