Movies & Writers
1997 Procter & Gamble Dreambuilder Scribe Award Winner:

Howard Simon

Howard Simon's love for theater began in grade school when he attended a performance of "Black Nativity" at Cleveland's Karamu Theater. He graduated from high school in Cleveland, received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta and completed a master's in creative writing at New York University's Tisch School of Arts. Just Passin' Through was Howard's first produced script.

On May 2, 2000, Howard was the recipient of the Sage Theatre/Spotlight On Award for Best Playwright for "James Baldwin: A Soul on Fire".