The Stanley Drama Award
Submissions for the 2023 Stanley Drama Award will be accepted beginning March 1, 2022, and should be postmarked no later than October 31, 2022.
Click here for the entry form.
Congratulations to our 2020 Stanley Drama Award winner
William Cameron for ‘Truth Be Told’
William Cameron is best known as the author of “Violet Sharp,” winner of the 2007 Julie Harris Playwriting Prize, a drama of the Lindbergh kidnapping case that received its world premiere at Theatre 40 in Los Angeles in 2009 and was published by Samuel French in 2012. Cameron’s plays have been performed around the country, including off-off Broadway at the Harold Clurman Theatre, the Source Theatre in Washington, D.C., the Pittsburgh New Works Festival and numerous community and academic theaters. Professor emeritus of theater and communication arts at Washington & Jefferson College, Cameron has written several plays tailored specifically to his students. These include “Intersect,” a drama about racial tensions at a small college, and “Cease to Exist,” a chronicle of the Manson murders. Cameron lives in Washington, Pa. with his wife, artist and actress Susan Martinelli.
Brian Richard Mori for ‘Christie’
&
Joe Langworth & Steve Marzullo for ‘15 Minutes More’
Photos by Karen O'Donnell from
the Staged Reading & Awards Ceremony on
March 2, 2020 at The Players Club
- 2020 Stanley Drama Award Presenter Pia Wilson ’93 with 2020 winner William Cameron for Truth Be Told.
- 2020 Stanley Drama Award Presenter and Judge Pia Wilson ’93 with finalist Brian Mori for his play, Christie.
- Wagner College Theatre Adjunct Professor, Amy Williams performing at the Award Ceremony.
- Wagner College Theatre Adjunct Professor, Amy Williams with student performers, Claire Dempsey ’22 and Grace Klebine ’23.
- 2020 Stanley Drama Award Presenter and Judge Pia Wilson ’93 with finalists Joe Langworth and Steve Marzullo for their musical, 15 Minutes More.
- A staged reading of the 2020 winning play, Truth Be Told. Wagner College Theatre Adjunct Professors from left to right: Mickey Tennanbaum, April LaValle and Amy Williams. Directed by Mickey Tennenbaum.
- Stanley Drama Award Director Todd Alan Price poses with the 2020 winner, William Cameron and Felicia Ruff, Head of the Dept of Performing Arts
- 2020 Stanley Drama Award winner and finalists pose with Wagner College Theatre Faculty.