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Two-time Tony Award Winner Donald Holder (’86) Appointed Head of Lighting Design
Holder will join the faculty at the Geffen School and serve as Lighting Design Advisor at Yale Repertory Theatre, effective July 1, 2025.
November 20, 2024
Tia Smith (’26) Wins 2024 S. Randolph Edmonds Young Scholars’ Competition
Smith took first prize in the graduate division of the competition for her paper, “The Making of Eden.”
September 5, 2024
Alexis Kulani Woodard (’25) Receives 2024 Princess Grace Award
The Princess Grace Award supports, elevates, and nurtures extraordinary early career artists.
August 19, 2024
Wendall K. Harrington Receives 2024 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Head of Projection at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Harrington has designed for nearly 40 Broadway productions.
May 28, 2024
Nancy Yao Appointed Assistant Dean
Nancy Yao has accepted appointment as Assistant Dean of Student Life and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging/Assistant Professor Adjunct of Theater Management at David Geffen School of Drama.
April 5, 2024
Da’Vine Joy Randolph on Oscar Win
The Best Supporting Actress also won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as Mary in The Holdovers.
Omid Akbari ’24 Named Burry Fredrik Design Fellow
The Burry Fredrik Foundation has announced scenic designer Omid Akbari as the recipient of the 2024 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship and its $10,000 award.
April 3, 2024
a.k. payne (’23) Named Blackburn Finalist
‘Love I Awethu Further’ was submitted by Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and Yale Repertory Theatre.
February 8, 2024
Theater Critic and Professor Gordon Rogoff Remembered
Charles McNulty (’93, ’95 D.F.A.) shares a brief biography of Rogoff’s lifetime of dedicated work.
February 6, 2024
Marc Robinson (’90 M.F.A., ’92 D.F.A.) Appointed Dean
Robinson will assume the role of dean of humanities for Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences in July.
January 31, 2024
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