Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce that Sanaz Toossi is the 2020 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award recipient for her play ENGLISH. Sanaz receives the $10,000 award as well as the $10,000 Jay Harris Commission to write a new play. Williamstown Theatre Festival administers the award on behalf of the Anna L Weissberger Foundation. Championed for the Festival in 1998 by late Trustee, Jay Harris, the award honors noted theatrical attorney and avid theatre supporter, L Arnold Weissberger, and it is designed to recognize excellence in playwriting. The recipient of the award also receives a reading at Williamstown Theatre Festival & optional publication by Samuel French. The 2020 finalist judges were Adam Bock, Donja R. Love, Rhon Manigault-Bryant, Marjan Neshat & Robert O’Hara. The finalists for the award were "Cullud Wattah" by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, "Don’t Eat The Mangoe"s by Ricardo Peréz González, "White History" by Dave Harris, "The Feast" by Deborah Stein & "The Great Moment" by Anna Ziegler. Williamstown Theatre Festival will soon be accepting submissions for the 2021 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award. Nominations are solicited by invitation only. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...