Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and a screenwriter. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world.
Date of Birth: November 02, 1964 (61)
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BIO
Lynn Nottage is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and a screenwriter. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world.
Plays include Sweat (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Obie Award, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Evening Standard Award; Tony, Drama Desk award nominations); Ruined (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, New York Drama Critics Circle, DD, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel, Obie, and Audelco awards for Best Play); Floyd’s (Guthrie); Mlima’s Tale (The Public); By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Lilly Award, DD nom); Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine (Obie Award; DD, Lortel award noms); Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Por’knockers; and POOF!; as well as the book for the musical adaption of The Secret Life of Bees (Atlantic).
TV: She’s Gotta Have It (writer/producer). PEN/Laura Pels Master Dramatist Award, Doris Duke Artist Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, a Guggenheim Grant, Lucille Lortel Fellowship, Visiting Research Fellowship at Princeton. Associate professor at Columbia. Member of the Dramatists Guild.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: Lynn Nottage and Michael Douglas attend the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Hosts The 22nd Monte Cristo Award Honoring Lynn Nottage at Capitale on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Eugene O'Neill Theater)
From: Photos: Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Honors Lynn Nottage at the 22nd Monte Cristo Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: (L-R) Max Chambers, Bre Jackson and Ilario Grant attend the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Hosts The 22nd Monte Cristo Award Honoring Lynn Nottage at Capitale on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Eugene O'Neill Theater)
From: Photos: Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Honors Lynn Nottage at the 22nd Monte Cristo Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: (L-R) Guest, Stacey Sargent, Lynn Nottage, Tonya Pinkins and Lisa Arrindell attend the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Hosts The 22nd Monte Cristo Award Honoring Lynn Nottage at Capitale on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Eugene O'Neill Theater )
From: Photos: Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Honors Lynn Nottage at the 22nd Monte Cristo Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: Lynn Nottage and Michael Douglas attend the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Hosts The 22nd Monte Cristo Award Honoring Lynn Nottage at Capitale on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Eugene O'Neill Theater)
From: Photos: Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Honors Lynn Nottage at the 22nd Monte Cristo Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: Nezzy De Jesus and Terence Archie attends the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Hosts The 22nd Monte Cristo Award Honoring Lynn Nottage at Capitale on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Eugene O'Neill Theater)
From: Photos: Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Honors Lynn Nottage at the 22nd Monte Cristo Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: (L-R) Lisa Arrindell, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Stacey Sargent, Tonya Pinkins and Kenita Miller attend the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Hosts The 22nd Monte Cristo Award Honoring Lynn Nottage at Capitale on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Eugene O'Neill Theater)
From: Photos: Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Honors Lynn Nottage at the 22nd Monte Cristo Awards
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Videos
Video: Kara Young Stars in First Trailer for IS GOD IS Film Adaptation
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-02-20 10:28:09
Video: Matte Martinez Steps Into MJ's Shoes; Watch 'Smooth Criminal'
by Joey Mervis - 2025-09-18 12:43:45
News
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2026
2009 and 2017 Drama winner Lynn Nottage has joined the Pulitzer Board, the Administrator's Office announced. Learn more about Lynn Nottage and the board here.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 6, 2026
Begins and Ends with A will present select works from an anthology of 36 women+ playwrights commissioned to explore the state of American democracy through staged readings at the Curtis Theatre in Brea, California.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2026
MJ THE MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL will open in Taipei for a limited season in 2027. MJ in Taipei will give audiences in Taiwan the opportunity to experience this musical as part of its International Asian Tour.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 5, 2026
The four-time Tony Award-winning musical will open at Taipei Music Center for a limited season. The production has been seen by over 8 million people worldwide across Broadway, London's West End, and international tours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2026
Late Fee Collective will present select plays from Women+ On The Edge of Democracy, an initiative encouraging conversation about American democracy initiated by the Flynn Center in Vermont and The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2026
Renaissance Theaterworks will present selected works from WOMEN+ ON THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY, a national theater initiative featuring 36 women+ playwrights examining the state of American democracy. The free public reading takes place in Milwaukee.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2026
Vanguard Theater will present Dominique Morisseau's PIPELINE, a drama about a mother navigating her son's education and confronting systemic racism. Directed by Marshall Jones III, the production runs at the Montclair, New Jersey venue.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2026
Select works from a groundbreaking initiative by 36 women+ playwrights examining American democracy will be presented in a free reading at Dixon Place, featuring plays by Justice Hehir, Kimber Lee, a.k. payne, Ife Olujobi, and Sarah Mantell.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 1, 2026
Detroit Public Theatre will present a one-night reading of UNDERSIEGE, a collective work centering Black women and femmes, featuring Detroit Poet Laureate Jessica Care Moore and directed by Casaundra Freeman.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 1, 2026
Rattlestick Theater, the Terrence McNally Foundation, and Tom Kirdahy Productions have opened submissions for Cycle 5 of the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2026
54 Below will present performers from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and entertainment, including artists in October, including Jenn Colella, Ali Ewoldt, Christine Ebersole and more.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2026
The Public Theater revealed its 2026-27 season lineup, expanding to 18 productions. The season includes world premieres from playwright Caryl Churchill and theater company Elevator Repair Service, plus new works by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen.
