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
‘Slave Play’ Blends the Terrifying and the Tantalizing
The play by Jeremy O. Harris (’19) “doesn’t and can’t promise that the things it wants to tell us won’t hurt.”
Donna Zakowska (’83): ‘Marvelous’ Painting with Fabric
The costume design in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel uses color to convey 1950s New York to viewers.
‘Nutcracker’ Sets by Fufan Zhang (’17) Feature Seafaring Flavor
The build and installation of the scenery, which focuses on southeastern Connecticut’s seafaring history, was managed by Kevin Belcher and Dashiell Menard (’19).
Donald T. Sanders (’69) to Direct Off-Boadway Premiere of ‘Maestro’
Maestro brings to life the story of conductor Arturo Toscanini, who bravely opposed Fascism in Italy and America.
Events
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.
Feb 02, 2019 - Feb 09, 2019
Trouble in Mind
The year is 1957, and it’s the first day of rehearsal for “a hard-hitting play with something to say about race,” in the words of the show’s well-meaning white director.