Acting
Chair
Tamilla Woodard
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
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Design
Co-Chairs
Toni-Leslie James, Stephen Strawbridge
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Application Deadline is 2/1/2020
Directing
Chair
Liz Diamond
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Application Deadline is 12/1/2019
Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
Chair
Catherine Sheehy
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and D.F.A
Application Deadline is 1/2/2020
Playwriting
Chair
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Application Deadline is 12/1/2019
Stage Management
Chair
Narda E. Alcorn
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Application Deadline is 2/1/2020
Technical Design and Production
Chair
Shaminda Amarakoon
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Application Deadline is 2/1/2020
Theater Management
Chair
Joan Channick
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and M.F.A./M.B.A.
Application Deadline is 2/1/2020
An Extraordinary and Unprecedented Gift from David Geffen
Yale University has announced a gift of $150 million from the David Geffen Foundation in support of the School of Drama.
This extraordinary and unprecedented gift ensures that from this day forward, in perpetuity, full-time students in degree and certificate programs will receive 100% tuition remission, beginning with the 2021–22 academic year. These programs are now, and always will be, “tuition free.”
In celebration of this gift, the largest in the history of the American theater, Yale School of Drama is now the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.
Our Mission
David Geffen School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre train and advance leaders in the practice of every theatrical discipline, making art to inspire joy, empathy, and understanding in the world.
On and Off York Street
Jacob Santos (’24) Talks Clothes with Dede Ayite (’11)
The current theater manager recently interviewed the two-time Tony-nominated costume designer.
How to Be an Antiracist Theatremaker
Shaminda Amarakoon, TD&P Chair, and four other producers talk about what they do and the power they hold to make change.
Lileana Blain-Cruz, Teo Castellanos Among 2021 Doris Duke Artists
Faculty member and Resident Director Lileana Blain Cruz named 2021 Doris Duke Artist.
Toni-Leslie James to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor
Our Co-Chair of Design will receive a Ming Cho Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Design at the 57th annual Henry Hewes Design Awards.
Events
Dec 16, 2021 - Dec 18, 2021
Manning
A giant zucchini appears overnight after a father and his two sons have lost the woman who held their hearts together. Together, they learn to face loss and the unexpected gifts grief yields.
May 14, 2022 - May 19, 2022
Affinity
Restless and bereft in Victorian England, Margaret Prior finds herself at Millbank Women’s Prison as a “lady visitor.” With a furtive flash of violet, one prisoner catches her eye. Soon, Margaret’s world spins wildly out of control as she is pulled into Selina’s spiritualist orbit and finds herself entranced by a new language of séances and queer influences. Part romance, part ghost story, Affinity examines one woman’s quest for connection, liberty, and even love, in a straight-laced society.