Utility
Published on 6. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-300-22442-9 (ISBN)
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?"
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?"
Reviews / Votes
"'Utility' is a skillfully constructed . . . domestic drama about struggling simply to make do. . . . Ms. Schwend offers a close, unblinking look at a moment in the life of a woman who's treading water as fast as she can, trying to keep her family afloat."-Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York TimesMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-22442-9 (9780300224429)
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