Emily Schwend was honored as the 2016 Yale Drama Series Award winner with a ceremony and reading of her play Utility, at the Claire Tow Theater November 1. The award is given to an emerging playwright by the Yale Drama Series Judges Ayad Akhtar, John Guare, Marsha Norman, and Nicholas Wright.


Yale Drama Series
Nicholas Wright
Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Melissa Hurst, and James Kautz
Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Emily Schwend, James Kautz, Melissa Hurst, and Jay Stull
Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Nicholas Wright, Emily Schwend, James Kautz, Melissa Hurst, and Jay Stull
Alex Grubbs, Vanessa Vache, Nicholas Wright, Emily Schwend, Francine Horn, James Kautz, Melissa Hurst, and Jay Stull
Nicholas Wright, Francine Horn, Emily Schwend, and Jay Stull
Emily Schwend and Jay Stull
Emily Schwend
Nicholas Wright and Emily Schwend
Evan Cabnet and Ayad Akhtar
Ayad Akhtar
Evan Cabnet
Neil Wechsler
John Connolly
John Guare
Niegel Smith
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Lucie Tiberghien
Guest and Jen Silverman
Marsha Norman and Jen Silverman
Nina Segal
Barbara Seyda
Barbara Seyda, Neil Wechsler, Emily Schwend, Jen Silverman, and John Connolly
Francine Horn
John Guare
Nicholas Wright
Marsha Norman
Emily Schwend
Marsha Norman and Andre Bishop