| Utility Contributor(s): Schwend, Emily (Author), Wright, Nicholas (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0300224427 ISBN-13: 9780300224429 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $17.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.6 |
| LCCN: 2017933039 |
| Series: Yale Drama |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.9" (0.30 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The tenth winner of the Yale Drama Series centers on a young mother dealing with life's many trials Marking the tenth anniversary of the Yale Drama Series for emerging playwrights, Emily Schwend's powerful work centers on Amber, a young woman struggling to raise a family in East Texas. Amber is juggling two nearly full-time jobs and three kids. Her on-again, off-again husband Chris is eternally optimistic and charming as hell, but rarely employed. The house is falling apart and Amber has an eight-year-old's birthday party to plan. Selected from more than 1,600 entries, Schwend's newest play--produced by the Amoralists Theatre Company at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre in 2016--vividly captures the economic hardships and relationship difficulties faced by so many Americans today. "Utility is a remarkable play: beautifully written and effortlessly powerful," said contest judge Nicholas Wright. "At every moment the happiness of human lives is put at risk: is there any greater dramatic theme?" |