Professor Gino DiIorio’s new play “Reparation” is the winner of the E. Desmond Lee Playwriting Prize.

The award is given by the Missouri Historical Society and the Lee Endowed Professorship in African-American Studies at the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The competition is open to plays that consider the African-American experience.

“Reparation” deals with the involvement of US banking in the slave trade, both yesterday and today.

“Reparation” will receive its world premiere at Luna Stage (Orange, New Jersey) this fall.