Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre

The Richard Rodgers Award is an annual award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was created and endowed by Richard Rodgers in 1978 for the development of new works in musical theatre. These awards provide financial support for full productions, studio productions, and staged readings of new and developing works of musical theatre, and to nurture early-career composers, lyricists and playwrights by enabling their musicals to be produced by nonprofit theatres in New York City. The winners are selected by a jury of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Richard Rodgers Awards are the Academy's only awards for which applications are accepted.

American Academy of Arts and Letters Richard Rodgers Award
Awarded fordevelopment of the musical theatre
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters
First awarded1980
Last awarded2022
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Former award recipients include Maury Yeston, for Nine; Jonathan Larson, for Rent; Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal, for Juan Darien; Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, for Lucky Stiff; Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley, for Violet; Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright, for Grey Gardens; and Dave Malloy for Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.

2022's jury included David Lang, chairman, Lynn Ahrens, Kristoffer Diaz, Mindi Dickstein, Amanda Green, Michael R. Jackson, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Weidman.[1]

2022's winners were Driving in Circles by Jay Eddy; and Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls by Sara Cooper and Lynne Shankel.[1]

Recipients

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Year Recipient Authors Type Ref.
1980 Nine Mario Fratti
Maury Yeston
1981 Child of the Sun Damien Leake Production Award
1982 Portrait of Jennie Enid Futterman
Howard Marren
Dennis Rosa
1983
1984 Brownstone Andrew Cadiff
Peter Larson
Josh Rubens
1984 Papushko Andrew Teirstein
1985
1986 Break, Agnes, Eulogy for Mr. Hamm, and Lucky Nurse Michael John LaChiusa
1986 Juba Wendy Lamb
Russell Walden
1987 Henry and Ellen Michael John LaChiusa
1987 Lucky Stiff Lynn Ahrens
Stephen Flaherty
1987 No Way to Treat a Lady Douglas J. Cohen
1988 Lucky Stiff Lynn Ahrens
Stephen Flaherty
1988 Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York Michael Devon
Todd Graff
1988 Superbia Jonathan Larson
1989 Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass Elliot Goldenthal
Julie Taymor
1990 Down the Stream Michael Goldenberg
1990 Swamp Gas and Shallow Feelings Randy Buck
Shirlee Strother
Jack E. Williams
1990 Whatnot Howard Crabtree
Dick Gallagher
Mark Waldrop
1991 The Times Joe Keenan
Brad Ross
1991 Opal Robert N. Lindsey
1992 The Molly Maguires Sid Cherry
William Strempek
1992 Avenue X John Jiler
Ray Leslee
1993 Allos Makar Scott Frankel
Michael Korie
Valeria Vasilevsky
1993 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Nagle Jackson
Robert Sprayberry
1993 Avenue X John Jiler
Ray Leslee
1993 Christina Alberta's Father Polly Pen
1994 The Sweet Revenge of Louisa Mae Mark Campbell
Burton Cohen
Stephen Hoffman
1994 The Gig Douglas Cohen
1994 Doll Scott Frankel
Michael Korie
1994 Rent Jonathan Larson
1995 Splendora Mark Campbell
Stephen Hoffman
Peter Webb
1996 Bobos James McBride
Ed Shockley
1996 The Hidden Sky Kate Chisholm
Peter Foley
1996 The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea Andy Chukerman
Karole Foreman
1997 Barrio Babies Fernando Rivas
Luis Santeiro
1997 The Ballad of Little Jo Mike Reid
Sarah Schlesinger
1998 Little Women Alison Hubbard
Allan Knee
Kim Oler
1998 Summer Erik Haagensen
Paul Schwartz
1999 Bat Boy: The Musical Keythe Farley
Brian Flemming
Laurence O'Keefe
