News from On and Off York Street
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Stage Management Textbook Written by Narda E. Alcorn (’95) and Lisa Porter (’95)
Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice includes examples from professional experience and best practices in the field.
January 16, 2020
Jessica Mann Gutteridge (’94) Joins Chutzpah! Festival of JCC Vancouver
Gutteridge, who holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism will be the organization’s new Artistic Managing Director.
January 10, 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
Andrew Burnap (’16) Lives A Full Life Onstage in Broadway’s 7-Hour Epic
Burnap originated the role of Toby Darling in The Inheritance on the West End, and continues on Broadway this season.
December 19, 2019
Jennifer Newman (’11) Named Associate Artistic Director of Schwarzman Center
Opening in September 2020, the Schwarzman Center will become the university’s first center for the arts and student life.
November 26, 2019
Mary Rose Lloyd (’96) Named Artistic Director of New 42nd Street
Previously the director of artistic programming for the New 42nd Street, Lloyd has been on the advisory board for the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.
November 25, 2019
Wendall K. Harrington (Faculty) Wins Paky Lifetime Recognition Award
Harrington, a ground-breaking projection designer was hailed “the godmother of all projectors” by John Simon in New York magazine.
Toni-Leslie James (Faculty) Learns From Every Job
“Teaching has absolutely made me a better designer in every aspect. I understand my process now in a completely different way, once I started to teach it.”
November 21, 2019
Joan Channick (’89): “Don’t Imitate Me!”
The Chair of Theater Management believes her students should “take what they can from my experience and make their own unique way in the field. Be your own kind of leader.”
Stage Management, Technical Design & Production, and Theater Management Eliminate GRE Requirement
Policy effective immediately for Fall 2020 enrollment.
November 20, 2019
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