The 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced the Judging Panel for the 48th Annual Award. The Winner of the 2026 Prize ...

The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been given to U.S. playwright a.k. payne for their play Furlough's Paradise. Awarded annually since 1978, the prestigious international Prize is the largest ...

Founded in 1978, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is the longest-running prize in English theatre for female and nonbinary playwrights. American writer ak payne has won the 2025 prize for their play ...

DeLanna Studi’s path from Fort Smith community theater to national stages has taken another historic turn: the Cherokee Nation actor and playwright has been named a finalist for the Susan Smith ...

US playwright ak payne has been awarded the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for their play Furlough’s Paradise, announced at a ceremony held at Playwrights Horizons in New York last night. The Susan ...