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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
Noah Diaz (’20) in Audible’s Emerging Playwrights Fund Class
Audible aims to connect extraordinary performers with remarkable original work, amplifying new voices to millions of listeners.
September 9, 2020
Bess Wohl (’02) Receives Inaugural Georgia Engel Playwriting Prize
Honoring the playwright’s comic work, the award was presented by the Dramatist Guild Foundation.
July 29, 2020
Noah Diaz (’20) and Kate Attwell (’13) Receive Sloan Commissions
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation commissions plays about science each year from MTC, the Ensemble Studio Theatre, and the National Theatre.
May 20, 2020
Paula Vogel Receives Honorary Doctorate of Letters
Vogel, former Chair of Playwriting, was recognized for her commitment to teaching her craft to future generations.
May 18, 2020
Rudi Goblen (’22): B-Boy, Poet, Playwriting M.F.A. Candidate
Goblen is just the kind of artist that leaders of the Yale School of Drama Playwriting program see as the future.
January 7, 2020
Creator Alena Smith (’06) on Apple TV+ Series Dickinson
“Everyone’s free to invent their own Emily Dickinson, and this is mine,” Smith said.
October 31, 2019
‘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
Jeremy O. Harris (’19) to Receive National Theatre Conference Award
Harris will receive the Paul Green Award for excellence in new professional theatre talent.
September 19, 2019
Benjamin Benne (’21) Wins National Latinx Playwriting Award
“Our judges fell in love with the poetically distilled language of ALMA,” said Arizona Theatre Company’s Playwright-in-Residence Elaine Romero.
September 12, 2019
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