2023
Todd McNerney Playwrighting Award
Rich Rubin, FLOATING NAKED WITH PIRANHAS, finalist
The Mellon Foundation: three-year residency at Artists Repertory Theatre through the National Playwright Residency Program
E. M. Lewis, THE GREAT DIVIDE, awarded again
Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2023; Smith & Kraus
Lolly Ward, BONUS, published
Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2023; Smith & Kraus
Rich Rubin, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, published
Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2023; Smith & Kraus
Rich Rubin, KAFKA’s JOKE, published
Contemporary One-Minute Plays, Vol. 3; Som
Rich Rubin, WHAT WE DID DURING THE PANDEMIC, published
Oregon Book Award
Sara Jean Accuardi, THE STORYTELLER, winner
E. M. Lewis, DOROTHY’S DICTIONARY, finalist
Rich Rubin, RUSSIAN TROLL, finalist
Chaotic Merge, Issue 5
Rich Rubin, KEEPING SECRETS, published
ScreenCraft Competition
Rich Rubin, FLOATING NAKED WITH PIRANHAS (HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE WORKING AT AMAZON), semifinalist
2022
Best Men’s Stage Monologues; Smith & Kraus
Rich Rubin, RUSSIAN TROLL, published
Portland Civic Theatre Guild Award
Brianna Barrett, STILL HARVEY STILL, finalist
Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition
Rich Rubin, POWER OF BABEL, semifinalist
AITAF Bridge Award for Playwriting
Rich Rubin, RISING STORM, semifinalist
Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Anya Pearson, THE KILLING FIELDS, finalist
Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting
Brianna Barrett, ACTS OF CREATION, winner
2021
Samuel French
Brianna Barrett, A TEMPORARY FUNERAL FOR DARREN MCDUFFY, published
GO PLAY OUTSIDE; Applause Books, ed. Lolly Ward
Sara Jean Accuardi, Brianna Barrett, Audrey Block, Susan Faust, Anya Pearson, Holly Yurth Richards, Rich Rubin, Josie Seid; published
some scripts literary magazine
Rich Rubin, WHAT WE DID IN QUARANTINE, published
PassinArt
Alan Alexander III, honored
Oregon Literary Fellowship: Leslie Bradshaw Drama Fellowship
Sara Jean Accuardi, winner
Oregon Book Award
Sara Jean Accuardi, finalist
E. M. Lewis, finalist
Anya Pearson, finalist
Chapel Theatre Play Festival
Lolly Ward, THE TALE OF THE USER AGREEMENT, winner
The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2020; Smith & Kraus
Rich Rubin, HAIR TODAY, published
Portland Center Stage: PCS Remix
Anya Pearson, commissioned
Next Stage Press
Rich Rubin, GRAND JUNCTION, published
McNerney National Playwriting Contest
Rich Rubin, SHAKESPEARE’S START, finalist
Princeton Hodder Fellow 2021-2022
Anya Pearson, fellowship, winner
Best Womens’ and Best Men’s Monologues of 2021; Smith & Kraus
Sara Jean Accuardi and Dan Kitrosser, published
2020
Woodward International Playwriting Prize
Rich Rubin, KAFKA’S JOKE, finalist
2020: Good Writing From a Bad Year; Dutch Kills Press
Lolly Ward, WE SORT OF KILLED A GIRL, published
Portland Civic Theatre Guild: 2021 New Play Award
Audrey Block, RUN OF HOUSE, finalist
Rich Rubin, RUSSIAN TROLL, finalist
ART: Mercury Company
Dan Kitrosser, E. M. Lewis, Josie Seid, commissioned and recorded
The Kilroys List
Anya Pearson, THE MEASURE OF INNOCENCE, selected
Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival
Rich Rubin, PICASSO IN PARIS, finalist
Drammy Awards, Outstanding Original Script
Anya Pearson, THE MEASURE OF INNOCENCE, winner
Landing Theatre Company New American Voices Festival
Rich Rubin, BABYLAND, semifinalist
Portland Center Stage: Play at Home
Anya Pearson, E. M. Lewis, Josie Seid, Sara Jean Accuardi, commissioned
The Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award
E. M. Lewis, HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN, winner
ATHE Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award
Rich Rubin, SHAKESPEARE’S SKULL, finalist
Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2020; Smith & Kraus
Rich Rubin, HAIR TODAY, published
The Mellon Foundation: three-year residency at Artists Repertory Theatre through the National Playwright Residency Program
E. M. Lewis, THE GREAT DIVIDE, awarded
International Thomas Wolfe Playwright Competition
Sara Jean Accuardi, THE STORYTELLER, winner
The Julie Harris Playwright Award
Rich Rubin, PICASSO IN PARIS, winner
2019
Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company: Emerging Playwright Award
Rich Rubin, ONE WEEKEND IN OCTOBER, winner
Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival: Top 8 Winner
Lolly Ward, FOR RENT
The Lark Playwrights’ Week
Dan Kitrosser, SVETLANA! SVETLANA!, finalist
Portland Civic Theatre Guild: Fertile Ground 2020 New Play Award
Susan Faust, CONFABULOUS, finalist
Rich Rubin, DESCENT FROM THE ANDES, finalist
OSF’s American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle
E. M. Lewis, commissioned, with Artists Repertory Theatre
Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival
Rich Rubin, PICASSO IN PARIS, winner
Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowship
Lolly Ward, GONE, received through the Inkwell Theater Lab
Franklin High School
Sara Jean Accuardi, commissioned
Drammy Awards, Outstanding Original Script
Sara Jean Accuardi, THE DELAYS, winner
Kitchen Dog Theater, New Works Festival
Sara Jean Accuardi, <3, finalist
