{"product_id":"utility-emily-schwend-9780300224429","title":"Utility","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe tenth winner of the Yale Drama Series centers on a young mother dealing with life's many trials\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \"\u003ci\u003eUtility\u003c\/i\u003e 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?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Schwend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300224427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300224429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Emily Schwend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637131198719,"sku":"9780300224429","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad86d53e-5c22-4718-9515-592efc086637.jpg?v=1765114114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/utility-emily-schwend-9780300224429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}