News from On and Off York Street

Blanco is currently designing Daddy by Jeremy O. Harris (Playwriting ’19) at the Vineyard Theater.

Scenic Designer will receive $25,000 prize.

Directed by Leah C. Gardiner (’96), the 2017 Carlotta Festival-developed play features a wealth of YSD talent.

Raised in Yuma, Pask is the scenic designer of more than 50 Broadway shows, including The Book of Mormon and Waitress.

The costume design in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel uses color to convey 1950s New York to viewers.

The build and installation of the scenery, which focuses on southeastern Connecticut’s seafaring history, was managed by Kevin Belcher and Dashiell Menard (’19).

School of Drama finalists are Haydee Zelideth and Yana Birÿkova (’17); Shadi Ghaheri (’18); John Bondi-Ernoehazy, Mika Eubanks, Samuel Kwan Chi Chan, and Yaara Bar (’19).

The Henry Hewes Design Awards lifetime achievement honor will now bear the name of Lee (Design Faculty), the award’s first recipient.

The play by Hansol Jung (’14) stars Peter Kim (’04) and features costumes by Linda Cho (’98) and sound design by Palmer Hefferan (’13).

Wendall K. Harrington (Design Faculty) Keynote Speech at the 2018 United States Institute for Theatre Technology Conference on theatre’s power to evoke empathy.