Abe Kooger's KILL FLOOR wins Weissberger Award

5/12/2015 1:37pm


Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Dir) has announced that Abe Koogler's KILL FLOOR is the winner of the 2014 L Arnold Weissberger Award. The play, which will premiere at Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3 this fall, will be introduced to audiences at a reading at Williamstown Theatre Festival on Friday, Aug 7 at 3:00pm on the Nikos Stage. Lila Neugebauer will direct both the reading and LCT3 production. Williamstown Theatre Festival administers the award which is designed to recognize excellence in playwriting.  The recipient receives a $10,000 grant for the winning play, a reading at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and optional publication by Samuel French.  The 2014 finalist judges were Evan Cabnet, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Amy HolzapfelMatthew Lopez & Jessica Stone. Beginning next year, recipients of the award will receive an additional $10,000 commission, The Jay Harris Commission, to write a new play. Press contact: O&M Co (212/695-7100)...