Acting
Chair
Walton Wilson
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Application Deadline is 1/2/2019
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Graduate professional training in every theatrical discipline.
Our Mission
Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre train and advance leaders to raise the standard of global professional practice in every theatrical discipline, pursuing excellence in art to promote wonder, empathy, and understanding in the world.
OUR CORE VALUES:
Artistry
We nurture imagination and court inspiration through mastery of skills and techniques, to create fluent, authentic, original storytelling that illuminates the complexity of the human spirit and questions accepted wisdom.
OUR CORE VALUES:
Collaboration
We attend both to process and to results, hearing the voices of colleagues and striving for a collective vision of our goals; we prize the contributions and accomplishments of the individual and of the team.
OUR CORE VALUES:
Discovery
We wrestle with the most compelling issues of our time. Therefore, we foster curiosity, invention, bravery, and humor; we risk and learn from failure and vulnerability in order to build lifelong habits of innovation and revelation.
OUR CORE VALUES:
Inclusion
We commit to fair and ongoing practices that enhance our relationships to theater makers, audiences, and society, finding strength in our diversity, and lowering barriers to participation in the field.
OUR CORE VALUES:
Professionalism
We dedicate our best selves to both training and practice, holding ourselves accountable for a safe, sound, and respectful workplace, animated by good will.
On and Off York Street
Angela Bassett (’83) Receives Icon Award, Offers Advice to Young Actors
Bassett spoke about her inspiring career journey during the Hollywood Confidential L.A. panel series.
‘Slave Play’ World Premiere Features Yale Talent
The award-winning work by Jeremy O. Harris (’19) includes Drama School actors, sound designer and dramaturg.
Kathryn Hahn (’01) and Paul Giamatti (’94) Star in ‘Private Life’
The film tells the story of a couple who attempt to have a child by any means necessary.
Ming Cho Lee to Receive Henry Hewes Design Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Honor
Lee (Design Faculty), the first recipient of the award, is also a member of the Theater Hall of Fame and holds five honorary degrees.
Events
Oct 19, 2018
School of Drama Visitor Days
We hope you can join us in New Haven for one of our Visitor Days held this year on October 19 and December 14. This optional event offers prospective students the opportunity to meet the dean, talk with faculty and students, see a production, and tour the campus. Capacity is limited.
Oct 23, 2018 - Oct 27, 2018
shakespeare’s as u like it
With music, drag, and dance, this new immersive adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies imagines a world where we can live and love as each of us likes it.