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Oppenheimer Award

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The Oppenheimer Award (also known as the Newsday George Oppenheimer Award or the Oppy) was named after the late playwright and Newsday drama critic George Oppenheimer. It was awarded annually to the best New York debut production by an American playwright for a non-musical play.[1] The selection committee has included playwrights Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, James Lapine, and Richard Greenberg. The award carries a $5,000 cash prize. The first award of $1,000, to the play Getting Out by Marsha Norman, was made in 1979, two years after Oppenheimer's death. It was discontinued in 2007.

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  1. ^ "Eady's 'Imagination' is Oppy Award Winner".
  2. ^ New York Times SEP. 15, 1979 [1]
  3. ^ The Plays of Beth Henley: A Critical Study, Gene A. Plunka [2]
  4. ^ Isenberg, Barbara (6 February 1994). "She Made Friends With Death : Catherine Butterfield wrote 'Joined at the Head,' a play about a brave friend dying of cancer. But that wasn't enough. She then decided she had to play the friend. It turned out to be good therapy and, incidentally, a hit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ^ Nelson, Emmanuel S. (2009). Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States. ABC-CLIO. p. 193. ISBN 9780313348600. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ Jones, Kenneth (November 15, 1999). "Edson to Accept Oppenheimer Playwriting Award Nov. 15". Playbill. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. ^ Playbill Sep 16 2003
  8. ^ Simonson, Robert (October 2, 2004). "Will Eno's Flu Season Wins 2004 George Oppenheimer Award". Playbill. Retrieved 24 November 2016.