Effective immediately, McCraney joins the staff in building the 2024-25 Season.
Playwriting
David Geffen School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre require all students, technical interns, faculty, staff, and guest artists to follow Yale University's COVID vaccine policy, which strongly recommends vaccines. The Yale policy is subject to change pending changes to public health conditions. Additionally, community members will be asked to comply with any masking or testing policies set forth by the School, Yale Rep, or Yale University, should they arise.
David Geffen School of Drama’s Playwriting department is one of the oldest in the country. Its deep history and legacy can only be strengthened by continuing to stay at the forefront in readying early career playwrights toward leadership in our field. The program seeks to engage artists who possess singular voices and who can, with their command of language, set forth imaginative circumstances that entice audiences and challenge current forms. We are interested in students who are eager to learn and grow within a community of fellow artists, with many of whom they will form lifelong bonds.
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All students in degree and certificate programs receive full tuition scholarships.
67% of current students receive need-based aid for living expenses.
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Production Opportunities
Students apply theory to professional practice in production work at the School, Yale Rep, and Yale Cabaret.
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Affinity Groups
Coalition-building and networking among students who share common interests, goals, and/or a self-identified background.

A scene from Green Suga Bloos by Rudi Goblen, directed by James L. Fleming. David Geffen School of Drama, November 16-20, 2021. Photo © Leigh Busby.

Manning by Benjamin Benne, directed by Alex Keegan. David Geffen School of Drama, December 16-18, 2021. Iseman Theater. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

A scene from Rock Egg Spoon by Noah Diaz, directed by Danilo Gambini, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale 2018. Photo by Madeline Carey.

A scene from Pivot by Alex Lubischer, directed by Em Weinstein, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, 2019. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Tarell Alvin McCraney (Chair) and Anne Erbe (Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, ’11; Co-Chair) with students during the Carlotta Festival of New Plays, 2018. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.


Program News

Sep 11, 2023
MARY JANE by Amy Herzog (’07) on Broadway in 2024
Anne Kauffman, who directed the world premiere at Yale Rep in 2017, will direct again.
Anne Kauffman, who directed the world premiere at Yale Rep in 2017, will direct again.