Woodard’s five-year term as Chair and Resident Director at Yale Rep officially begins on July 1, 2021.
News from On and Off York Street


Adrienne Wells (’20) Joins Cast of Showtime’s Black Monday
Wells will play a talented young entrepreneur alongside Don Cheadle in the series set in 1980’s Wall Street.

Toni-Leslie James and Riccardo Hernández to be Co-Chairs of Design
The Design Departments’ reorganized leadership model will begin rotating the positions of Chairs on renewable three-year terms.

Mikaal Sulaiman Appointed Head of Sound Design Concentration
Sulaiman will begin his appointment as Assistant Professor and Head of the Sound Design Concentration full-time on July 1.

Moses Ingram (’19) Joins Cast of Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi Series
The show will center on Obi-Wan, played by Ewan MacGregor, in the years following the fall of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen).

Lauren E. Banks (’17) Joins the Cast of Showtime’s ‘City On A Hill’
Banks will play a private attorney opposite Aldis Hodge and Kevin Bacon.

Dani Barlow (’20) Named Director of SDCF
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation cited Barlow’s passion and flexibility as her greatest strengths in leading the Foundation.

Mike VanAartsen (’20) Joins Santa Fe Opera as COVID-19 Safety Manager
VanAartsen assumes this new position after completing his master’s thesis on crisis response planning in the performing arts.

Lindsey Ferrentino (’16) To Adapt ‘Amy and the Orphans’ for Netflix
Ferrentino’s play about a woman with Down Syndrome and her siblings was developed during the 2016 Carlotta Festival of New Plays.

Ilia Isorelýs Paulino (’20) Joins Cast of HBO Max Series
Paulino will be a series regular on ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls,’ produced by Mindy Kaling.