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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Emily Schwend Wins Prestigious Yale Theater Prize, Both Runners-Up Are Women

Women and Hollywood: Playwright Emily Schwend has won the 2016 Yale Drama Series prize for her play "Utility," a family drama set in Texas.

Schwend will receive $10,000, publication by Yale University Press and a staged reading at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater. The play follows a mother's struggle to keep her broken family afloat during difficult financial and emotional times.

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