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“[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.

The gift of $150 million ensures that from this day forward, in perpetuity, the School is tuition-free.

Lemmon will play the mother of a child with pyrokinetic abilities in the feature adaptation of Stephen King’s novel.

Cast in the pilot shortly after graduating, Bernard grew into adulthood with her character, Lauren Heller.

Baker and showrunner Jeffrey King fought to create “a flawed protagonist who can make mistakes.”