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BACK Tony Kushner Show(s) (listed chronologically, most recent first) Position(s) Role(s) Theater Name Award Nominations Award(s) Won Mother Courage and Her Children Translation Delacorte Theater Caroline, or Change Book Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater 2004 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical Caroline, or Change Lyricist Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater 2004 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical Helen Director Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall Homebody/Kabul Playwright New York Theatre Workshop 2002 Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Play 2001-2002 OBIE Award for Playwriting Love's Fire: Fresh Numbers by Seven American Playwrights Playwright Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater A Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds Adaptation Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater Slavs! Playwright New York Theatre Workshop 1994-1995 OBIE Award for Playwriting The Illusion Adaptation East 13th Street/CSC Theatre A Bright Room Called Day Playwright Joseph Papp Public Theater/LuEsther Hall L'Illusion Adaptation Perry Street Theatre The Big Love Associate Artistic Director Perry Street Theatre The Love Suicides at Amijima Associate Artistic Director Perry Street Theatre Coyote Ugly Associate Artistic Director Perry Street Theatre Blood Sports Associate Artistic Director Perry Street Theatre Stella Associate Artistic Director Perry Street Theatre Associate Artistic Director Biography     Tony Kushner's plays include A Bright Room Called Day, Angels in America, Slavs!, and Homebody/Kabul. He has written adaptations of Corneille's The Illusion, S.Y. Ansky's The Dybbuk, and Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan; as well as English-language libretti for the operas Brundibar by Hans Krasa, and The Comedy on the Bridge by Bohuslav Martinu. Caroline, or Change, a new musical with composer Jeanine Tesori, opens May 2 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater, under the direction of George C. Wolfe. His screen adaptation of Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols, premiered in 2003 on HBO. Homebody/Kabul, directed by Frank Galati, is performing for three weeks at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, beginning May 11, and is being adapted for film by Mira Nair. Recent books include: Brundibar, a book for children with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; the text for The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1980 to the Present; and Wrestling With Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon. Mr. Kushner is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; two Tony Awards for Best Play; two Obie Awards for Best Play; a Whiting Writer's Fellowship; an Arts Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a Mid- Career Playwright; a Spirit of Justice Award from the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders; and a Cultural Achievement Award from The National Foundation for Jewish Culture. If you have any additional information or corrections regarding any of the production entries please contact us at archives@lortel.org 322 Eighth Avenue, 21st Floor · New York, NY 10001 · Tel (212) 924-2817 · Fax (212) 989-0036 ©2002 Lucille Lortel Foundation. All rights reserved. Website development by Marketorial.com