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Alex Lubischer (’19) Joins Goodman Theatre’s Playwrights Unit
The residency, partnered with Chicago Dramatists, culminates in a public staged reading of each of the four writer’s new plays in Summer 2020.
August 15, 2019
Playwright Kim Powers (’84) Brings Together Yale School of Drama Alumni for ‘Sidekicked’
The new play is directed by Roy Steinberg (’78) and features costumes by Jess Goldstein (’78, Former Faculty).
August 7, 2019
‘Slave Play’ by Jeremy O. Harris (’19) to Make Broadway Debut
New York Times calls his play, opening October 6, a “provocative exploration of race relations and sexuality.”
July 18, 2019
‘Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally’ by Noah Diaz (’20) to Debut in February
The world premiere is being co-produced by The Sol Project, Baltimore Center Stage, and Playwrights Realm.
July 3, 2019
Jackie Sibblies Drury (Faculty): The Mind Behind ‘Fairview’
Drury explains her intention behind making audiences uncomfortable in Fairview, her Pulitzer Prize-winning play about race and self-awareness.
June 5, 2019
Tarell Alvin McCraney (’07, Faculty) Debuts New Work at Steppenwolf Theatre
The Playwriting Chair, who won an Oscar for the Moonlight screenplay, will appear in his new play Ms. Blakk for President.
May 16, 2019
Yale School of Drama Contemporaries Reunite for Cadillac Crew Premiere
Hartford Courant gives ardent praise to Cadillac Crew‘s cast and “fast-rising young playwright,” Tori Sampson (’17.)
May 6, 2019
Wilma Theater Commissions Play by Kate Tarker (’14)
The world premiere of Tarker’s Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man is April 23 – May 12.
April 16, 2019
Jackie Sibblies Drury (Faculty) Awarded 2019 Pulitzer Prize for ‘Fairview’
The production, directed by Sarah Benson with choreography by Raja Feather Kelly, will return to the New York stage beginning June 2.
April 15, 2019
Karen Hartman (’97) Awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
Her play Good Faith: Four Chats about Race and the New Haven Fire Department premiered at Yale Repertory Theater in February.
April 12, 2019
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