Tina Howe

Tina Howe
Howe in 2015
Howe in 2015
BornMabel Davis Howe
(1937-11-21)November 21, 1937
New York City, U.S.
DiedAugust 28, 2023(2023-08-28) (aged 85)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationPlaywright
EducationSarah Lawrence College (BA)
Sorbonne University
Columbia University
Chicago State University
Period1959–2017
Spouse
Norman Levy
(m. 1961; died 2022)
Children2
ParentQuincy Howe (father)
RelativesMark Antony De Wolfe Howe (grandfather)

Mabel Davis "Tina" Howe (November 21, 1937 – August 28, 2023) was an American playwright. In a career that spanned more than four decades, Howe's best-known works include Museum, The Art of Dining, Painting Churches, Coastal Disturbances, and Pride's Crossing.

Her plays won numerous awards, including the 1998 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play for Pride's Crossing,[1][2] which was also a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[3] Coastal Disturbances was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play.[2][4]

  1. ^ "'Pride's Crossing' Listing, 1997" lortel.org, accessed September 6, 2015
  2. ^ a b "Painting Churches with One Shoe Off". Wheaton College. Archived from the original on November 6, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "Pulitzer Prize for Drama" Pulitzer.org, accessed September 5, 2015
  4. ^ "Tina Howe Broadway (Awards)" Internet Broadway Database, accessed August 26, 2015