Wordsmyth
Lolly Ward, GONE, finalist
Battle Creek Community Foundation
Dan Kitrosser, commissioned
The Scratch
Sara Jean Accuardi, BREAK, finalist
Lolly Ward, 72 OBJECTS, semifinalist
Orphic
Josie Seid, HERAKLES adaptation, commissioned
Writopia, The Dan Kitrosser Scholarship Fund
Dan Kitrosser, honored
Camas H.S. Benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Brianna Barrett, AFTER THIS EPISODE, commissioned
The Majestic Eight
Sara Jean Accuardi, A SCIENCE THING, winner
Rich Rubin, STARK NAKED, winner
Blue Ink Playwriting Award
Rich Rubin, DESCENT FROM THE ANDES, semifinalist
O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference
Sara Jean Accuardi, THE STORYTELLER, finalist
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
Sara Jean Accuardi, THE STORYTELLER, finalist
Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence
Rich Rubin (book) and Michael Johnson (music & lyrics), HAPPY VALLEY, runner-up
Maryland Opera Studio
E. M. Lewis, TOWN HALL, commissioned
Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2019, Smith & Kraus
Lolly Ward, DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN?, published
Rich Rubin, HOW NICE OF YOU TO ASK, published
Sara Jean Accuardi, listed
Samuel French
E. M. Lewis, THE GUN SHOW, published
ATHE Award of Excellence in Playwriting
Rich Rubin, PICASSO IN PARIS, semifinalist
Independent Spirit Awards
Dan Kitrosser, WE THE ANIMALS, nominated
American Lyric Theater
E. M. Lewis, SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE FALLEN GIANT, commissioned
AITAF Bridge Award
Rich Rubin, THE COURT MARSHALL OF AUSTIN TATE, semifinalist
B Street Theatre, New Comedies Festival
Sara Jean Accuardi, LOVE SCENES, semifinalist
Rich Rubin, SHAKESPEARE’S SKULL, semifinalist
2018
AACT New Play Fest
Rich Rubin, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, semifinalist
Theatre Vertigo: commission
Sara Jean Accuardi, THE DELAYS
Fundamental Theater Project: Peter Shaffer Award
Dan Kitrosser, winner
Portland Civic Theatre Guild: Fertile Ground 2019 New Play Award
Rich Rubin, SHAKESPEARE’S SKULL, winner
Dan Kitrosser, THE OLD FOREVER NEW THINGS, finalist
Woodward-Newman Drama Award
Rich Rubin, LEFT HOOK, finalist
Sundance Film Festival: NEXT Innovator Prize
Dan Kitrosser and Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS, winner
Silk Road Review: A Literary Crossroads
Lolly Ward, THE ETHEL PARTY, published
2017
Portland Civic Theatre Guild: Fertile Ground 2018 New Play Award
Matthew Miller, I LOVE YOU, WHO ARE YOU, winner
Miriam Feder, OUT OF THE BLUE, finalist
Rich Rubin, GRAND JUNCTION, finalist
Regional Arts and Culture Council
Alan Alexander III, HOMELESS (the musical), grant recipient for theatre
The Best American Short Plays 2015-2016
E.M. Lewis, THE GUN SHOW, published
The Oregon Community Foundation: Creative Heights Initiative
E.M. Lewis, MAGELLANICA, grant winner
Willamette Week: Best spoken word / storyteller — 2nd year
Brianna Barrett, winner
Reva Shiner Comedy Award
Rich Rubin, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, finalist
HART Theatre’s Page to Stage
Brianna Barrett, 36 PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE MEALTIME CONVERSATIONS, winner
The Dionysian Magazine
Naga Nataka, THE END, published, March issue
Stanley Drama Award
Rich Rubin, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, top ten semifinalist
AACT NewPlayFest
Rich Rubin, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, semifinalist
O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Lolly Ward, THEORY OF NOTHING, semifinalist
Oregon Book Award
Rich Rubin, CAESAR’S BLOOD, finalist
Theatre Vertigo Commission
Sara Jean Accuardi, 2017-2018 Featured Playwright
105 5-Minute Plays for Study and Performance; Smith & Kraus, Inc.
Lolly Ward, BLACK PRESS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, published
2016
The Bechdel Group
Rich Rubin, BOOK OF REVELATION, finalist
Best Plays from Theater Festivals 2016 (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
E.M. Lewis, NOW COMES THE NIGHT, published
Theatre Conspiracy’s New Play Contest
Rich Rubin, CAESAR’S BLOOD, finalist
HART Theatre’s Page to Stage
Brianna Barrett, 36 PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE MEALTIME CONVERSATIONS, finalist
Rich Rubin, THE COURT MARTIAL OF AUSTIN TATE, finalist
Portland Civic Theatre Guild’s Fertile Ground New Play Award
Rich Rubin, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, finalist
Lolly Ward, 72 OBJECTS, finalist
Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville National Ten-Minute Play Contest
Sara Jean Accuardi, finalist
Willamette Week: Best spoken word / storyteller
Brianna Barrett, winner
Oregon Play Prize
Naga Nataka, RED FLAG, semifinalist
Ashland New Play Festival
Sara Jean Accuardi, PORTRAIT OF THE WIDOW KINSKI, semifinalist
Todd McNerney Playwrighting Award
Rich Rubin, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, winner
Jewish Ensemble Theatre New Play Festival
Rich Rubin, CAESAR’S BLOOD, finalist
Portland Civic Theatre Guild New Play Award
Rich Rubin, BABYLAND, finalist
Rover Dramawerks New Play Contest
Rich Rubin, LUNCH LADIES, finalist
O’Neill National Play Conference
Rich Rubin, LEFT HOOK, semifinalist