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 29, 2026
Yesterday evening in the glittering Appel Room overlooking Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center hosted a party in honor of the All Star Cast and Creative Team of In Concert: Shuffle Along. or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All that Followed. Check out photos from the concert here and even more from the after party festivities
by - Sep 29, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 29, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 28, 2026
The world premiere of Lynn Nottage and John Legend's musical will star Adrienne Warren, Jessica Vosk, Michael Luwoye, and Charlie Thurston at The Griffin Theater at The Shed in a co-production with National Black Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2026
The 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY will return to Todd Haimes Theatre to honor director Thomas Kail and benefit the organization's arts programming and educational initiatives.
by Angela Lin - Sep 25, 2026
'We invite controversy because controversy breeds thought. We invite high emotions. We want it to be participatory with our audiences.'
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Sep 27, 2026
On September 17th, we lost Duncan Sheik, a major composer and influence on 21st century theatre, whose music for Spring Awakening pushed the art form forward. Sheik was impressively prolific. While the headline of his theatre career may be the impactful Spring Awakening, his career was filled with over a dozen other varied and worthwhile theatrical projects, in addition to his achievements in popular music. He wrote music and sometimes lyrics for an impressive slate of musicals in addition to composing music for plays, and amassed a notable collective of collaborators on his many shows.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 22, 2026
National Black Theatre will present UNDERSIEGE, a staged reading featuring work from over 35 playwrights including Danai Gurira and Suzan-Lori Parks, at the Studio Museum in Harlem as part of the Fall of Freedom initiative.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 16, 2026
54 theaters and organizations across 30 states will present over 30 new plays by women+ playwrights in a civic initiative from The Flynn Center in partnership with The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Lynn Nottage has written 13 shows including MJ (Bookwriter), Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Playwright), Por'Knockers (Playwright), Mud, River, Stone (Playwright), Intimate Apparel (Playwright), Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine (Playwright), The Antigone Project (Playwright), Ruined (Lyricist), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Playwright), In Your Arms (Story), Sweat (Playwright), Intimate Apparel (Libretto), Imitation of Life (Writer).
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Intimate Apparel, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Intimate Apparel, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for MJ the Musical, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Secret Life of Bees, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Secret Life of Bees, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Sweat, Playwrighting (Obie Awards) for Sweat, Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee (The Lortels) for Lynn Nottage, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Sweat, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Sweat, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Intimate Apparel, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark , Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Ruined, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Ruined, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Ruined, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Ruined, Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Fabulation, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Intimate Apparel and John Gassner Playwriting Award (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Intimate Apparel .
Lynn Nottage has received several prestigious awards throughout her career. They include the Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Secret Life of Bees, as well as the Playwrighting award at the Obie Awards for Sweat. She was inducted into the Playwrights' Sidewalk at The Lortels. Nottage also won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Sweat and Ruined. Her play Ruined garnered the Outstanding Play award at the Drama Desk Awards and the Best Play award at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, multiple times. Additionally, she received the Playwriting award at the Obie Awards for Fabulation and the Best Play award at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Intimate Apparel. Lastly, she was honored with the John Gassner Playwriting Award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Intimate Apparel.
