Ten plays were named finalists by Center Theatre Group for the inaugural Humanitas/CTG Prize, honoring the best new, unproduced play written by a Southern Californian.
The winning writer will receive a $5,000 cash prize, and another $5,000 will be given to a Southern California theater to subsidize the play’s production, according to CTG. Two runners-up will receive $2,000 cash prizes.
The finalists are:
— Ngozi Anyanwu, “Good Grief”;
— Linda Bannister and James E. Hurd Jr., “Turpentine Jake”;
— Aleta Barthell, “Window of Shame”;
— Louisa Hill, “Lord of the Underworld’s Home for Unwed Mothers”;
— Jennifer Lane, “Harlowe”;
— David Myers, “How to Conquer America: A Mostly True History of Yogurt”;
— Dan O’Brien, “Scarsdale”;
— Steve Totland, “You Are Here”;
— Stephanie Alison Walker, “The Madres”; and
— Marlow Wyatt, “SHE.”
The winning and runner-up plays will be developed with CTG’s literary staff and presented in staged readings in February. Winners will be announced Jan. 11.
—City News Service