Directing
David Geffen School of Drama 2026 Directors
It is our pleasure to introduce to you three outstanding young directors who will graduate next May from our Master of Fine Arts program.
Destyne R. Miller is a theater artist driven by purpose, connection, and transformation. For her, storytelling is more than an art form—it’s a call to action, a way to gather people at the shoreline, rocks in hand, ready to create waves of change. Originally from Gatesville, Texas, she built her artistic and professional career in Houston, where she cultivated a practice that centers visibility, truth, and the power of shared experience.
Destyne recently directed Antony and Cleopatra and The Care and Keeping of You Pages 76-77 at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where she is a third-year M.F.A. candidate. Her other directing credits include Witch (Yale Cabaret), Pipeline (Firecracker Productions), and Seven Guitars (August Wilson in the Park). She was the assistant director of The Far Country (Yale Repertory Theatre) and wrote and produced Worn Out Soles, which earned Best Play at the Houston Fringe Festival.
Destyne has thirteen years of experience teaching theater in public schools with the same professional artistry and excellence. She spent six years at George Bush High School, where she served as the head director of Bush Theatrical Ensemble, leading a range of acclaimed productions, including August: Osage County, Dreamgirls, Aida, Clue, Boy Gets Girl, The Bluest Eye, Yemaya’s Belly, and In the Heights. Under her leadership, the ensemble made five state appearances in the University Interscholastic League One Act Play Contest, earning a state title with We Are Proud to Present… (2022). Additionally, her productions of Ruined (2017), Water by the Spoonful (2018), and In the Blood (2019) all secured first runner-up finishes. Her original play, The Forgotten Prayer (2023), also earned a spot at the state competition.
She currently serves as a professor in the Summer M.A. for Theatre Educators program at the University of Houston’s School of Theatre and Dance and has previously held leadership roles as a board member of the Texas Educational Theatre Association and Texas Thespians, Inc.
Destyne earned her B.A. in theater arts from Grambling State University and an M.A. in theater from the University of Houston.
Andreas Andreou is a theater and film director and writer from Athens, Greece. His work explores stories that lie at the intersection of reality and fiction, focusing on international and unconventional theatrical perspectives. After studying classics at King’s College London on a Schilizzi Foundation Scholarship, he continued his graduate studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where he is a third-year M.F.A. candidate in theater directing.
His directing work, showcased in several countries, includes the English-language premiere of Apologiae 4 & 5 by Efthimis Filippou (Yale Cabaret, 2025), the Romanian premiere of Far Away by Caryl Churchill (UNATC 2024, FITS 2025), and the Greek-language premiere of An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch (Bios, Athens; Rialto, Limassol, 2023). In 2022, Andreas wrote and directed his first short film, By Heart, adapted from the stage play D.D.D. by Dimitris Dimitriadis. While at Yale, he has directed Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Coriolanus, as well as new works by Emily Breeze and Andrew Rincón. Other directing credits include A Number (Bios Athens & Theatro Amalia), M.A.Z.I. (Sfumato Sofia), My Death Etc. (National Theatre of Greece and Sfumato Sofia), Lessness (Kavala Architectural Biennial), and In Broad Daylight (International Philippi Festival). His plays My Death Etc. and M.A.Z.I. have represented the National Theatre of Greece internationally under the auspices of the Union des Théâtres de l'Europe (UTE).
Between 2016 and 2020, Andreas worked on several projects with the German theater group Rimini Protokoll at major European institutions, including Haus der Kulturen der Welt, GRIPS Theatre Berlin, Onassis Stegi, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Residenztheater München, and Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 2023, he collaborated with Robert Wilson on his productions of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women and Jarry/Miró’s UBU at the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus and The Watermill Center, respectively. He also served as The Watermill Center Summer Program Assistant that same year.
In and out of school, Andreas has attended masterclasses with Ian Rickson, Patrick Marber, Thomas Ostermeier, Vassilis Papavassiliou, Lyndsey Turner, Dima Krymov, Shi-Zheng Chen, Bethany Caputo, and others. As a performer, he is trained in the method of Attis Theatre founder Theodoros Terzopoulos.
Jasmine Brooks is a director and producer and a third-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and the Co-Artistic Director of Yale Cabaret’s 2025-26 season. Before attending graduate school, Jasmine was based in Boston, Massachusetts, where she worked at Company One Theatre as the Artistic Associate and National New Play Network Producer in Residence, and at SpeakEasy Stage as The Boston Project Coordinator. Jasmine has directed new play workshops with the National New Play Network, Playwrights’ Center, San Diego Repertory Theatre, and more.
Jasmine is a 2025 recipient of the Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program.
At Yale, Jasmine has directed Macbeth, which she adapted with Tia Smith, and Charity by Matthew Chong for the Langston Hughes Festival of New Work. Other directing credits include seven methods of killing kylie jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones and Pride Of Doves by Doug Robinson (Yale Cabaret); The Effect by Lucy Prebble (UNATC: Bucharest, Romania); Bite Me by Eliana Pipes (NNPN National Showcase of New Plays); Truth or Consequences by Andrew Siañez-De La O (Fresh Ink Theatre); and Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Silverthorne Theatre Company). Her Associate/Assistant Directing credits include Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson (The Huntington, dir. Lili-Anne Brown), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith (American Repertory Theatre, dir. Taibi Magar), Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye by Lydia Diamond (The Huntington, dir. Awoye Timpo), BLKS by Aziza Barnes (Speakeasy Stage, dir. Tonasia Jones), Period Piece by Various Writers (Visceral Entertainment, dir. Karen Carpenter), can i touch it? by Francisca Da Silveira (NNPN National Showcase of New Plays, dir. Nicole Watson), Wolf Play by Hansol Jung (Company One Theatre, dir. Summer L. Williams), and Vietgone by Qui Nguyen (Company One Theatre, dir. Michelle Aguillon).
Jasmine holds a B.F.A. In theater arts from Boston University, School of Theatre.