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Fall 2025 Visitor Day: October 24

On October 24 we will host an in-person Visitor Day in New Haven, CT. This optional event offers prospective students the opportunity to meet the Deans, learn more about financial aid and student life, talk with faculty and students, and tour the campus.

Register for the Friday, October 24, 2025 Visitor Day in-person at our New Haven, CT campus here.

 

Friday, October 24 Sample Agenda (Subject to Change)


12:30PM Welcome from the Deans

1:10PM Financial Aid Presentation

2:00PM Break

2:10PM Student Life Panel

3:00PM Break-out Q&A Sessions with David Geffen School of Drama Faculty

Each presentation includes a 15-minute Q&A.

The general sessions from 12:30 PM to 2:50 PM will be live-streamed via Zoom to prospective applicants who are unable to attend in person.  The 3:00 pm Break-out Q&A sessions with David Geffen School of Drama Faculty will not be live-streamed.

Register for the Friday, October 24, 2025 Visitor Day General Sessions Live Stream from 12:30pm to 2:50pm here.

Registrants for the Live Stream General Sessions will be invited to attend virtual program open houses with their prospective program Chair(s) and other members of the program.

 

2025 Virtual Program Open House Schedule (subject to change)

Register for the Fall 2025 Virtual Program Open House here.

The Virtual Program Open House Schedule information with additional updates and details, including Zoom links, will be communicated directly to registrants. Each program is offering one or two sessions for their virtual open house schedule. The agenda will be similar for a program’s multiple sessions.


Acting

  • Saturday, November 8, 2025 | 11:00AM – 1:00PM EST

Design

  • Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 3:00PM – 4:00PM EST
  • Saturday, November 22, 2025 | 10:00AM – 11:00AM EST

Directing

  • Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM EST

Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism

  • Friday, November 21, 2025 | 3:00PM – 4:30PM EST
  • Saturday, December 6, 2025 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM EST

Playwriting

  • Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 1:00PM – 2:30PM EST

Stage Management

  • Sunday, November 9, 2025 | 9:30AM – 11:00AM EST
  • Sunday, November 9, 2025 | 1:00PM – 2:30PM EST

Technical Design and Production

  • Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM EST (MFA and Certificate in Drama Program)
  • Saturday, November 22, 2025 | 2:00PM – 3:30PM EST (Technical Internship Program)

Theater Management

  • Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 3:00PM – 4:30PM EST
  • Sunday, November 2, 2025 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM EST