Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
Held in the Senior Drama Collection at Ohio State through the Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors competition, which drew 470 entries from writers worldwide.
The Long Dance™
A play by Edgar Chisholm
One act · © 2002 Edgar Chisholm
In the curriculum · Ohio State University
The Long Dance is an assigned manuscript playtext in Theatre 675.01, “Crones, Curmudgeons, and Living Treasures: Theatre and Aging” — a 5-credit undergraduate and graduate course taught by Dr. Alan Woods, Autumn 2005.
Awards
- Winner — Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors International Competition, One-Act Play · 2003, the competition’s first year
- Winner — Raymond J. Flores Playwriting Prize · 2010
- Winner — Segora International Writing Competition, One-Act Play · 2017, Saint-André-sur-Sèvre, France
- Third Place — Black Power Theatre, inaugural Power Plays Competition · 2018, St. Thomas, USVI
- Winner — Centre Stage Theatre National Play Contest · 2021
- Producers’ Choice — American Globe Theatre & Turnip Theatre festival, New York · 2002
- Best Actress — Diane Martella, American Globe Theatre & Turnip Theatre festival, New York · 2002
Productions & Readings
- Polaris North, New York — workshop · 2002
- American Globe Theatre & Turnip Theatre festival, New York — Producers’ Choice; Best Actress, Diane Martella · 2002
- Stella Adler Theatre, Los Angeles · 2003
- Around the Block — reading · 2010
- Polaris North, New York — staged reading · 2010