Sydney Theatre Company has announced significant changes to the prestigious PatRick White Playwrights' Award, which include the establishment of a second playwrights' prize - The PatRick White Fellowship - and an increase in the total prize pool from $20,000 to $32,500.
The Award has been an annual initiative of Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald since 2000 and is held in honour of PatRick White's contribution to Australian theatre and to foster the development of Australian playwrights.The PatRick White Playwrights' Award will now offer a cash prize of $7,500 for a full-length unproduced play of any genre written by an Australian playwright. The readers and judges assessing the scripts will be seeking a work that is original and artistically ambitious, with great potential for a stage production.The PatRick White Playwrights' Fellowship is a new position for an established Australian playwright who has had a new play produced professionally in Australia within the last four years. The winning playwright will receive $25,000 for a year long Fellowship in recognition of their contribution to the theatre and their art form. A panel of peers and an STC representative will select the successful candidate based on their artistic contribution to theatre in Australia.Videos