Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and three-time Tony Award nominee Lynn Nottage has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board. As a member of the board, Nottage will participate in the judging process that results in the selection of finalists and winners for the Pulitzer Prizes in all categories.
Nottage is the first — and to date, the only — woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: first in 2009 for her play “Ruined,” and later in 2017 for “Sweat.” She is also the recipient of a 2007 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and a three-time Tony Award nominee, having earned nods for “Sweat,” “Clyde’s” and the book for the Michael Jackson bio-musical “MJ.” Nottage’s other theater writing credits include “Intimate Apparel,” “By The Way, Meet Vera Stark,” “Mlima's Tale” and “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine.”
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In addition to her theatrical work, Nottage co-founded the production company Market Road Films, whose work includes the Peabody Award-nominated podcast “Unfinished: Deep South.” She also served as a writer and producer for Spike Lee’s Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It.” Her upcoming projects include the new musical “Imitation of Life” with composer John Legend, set to premiere Off-Broadway at the Shed this November, and the opera “This House,” co-written with Ruby Aiyo Gerber, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon. Nottage is an artistic associate at the National Theatre in London.
The 20-member Pulitzer Prize board is composed of leading journalists, news executives from media outlets across the U.S. and the president of Columbia University, as well as five academics or persons in the arts. The dean of Columbia's journalism school and the administrator of the prizes are nonvoting members. The board chair rotates to the most senior member or members. Voting members, like Nottage, may serve three terms of three years for a total of nine years.
In a statement, Nottage said, in part, “Winning the Pulitzer Prize was a transformative and monumental moment in my career as a playwright. I am truly honored to be elected to the board and join this esteemed group of thinkers….” Nicole Carroll, chair of the Pulitzer board, said in a statement, “Lynn Nottage’s extraordinary artistic achievements, deep commitment to excellence and expansive understanding of storytelling across theater, film and opera make her an exceptional addition to the Pulitzer Prize board.”
