Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks has written 9 shows including Unchain My Heart (Bookwriter), The America Play (Playwright), Urban Zulu Mambo (Playwright), Topdog / Underdog (Playwright), F-ing A (Composer), The Book Of Grace (Playwright), The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (Playwright), The Red Letter Plays: In the Blood (Author), White Noise (Playwright).

Suzan-Lori Parks has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout her career. Some of her notable nominations include Outstanding Play at The Lortels for "Plays For The Plague Year," Outstanding Music in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Plays for the Plague Year," and Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Harder They Come." She has also been recognized with nominations such as Playwriting Award at the Obie Awards for "White Noise," Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Topdog/Underdog," and Best Play at the Tony Awards for "Topdog/Underdog." Additionally, Parks has received nominations for The Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Topdog/Underdog," "In The Blood," and "In the Blood." Other nominations include the John Gassner Playwriting Award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Topdog / Underdog," Playwriting at the Obie Awards for "Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts I, II, & III" and "Venus," as well as being named a Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee at The Lortels. She also received a nomination for Best New American Play at the Obie Awards for "Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom."

Suzan-Lori Parks has won several prestigious awards throughout her career, including the Outstanding Music in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Plays for the Plague Year," the Playwriting Award at the Obie Awards for "White Noise," the Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee at The Lortels, the Playwriting award at the Obie Awards for "Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts I, II, & III," Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Topdog/Underdog," the John Gassner Playwriting Award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Topdog/Underdog," The Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Topdog/Underdog," Guest Judges at the Obie Awards, Playwriting at the Obie Awards for "Venus," and Best New American Play at the Obie Awards for "Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom."