UK Playwright Waleed Akhtar Wins Hermitage Major Theater Award
by Stephi Wild - Nov 5, 2026
Hermitage Artist Retreat artistic director Andy Sandberg announced that UK playwright and actor Waleed Akhtar has been selected as the seventh recipient of the $35,000 Hermitage Major Theater Award. Akhtar will develop a new original work with a residency at the Hermitage in Florida and a workshop in London.
Hermitage Reveals New Trustees for 2024-2025
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024
The Hermitage Artist Retreat (Sarasota County, Florida) announced that Alice Court (Boca Grande / Toronto), Tim Flood (Manasota Key), and Peter Offringa (Sarasota) have been elected to the Hermitage Board of Trustees.
Photos: The Hermitage Presents Two New Commissions from Madeleine George and Shariffa Ali in NYC
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 27, 2023
The Hermitage Artist Retreat has released photos from the premiere presentations of newly commissioned works by Madeleine George and Shariffa Ali. George and Ali, the first two recipients of the $35,000 Hermitage Major Theater Award (HMTA), had readings of their newly commissioned plays in New York at Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater just before Thanksgiving.