* = Winner † = Special Commendation

I.1978-79

HAPPY YELLOW

Tina Brown

THE LUNCH GIRLS

Leigh Curran

QUEEN CHRISTINA

Pam Gems

ARTICHOKE

Joanna Glass

NIGHTS ALONE

Valerie Harris

IN THE BLOOD

Lenka Janiurek

GETTING OUT †

Marsha Norman

ONCE A CATHOLIC *

Mary O'Malley

RENASCENCE

Terri Wagener

UNCOMMON WOMEN AND OTHERS

Wendy Wasserstein

LOVED

Olwen Wymark

 

JUDGES

Walter Clemons Joan Plowright
Harold Clurman Michael Rudman
Michael Codran Tom Stoppard
Nina Vance  
Presented by Joan Plowright 2/6/79, London

II. 1979-80

CLOUD NINE

Caryl Churchill

THE BEACH HOUSE

Nancy Donohue

FATHER DREAMS

Mary Gallagher

CRIMES OF THE HEART †

Beth Henley

THE ART OF DINING

Tina Howe

NASTY RUMORS AND FINAL REMARKS

Susan Miller

WE'RE ON THE ONE ROAD

Philomena Muinzer

VIRGINIA

Edna O'Brien

DETAILS WITHOUT A MAP *

Barbara Schneider

YSABELLE

Karen Duke Sturges

TALENT

Victoria Wood

FIND ME

Olwen Wymark

 

JUDGES

Peggy Ashcroft Andre Gregory
Michael Billington Jack Kroll
Howard Davies Nina Vance
Presented by Irene Worth 2/13/80, NY