tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post3839519381906697925..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: More Prizes for the Already SuccessfulPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-18504206945997304972010-01-09T13:43:20.678-05:002010-01-09T13:43:20.678-05:00Would been a step forward to see some more diversi...Would been a step forward to see some more diversity on that judging panel.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-26250819955054632102010-01-08T10:40:38.211-05:002010-01-08T10:40:38.211-05:00In a situation like this, I always feel that the p...In a situation like this, I always feel that the prize is being given to a rather well-known writer (three different plays in professional theaters? That's called being pretty well-known in the theater universe) so that the prize, and the entity behind it, can become well-known, too.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062987385482820410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-86600340147881236242010-01-07T20:11:45.215-05:002010-01-07T20:11:45.215-05:00And it's worth emphasizing that not only must ...And it's worth emphasizing that not only must they have had the three professional productions, they've gotta have the clout to get submitted by the foundation's handpicked theaters. Clubby, indeed.Kris Virehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05002782534607210684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-83285840876535477542010-01-07T11:52:34.762-05:002010-01-07T11:52:34.762-05:00I would be interested to see what they define as &...I would be interested to see what they define as "professional theater" though.<br /><br />If they mean that only playwrights who have had three plays produced by one, or several, of the <i>65 invited theaters,</i> then, yes, it would be a pretty clubby affair.<br /><br />I could think of many really good playwrights, who have had, say, one single play produced by a large LORT, but then several produced by by smaller professional theaters.<br /><br />Would they be eligible?Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845394320537913576noreply@blogger.com