The Kilroys List 2015
Honorable Mention:
Everything is Wonderful
(click here to see the full Honorable Mentions section)
Why The List?
THE LIST 2015 includes the results of the second annual industry survey of excellent new plays by female and trans* playwrights. It is a tool for producers committed to ending the systemic underrepresentation of female and trans* playwrights in the American theater.
How We Made The List
We surveyed 321 influential new play leaders — Artistic Directors, Literary Managers, Professors, Producers, Directors, and Dramaturgs — who had read or seen at least 40 new plays in the past year
Each respondent recommended 3 to 5 plays each, identifying a total of 755 plays as among the best work they had encountered in the past year
THE LIST comprises the top 7% of those plays — the 53 most recommended plays from this survey, which each received between 4 and 20 nominations
The Honorable Mentions comprises the top 32% of nominated plays — these 186 plays each received 2 or 3 nominations.
To ensure unbiased results, responses were anonymous. All identifying information of recommenders was tracked separately from their recommendations in the survey software.
The members of The Kilroys did not nominate plays for The List.
To be Eligible for The List, a Play Must be:
- unproduced or have had only a single professional production
- by an author who identifies as female or trans*
- among the most excellent seen or read by the industry professional within the previous twelve months and
- not included on last year’s list of top 46 plays
*If you’d like more information on what trans* means, here’s a great place to start: slate.me/1f7fM6R
