Eboni Booth is an American playwright and actress. She won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Primary Trust.
Career 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. 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. She has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists and was a recipient of the Steinberg Playwright Grant in 2021.She also studied playwrighting at the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts.
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." For her work, she was awarded the Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting.Eboni Booth Interview and the John Gassner Award For New American Plays by the Outer Critics Circle Awards.Roundabout Eboni Booth Interview accessed 05-05-24
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. The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2024.
Plays Paris Primary Trust
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotesRef.1994No Adults AllowedNancy2012Stolen Voices, Buried SecretsTosha LampkinEpisode: "Caught on Tape"2015DaredevilReporter2 episodesShow Me a Hero2018The AmericansJanine Aderholt2019The PunisherReporterEpisode: "Collision Course"The Good FightIsabella Burns3 episodesInstinctSandyEpisode: "Broken Record"Lo: The New Adventures of Ultimate Man's Ex-GirlfriendLoMain role2020The SurrogateSamanthaCome PlayDr. Robyn2022JuliaStaff Writer8 episodes2024We Were The Lucky OnesWriter, Co-ProducerEpisode: "Warsaw"2026Disclosure DayDr. ColemanTBDLast Night at the LobsterWriter
Stage credits YearTitleRoleVenueRef.2017Sundown, Yellow MoonPerformerOff-Broadway, Ars NovaFulfillment CenterMadeleineOff-Broadway, Manhattan Theatre ClubAfter the BlastCarrieOff-Broadway, Lincoln Center Theatre2018Dance NationZuzuOff-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons2020ParisPlaywrightOff-Broadway, Atlantic Theatre Company2023Primary TrustOff-Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2019Drama Desk AwardEnsemble AwardDance NationDrama League AwardDistinguished Performance2020Outer Critics Circle AwardJohn Gassner AwardParis2021Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting2024Pulitzer Prize for DramaPrimary TrustLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Play
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