Playwriting alum Clarence Coo ’10 was presented with the Horton Foote Award at the Dramatists Guild’s annual awards ceremony on April 29, 2025, at the Broadway restaurant Green Fig.
"It was such an honor and a delight to receive this award the same evening David Henry Hwang received a Lifetime Achievement Award. David was my thesis mentor when I was a playwriting student at [the School of the Arts],” Coo said in a statement.
The Horton Foote Award recognizes dramatists whose work “seeks to plumb the ineffable nature of being human,” according to the Dramatists Guild. This year’s Horton Foote Award was given to Coo and playwright C. A. Johnson. Last year’s recipient was Sanaz Toossi, whose play English was just nominated for the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play.