The 2018 winner of the Yale Drama Series competition is a riveting exploration of family and death Set in Kentucky, this compelling drama centers around a Japanese-American family reunited as their matriarch undergoes cancer treatment. The father, James, is a recovering alcoholic seeking redemption, and the two daughters are struggling to overcome their differences—Sophie is an ardent born-again Christian, while Hiro lives a single’s life in New York City. John, an old high school classmate of Hiro’s who is now a single dad, worries about leaving a legacy for his son. Wry and bittersweet, God Said This vividly captures the complexities of a familial reconciliation in the throes of crisis and looks deeply at the meaning of family—Japanese, Southern, and otherwise.   This is the first Yale Drama Series winner chosen by Pulitzer prize–winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, who describes the play as conveying “a deeply felt sense of the universal—of the perfection of our parents’ flawed love for each other and for us; for the ways in which the approach of death can order the meaning of a human life.”

God Said This (Yale Drama Series)

Literature & Fiction

Winkler, Leah Nanako

Dramas & Plays

Yale University Press

One of Manhattan's most established play festivals, the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival fosters the work of emerging writers, giving them the exposure of publication and representation.
The festival resulting in this collection was held August 5th - 10th at Playwrights Horizons on 42nd Street in New York City.
From the initial pool of 1,385 submissions, the Final Thirty plays were chosen to be performed over a period of one week. A panel of judges comprised of celebrity pl

Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 39th Series

Majok, Martyna

Younger, Kelly

Concord Theatricals

Kentucky

Dramatist's Play Service

A collection of short plays by Leah Nanako Winkler that have been performed in New York between 2008-2013. Subjects range from modern love to duck sex to a teen's obsession with Justin Bieber to prostitutes living in 18th century Edo Japan. Filled with monologues, poetic language and LOLS.

Nagoriyuki And Other Short Plays: Performed in NYC betwen 2008-2013

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A collection of short plays written by playwright Leah Nanako Winkler between 2014-2015 that were performed in NYC. Dark, comedic themes range from Modern love and heart break, bros having a bro night while bonding over Star Wars, craigslist advertisements come to life, a double date skewering into the weird when a food fetish is revealed and more. Great for acting and directing students looking for funny, contemporary material. Lots of monologues.

The Lowest Form of Writing

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

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