Admissions

Visitor Day

 

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.

Registration will be open in September.

 

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.

Registration for the Friday, October 24, 2025 Visitor Day General Sessions Live Stream from 12:30pm to 2:50pm will open in September.

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.  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.

The new schedule and registration for the Fall 2025 Virtual Program Open House sessions will be available in late September.

 

2024 Virtual Program Open House Schedule (for reference only)


Acting

  • Saturday, November 2, 2024 | 11:00AM – 1:00PM EST

Design

  • Friday, November 8, 2024 | 3:00PM – 4:00PM EST
  • Saturday, November 23, 2024 | 10:00AM – 11AM EST

Directing

  • Saturday, October 26, 2024 | 10:30AM – 12:00PM EST

Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism

  • Friday, November 22, 2024 | 3:30PM – 5:00PM EST
  • Saturday, December 7, 2023 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM EST

Playwriting

  • Saturday, October 26, 2024 | 11:00AM – 12:30PM EST

Stage Management

  • Sunday, November 10, 2024 | 10:00AM – 11:00AM EST
  • Sunday, November 10, 2024 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM EST

Technical Design and Production

  • Saturday, November 2, 2024 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM EST
  • Saturday, November 2, 2024 | 2:00PM – 3:30PM EST

Theater Management

  • Monday, October 28, 2024 | 1:30PM – 3:30PM EST
  • Saturday, November 9, 2024 | 10:00AM – 12:00PM EST