McCarter Receives 2015 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for ALL THE DAYS Premiere

McCarter Theatre Center has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award in support of Sharyn Rothstein's All the Days, a heartfelt world premiere comedy centered on a complicated relationship between a mother and her grown daughter. All the Days is the sixth McCarter world premiere to receive an Edgerton Award in the past eight seasons.

Receiving the Edgerton Award is a strong indicator of future success for All the Days. Over the last eight years, the Edgerton Foundation has supported over 250 world premiere productions across the United States, 15 of which have gone on to receive Broadway productions. Among the Edgerton Award recipients that have been produced on Broadway is Christopher Durang's Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike which opened McCarter's 2012-2013 season and went on to win the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is currently the most frequently produced play among regional theaters in America.

Additional McCarter world premieres that have received the Edgerton Award include Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brother/Sister Plays and Will Power's Fetch Clay, Make Man, both of which went on to receive off-Broadway productions followed by productions at regional theaters across the nation; The How and the Why by playwright and TV writer/producer Sarah Treem (In Treatment and House of Cards) which has subsequently received multiple regional theater productions; and Danai Gurira's The Convert which earned numerous Ovation Awards when it was produced in L.A. and several Jefferson Award nominations for its Chicago production.

The Edgerton Foundation has distributed New Play Awards every year since 2006, inviting hand-picked theaters "with a strong and consistent track record of producing new work" to apply. Awards provide new plays by American playwrights with an extended rehearsal period, allowing for a more thorough development process than many new plays are afforded. All the Days will be directed by McCarter's Artistic Director and Resident Playwright, Emily Mann and produced as the capstone of McCarter's upcoming 2015-2016 season.

Visit the TCG website for more information on the Edgerton Foundation.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Emily Mann and Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, McCarter Theatre Center is recognized as one of the nation's premier theater companies. Renowned for major contributions to the theatrical canon, McCarter premieres include such works as Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play) and McCarter was honored in 1994 with the Regional Theatre Tony Award. Thanks to the efforts of Special Programming Director William W. Lockwood, McCarter Theatre Center is also a premier presenter of artists renowned around the world and across genres as varied as dance, classical, pop, jazz, performance art, comedy, magic, children's theatre, and much more.

The 2015/2016 Theatre Series at McCarter will include the American Premiere of Emily Mann's co-adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll, the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors, August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, and the world premiere of Sharyn Rothstein's All the Days. For more information, call 609-258-2787 or visit the McCarter website at www.mccarter.org.

McCarter is supported by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Princeton University, and over 3,000 individuals, corporations, community leaders, and foundations.

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