Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre

The Richard Rodgers Award is an annual award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was created and endowed by Richard Rodgers in 1978 for the development of new works in musical theatre. These awards provide financial support for full productions, studio productions, and staged readings of new and developing works of musical theatre, and to nurture early-career composers, lyricists and playwrights by enabling their musicals to be produced by nonprofit theatres in New York City. The winners are selected by a jury of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Richard Rodgers Awards are the Academy's only awards for which applications are accepted.
Former award recipients include Maury Yeston, for "Nine"; Jonathan Larson, for "Rent"; Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal, for "Juan Darien"; Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, for "Lucky Stiff"; Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley, for "Violet"; Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright, for "Grey Gardens"; and Dave Malloy for "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812".
2021's jury included David Lang, chairman, Lynn Ahrens, Kristoffer Diaz, Mindi Dickstein, Amanda Green, Michael R. Jackson, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Weidman.
2021's winners are "The Monster" by Chelsea Marcantel, Michael Mahler, and Alan Schmuckler; "Oratorio for Living Things" by Heather Christian; and "TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix" by EllaRose Chary and Brandon James Gwinn.