8th Annual Mimi Awards Set for 11/16 at Lincoln Center Theater!

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced that the Eighth Annual "Mimi" Awards will be presented on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Lincoln Center Theater. The "Mimi" Awards are presented biennially to honor the accomplishments of some of the most gifted up-and-coming American playwrights.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust will celebrate two playwrights at this year's award ceremony. The Steinberg Playwright Award is given to dramatists in early and middle stages of their careers, who have distinctive and compelling voices and whose current bodies of work exhibit exceptional talent, artistic excellence, and continued potential for powerful contributions to the American theater. This year's honorees will be announced in September.

The Steinberg Playwright Awards and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award are presented in alternate years. Past recipients include:

· Stephen Adly Guirgis, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2014

· Annie Baker and Rajiv Joseph, Steinberg Playwright Awards, 2013

· David Henry Hwang, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2012

· Lisa D'Amour and Melissa James Gibson, Steinberg Playwright Awards, 2011

· Lynn Nottage, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2010

· David Adjmi, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bruce Norris, Steinberg Playwright Awards, 2009

· Tony Kushner, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, 2008

These playwrights were each presented with a monetary award along with "The Mimi," a statuette designed by Tony Award-nominated scenic designer and architect David Rockwell.

In 2008, the Board of Directors of the Steinberg Trust created an Advisory Committee of prominent theater professionals to establish the awards criteria, nominate individual candidates and select each recipient. The 2015 Advisory Committee is comprised of Jeremy Cohen, Producing Artistic Director, The Playwrights' Center; Paige Evans, Artistic Director, LCT3; Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director, CENTERSTAGE; Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Atlantic Theater Company; Bill Rauch, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Second Stage Theatre; and Chay Yew, Artistic Director, Victory Gardens Theater.

The members of the Board of Directors of The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust are Carole A. Krumland, James D. Steinberg, Michael A. Steinberg, Seth M. Weingarten and William D. Zabel.