First Annual Yale Drama Series Award Presentation

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This is the award presentation for the first winner of the Yale Drama Series competition at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The speakers include Yale University Press Director John Donatich, Academy Award-winning actress Mercedes Ruehl, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee, prize-winner John Austin Connolly, and donor Francine Horn. The Yale Drama Series, co-sponsored by Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre, supports emerging playwrights. The annual competition is open to citizens of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland. The winner of the annual competition is awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his or her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The Yale Drama Series is funded by generous support from the David Charles Horn Foundation. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee serves as first judge of the Yale Drama Series. The series advisory board includes Harold Bloom, Robert Brustein, James Bundy, John Donatich, Alfred Goldfield, Annie Keefe, and Joanne Woodward. (April 26, 2007)

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