Nominators

Maria Aparo, Co-Creative Director Bechdel Project

Jenny Lyn Bader, Playwright

Michael Barakiva, Artistic Director, Cleveland Play House

Neena Beber, Playwright

Melia Bensussen, Artistic Director Hartford Stage and Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference

Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director/Producer, New Georges

Zuhdi Boueri, Artistic Associate, Primary Stages

Stella Bowles, Literary Manager, Second Stage

Carlyle Brown, Playwright

Christine Bruno, Actor/Professor/Consultant

Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Artistic Director Colt Coeur

Juliette Carillo, Director, Faculty UC Irvine

Laura Maria Censabella, Playwright; Faculty, College of Performing Arts, New School

Madelyn Chapman, Co-founder, Untitled Play Lab at All Stars Project

Alice Eve Cohen, Playwright, Faculty New School Creative Writing Program

Jeremy Cohen, Producing Artistic Director, Ojai Playwrights Conference

Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director East West Players

Jackson Gay, Director

Nancy Giles, Actor and TV contributor

Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons

Aimée Hayes, Co-Artistic Director, Tent Theater

Jessica Hecht, Actor

Heather Helinsky, Literary Manager

Wendy vanden Heuvel, Producer, piece by piece productions

Noah Himmelstein, Theatre Director

David Henry Hwang, Playwright

Dina Janis, Co-Artistic Director, LAByrinth

Hannah Joyce, Director of Professional Resources & Education, Playwrights' Center

Deborah Zoe Laufer, Playwright

Mildred Inez Lewis, Playwright and screenwriter

Florencia Lozano, Literary Manager (LAByrinth), Playwright, Actor

Cady McClain, Artistic Director, Axial Theatre

Jonathan McCrory, Executive Artistic Director, National Black Theatre

Jean Marie McKee, Artistic Director, Naked Angels Theater Company

Lisa McNulty, Producing Artistic Director WP Theater

Addae Moon, Associate Artistic Director, Playwright, New Play Development Dramaturg

Ian Morgan, Associate Artistic Director The New Group

Dominique Morrisseau, Playwright

Emily Morse, Artistic Director New Dramatists

Lila Neugebauer, Director

Lynn Nottage, Playwright

Helena Pennington, Literary Manager Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

Tonya Pinkins, Artivist

Amy Poisson, Producing Artistic Director Seattle Public Theater

Lisa Portes, Director, Chair of the UCSD Department of Theatre & Dance

Deepa Purohit, Playwright, Teacher

Jens Rasmussen, Co-Creative Director Bechdel Project

Rafael Sánchez, Executive Artistic Director Repertorio Español

Megan Sandberg-Zakian, Artistic Director, Boston Playwrights' Theater

Tim Sanford, Co-Artistic Director, Tent Theater

Hana Sharif, Artistic Director, Arena Stage

Elizabeth Sharpe-Levine, Literary Manager

Sonya Sobieski, New Play Advocate New Georges

Aurin Squire, Playwright

Maria Striar, Artistic Director Clubbed Thumb

Lloyd Suh, Playwright

Elizabeth Van Dyke, Producing Artistic Director, New Federal Theater

Celeste Bedford Walker, Playwright

Annie Wang, Associate Artistic Director, East West Players

Whitney White, Director

Chay Yew, Director/Playwright

Salma Zohdi, Literary Manager New York Theatre Workshop