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
Yale Rep Box Office Holiday Hours
Monday, 11/19–Wednesday, 11/21: 10AM–5PM
Thursday, 11/22–Sunday, 11/25: Closed
Sara Holdren (’15) Named Artistic Director of Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford
The Academy combines rigorous training and ensemble collaboration to perform two Shakespeare plays at the American Festival Shakespeare Theater.
Yale Teams in Finals of Director-Designer Showcase
School of Drama finalists are Haydee Zelideth and Yana Birÿkova (’17); Shadi Ghaheri (’18); John Bondi-Ernoehazy, Mika Eubanks, Samuel Kwan Chi Chan, and Yaara Bar (’19).
Eclipse Theatre Company to Feature Works of Christopher Durang (’74)
Eclipse plans to explore the range of Durang’s canon with three full productions, readings, and public events focused on the playwright and his works.
Events
Nov 29, 2018 - Dec 05, 2018
Langston Hughes Festival
Blues for Miss Lucille; Rock Egg Spoon; Shoot Her,Shooter performed in rotating repertory.
Dec 13, 2018 - Dec 18, 2018
Seven Spots on the Sun
In Seven Spots on the Sun, magic realism, myth, and history converge in a passionate examination of what it costs to heal the wounds of war.