1999 Blood on the Dining Room Floor Jonathan Sheffer
1999 Dream True: My Life with Vernon Dexter Ricky Ian Gordon
Tina Landau
1999 The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin Kirsten Childs
1999 The Singing Lenora Champagne
Daniel Levy
2000 Bat Boy: The Musical Keythe Farley
Brian Flemming
Laurence O'Keefe
2000 Suburb Robert S. Cohen
David Javerbaum
2000 The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin Kirsten Childs
2001 Heading East Leon Ko
Robert Lee
Reading Award
2001 The Spitfire Grill Fred Alley
James Valcq
Production Award
2002 The Fabulist David Spencer
Stephen Witkin
Reading Award
2002 The Tutor Andrew Gerle
Maryrose Wood
Reading Award
2003 Once Upon a Time in New Jersey Susan DiLallo
Stephen A. Weiner
2003 The Devil in the Flesh Jeffrey Lunden
Arthur Perlman
2003 The Tutor Andrew Gerle
Maryrose Wood
2004 To Paint the Earth Daniel Frederick Levin
Jonathan Portera
Reading Award
2004 Unlock'd Sam Carner
Derek Gregor
Reading Award
2004 The Tutor Andrew Gerle
Maryrose Wood
Production Award
2005 Dust & Dreams: Celebrating Sandburg David Hudson
Paul Libman
Reading Award
2005 Broadcast Nathan Christensen
Scott Murphy
Reading Award
2005 Red Brian Lowdermilk
Marcus Stevens
Reading Award
2006 The Yellow Wood Michelle Elliott
Danny Larsen
Reading Award
2006 True Fans Chris Miller
Bill Rosenfield
Nathan Tysen
Reading Award
2006 Grey Gardens Scott Frankel
Michael Korie
Doug Wright
Production Award
2007 Calvin Berger Barry Wyner Reading Award
2007 Main-Travelled Roads Dave Hudson
Paul Libman
Reading Award
2008 Alive at Ten Kirsten A. Guenther
Ryan Scott Oliver
Reading Award
2008 Kingdom Aaron Jafferis
Ian Williams
Reading Award
2008 See Rock City & Other Destinations Brad Alexander
Adam Mathias
Reading Award
2009 Cheer Wars Karlan Judd
Gordon Leary
Reading Award
2009 Rosa Parks Scott Ethier
Jeff Hughes
Reading Award
2010 Buddy's Tavern Raymond De Felitta
Alison Louise Hubbard
Kim Oler
Reading Award
2010 Rocket Science Patricia Cotter
Jason Rhyne
Stephen Weiner
Reading Award
2011 Gloryana Andrew Gerle Reading Award
2011 Dogfight Peter Duchan
Benj Pasek
Justin Paul
Production Award
2012 Witness Uganda Matt Gould
Griffin Matthews
Reading Award
2013 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Dave Malloy Production Award [2]
2013 The Kid Who Would Be Pope Tom Megan
Jack Megan
Production Award [2]
2014 Witness Uganda Matt Gould
Griffin Matthews
Production Award
2015 String Adam Gwon
Sarah Hammond
Production Award [3]
2016 Cost of Living Timothy Huang Reading Award [4]
2016 We Live in Cairo Patrick Lazour
Daniel Lazour
Reading Award [4]
2016 Hadestown Anaïs Mitchell Production Award [4]
2017 What I Learned from People Will Aronson
Hue Park
Production Award [5]
2018 Gun & Powder Ross Baum
Angelica Chéri
Studio Production Award [6]
2018 KPOP Jason Kim
Helen Park
Max Vernon
Woodshed Collective
Studio Production Award [6]
2019 Bhangin’ It Mike Lew
Rehana Lew Mirza
Sam Willmott
Studio Production Award [7]
2019 The Lucky Ones Abigail Bengson
Shaun Bengson
Sarah Gancher
Studio Production Award [7]
2020 In the Green Grace McLean Reading Award [8]
2020 The Loophole Zeniba Now
Jay Adana
Reading Award [8]
2021 The Monster Chelsea Marcantel
Michael Mahler
Alan Schmuckler
Studio Production Award [9]
2021 Oratorio for Living Things Heather Christian Studio Production Award [9]
2021 TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix EllaRose Chary
Brandon James Gwinn
Studio Production Award [9]
2022 Driving in Circles Jay Eddy Reading Award [10]
2022 Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls Sara Cooper
Lynne Shankel
Reading Award [10]

See also

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References

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General
  • "American Academy of Arts and Letters Richard Rodgers Award". Retrieved January 20, 2018.
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