2015 Kesselring Prize For Playwriting to be Held This Weekend

The awards ceremony for the prestigious Kesselring Prize for Playwriting will be open to the public when the prize is presented on Sunday, November 22 at 4 pm at the historic National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South) in NYC. The Prize will be awarded to Lucas Hnath for his play THE CHRISTIANS, and excerpts from the play will be performed by members of the cast from the play's recent critically-acclaimed NYC debut at Playwrights Horizons, along with portions other works by Mr. Hnath.

Also featured will be excerpts from James Ijames's play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, recipient of the Kesselring Prize's Honorable Mention for 2015.

Michael Parva, Artistic Advisor of the Kesselring Prize, will be directing the evening's presentation.

Admission to the awards presentation and performances beginning at 4 pm is free. Space is limited and reservations must be made no later than November 20 at Kesselring@thenationalartsclub.org

A gala cocktail reception will follow the performances and awards presentation. Tickets to the reception are $60 per person. Reservations are required and can be made at diningroom@thenationalartsclub.org

by November 18.

The Christians was submitted to the Kesselring Prize Committee by The Actors Theatre of Louisville, where it debuted at the Humana Festival prior to its New York debut at Playwrights Horizons earlier this year. James Ijames was nominated by The Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.

The jury for the 2015 Kesselring Prize consisted of playwright John Guare (The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation), Anne Cattaneo (dramaturg Lincoln Center Theater and head of LCT's Director's Lab) and Lynn Nottage (Pulitzer Prize winner for Ruined and recipient of a 2003 Kesselring Award).

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