Acting
Chair
Tamilla Woodard
Degrees Offered
M.F.A. and Certificate
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Graduate professional training in every theatrical discipline.
Design
Co-Chairs
Toni-Leslie James, Riccardo Hernández
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
Co-Chairs
Anne Erbe, 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
Marcelo Martínez Garcia ’23 named 2023 Burry Fredrik Design Fellow
The scenic designer receives $10,000 grant.
Snehal Desai (’08) Appointed Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group
Desai is the first person of color to lead the theatre, once renowned for its commitment to socially engaged drama.
Benjamin Benne (’23) Wins Grand Prize
Manning, first performed at the School in 2021, has won Portland Stage’s Clauder Competition.
Laura Penn (Faculty) Appointed to President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
President Biden announced that Laura Penn has been appointed to the PCAH, which serves to advise the President on cultural policy.
