The Sixth Act and Creative Arts are excited to welcome Playwright Seayoung Yim to MCC.
Two MCC Theatre alumni will perform a reading of a scene from one of Seayoung's plays on Thursday, April 3, at 7 PM, in the Black Box Theater, followed by a conversation with Seayoung.
All are welcome to attend this event!
Seayoung Yim is a playwright and educator from Seattle. Her play, Jar of Fat, published by Yale University Press, was the 2022 winner of the Yale Drama Series Prize. Honors include: Woolly Mammoth X Black List Playwriting Commission, Powers Playwriting Fellowship - Old Globe, 2023 Kilroys Web, Hedgebrook residency, Sewanee Writers’ Conference fellowship, Stephen Sondheim Graduate fellowship, finalist - 2024 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award, second place - Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award (KCACTF). Her work has been supported by Ma-Yi Writer’s Lab, Clubbed Thumb, Annex Theater, Cafe Nordo, and others. Yim received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brown University. Visit Seayoung Yim's website (www.seayoungyim.com) to learn more about her.
Please email Maria Brandt (mbrandt@monroecc.edu) with any questions.