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Dave Harris Wins The 2024 Relentless Award For MANAKIN
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2024

Playwright Dave Harris has been awarded the 2024 Relentless Award and will receive a $50,000 prize for his play MANAKIN.

Submissions to Open for the 2024 Relentless Award Next Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2023

Submissions for the annual Relentless Award will open Monday, November 20, 2023 and will close on December 20th, 2023.

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Hari Nef & More to Perform at Relentless Picket Play Benefit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2023

Get the latest updates on the winners of the Relentless Picket Play and find out which celebrities will be performing in the upcoming benefit reading on November 5. Don't miss out on this star-studded event.

WGA Members Eligible for $10,000 Relentless Award for Ten-Minute Plays
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 3, 2023

Get the latest updates on The American Playwriting Foundation's Relentless Award for 10-minute picket plays.

Grill and Chowder Win The Inaugural Relentless Musical Award
by Stephi Wild - Dec 23, 2022

The American Playwriting Foundation and Building for the Arts have announced that Shayok Misha Chowdhury and Laura Grill Jaye, professionally known as Grill and Chowder, have won the Relentless Musical Award for their new musical How the White Girl Got Her Spots and Other 90s Trivia.

Submissions Now Open for the Relentless Musical Award
by Stephi Wild - Jan 25, 2022

The American Playwriting Foundation  and Building for the Arts have announced that submissions for the Relentless Musical Award are now open and will close on March 1, 2022. The creators of the winning submission will receive $65,000, the largest cash prize in American theater presented to an unproduced work. There is no fee to apply.

Building For The Arts & American Playwriting Foundation Announce Merger
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2021

The American Playwriting Foundation has announced that it has merged with Building for the Arts, the non-profit organization that programs and administers Theatre Row and Music and the Brain.

Adam Schlesinger Inspiration Behind Relentless Award with Prize of $65,000 for Unproduced Musical
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Sep 9, 2021

Schlesinger, an artistic advisor during the creation of the Relentless Award and an Academy Award, Tony-nominated and Emmy and Grammy Award-winning songwriter, passed away from COVID-19 last spring.

THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: CINCINNATI EDITION Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 25, 2021

The 24 Hour Plays has announced a special Cincinnati edition round of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, which they will host in partnership with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and featuring brand-new monologues written, rehearsed and recorded in 24 hours by 12 actors and playwrights.  

McKnight Foundation and Playwrights' Center Announce The 2020-2021 National Residency & Commission and Fellowships
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2020

The McKnight Foundation and Playwrights' Center are continuing to invest in the future of theater by supporting some of today's most promising playwrights through the McKnight National Residency and Commission and McKnight Fellowships in Playwriting. The awards are all the more pertinent as many theater-makers face unprecedented challenges during this moment of crisis.

Harrison David Rivers Named Recipient of 2018 Relentless Award
by Julie Musbach - Jan 2, 2019

The American Playwriting Foundation, established to make annual grants to new American plays, has selected Harrison David Rivers for The 2018 Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize in American theater awarded to a play.