Acting
Chair
Walton Wilson
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Application Deadline is 1/2/2020
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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.
On and Off York Street
Evan Anderson (’20) Receives 2020 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship
The Burry Fredrik Foundation has announced lighting designer Evan C. Anderson as the recipient of the 2020 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship.
2020 Actor Showcase
Yale School of Drama’s graduating acting class will present its annual Showcase this spring in Los Angeles on April 27 at the Garry Marshall Theatre and in New York on May 4 and 5 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater.
David Budries on Sound Design
We try to find storytellers, “who understand that the tool is an extension of your imagination, of your body.” says Budries, Chair of Sound Design.
Moses Ingram (’19) Cast in Coen Adaptation of Macbeth
The film’s cast includes Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand (’82), Brendan Gleeson, and Corey Hawkins.
Events
Mar 06, 2020 - Mar 07, 2020
Hamlet
Clarity of language, lucidity of storytelling, and impact of performance are the primary objectives of these productions of works from Shakespeare’s canon, which are proposed and staged by second-year directors, and approved by the faculty and the Dean. Directors lead their peers from the Acting, Design, Sound Design, Dramaturgy, and Stage Management departments in rigorous mutual exploration and imaginative realization of the text with the collective purpose of generating a well-conceived and skillfully executed production. These productions are managed by students from the Theater Management and Technical Design and Production departments and they are presented to a public audience.
Apr 10, 2020 - Apr 11, 2020
The Winter’s Tale
Clarity of language, lucidity of storytelling, and impact of performance are the primary objectives of these productions of works from Shakespeare’s canon, which are proposed and staged by second-year directors, and approved by the faculty and the Dean. Directors lead their peers from the Acting, Design, Sound Design, Dramaturgy, and Stage Management departments in rigorous mutual exploration and imaginative realization of the text with the collective purpose of generating a well-conceived and skillfully executed production. These productions are managed by students from the Theater Management and Technical Design and Production departments and they are presented to a public audience.