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Jeremy O. Harris Names Jesús I. Valles’ Queer History Play ‘Bathhouse.pptx’ As Yale Drama Series Prize Winner

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EXCLUSIVE: Jesús I. Valles’ play Bathhouse.pptx has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Yale Drama Series Prize, with the honor’s judge Jeremy O.

Harris calling the new work an exploration of “a queer history that is quickly being erased.” The prize for emerging playwrights, now in its 16th year, was selected from more than 1,500 entries.

As is the prize’s custom, Harris, the author of Slave Play and a Yale alum, was the selection process’ presiding playwright, or sole judge.

Previous judges have included Edward Albee, David Hare, John Guare, Marsha Norman, Nicholas Wright, Ayad Akhtar and Paula Vogel. “This is one of the most exciting speculative fictions I’ve encountered in years,” Harris said, “using a unique dramaturgy to explore a queer history that is quickly being erased.

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