Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2006) Winner
Bruce Norris
ブルース・ノリス
Burūsu Norisu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-05-16 （Houston）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Episcopalian
- Residence History
- Houston, Texas → Chelsea, Manhattan
Career
- Occupations
- Playwright, Actor
- Active Years
- 1982-2024
- Affiliations
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Memberships
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | — | Theatre | BA | — | United States |
Northwestern University
Theatre
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Clybourne Park | — | Columbia University | winner |
| 2011 | Olivier Award for Best New Play | Clybourne Park | — | Society of London Theatre | winner |
| 2012 | Tony Award for Best Play | Clybourne Park | — | American Theatre Wing | winner |
| 2006 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2009 | Steinberg Playwright Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2023 | New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play | Downstate | — | New York Drama Critics' Circle | winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2011
Work:
Clybourne Park
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
winner
Olivier Award for Best New Play
2011
Work:
Clybourne Park
Organization:
Society of London Theatre
Result:
winner
Tony Award for Best Play
2012
Work:
Clybourne Park
Organization:
American Theatre Wing
Result:
winner
Whiting Award
2006
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Steinberg Playwright Award
2009
Result:
winner
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play
2023
Work:
Downstate
Organization:
New York Drama Critics' Circle
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1 appearances
-
Edition 80 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Clybourne Park
2010 TheatreA powerful work whose memorable characters speak in witty and perceptive ways to America's sometimes toxic struggle with race and class consciousness.
raceclasshousing segregation
Downstate
2018 TheatreExplores the lives of sex offenders.
sex offendersjusticeforgiveness
Purple Heart
2002 TheatreStory of a Vietnam War widow.
warloss
Bibliography
- The Actor Retires (1992)
- The Vanishing Twin (1996)
- The Infidel (2002)
- Purple Heart (2002)
- We All Went Down to Amsterdam (2003)
- The Pain and the Itch (2005)
- The Unmentionables (2006)
- Clybourne Park (2010)
- A Parallelogram (2010)
- The Low Road (2013)
- Domesticated (2013)
- The Qualms (2014)
- Downstate (2018)
Translations by Author
- The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Brecht adaptation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricalwitty dialoguesocial satire
- Recurring Motifs
- bourgeois hypocrisyrace issuesclass consciousness
Legacy
Pulitzer, Tony, and Olivier Award-winning playwright known for sharp satires on race, class, and hypocrisy in contemporary America.
Trivia
- Declared himself an atheist by age 13.
- In a 16-year relationship with playwright Mary Zimmerman.