All the Drama: The Kentucky Cycle, 1992 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: "The Kentucky Cycle"
1992 Pulitzer winner “The Kentucky Cycle”, by Robert Schenkkan

The Kentucky Cycle Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kentucky_Cycle

Robert Schenkkan Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schenkkan

Robert Schenkkan website:
https://robertschenkkan.com/

The Kentucky Cycle script
https://www.amazon.com/Kentucky-Cycle-Robert-Schenkkan/dp/0802125271/

“Robert Schenkkan's The Kentucky Cycle, first produced at Seattle's Intiman Theatre in June 1991, is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama on April 7, 1992” by Paula Becker, HistoryLink.org
https://www.historylink.org/File/7836

“Review/Theater; 200 Years of a Nation's Sorrows, in 9 Chapter” by Frank Rich, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/15/theater/review-theater-200-years-of-a-nation-s-sorrows-in-9-chapters.html

“Broadway 'Kentucky Cycle' Closes After a Short Run” by Don Shirley, The Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-13-ca-1520-story.html

“A Look back at The Kentucky Cycle, 2004” by Eve Doster, Hilbery Theatre Company
https://hilberry.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/a-look-back-at-the-kentucky-cycle-2004/

Spotlight on Theater: Robert Schenkkan's The Kentucky Cycle, The Kennedy Center

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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.