The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center presented its 22nd annual Monte Cristo Award to playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage at a gala celebration November 6 at Capitale in New York City. See photos from the event below.
Nottage was in residence at the O'Neill in 2006 while writing her Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined. She received a second Pulitzer for her 2015 play Sweat, making her the first and only woman to receive the honor twice.
The Monte Cristo Award is bestowed each year on a prominent artist whose work has had an extraordinary impact on American theatre. The celebratory gala supports the O'Neill's mission to develop new work and help prepare new artists for the stage.
Lynn Nottage
Tom Viertel
Tiffani Gavin and Lynn Nottage
Tiffani Gavin
Ilario Grant, Bre Jackson, and Max Chambers
The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Ruby Gerber
Robbie Gordy
Gabby Beans
Stacey Sargent and CJ Wilson
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage
Jerry Dixon and Mario Cantone
Cast of MJ the Musical
22nd Annual Monte Cristo Awards Honor Lynn Nottage
Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Jason Bowen
Justin Hicks
Tonya Pinkins and Joyce Sylvester
Joyce Sylvester
Seret Scotts
Kenita Miller and Krystal Joy Brown
22nd Annual Monte Cristo Awards Honors Lynn Nottage
22nd Annual Monte Cristo Awards Honors Lynn Nottage
The 2023 gala was directed by Seret Scott, and featured performances by Quincy Tyler Bernstein, Tonya Pinkins, Jason Bowen, Gabby Beans, Stacey Sargeant, CJ Wilson, and Joyce Sylvester, among others.
The evening’s gala committee included Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stephen and Ruth Hendel, David Henry Hwang, Genia Kaplan Quinn and Dr. Bruce Quinn, Dominique Morisseau, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, The Nederlander Organization, Tom Viertel & Pat Daily, and Constanza Romero Wilson.
