2015 Pulitzer Prize Predictions?

Hamilton.

I believe all of the following are eligible (anyone feel free to correct me):

AIRLINE HIGHWAY — Lisa D'Amour
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY — Stephen Adly Guirgis
THE CHRISTIANS — Lucas Hnath
THE CITY OF CONVERSATION — Tom Giardina
THE COUNTRY HOUSE — Donald Margulies
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS — Suzan-Lori Parks
OUR LADY OF KIBEHO — Katori Hall
GRAND CONCOURSE — Heidi Schreck
A GREAT WILDERNESS — Samuel D. Hunter
THE HUMANS — Stephen Karam
LOST LAKE — David Auburn
LUNA GALE — Rebecca Gilman
MARJORIE PRIME — Jordan Harrison
AN OCTOROON — Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins
THE OLDEST BOY — Sarah Ruhl
POCATELLO — Samuel D. Hunter
THE QUALMS — Bruce Norris
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN — Young Jean Lee
WAR — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
THE WHO AND THE WHAT — Ayad Akhtar

(Premieres in calendar year 2014)

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Updated On: 3/25/15 at 12:27 AM

Don't plays have to premiere in New York?

No.

"Productions opening in the United States between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014 are eligible"

HAMILTON will be eligible for the 2016 Pulitzer.

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Updated On: 3/25/15 at 12:31 AM

Probably should add Rebecca Gilman's LUNA GALE.

Thanks for that followspot. I'd love to see Grand Concourse and Father Comes Home From The Wars in the mix. Also extremely looking forward to seeing The Humans, The Qualms, and Airline Highway when they come in to town.

Do you have any opinions?

I'm hoping for BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY — Stephen Adly Guirgis this year; HAMILTON - Lin-Manuel Miranda next year

FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS is in line with some of the more ambitious works (like ANGELS IN AMERICA or THE KENTUCKY CYCLE) that Pulitzer committees have recently favored. I think Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' APPROPRIATE has a better chance than his AN OCTOROON. I wouldn't be surprised if it went to BEYOND RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY.

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Both APPROPRIATE and STALKING THE BOGEYMAN had 2013 regional premieres (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and North Carolina Stage Company, respectively) and should therefore have been eligible for that year's prize.

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Updated On: 4/5/15 at 08:43 AM

I really can’t imagine “The Qualms” being anywhere close to getting it. The script is cliché and rudimentary.

Of the ones I have seen/read I definitely think “An Octoroon” should take it this year. I do think “Luna Gale” is also brilliant, but “An Octoroon” is just on a different level.

As for next year, something absolutely phenomenal would have to come along to beat out “Hamilton” for me. “Hamilton” is just an absolute written masterpiece.

I was in the (admittedly small) camp that adored The Qualms, but I have to say that it's far from Pulitzer material. I could easily see The Humans or Airline Highway taking it. If I were on the selection committee, the three plays I would award would be Airline Highway, The Humans, and Our Lady of Kibeho. Then again, I thought Smokefall, Belleville, and Mr Burns were the most fabulous plays of the past few years, and I have never understood Annie Baker's appeal.

My hope goes with BEYOND RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY. Superior contemporary story line, character development, beautiful turnarounds and a great wrap up.

Yuck. A safe choice, I suppose. I thought An Octoroon would win. (And was hoping it would.)