For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright

Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger (left) presents Doug Wright with the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Man from Nebraska" by Tracy Letts, and "Omnium Gatherum" by Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros.