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Eboni Booth

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Eboni Booth
BornNew York City, New York, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Vermont (BA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Drama
Drama Desk Award
Outer Critics Circle Award

Eboni Booth is an American playwright and actress.[1] She won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Primary Trust.[2]

Career

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Booth's first experience in theatre came as a child performing in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Lehman College and attending sleepaway camps for theatre.[3] She eventually enrolled in New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and later studied at the University of Vermont, and received a Juilliard Playwrighting Fellowship.[4] She has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists and was a recipient of the Steinberg Playwright Grant in 2021.[5]She also studied playwrighting at the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts.[6]

In 2020, her first play, Paris, premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company. The play follows the story of working-class employees at a big box store in the titular town in Vermont. The show received positive reviews, with The New York Times calling it "coolly observant" and a "realistically acted, astutely written play."[7] For her work, she was awarded the Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting.[8] and the John Gassner Award For New American Plays by the Outer Critics Circle Awards.[9][10]

Her play Primary Trust debuted Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre to critical success, including nominations for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Play.[11] The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2024.[12]

Plays

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Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1994 No Adults Allowed Nancy [13]
2012 Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets Tosha Lampkin Episode: "Caught on Tape"
2015 Daredevil Reporter 2 episodes
Show Me a Hero
2018 The Americans Janine Aderholt
2019 The Punisher Reporter Episode: "Collision Course"
The Good Fight Isabella Burns 3 episodes
Instinct Sandy Episode: "Broken Record"
Lo: The New Adventures of Ultimate Man's Ex-Girlfriend Lo Main role
2020 The Surrogate Samantha
Come Play Dr. Robyn
2022 Julia Staff Writer 8 episodes
2024 We Were The Lucky Ones Writer, Co-Producer Episode: "Warsaw"
2026 Disclosure Day Dr. Coleman
TBD Last Night at the Lobster Writer

Stage credits

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2017 Sundown, Yellow Moon Performer Off-Broadway, Ars Nova [14]
Fulfillment Center Madeleine Off-Broadway, Manhattan Theatre Club
After the Blast Carrie Off-Broadway, Lincoln Center Theatre
2018 Dance Nation Zuzu Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons
2020 Paris Playwright Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company
2023 Primary Trust Off-Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 Drama Desk Award Ensemble Award Dance Nation Won [15][16]
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated [17]
2020 Outer Critics Circle Award John Gassner Award Paris Honored [18]
2021 Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting Won [19]
2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Primary Trust Won [20]
Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Play Nominated [21]

References

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  1. ↑ "Culture Shock: Playwright Eboni Booth Invites You To Look at The World With Fresh Eyes with 'Primary Trust'". V-Magazine. 25 May 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Eboni Booth's Primary Trust Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Playwright Eboni Booth". Roundabout Theatre Company. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Playwriting | The Juilliard School". www.juilliard.edu. Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  5. ↑ "2021 Steinberg Playwright Awardees Announced". American Theatre. December 14, 2021. Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Interview with Playwright Eboni Booth". Roundabout Theatre Company. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Paris (Play Review)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  8. ↑ Eboni Booth Interview Archived 2024-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Evans, Greg (May 11, 2020). "'Jagged Little Pill' & 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' Top New York's Outer Critics Circle Honors In Pandemic Year Of Multiple Winners". Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  10. ↑ Roundabout Eboni Booth Interview Archived 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machineaccessed 05-05-24
  11. ↑ "2024 Nominees : Lucille Lortel Awards". lortelaward.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  12. ↑ "Eboni Booth's Primary Trust Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  13. ↑ "IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  14. ↑ "Eboni Booth". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  15. ↑ "2019 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  16. ↑ Ruthie Fierberg (June 2, 2019). "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Network's Bryan Cranston, *Hadestown* Among 2019 Drama League Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  18. ↑ Clement, Olivia (May 11, 2020). "Moulin Rouge! Leads 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honorees". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Helen Merrill Awards Announce 6 Winners". American Theatre. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  20. ↑ "Eboni Booth's Primary Trust Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  21. ↑ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 5, 2024). "Ars Nova and National Black Theatre's (Pray) Leads 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards; Read the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
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