 The Moss Hart Award has been referred to as the New England Tony Award.Past winners include Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Staples Players, and Suffield Academy.Developed as an offshoot of the very successful New Play Initiative, of Burbank's Grove Theater Center the Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative (Hart NPI) expands the program to one of the few programs of its kind where a playwright will be guaranteed and production of his/her play in Los Angeles (Burbank), as well as an Off-Broadway Premiere at 59E59 Theaters in New York City.