News from On and Off York Street
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Antoinette Crowe-Legacy Joins Forest Whitaker Epix Series
Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (’18) has been cast in a major role opposite Forest Whitaker in Godfather of Harlem.
September 19, 2018
Yale Alums Power NYC Premiere of ‘Wild Goose Dreams’
The play by Hansol Jung (’14) stars Peter Kim (’04) and features costumes by Linda Cho (’98) and sound design by Palmer Hefferan (’13).
September 18, 2018
Henry Winkler (’70) Wins His First Emmy Award
“If you stay at the table long enough,” Winkler said, “the chips come to you. And tonight, I got to clear the table.”
Rachel Shuey (’18) Named Executive Director of LAByrinth Theater Company
Shortly after graduating in May, Rachel took up the post of Executive Director at LAByrinth Theater Company, a non-profit Off-Broadway company based in New York City.
September 14, 2018
Kate Tarker (’14) takes ‘Thunderbodies’ to Soho Rep
The play, which premiered during the 2014 Carlotta Festival of New Plays, will be directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz (’11).
September 13, 2018
Becoming “Unselfed”
Wendall K. Harrington (Design Faculty) Keynote Speech at the 2018 United States Institute for Theatre Technology Conference on theatre’s power to evoke empathy.
Jeremy O. Harris (’19) Named 11th Recipient of Paula Vogel Playwriting Award
Harris joins Kate Tarker (‘14) and Tarell Alvin McCraney (‘07, Faculty) in receiving this award.
September 11, 2018
Tarell Alvin McCraney Wants to Foster New Playwrights
The Oscar-winning writer behind ‘Moonlight’ looks back on his first year as head of the playwriting program at Yale.
September 1, 2018
World Premiere of ‘Everything That Never Happened’ by Sarah B. Mantell (’17)
The play was developed at the Carlotta Festival of New Plays, and received first runner-up of the Leah Ryan FEWW Emerging Playwright Prize.
August 30, 2018
The Comrades Launch New Season with ‘Warrior Class’ by Kenneth Lin (’05)
The Midwest premiere of Kenneth Lin’s political drama, directed by Carol Ann Tan, opens October 11 at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago.
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