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Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Julie White), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (K. Todd Freeman) and Outstanding Play. This play examines a tight knit community of âoutsidersâ over the course of a single, legendary day. The Hummingbird Hotel is the figurative or
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reviewer wrote: "D'Amour's voice is a vibrant new addition to the
American theatre, and Women's Project has assembled an exciting team in this brave production." It was originally produced by PlayLabs, Minneapolis, MN, in 2003 and then in Providence, Rhode Island by Perishable Theatre.
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which was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, a 2013 Obie Award-winner (Best New
American Play) and the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn prize. This heartfelt and comedic play was DâAmour's examination of what it means to lead an authentic life.
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literal home for a group of strippers, French
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