Elliot Lewis, Branford College

Elliot Lewis’s senior project play, the aptly titled, Take This, and Build Something, is the culmination of his study of playwriting at Yale, and his strongest work to date.  It demonstrates, eloquently, a young writer of empathy and imagination who clearly has big ideas on his mind: parents and children, legacy, inheritance, success, sibling rivalry, to name a few.  May this distinction, in honor of a student of great promise, give him the encouragement to continue honing his craft.