Theatre Arts & Performance Studies

Seayoung Yim '22 MFA, Yale Drama Series Winner!

A huge congratulations to Seayoung Yim '22 MFA, who has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Yale Drama Series for her play Jar of Fat.

Seayoung YimIn an article from Broadway World, Yim said, "I offer this play as a struck match to burn some of the accumulated rage at what fatphobia steals from us every day: grace, space, possibility, and breath. As a Korean American, it was important to have this conversation about fatphobia and attractiveness in a culturally specific context to explore the ways these issues present themselves differently from the mainstream Western norms."

Read the full article on Broadway World