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• 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Fat Ham was awarded the Pulitzer before the play had even received an in-person production. Originally premiered as a virtual production from the Wilma Theater in 2021; In-person premiere at The Public Theater spring 2022. New York Times Critic's Pick.
• Awards and Honors for James Ijames: 2011 F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Artist. Two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play for Superior Donuts and Angels in America, and two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Play for The Brothers Size with Simpatico Theatre Company and Gem of the Ocean with Arden Theatre. 2015 Pew Fellow for Playwriting, 2015 winner of the Terrance McNally New Play Award for WHITE, 2015 Kesselring Honorable Mention Prize winner for ...Miz Martha, 2017 recipient of the Whiting Award, 2019 Kesselring Prize for Kill Move Paradise, and a 2020 Steinberg Prize.
• Institutional Affiliations: Ijames teaches at Villanova University and is the Lead Artistic Director of the Wilma Theater in Philadephia.