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Angela Bassett (’83) receives Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at Commencement 2018
President Salovey described Bassett as an icon and a “chameleon of film, television and stage.”
May 22, 2018
Martyna Majok (’12) Awarded 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
Majok’s play Cost of Living was called an “honest, original work that invites audiences to examine diverse perceptions of privilege and human connection.”
Jiréh Breon Holder (’16) Making His Mark in Atlanta
Holder’s new play, Too Heavy for Your Pocket, looks at the cost of the civil rights struggle in the lives of two couples.
May 17, 2018
Sarah Bartlo-Chaplin (’04) named CEO and President of State Theatre New Jersey
Bartlo-Chaplin, currently executive director of The National Theatre Corp, will assume the role in August.
May 16, 2018
Derek DiGregorio (’07), Assistant Stage Manager on ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ on Broadway
Previous Broadway credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Kinky Boots .
April 22, 2018
Cross Wang (’18) and Ruoxi Jia (’18) Win Student Design Competition
Wang and Jia were awarded First Honors for the 2018 Wenger Award at the 175th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
March 17, 2018
Steph Waaser (’18) Awarded USITT Golden Hammer for Scenic Technology
Waaser is the winner of the 2018 Bernhard R. Works, Frederick A. Buerki Scenic Technology Award.
Matt Davis (’18) Receives USITT Technical Production Award
Davis was the winner of the 2018 KM Fabrics Award.
Stephen Strawbridge (’83), Jane Greenwood, and Jane Shaw (’98) Are SETC Keynotes
The Design Department co-chair, professor, and alum were all Distinguished Designers at the Southeastern Theatre Conference convention.
March 11, 2018
Frederick Kennedy (’18) Named 2018 Burry Fredrik Design Fellow
The Fellowship is a collaboration between Yale School of Drama and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference.
February 22, 2018
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