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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
Sheria Irving (’13) and Leland Fowler (’18) Cast in Sally & Tom at The Public Theater
Suzan-Lori Parks’s new play will also include work by Riccardo Hernández (’92, Co-chair of Design) and Alan C. Edwards (’11, faculty).
January 23, 2024
Juliana Canfield (’17) and Tom Pecinka (’15) Reprise Off-Broadway Roles
David Adjmi’s STEREOPHONIC will have a 14-week Broadway engagement this spring.
Tony Nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (’16) Stars in Cabaret
Blankson-Wood leads as Cliff in Broadway revival of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club starring Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin.
Methuen Drama Publishes New Book by Dr. Eric M. Glover (Faculty)
African American Perspectives in Musical Theatre studies the aesthetics and politics of Black musical theater from an anti-racist perspective.
December 18, 2023
Alumni Collaborate on Innovative New Opera
The makers of “I AM ALAN TURING,” produced out of Yale’s Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, used AI in creating the show.
November 30, 2023
Drew Farrow (’06) Keeps the Shows On Track
Without the efforts of ShowFab, many of your favorite Broadway shows, news programs, and broadcast sporting events would not be possible.
October 18, 2023
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