Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award
Named in honor of the founder of The Suzi Bass Awards, and continuing in memory of his enthusiastic support of local playwrights, this award is currently an inscribed plaque. Future plans include a monetary prize each season, once the award is fully endowed. A committee of ten local theatre scholars and practitioners will read plays by local playwrights which have been produced in the current season. If possible, the committee will also attend these plays in production.
In order to qualify for the Playwriting Award, the play must be:
2012- Janece Shaffer, Broke
2011- Margaret Baldwin, Night Blooms
2010- Janece Shaffer, Brownie Points
2009- Janece Shaffer, Managing Maxine
2008- Pearl Cleage, A Song for Coretta
2007- Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee, Charm School
2006- Robert Earl Price, Come on In My Kitchen
Guidelines for Special Awards 2012 (PDF)
Guidelines for all Special Awards: Spirit of Suzi, Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award, Lifetime Achievement, Volunteer of the Year, and Audience Choice for Outstanding Season
GGM Playwriting Award Consideration Form (PDF)
GGM Playwriting Award Consideration Form
Submission form for plays written or adapted by playwrights living in the Atlanta Metro area that have a received a full production within the current season.
In order to qualify for the Playwriting Award, the play must be:
- Written or co-written by a playwright/composer whose professional residence is the Atlanta Metro Area;
- Given a full production by a local theatre (no readings, staged readings or concert versions);
- Submitted for judging consideration no less than thirty days prior to opening.
- Production script must be received by the time the production closes.
- Released by the playwright to copy and deliver to the Playwriting Award Panel for the sole purpose of judging for the award.
Previous Recipients
2012- Janece Shaffer, Broke
2011- Margaret Baldwin, Night Blooms
2010- Janece Shaffer, Brownie Points
2009- Janece Shaffer, Managing Maxine
2008- Pearl Cleage, A Song for Coretta
2007- Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee, Charm School
2006- Robert Earl Price, Come on In My Kitchen
Guidelines for Special Awards 2012 (PDF)
Guidelines for all Special Awards: Spirit of Suzi, Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award, Lifetime Achievement, Volunteer of the Year, and Audience Choice for Outstanding Season
GGM Playwriting Award Consideration Form (PDF)
GGM Playwriting Award Consideration Form
Submission form for plays written or adapted by playwrights living in the Atlanta Metro area that have a received a full production within the current season.
