News from On and Off York Street

When she teaches, Narda E. Alcorn (’95, Chair of Stage Management) shows students how to dismantle preconceptions that can cause harm.

The gift of $150 million ensures that from this day forward, in perpetuity, the School is tuition-free.

Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health, Anna Glover, offered a helpful course on risk assessment and decision-making last fall.

“It is thrilling to welcome more than a dozen field-leading professionals to our community,” said Dean James Bundy.

Alcorn (’95, Chair of Stage Management), and Porter (’95, Head of Stage Management at UCSD) co-wrote this essay for HowlRound.

Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice includes examples from professional experience and best practices in the field.

Policy effective immediately for Fall 2020 enrollment.

The October 4 event in Los Angeles is a collaboration among the School, East Los Angeles College Theatre Arts Department, and Center Theatre Group.

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

Dean James Bundy called Alcorn “a practitioner of the very first rank: a key artistic collaborator in landmark productions for more than two decades.”