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Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalists 2001-Present

What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck
Call Number: Electronic Book

ISBN: 1636700845

Publication Date: 2021-12-15

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2019 -- Link to ebook
2018-19 New York Drama Critics' Circle Best American Play
Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Call Number: PS3560.A2583 E94 2018

ISBN: 9780822237228

Publication Date: 2018-01-01

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2018
The Wolves by Sarah Delappe
Call Number: PS3604.E5445 W65 2016

ISBN: 0573705976

Publication Date: 2017-05-18

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2017
The Humans by Stephen Karam; Samuel G. Freedman (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS3611.A72 H86 2016 (Physical script published by Dramatists Play Service)

ISBN: 1559368632

Publication Date: 2016-05-02

2016 Tony Award for Best Play -- Link to ebook
2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist
2015-2016 New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play
2016 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 And 3) by Suzan-Lori Parks
Call Number: PS3566.A736 F38 2015

ISBN: 9781559365000

Publication Date: 2015-06-23

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2015
Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfrido
Call Number: PS3607.I4592 R37 2013

ISBN: 0822229994

Publication Date: 2014-03-03

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2013
4000 Miles and after the Revolution by Amy Herzog
Call Number: PS3608.E79 A6 2013

ISBN: 9781559364225

Publication Date: 2013-06-11

4000 Miles was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013.
Gay Drama Now by John M. Clum (Editor)
Call Number: PS627.H67 G39 2013

ISBN: 9781604978421

Publication Date: 2013-03-01

Contains Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam, Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2012.
A Free Man of Color by John Guare
Call Number: PS3557.U2 F74 2011

ISBN: 9780802145666

Publication Date: 2011-10-04

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2011
Detroit by Lisa D'Amour
Call Number: PS3604.A43975 D48 2011

ISBN: 9780865478657

Publication Date: 2011-09-13

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2011
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz (Original Author)
Call Number: PS3604.I182 E43 2011

ISBN: 9780573699672

Publication Date: 2011-12-14

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2010
Gruesome Playground Injuries; Animals Out of Paper; Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph
Call Number: PS3610.O669 G78 2010

ISBN: 9781593762940

Publication Date: 2010-11-01

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2010.
Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang; Frank Rich (Introduction by)
Call Number: PS3558.W83 Y45 2009

ISBN: 1559363401

Publication Date: 2009-11-01

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2008
Dying City by Christopher Shinn
Call Number: PS3569.H498 D95 2008

ISBN: 9781559363297

Publication Date: 2008-05-01

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2008
Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Call Number: PS3608.U3234 E55 2012

ISBN: 9781559364379

Publication Date: 2012-11-20

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2007
Miss Witherspoon and Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge by Christopher Durang
Call Number: PS3554.U666 M588 2006

ISBN: 0802142834

Publication Date: 2006-11-13

Miss Witherspoon was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2006.
Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) by Will Eno
Call Number: PS3555.N652 T56 2005

ISBN: 0822220768

Publication Date: 2006-01-01

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2005
The Clean House and Other Plays by Sarah Ruhl
Call Number: PS3618.U48 C57 2006

ISBN: 1559362669

Publication Date: 2006-01-01

The Clean House was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2005.
Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts; Dramatists Play Service (New York, N.Y.) Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: PS3562.E8565 M36x 2005

ISBN: 0822220172

Publication Date: 2005-01-01

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2004
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
Call Number: PS3557.R3789 T35x 2003

ISBN: 0571211186

Publication Date: 2003-08-06

2003 Tony Award for Best Play
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2003
2002-2003 New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play
2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Outer Critics Circle Outstanding Broadway Play 2002-2003
The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
Call Number: PS3551.L25 G63 2003

ISBN: 1585673641

Publication Date: 2003-05-12

2002 Tony Award for Best Play
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2003
2001-2002 New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play
2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman
Call Number: PS3557.I456 G58 2001

ISBN: 0571199984

Publication Date: 2001-12-07

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2002
Yellowman by Dael Orlandersmith
Call Number: PS3565.R5734 Y4 2002

ISBN: 1400032067

Publication Date: 2002-10-08

Yellowman was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002.
The Play about the Baby by Edward Albee
Call Number: PS3551.L25 P58 2003

ISBN: 1585673536

Publication Date: 2003-01-27

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2001
The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan; Jon Robin Baitz (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS3562.O4886 W38 2000

ISBN: 0802137563

Publication Date: 2000-10-23

Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist 2001

References

Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
List of plays that won and were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, in reverse chronological order. In some years, there was no Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Website of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, given to outstanding plays in English written by women. Awards and finalists are listed alphabetically and by year.
Tony Awards
Official website of the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, named for Antoinette Perry. Past awards are listed in a searchable database accessible through the site.
New York Drama Critics' Circle
Website lists awards for the current year as well as past years. Additionally, membership of the Critics' Circle for each year is listed, as well as the history of the Critics' Circle, among other features.
Lammys Directory
List of awards given to various categories of books, including drama, by Lambda Literary, recognizing excellence in LGBTQ literature.
Drama Desk Awards
This section of the Drama Desk website lists nominees and recipients of the Drama Desk awards from 1955 through the present.
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outer Critics Circle Awards can be browsed by year.

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