Jackie Sibblies Drury

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Jackie Sibblies Drury
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Drury in 2018
BornUnited States
OccupationPlaywright, writer
LanguageEnglish
Education Yale University (BA)
Brown University (MFA)
GenreTheatre, drama

Jackie Sibblies Drury is an American playwright. [1] The New York Times called Drury's 2012 play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 "her breakout work". [1] [2] [3] Her subsequent works include Social Creatures (2013) and Fairview (2018); for the latter, Drury received the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Early life and education

Jackie Sibblies Drury was raised by her Jamaican immigrant mother and grandmother in Plainfield, New Jersey. Drury's mother enrolled her at a private school in New Jersey where she witnessed the persistence of "segregation even in a harmonious community." [4]

Drury attended Yale University, where she majored in literature. [5] She received her MFA in playwriting from Brown University in 2010. [4]

Works

Full-length plays

Awards and honors

She was a winner of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for Drama in 2015. [6]

She was awarded the 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Fairview . The prize has a cash award of $25,000. Fairview was presented Off-Broadway in 2018 by Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Soho Rep. [7] [8]

Fairview was also awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this "hard-hitting drama that examines race in a highly conceptual, layered structure, ultimately bringing audiences into the actors’ community to face deep-seated prejudices." [9]

She received the 2019 Steinberg Playwright Award for Fairview , which includes a $50,000 cash prize. [10]

Drury received PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theatre Award in 2022. [11]

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Fairview is a 2018 comedy play written by Jackie Sibblies Drury. The play was co-commissioned by Berkeley Rep and Soho Repertory Theatre. The play follows a middle class African-American family as they prepare for a birthday dinner for their grandmother only to be watched by four white people.

References

  1. 1 2 Weinert-Kendt, Rob (April 16, 2013). "Writes Well With Others". The New York Times .
  2. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (November 16, 2012). "Acting Out a Blood Bath Brings Dangers of Its Own". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Jones, Chris (April 10, 2012). "A history of genocide, as intriguingly told by imperfect actors". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Goodman, Lawrence (July 2, 2013). "The Monstrous Unknown". Brown Alumni Magazine . Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ Pressley, Nelson (February 7, 2014). "'We Are Proud to Present. . .' becomes calling card for playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury". The Washington Post .
  6. ↑ "Jackie Sibblies Drury Among Winners of Yale's Windham-Campbell Prize". American Theatre magazine. February 25, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ Clement, Olivia (March 4, 2019). "Jackie Sibblies Drury Wins Blackburn Prize for Her Acclaimed 'Fairview'". Playbill.
  8. ↑ Haigney, Sophie (March 4, 2019). "Jackie Sibblies Drury Wins Blackburn Prize for 'Fairview' ". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  9. ↑ "2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners". www.pulitzer.org. April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ Clement, Olivia. "Jackie Sibblies Drury and Lauren Yee Are Winners of Steinberg Playwright Awards" Playbill, October 9, 2019
  11. ↑ "Dramatists Elaine May and Jackie Sibblies Drury Named PEN Literary Award Recipients". Playbill. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
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