Alice Birch wins 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

3/21/2018 12:29pm


The 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.K. playwright Alice Birch for her play “Anatomy of a Suicide.  Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Prize is awarded annually to recognize women from around the world who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre. The Winner will receive $25,000 and a signed and numbered print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning.  The play portrays three generations of women struggling with a legacy of depression in a family haunted by its past.  The play is a triptych in which the three separate yet interconnected narratives, taking place in different time periods, are performed simultaneously.  For more information, please visit www.blackburnprize.org. Press contact: DKC/O&M Co (212/695-7400)...