‘The Flick’ by Annie Baker wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama

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This publicity photo released by The Publicity Office shows, from left, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher and Aaron Clifton Moten, in a scene from Annie Baker’s play, "The Flick." Baker\'s The Flick” has won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama, a play set in a run-down movie theater that was hailed by the judges as a “thoughtful drama with well-crafted characters” which created “lives rarely seen on the stage.” (AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Joan Marcus)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Annie Baker’s “The Flick” has won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

The Columbia University’s prize board on Monday gave the playwright, who is in her early 30s, the prize for her play about friendship, morality and loyalty set in a movie theatre. It played off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons last year.

The drama award, which includes a $10,000 prize, is “for a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life,” according to the official guidelines.

The production must have opened during 2013 to be eligible for this year’s award. Previous playwrights honoured include August Wilson, Edward Albee, Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams.

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