The 2022 Yale Drama Series Prize has announced the eight plays chosen for its first-ever Short List. The eight plays selected, listed in alphabetical order, are Jordan Ramirez Puckett’s "A Driving Beat," Lilly Camp’s "All Eight," Matthew Paul Olmos’ "a home what howls (or the house that was ravine)," Seayoung Yim’s "Jar of Fat", Candrice Jones’ "A Medusa Thread," Libby Heily’s "Midnight Showing," Aaron Coleman’s "Tell Me I’m Gorgeous at the End of the World," and Iraisa Ann Reilly’s "The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo." This year the Prize received over 1,500 submissions from 56 countries. The winner of the 2022 Prize will be announced at a later date. In a historic first, this year’s Prize, which has traditionally been decided by one award-winning playwright, was decided by a body of six judges who read over 250 plays each – all past winners of the Prize themselves. To allow the Prize to better reflect the pluralism of its applicant pool, and to provide a broader context about the state of the American Theatre at the emerging level, this judging panel has decided to release this Short List in advance of announcing the winning play. Now in its fifteenth year of awarding the Yale Drama Series Prize is solely sponsored by the David Charles Horn Foundation, which has provided funding for the Yale Drama Series for almost twenty years. The Prize is awarded annually for a play by an emerging playwright after multiple readings by distinguished playwrights of our time. The winner receives the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, as well as publication of the winning play by Yale University Press and a staged reading. The Yale Drama Series is an annual international open submission competition for emerging playwrights who are invited to submit original, unpublished, full-length, English language plays for consideration. All entries are read blindly. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...