2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize Winner

Deepa Purohit

 

The Hermitage Artist Retreat, in collaboration with the Philadelphia-based Greenfield Foundation, has selected playwright Deepa Purohit as the winner of the 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize. Purohit is an award-winning playwright who made her Off-Broadway debut in the Atlantic Theater Company’s 2022-23 season with the world premiere of her play “Elyria” (2023 Drama League Award Nominee for Outstanding Production of a Play, 2017 NEA Commission, and 2019 Jerome Foundation support with Ma-Yi Theater Company). Ms. Purohit will receive a six-week Hermitage Fellowship residency and a $35,000 commission to create an original work of theater that will have its first public presentation in Sarasota in 2026. The Hermitage Greenfield Prize is awarded annually, rotating between the fields of theater, music, and visual art. Purohit was selected by a distinguished jury that included Obie Award-winning playwright Rajiv Joseph, Tony Award winner and Artistic Director of A.R.T. Diane Paulus, and Tony Award-winning actor, director, and writer Ruben Santiago-Hudson. To learn more about the Hermitage, visit hermitageartistretreat.org.