Past Winners
1993-1994    
Fabians in Love by Kris Hall
Damaged Goods by Richard Orloff
1994-1995   Dance with Me by Jean Reynolds
1995-1996  Ziggy by Robert Clyman
1996-1997   Magda’s Story by David Eliet
Nowhere Else to Go but Out by Zanne Hall
1997-1998   Criminal Acts by Kim Merrill
1998-1999  Invasion of Privacy by Larry Parr
1999-2000  In the Valley of the Shadow by Jeffrey Harper
2000-2001 James VI and I by Barbara Holland & Mark Schilling
2001-2002 Tundra by Joseph Fisher
2002-2003 Chernobyl’s Fire by Laura Lewis-Barr
2003-2004 Opaline by Mary Fengar Gail
2004-2005 Ruby Vector by Karla Jennings
2005-2006 Mrs. Pat by Rita M. Gurtler           
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While still associated with the Drama League, Playwrights First were the first to recognize and give an award to Wit by Margaret Edson, which went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. Other semifinalists and finalists have proceeded to Broadway and Off-Broadway productions such as  The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort.