News from On and Off York Street
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Katherine Profeta (Faculty) Discusses Fusion of Dramaturgy and Choreography
“It changed my method,” choreographer Ralph Lemon says of Profeta’s influence. “It helps me keep my process expansive, and keep it really wide.”
April 29, 2019
Winston Duke (’13) Talks About His Experience at Yale School of Drama in New Profile
In a profile with Vulture, Duke discusses his friends, works and professors at Yale School of Drama, plus sheds light on his life and newfound fame.
April 25, 2019
Chiara Klein (’17, SOM ’17) Named Director of Artistic Producing at Baltimore Center Stage
“I feel like the luckiest artistic leader in the land, ” says Artistic Director Stephanie Ybarra (’08).
April 23, 2019
Broadway Press Agent Harvey Sabinson Passes Away at 94
The Tony Honoree for Lifetime Achievement helped form the theatre administration department at Yale School of Drama in 1965.
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
Christopher Ross-Ewart (’17) Brings Hook & Eye Sound Design to The Flea
Hook & Eye Theater is coming to The Flea with three brand new ideas on showcase.
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
Shadi Ghaheri (’18) to Co-Curate Independent Contemporary Iranian Artists Festival
The first Emruz Festival aims to illuminate the daring works of emerging international Iranian Artists.
Ann McCoy (Design Faculty) Named 2019 Guggenheim Fellow
McCoy is known for her large-scale pencil drawings based on her dreams, studies in alchemy, and depth psychology.
April 12, 2019
Kevin Hourigan’s ‘Streetcar’ to Feature First Genderqueer Blanche DuBois
Hourigan (’17) will direct the groundbreaking limited-run production of A Streetcar Named Desire May 7 – 25 at MISTER ROGERS in Brooklyn.
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