The Paul Green Award
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Selected by the recipient of the Person of the Year Award, The Paul Green Award, The Paul Green Award recognizes and encourages excellence in new professional theatre talent and is presented to a young theatre artist.
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The Paul Green Foundation
The Paul Green Award is made possible by a grant from The Paul Green Foundation, established in 1982 to perpetuate the vision of playwright and activist Paul Green. 
Paul Green (1894-1981) was a remarkable man: Dramatist Laureate of North Carolina, humanist, Hollywood screenwriter, essayist, professor of philosophy and drama at the University of North Carolina, novelist, poet, singer and writer of songs, human rights activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright for the Broadway production, In Abraham’s Bosom. He is considered the “father of symphonic outdoor drama” with his production in 1937 of The Lost Colony. He went on to write 16 more outdoor dramas. Paul Green founded the Institute of Outdoor Drama and today there are more than 50 historical outdoor dramas being produced all across the country. From 1941-42 Paul Green served as President of the National Theatre Conference and served on the Executive Committee in 1944 and 1945. He was on the drama faculty at the University of North Carolina, one of the 1925 original theatre department organizers of what was to become the National Theatre Conference. In 1981, Paul Green died at age 87 leaving a legacy of literary works and good works that touch the lives of many thousands of people. In 1982 the Foundation was formed to carry on his work, and each year the Trustees award grants in the areas of the arts and human rights. |
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