Cherie Bennett (1960-)

First Night award for best new play, RCI Festival of Emerging American Theater award, and Wing Walker Award, all 1993, and first place, Jackie White Memorial National Competition, 1995, all for John Lennon and Me; Children's Choice designation, Children's Book Council, and American Library Association distinction, both 1994, both for Did You Hear about Amber?; Dallas Shortfest! award, 1994, for Sex and Rage in a Soho Loft; Sholom Aleichem Commission award, 1994, and Cherie Bennett Bonderman Biennial award and First Night award, both 1995, all for Anne Frank and Me; New Visions/New Voices award, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1996, for Cyra and Rocky; New Visions/New Voices award, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1998, for Searching for David's Heart; first place, Jackie White Memorial Children's Playwriting Competition, 1998, for Zink: The Myth, the Legend, the Zebra.