The 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.S. playwright Lynn Nottage for her play Sweat, a searing drama about the ravages of America's industrial decline. The announcement was made at the National Theatre in London on February 22, as the transatlantic theatre community gathered to honor Ms. Nottage and nine finalists for the annually awarded prize which celebrates women playwrights. Tanya Moodie, award-winning theatre and film actor and one of this year's Blackburn Prize Judges, presented Winner Lynn Nottage with an award of $25,000 and a signed and numbered print by artist Willem de Kooning. Founded in 1978, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is awarded annually to recognize women from around the world who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre. Each Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize received an award of $5000. The 2016 Finalists, chosen from over 150 plays, are: Sarah Burgess (U.S.)- Dry Powder,  Rachel Cusk (U.K.)- Medea, Sarah DeLappe (U.S.)- The Wolves, Sam Holcroft (U.K.)- Rules for Living, Anna Jordan  (U.K.)- Yen, Dominique Morisseau (U.S.)- Skeleton Crew, Suzan-Lori Parks (U.S.)- Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1,2 & 3), Bea Roberts (U.K)- And Then Come The Nightjars, Noni Stapleton (Ireland)- Charolais. In addition to Tanya Moodie, the international panel of judges included in the in the U.K., Kate Bassett and Jeremy Herrin. U.S. Judges were Greta Gerwig, Sam Gold, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...