Awards & Winners

Christopher Durang

Date of Birth 02-January-1949
Place of Birth Montclair
(New Jersey, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Christopher Ferdinand Durang, Chris Durang
Profession Writer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Author, Lyricist, Actor
Christopher Ferdinand Durang is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s. His play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2013. The production was directed by Nicholas Martin, and featured Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Billy Magnussen, Shalita Grant and Genevieve Angelson. Currently he is co-director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, taught at Juilliard.

Awards by Christopher Durang

Check all the awards nominated and won by Christopher Durang.

2013


Tony Award for Best Play
Honored for : Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Honored for : Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Adrift in Macao

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Miss Witherspoon

1999


Obie Award for Playwriting
Honored for : Betty's Summer Vacation
(Playwrighting)

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Betty's Summer Vacation

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play The Marriage of Bette and Boo

1985


Obie Award for Playwriting
Honored for : The Marriage of Bette and Boo
Obie Award for Ensemble Performance
Honored for : The Marriage of Bette and Boo

1980


Obie Award for Playwriting
Honored for : Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Das Lusitania Spongspiel

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical A History of the American Film