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Mar. 9, 2021

27th OMS Drama Award Grand Prize goes to Masanori Yamamoto for Semi no Sora no Sora

The OMS Drama Award,” organized by Osaka Gas, is open to playwrights active in the Kansai region of Japan. Launched in 1994, this award was established to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Ogimachi Museum Square (OMS) (now closed), a facility known as a center for Osaka youth culture, and this year marks its 27th holding. Since its founding the OMS Drama Award has sought not only to encourage the next generation of playwrights in the Kansai region, but also to serve as a platform for established playwrights to present their works, and in this capacity it has sought to be a springboard for playwrights to expand their activities beyond Kansai to the broader national scene. From among the award’s 54 applicants this time, the Grand Prize was given to Masanori Yamamoto for Semi no Sora no Sora, and the Honorable Mention winner was Pinkchiteijin No. 3 for Kanzaki. Masanori Yamamoto serves as the playwright and director for the company Kotorikaigi, and this is his first OMS Grand Prize after twice being the OMS Honorable Mention winner, in 2018 and 2019.

Masanori Yamamoto biography:
Born at Sabae-City in Fukui Pref. in 1982. In 2004, he began theater activities in on the Kyoto small theater scene. In 2007 he founded Kotorikaigi and began activities as a playwright. In 2018, he won the Best Playwright award in the 9th Sengawa Theater Contest. In 2018, he won the Honorable Mention award of the 25th OMS Drama Awards for A, Kakkon no Take, and in 2019 he won the Honorable Mention award of the 26th OMS Drama Awards for Shizuka miracle.

Judges:
Makoto Satoh (playwright)
Yumi Suzuki (director)
Norihiko Tsukuda (playwright)
Hideo Tsuchida (playwright)
Miyu Higuchi (playwright)

The 27th OMS Drama Award
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