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, Marcus Gardley
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
In Response to Supreme Court Decisions Regarding Admissions in Higher Education
Dear Members of the Community,
You have received President Salovey’s recent statement affirming Yale’s commitment to creating “an inclusive, diverse, and excellent educational environment” in the wake of today’s Supreme Court decisions regarding the consideration of race in admissions.
The David Geffen School of Drama affirms its unequivocal support for this proposition. While we must comply with the Supreme Court decisions, our graduate conservatory’s dedication to inclusive admissions processes will not waver from its focus on applicants’ artistry, self-awareness, collaborative skill, curiosity, resilience, and ambition.
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
Alumni Collaborate on Innovative New Opera
The makers of “I AM ALAN TURING,” produced out of Yale’s Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, used AI in creating the show.
Drew Farrow (’06) Keeps the Shows On Track
Without the efforts of ShowFab, many of your favorite Broadway shows, news programs, and broadcast sporting events would not be possible.
Roberta Pereira (’08) Named Executive Director of NYPAL
Pereira will lead the New York Performing Arts Library, home to more than eight million items relating to music, theater and dance.
Adriana Gaviria (’01) Receives 2023 Latinx Theatre Commons Diane Award
This award is dedicated to an individual working in the theatre field who is committed to increasing Latinx representation.
Events
Dec 09, 2023 - Dec 15, 2023
Uncle Vanya
There is something wrong in this house. You can’t sleep. You used to be good looking. Your leg hurts. He doesn’t love you. She’ll never leave him. The hay is rotting, the forests are burning, and Nanny hasn’t made noodles in months. Achingly contemporary, Uncle Vanya is a pandemic-era eco-drama about how we keep living with each other after everything falls apart.
Jan 20, 2024 - Jan 26, 2024
Cleansed
On the grounds of a former university, the mysterious Tinker subjects “undesirables” to experiments that test the limits of their emotional, psychological, and physical endurance. When Grace arrives to learn her brother’s fate, she submits herself to Tinker’s psychic and bodily trials, entering a realm of perception beyond anything she has ever known. In a Black-centered imagining of Sarah Kane’s landmark play, Cleansed reflects on the cruelty and beauty of being alive, and on love as a tool of survival.