Editing Lanford Wilson (section)

==Awards, recognition, and legacy==
In 1995, he received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>

In 2004, Wilson received the [[PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award]] for a Master American Dramatist. Also in 2004, he was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]].

In 2009, he shared insights about his friendship with [[Tennessee Williams]] at a theatre festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts.<ref>Israel, Robert. [http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc3=&id=96286 "Lanford Wilson recalls Tennessee Williams"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510071517/http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=entertainment |date=2013-05-10 }} ''The Edge'', Provincetown, Massachusetts, September 17, 2009.</ref>

In 2010, [[Debra Monk]] presented Wilson with the Artistic Achievement Award from the [[New York Innovative Theatre Awards]].<ref>Andronico, Michael. [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-news/winners-of-2010-it-awards-announced-1004115788.story "Winners of 2010 IT Awards Announced"] ''Back Stage'', September 21, 2010.</ref> This honor was awarded by the off-off-Broadway community "in recognition of his brave and unique works that helped establish the off-off-Broadway community and propel the independent theatre voice as an important contributor to the American stage."<ref>Bacalzo, Dan. [http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/children-of-eden-samuel-and-alasdair-and-more-win_30608.html "''Children of Eden'', ''Samuel and Alasdair'', and More Win 2010 IT Awards"], TheatreMania, September 20, 2010.</ref>

[[Ben Brantley]], theatre critic for ''The New York Times'', has said that Wilson's plays reflect "disenchantment with the state of the nation...A couple plays, at least, featured embittered Vietnam veterans. At the same time, he harked back to the era of more sentimental plays – of portraits of losers on the margins of life."<ref name="Lunden">Lunden, Jeff. [https://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134855822/for-lanford-wilson-the-plays-were-always-personal "For Lanford Wilson, The Plays Were Always Personal"] [[NPR]], March 25, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2012.</ref> Wilson and Marshall W. Mason encouraged [[method acting]] and often used [[Konstantin Stanislavski|Constantin Stanislavski]]'s technique.{{sfn|Bryer|1994|loc=ch. "&thinsp;'Hell Is Watching Your Script Done Badly': An Interview with Lanford Wilson", pp. 183–203}} In addition to John Malkovich, [[Judd Hirsch]], [[Swoosie Kurtz]], [[William Hurt]], [[Jeff Daniels]], [[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]], and [[Christopher Reeve]] were among the actors who starred in Wilson and Mason's productions.<ref name=Lunden/>