Lynn Nottage

Biography

Lynn Nottage is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for her powerful works on the experiences of working-class people, particularly those who are black. Her plays Ruined and Sweat earned her the prestigious award twice, making her the only woman to have won it twice. A recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and listed among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2019, Nottage is a professor of playwriting at Columbia University and an artist-in-residence at the Park Avenue Armory.