WALTON WILSON
JONATHAN MAJORS (’16) AND JENELLE CHU (’16) IN PARADISE LOST BY CLIFFORD ODETS, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2014.
LIZ DIAMOND
DIRECTING FACULTY: May Adrales, Stephen Brown-Fried, David Chambers, Emily Coates, Karin Coonrod, David Diamond, Patrick Diamond, Yuri Kordonsky, Tim Vasen, Robert Woodruff, Evan Yionoulis The Directing department admits talented and disciplined individuals with demonstrated potential to become professional directors. In course and production work, emphasis is placed on developing the director’s craft, artistic imagination, and mastery of collaborative leadership. Directing students bring to the School of Drama a wide range of sensibilities but share some crucial qualities. They are generators of ideas and projects. They are not afraid to take risks, and they take responsibility for the philosophical and political implications of their work. Above all, they have lively imaginations, an appetite for hard questions, and a robust curiosity about the world beyond their own cultural borders.
LIZ DIAMOND, CHAIR
NIALL POWDERLY (’16) AND MATT RAICH (’15) IN THE TROUBLESOME REIGN OF KING JOHN BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2015.