Acting
Chair
Walton Wilson
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
Graduate professional training in every theatrical discipline.
Walton Wilson
M.F.A. and Certificate
Stephen Strawbridge, Michael Yeargan
M.F.A. and Certificate
David Budries
M.F.A. and Certificate
Liz Diamond
M.F.A. and Certificate
Catherine Sheehy
M.F.A. and D.F.A
Tarell Alvin McCraney
M.F.A. and Certificate
Narda E. Alcorn
M.F.A. and Certificate
Shaminda Amarakoon
M.F.A. and Certificate
Joan Channick
M.F.A. and M.F.A./M.B.A.
Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre will not produce seasons of plays in 2020–21, due to the ongoing incompatibility of theatrical production with best public health practices in response to COVID-19. Practical production work is a central tenet of the School’s conservatory training; the three-year MFA program is being extended temporarily to a fourth year to best meet and overcome the current and inevitable future disruptions of the pandemic. Similarly, the one-year Technical Internship program will be extended by one semester. The School’s next student recruitment cycle will be for admission in the fall of 2022.
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.
The DC film starring Dwayne Johnson will be released in the summer of 2022.
Woodard’s five-year term as Chair and Resident Director at Yale Rep officially begins on July 1, 2021.
Wells will play a talented young entrepreneur alongside Don Cheadle in the series set in 1980’s Wall Street.
The Design Departments’ reorganized leadership model will begin rotating the positions of Chairs on renewable three-year terms.