Eboni Booth Explained
Eboni Booth is an American playwright and actress.[1]
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.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Culture Shock: Playwright Eboni Booth Invites You To Look at The World With Fresh Eyes with 'Primary Trust' . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603071720/https://vmagazine.com/article/culture-shock-playwright-eboni-booth-invites-you-to-look-at-the-world-with-fresh-eyes-with-primary-trust/ . 2023-06-03 . V-Magazine . May 5, 2024.
- Web site: Playwriting | The Juilliard School. www.juilliard.edu. 2024-05-06. 2024-02-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20240224165646/https://www.juilliard.edu/drama/playwriting. live.
- Web site: 2021 Steinberg Playwright Awardees Announced. December 14, 2021. American Theatre. May 6, 2024. April 3, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240403224259/https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/12/14/2021-steinberg-playwright-awardees-announced/. live.
- https://www.americantheatre.org/2024/04/17/eboni-booth-on-primary-trust-only-connect/ Eboni Booth Interview
- Web site: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ & ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Top New York’s Outer Critics Circle Honors In Pandemic Year Of Multiple Winners. Greg. Evans. May 11, 2020. May 6, 2024. October 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010034136/https://deadline.com/2020/05/jagged-little-pill-moulin-rouge-broadway-outer-critics-circle-awards-coronavirus-multiple-winners-1202931487/. live.
- https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/upstage-guides-current/primary-trust-upstage-playgoers-guide/interview-with-playwright-eboni-booth/ Roundabout Eboni Booth Interview
- Web site: 2024 Nominees : Lucille Lortel Awards. lortelaward.com. 2024-05-06. 2024-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20240503063314/https://lortelaward.com/2024-nominees/. live.