Editing Christopher Durang (section)

==Awards and honors==
Durang received [[Obie Award]]s for ''Sister Mary Ignatius'',<ref name = Evans/> ''The Marriage of Bette and Boo'' and ''Betty's Summer Vacation''. He received a nomination for a [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical]] for ''A History of the American Film'', and he won a [[Tony Award for Best Play]] in 2013 for his play ''[[Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike]]''.<ref name = Evans/>

Durang was awarded numerous fellowships and high-profile grants including a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim]], a [[Rockefeller Foundation]], the [[CBS ]] Playwriting Fellowship, the ''Lecomte du Nouy Foundation'' grant, and the ''Kenyon Festival Theatre Playwriting Prize''.

Durang was a member of the council for the [[Dramatists Guild of America]], and was named the 2024 recipient of the guild's lifetime achievement award.<ref name = Evans/><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/christopherdurang|title = Christopher Durang|website = [[Dramatists Guild of America]]|accessdate = April 3, 2024|archive-date = April 3, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240403143146/https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/christopherdurang|url-status = live}}</ref> He was also a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in Drama in 2006 for ''Miss Witherspoon''.<ref name = Evans/>

On May 17, 2010, he was presented with the very first Luminary Award from the [[New York Innovative Theatre Awards]] for his work [[Off-Off-Broadway]].

Durang was awarded the [[PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award]] in 2012. That same year, he was inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/exclusive-betty-buckley-sam-waterston-trevor-nunn-christopher-durang-andre-bishop-among-theater-hall-of-fame-inductees-com-197937|title=EXCLUSIVE: Betty Buckley, Sam Waterston, Trevor Nunn, Christopher Durang, Andre Bishop Among Theater Hall of Fame Inductees|author1=Gans, Andrew|author2=Gioia, Michael|work=[[Playbill]]|date=September 24, 2012|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214518/http://www.playbill.com/article/exclusive-betty-buckley-sam-waterston-trevor-nunn-christopher-durang-andre-bishop-among-theater-hall-of-fame-inductees-com-197937|url-status=live}}</ref>