The KCACTF Latino Playwriting Award
Photo by Susan Shaffer
The KCACTF Latino Playwriting Award desires to stimulate the voices of young Latino playwrights in America. The award will be presented to the author of the outstanding Latino student-written play participating in KCACTF.
- The national award recipient will receive $1,000.
- The second place award is a cash prize of $500.
- Professional Development Fellowship. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival will provide the award
recipient with an all-expenses paid professional development opportunity.
- Dramatists Guild Award. The Dramatists Guild Award provides the playwright with Active membership in the Guild.
The play must be produced by a college or university or publicly presented in a “rehearsed” or “staged reading” format following a significant development process. The must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.
For other questions, refer to Rules and Procedures for the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program.
- The national award recipient will receive $1,000.
- The second place award is a cash prize of $500.
- Professional Development Fellowship. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival will provide the award
recipient with an all-expenses paid professional development opportunity.
- Dramatists Guild Award. The Dramatists Guild Award provides the playwright with Active membership in the Guild.
The play must be produced by a college or university or publicly presented in a “rehearsed” or “staged reading” format following a significant development process. The must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.
For other questions, refer to Rules and Procedures for the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program.
Previous Award Recipients
2013 No Comas by J. Isabel Salazar, California Institute of the Arts
2012 Casualties of Dreams and Sand by Christina Hjelm, University of New Mexico
2011 Caballos Muertos by Law Chavez, University of New Mexico
2010 Las Hermanas Padilla by Tony Meneses, University of Iowa
Runner-up 7, Eight, 9, by Joe Luis Cedillo, University of Iowa
2009 Maelstrom by Christopher Peña, New York University
2008 Aurora by Leonard Madrid, University of New Mexico
2nd Place Blu by Virginia Grise, California Institute of the Arts
2007 Perla by Leonard Madrid, University of New Mexico
A Kiss for Death by Don Garcia, University of New Mexico
2006 Things Behind the Moon by Marco Ramirez, New York University
2005 Tecolotito by Leonard Madrid, University of New Mexico
A Place Without Seasons by Marco Ramirez, New York University
2004 Yemaya's Belly by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Brown University
2001 GAS by Elizabeth Otero, University of New Mexico
2000 A Sick World by Robert Lopez, California State University - Los Angeles
1999 Sombra del Padre/Father's Shadow by Elvira Carrizal of the University of Minnesota, Crisis Point Theatre, Minneapolis
2012 Casualties of Dreams and Sand by Christina Hjelm, University of New Mexico
2011 Caballos Muertos by Law Chavez, University of New Mexico
2010 Las Hermanas Padilla by Tony Meneses, University of Iowa
Runner-up 7, Eight, 9, by Joe Luis Cedillo, University of Iowa
2009 Maelstrom by Christopher Peña, New York University
2008 Aurora by Leonard Madrid, University of New Mexico
2nd Place Blu by Virginia Grise, California Institute of the Arts
2007 Perla by Leonard Madrid, University of New Mexico
A Kiss for Death by Don Garcia, University of New Mexico
2006 Things Behind the Moon by Marco Ramirez, New York University
2005 Tecolotito by Leonard Madrid, University of New Mexico
A Place Without Seasons by Marco Ramirez, New York University
2004 Yemaya's Belly by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Brown University
2001 GAS by Elizabeth Otero, University of New Mexico
2000 A Sick World by Robert Lopez, California State University - Los Angeles
1999 Sombra del Padre/Father's Shadow by Elvira Carrizal of the University of Minnesota, Crisis Point Theatre, Minneapolis