Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Dir) is pleased to announce that Hannah and the Dread Gazebo by Jiehae Park is the 2016 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award recipient. Jiehae will also receive The Jay Harris Commission to write a new play, a prize worth $10,000. Greenfield has also announced that the 2016 New Play Commissioning Program recipients are Melissa James Gibson (in a co-commission with Second Stage), Matthew Lopez, and Lucy Thurber. Additionally, Harrison David Rivers will serve as the Festival’s 2016 Playwright-in-Residence. Williamstown Theatre Festival administers the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play 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 receives $10,000 for the winning play, a reading at Williamstown Theatre Festival, and optional publication by Samuel French.  The 2016 finalist judges were Becky Ann Baker, Daniel Goldfarb, Donald Margulies, Cynthia Nixon, and Liesl Tommy. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...