Barbara Seyda (Playwright/Honoree), Niegel Smith (') and Nicholas Wright (Judge) Photo

From: Photo Coverage: Barbara Seyda Wins Yale Drama Series Award for CELIA A SLAVE: 26 CHARACTERS TESTIFY

Now in its ninth year, the Yale Drama Series Prize is given out annually for a play by an emerging playwright, selected by a judging panel of one - a preeminent playwright of our time.  The winner receives the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, as well as publication of the winning play by Yale University Press and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater.  The Yale Drama Series is an annual international open submission competition for emerging playwrights who are invited to submit original, unpublished, full-length, English language plays for consideration.  Seyda's play was selected from 1,478 entries from 47 countries.
Date Taken: 2015-09-10 23:05:34