Finalist: Detroit , by Lisa D'Amour
A contemporary tragicomic play that depicts a slice of desperate life in a declining inner-ring suburb where hope is in foreclosure.
Winners
Prize Winner in Drama in 2011:
Bruce Norris
For "Clybourne Park," a powerful work whose memorable characters speak in witty and perceptive ways to America's sometimes toxic struggle with race and class consciousness.
Drama
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Drama in 2011:
John Guare
An audacious play spread across a large historical canvas, dealing with serious subjects while retaining a playful intellectual buoyancy.
The Jury
The Jury
Chris Jones
drama critic
David Savran
distinguished professor of theater
Lynn Nottage*
playwright
Peter Marks(Chair )
drama critic
Steven Leigh Morris
critic-at-large
Winners in Drama
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
A powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals.
Lynn Nottage
A searing drama set in chaotic Congo that compels audiences to face the horror of wartime rape and brutality while still finding affirmation of life and hope amid hopelessness.
2011 Prize Winners
Jennifer Egan
An inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.
Ron Chernow
A sweeping, authoritative portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties.
Mike Keefe
For his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages.
Kay Ryan
A body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender, a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind.