News from On and Off York Street
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Profile: David Muse (’03), Artistic Director of Studio Theatre
Muse looks back on his life and directing career as well as the upcoming season at Studio Theatre.
May 30, 2019
Ethan Heard: Yale School of Drama Class Inspired Formation of Heartbeat Opera
Heard (Faculty, ‘13) says he and Louisa Proske (‘12) wanted to “expand on” their Opera Practicum class with their adventurous company.
May 2, 2019
Chiara Klein (’17, SOM ’17) Named Director of Artistic Producing at Baltimore Center Stage
“I feel like the luckiest artistic leader in the land, ” says Artistic Director Stephanie Ybarra (’08).
April 23, 2019
Broadway Press Agent Harvey Sabinson Passes Away at 94
The Tony Honoree for Lifetime Achievement helped form the theatre administration department at Yale School of Drama in 1965.
Shadi Ghaheri (’18) to Co-Curate Independent Contemporary Iranian Artists Festival
The first Emruz Festival aims to illuminate the daring works of emerging international Iranian Artists.
April 15, 2019
Kevin Hourigan’s ‘Streetcar’ to Feature First Genderqueer Blanche DuBois
Hourigan (’17) will direct the groundbreaking limited-run production of A Streetcar Named Desire May 7 – 25 at MISTER ROGERS in Brooklyn.
April 12, 2019
Meet May Adrales (’06), Milwaukee Rep’s Associate Artistic Director
Adrales is this year’s recipient of the Josephine Abady Award, which recognizes a theatre artist who has created work of cultural diversity.
March 16, 2019
Anna D. Shapiro (’93) to Direct ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Musical
The Tony Award-winner will direct the upcoming musical with music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub, and book by Paul Rudnick.
March 13, 2019
Chris Betts (’21) Receives 2019 Richie Jackson Artist Fellowship
The fellowship program assists in the transition from the classroom to a lifelong career in the arts.
March 4, 2019
Kordonsky to Direct U.S. Premiere of Mayenburg Work
Yuri Kordonsky (Directing faculty) will direct Marius von Mayenburg’s The Dog, The Night, and The Knife at the Irondale Theater in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
February 21, 2019
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