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May Adrales (’06) Receives Andrew R. Ammerman Directing Award
The award honors a director who has distinguished herself through her artistry and vision.

September 16, 2021
An Extraordinary and Unprecedented Gift from David Geffen
The gift of $150 million ensures that from this day forward, in perpetuity, the School is tuition-free.

June 30, 2021
Webseries Combines Childhood Comforts with Criticism
‘Lego Harry Potter and the Transgender Witch’ includes many alumni collaborators, and was co-created by Logan Ellis (’20).

March 12, 2021
May Adrales (’06) Named Artistic Director of the Lark
Adrales will “build on programs and processes she helped create a decade ago,” said former Artistic Director John Clinton Eisner.

Garrett Allen (’24) and Brittany Bland (’19) Join NEXUS Initiative
New York Stage and Film is providing 20 selected artists in the initiative with resources to explore new ways to tell stories.

February 24, 2021
Danilo Gambini (’20) Receives International Theatremakers Award
The Playwrights Realm’s inaugural awardees will receive free legal assistance for the O-1B Artist Visa process.

February 15, 2021
Announcing New and Promoted Faculty for 2020–21 Academic Year
“It is thrilling to welcome more than a dozen field-leading professionals to our community,” said Dean James Bundy.

September 29, 2020
Dennie Gordon (’78) Joins Creative Content Company Chromista
Gordon was one of the first women to graduate from the School with an M.F.A. in Directing.

September 8, 2020
Lileana Blain-Cruz (’12) Joins Full-Time Faculty
Lileana, who has been teaching since 2018, is now Lecturer in Directing and Resident Director at Yale Repertory Theatre.

August 4, 2020
‘Read to Me’ by Brendan Pelsue (’16) premieres at Portland Stage Company
The play will be directed by Rory Pelsue (’18) and features costume design by Cole McCarty (’18) and sound by Kathy Ruvuna (’19).

October 21, 2019
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