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 2023 Barbour Award readings will take place in June 2023.  
  • 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 2023 parner is now live (bit.ly/barbour-2023). We are accepting applications from January 16, 2023 until February 13, 2023.  No applications will be accepted after the deadline.

​The Barbour Committee will evaluate all applications in late February and hopes to select EAG's 2023 Barbour Playwrights Award partner by mid-March 2023.
There is no fee to apply. Please click here to preview the application in full. ​
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 - As a result of COVID-19 disrupting our 2020 Barbour readings, the award was split between all three finalists: Garrett David Kim, Cherry Lou Sy, and Ray Yamanouchi (Leviathan Lab)
2021 - Garrett David Kim, Are You There Truman? (Leviathan Lab)
2022 - Jon Krupp, Kilonova (Playwrights Gallery)
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
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"Kilonova" by Jon Krupp, winner of the 2022 Barbour Award