The Barbour Award was created in 2007 to celebrate new work for the theatre. Each year, EAG partners with a different local theatre company, playwriting program, or playwriting collective to present staged readings of three new plays, with one writer being awarded a prize of $500.
  • The 2022 Barbour Award readings will take place in June 2022.  
  • It is the responsbility of our Barbour partner to select our three Barbour Award finalists. We are looking for full-length plays that have not yet had a full production. These plays should be "production-ready" drafts, not early or mid-process pieces.
  • EAG can only accept applications from a company, collective or playwriting program working with at least 3 different playwrights. Individual playwrights are not able to apply on their own for this Award.
The Application to apply to be our 2022 parner is now live (bit.ly/barbour2022). We are accepting applications from January 10, 2022 until February 4, 2022.  No applications will be accepted after the deadline.

​The Barbour Committee will evaluate all applications and hopes to select EAG's 2022 partner by the end of Februrary 2022.
Past Barbour Playwrights Award Winners:
2008 - Jack Frankel, Human Voices (Polaris North)
2009 - Alisha Silver, Golden (Hunter College)
2010 - (tie) Lynn Rosen, Apple Cove, and Laura Eason, 40 Days (Women’s Project)
2011 - Ian August, Donna Orbits the Moon (NJ Rep)
2012 - Aaron Jafferis, How to Break (HERE)
2013 - Bill Cosgriff, Rio Rita (ARTC)
2014 - Mark Karafin, Man in the Moon (Oberon Theatre Ensemble)
2015 - Dara O’Brien, Early Sunday Morning (Resonance Ensemble)
2016 - Perry Guzzi, Across the Way (HB Studios)
2017 - Andrea J. Fulton, A Punk or A Gentleman (Theater for a  New City)
2018 - Alexis Roblan, The Andrew Play (New Perspectives Theatre Company)
2019 - Reynaldo Piniella, Black Doves (Quick Silver Theater Company) 
2020 - Due to COVID-19, the award was split between all three 2020 finalists: Garrett David Kim, Cherry Lou Sy, and Ray Yamanouchi (Leviathan Lab)
2021 - Garrett David Kim, Are You There Truman? (Leviathan Lab)
The Andrew Play
"The Andrew Play" by Alexis Roblan, winner of the 2018 Barbour Award
Black Doves
"Black Doves" by Reynaldo Piniella, winner of the 2019 Barbour Award
Black Doves
"Are You There Truman?" by Garrett David Kim, winner of the 2021 Barbour Award