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Trask assumed her new role as Associate Artistic Director in August 2022.

“We’ll be speaking the same language,” Randolph said of working with actor-director Sanaa Lathan (’95).

A multi-faceted Nigerian-American theater maker, Onwunali received the John Gore Theater Honor scholarship.

The Old Globe will present ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank’ from Pulitzer-finalist playwright Nathan Englander.

“[His] creativity and vision have supported advances in both drama education and practice and positioned Yale for leadership in the field.”

Faculty member and Resident Director Lileana Blain Cruz named 2021 Doris Duke Artist.

Actors Andrew Burnap (’16) and David Alan Grier (’81), and designers Derek McLane (’84) and Catherine Zuber (’84) won in their categories.

Playwright Jeremy O. Harris (’19) wrote the role with Crowe-Legacy in mind, which she first performed at the 2017 Langston Hughes Festival.

Leading the Netflix cast, Ali is the first Arab Muslim male actor to portray a series lead in a comic book adaptation.

“At every point, when I asked people that I looked up to, they said, ‘Absolutely, yes.'” said Abdul-Mateen.