Liza Birkenmeier Receives 40th Annual Whiting Award for Drama
The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.
By: Stephi Wild Apr. 10, 2025
Liza Birkenmeier is the 2025 winner for the 40th Annual Whiting Award for Drama. Birkenmeier is the author of Dr. Ride's American Beach House, which premiered at Ars Nova (Finalist for Lambda Literary Award in Drama) and Grief Hotel, which premiered at Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks and was remounted by Clubbed Thumb and New Georges at The Public Theater (Obie Award with director Tara Ahmadinejad.)
She devised Islander with director KATIE BROOK and wrote the book for Jill Sobule’s musical F*ck7thGrade (Wild Project). She was the Tow Playwright-in-Residence at Ars Nova and a member of EWG at The Public Theater. She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist and a MacDowell and Yaddo fellow.
Since 1985, the Whiting Foundation has supported creative writing through the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.
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