Arlene Hutton

Arlene Hutton}} is an American playwright, theatre artist and teacher. She is best known for a trio of plays, set during and after the Second World War, known as ''The Nibroc Trilogy''. The initial play of that trilogy, ''Last Train to Nibroc'', was the first play to transfer from FringeNYC to Off-Broadway (the second to do so was the hit musical ''Urinetown''). Other works for which she is known include a one-act dramatic work about the aftermath of a sexual assault, ''I Dream Before I Take the Stand''; a one-act musical drama set among the members of a Shaker community in the 19th century, ''As It Is in Heaven''; and a Holocaust-themed work, ''Letters to Sala'', based on actual documents. She has also created plays for young audiences.

Her work has won many awards. From ''The Nibroc Trilogy'', ''Last Train to Nibroc'' received a 2000 New York Drama League Best Play nomination, ''See Rock City'' won the In the Spirit of America Award, and ''Gulf View Drive'' received ''L.A. Weekly'' and Ovation Award nominations, as well as the 2018 Ovation Award for Best Production at the Rubicon Theatre. She is a three-time winner of the Samuel French Short Play Festival, and eight-time finalist for the Heideman Award at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Hutton has received critical acclaim for her plays, which have been compared to the works of Horton Foote, William Inge, Jane Austen and Lanford Wilson, among others. Of her, one journalist wrote, "In an era when playwrights are a vanishing species and Disney dominates Broadway, [Hutton] has fashioned a remarkable place for herself." Provided by Wikipedia