Douglas Turner Ward is the original director of the three plays in Signature's current NEC season: Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer, Samm-Art Williams' Home and Charles Fuller's Zooman and the Sign. As a playwright, Ward is best known for his award-winning one-act plays Happy Ending and Day of Absence. Ward has also received two Drama Desk Awards and a Tony nomination for his acting performances. He is an inductee in the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Past Signature honorees include Edward Albee, August Wilson and Horton Foote.
Here is a look at a few of the attendees at the event, held at Manhattan's Espace and hosted by Phylicia Rashad and Ruben Santiago-Hudson:
Edward Norton
Aubrey Reuben
Charles Mee
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John Guare and Lanford Wilson
Aubrey Reuben
Ernie Hudson and Roger Robinson
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Edward Albee
Aubrey Reuben
Lanford Wilson
Aubrey Reuben
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Aubrey Reuben
Ernie Hudson
Aubrey Reuben
Dallas Roberts
Aubrey Reuben
Phylicia Rashad
Aubrey Reuben
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Aubrey Reuben
Yaya DaCosta
Aubrey Reuben
Leslie Lee
Aubrey Reuben
Douglas Turner Ward
Aubrey Reuben
Managing Director Erika Mallin, Douglas Turner Ward and Artistic Director James Houghton
Aubrey Reuben
Artistic Director James Houghton, Dallas Roberts, Yaya DaCosta and DCA Commissioner Kate Levin
Aubrey Reuben
