For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
No Award
No award.
The Jury
The Jury
Anna Deavere Smith
playwright, actress and professor
Anne Marie Welsh
theater critic
Chris Jones
drama critic
Kimberly W. Benston
Francis B. Gummere Professor of English
Linda Winer(chair )
chief theater critic
Winners in Drama
2006 Prize Winners
The Times-Picayune
For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
Sun Herald
For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.