Eboni Booth is an American playwright and actress.[1]
Eboni Booth | |
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| Born | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of Vermont (BA) Juilliard School (GrDip) |
She is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, the University of Vermont, and a graduate of the Juilliard Playwrighting Fellowship.[2] She has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists and was a recipient of the Steinberg Playwright Grant in 2021.[3] In 2021, she was awarded the Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting.[4] She was awarded the John Gassner Award For New American Plays by the Outer Critics Circle Awards for her play Paris. She also studied playwrighting at the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts.[5][6]
Her play Primary Trust debuted Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre to critical success, including nominations for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Play.[7] The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2024.
Plays
edit- Paris
- Primary Trust
References
edit- ^ "Culture Shock: Playwright Eboni Booth Invites You To Look at The World With Fresh Eyes with 'Primary Trust'". V-Magazine. 25 May 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ "Playwriting | The Juilliard School". www.juilliard.edu. Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ "2021 Steinberg Playwright Awardees Announced". American Theatre. December 14, 2021. Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Eboni Booth Interview Archived 2024-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Evans, Greg (May 11, 2020). "'Jagged Little Pill' & 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' Top New York's Outer Critics Circle Honors In Pandemic Year Of Multiple Winners". Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Roundabout Eboni Booth Interview Archived 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machineaccessed 05-05-24
- ^ "2024 Nominees : Lucille Lortel Awards". lortelaward.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-06.