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YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA JAMES BUNDY, DEAN VICTORIA NOLAN, DEPUTY DEAN CHANTAL RODRIGUEZ, ASSOCIATE DEAN KELVIN DINKINS, JR., ASSISTANT DEAN
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Yale School of Drama is the only graduate training program in the nation offering degrees in all disciplines of the theater: acting, design, directing, dramaturgy and dramatic criticism, playwriting, stage management, technical design and production, and theater management. We work in a conservatory model to combine classroom instruction with professional practice, including the integration of Yale School of Drama with Yale Repertory Theatre in a relationship analogous to that of a medical school and a teaching hospital. During their three years here, almost every student in the School of Drama will receive a meaningful production assignment at Yale Repertory Theatre. Students, interns, faculty, staff, and guest artists collaborate on more than 40 productions at the School of Drama, Yale Rep, and Yale Cabaret each season, enabling all of us to engage with diverse contemporary artists, with general audiences, and with the field, nationally and internationally. Our student body includes early career artists and managers who have bachelor’s degrees in a variety of subjects, as well as a significant number of students without a bachelor’s degree. What unites all of them is talent, a passion for the art form, and a commitment to revealing the truth of the human condition in theatrical storytelling.
Together, our students, interns, faculty, staff, guest artists, and alumni form a richly diverse community that reflects and celebrates the extraordinary breadth of contemporary society, aesthetics, and theater experience. We believe in the power of our community to affect change both at the School and around the world, and we commit to a transparent culture of respect as the basis for all collaborations and working relationships at the School. We recognize that supporting an equitable and inclusive environment is a daily practice that requires personal and institutional analysis, and community-wide engagement. Throughout the academic year our students, interns, faculty, and staff have opportunities to participate in dynamic workshops that explore these issues. The School’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion working group also provides a monthly space for school-wide dialogue and community building. Seven student-led affinity groups empower coalition-building and networking among students who share common interests, goals, or a self-identified background. We believe that representation matters and we commit to a broadening of the traditional western canon both in coursework and in production projects. Affordability is a key priority here. Yale School of Drama leads the nation in investing the resources necessary to lower the financial barriers to outstanding graduate theater training. Tuition and fees at the School are the lowest of any such program in the United States. Our financial aid policy is need-based, and aims to minimize students’ educational debt:
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Admissions are need-blind: all students are admitted without regard to their ability to pay;
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86% of students currently receive financial aid;
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An average student with demonstrated high financial need receives 89% of the total cost of attendance over three years in aid provided by the School of Drama, including living stipends and paid work-study; In 2018-19 the School will provide more than $7 million in financial support to our students.
If this brochure sparks your imagination, we strongly encourage you to follow your curiosity and learn more about theater training at Yale. Studies show that many talented people censor themselves, believing that they will not be successful at their heart’s desire, when in fact they are highly qualified for the work ahead of them. We hope you will give yourself the chance to join our efforts, both to brighten the future of the global theatrical imagination, and to make it more accessible to all. We invite you to pursue your passion wherever it may lead you, to get to know us, and to apply to Yale School of Drama. We look forward to hearing from you.
JAMES BUNDY DEAN
VICTORIA NOLAN DEPUTY DEAN
CHANTAL RODRIGUEZ ASSOCIATE DEAN
KELVIN DINKINS, JR. ASSISTANT DEAN
EVELYN GIOVINE (’19) AND STEPHEN CEFALU, JR. (’19) IN TENT REVIVAL BY MAJKIN HOLMQUIST (’18). YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
JAMES BUNDY
CHANTAL RODRIGUEZ
VICTORIA NOLAN
KELVIN DINKINS, JR.
JOHN EVANS REESE (’20) AND ILIA ISORELÝS PAULINO (’20) IN THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT BY STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
Acting
HUDSON OZNOWICZ (’19) AND BEN ANDERSON (’18) IN PASSION, BOOK BY JAMES LAPINE, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
WALTON WILSON
FACULTY: Glenn Seven Allen, Jennifer Archibald, Christopher Bayes, Gregory BergerSobeck, James Bundy, Ron Carlos, Louis Colaianni, Bill Connington, Erica Fae, Dawn-Elin Fraser, Peter Francis James, Bob Krakower, Joan MacIntosh, Beth McGuire, Paul Mullins, Ellen Novack, Annie Piper, Michael Rossmy, Steven Skybell, Rick Sordelet, Anne Tofflemire, Ron Van Lieu, Gregory Wallace, Justine Williams, Jessica Wolf, Robert Woodruff, Evan Yionoulis, Grace Zandarski The Acting department admits talented and committed individuals who possess an active intelligence, a strong imagination, and a physical and vocal instrument capable of development and transformation. The program of study combines in-depth classroom training with extensive production experience preparing them for careers as professional actors. Not only is each class of actors a working ensemble as it trains, but also each actor works as part of a larger company consisting of all three classes of actors. That company works within a still larger ensemble consisting of all departments of the School.
WALTON WILSON, CHAIR MARIÉ BOTHA (’18) IN SLAVE PLAY BY JEREMY O. HARRIS (’19). YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2017.
Directing
FACULTY: Lileana Blain-Cruz, Stephen Brown-Fried, Emily Coates, Karin Coonrod, Patrick Diamond, Ethan Heard, Yuri Kordonsky, Robert Woodruff
ANTOINETTE CROWE-LEGACY (’18), DANIELLE CHAVES (’19), AND KINETA KUNUTU (’19) IN ROMEO AND JULIET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
LIZ DIAMOND
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 Yale 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. We want our directors to leave the School able to make theater that reveals our world to us in surprising ways, that opens hearts and minds through the infinitely expressive interplay of image, action, and word unique to our art form.
LIZ DIAMOND, CHAIR
PATRICK FOLEY (’18) AND MOSES INGRAM (’19) IN THE WINTER’S TALE, BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
Design FACULTY: Manuel Barenboim, Joshua Benghiat, David Biedny, Shawn Boyle, Alan C. Edwards, Maruti Evans, Marjorie Folkman, Jess Goldstein, Jane Greenwood, Wendall K. Harrington, Riccardo Hernandez, Ming Cho Lee, Ann McCoy, Lee Savage, Ilona Somogyi, Jennifer Tipton, Ru-Jun Wang The Design department seeks to develop exciting, thoughtful designers of scenery, costume, lighting, projection, and sound for the theater. What makes the Yale program unique is the integration of all areas of design. This approach provides students with the common ground of core knowledge of the field; and it emphasizes that in telling the human story for theater, all elements of design are an integral part of the whole and cannot be conceived independently. Through classes and production, the department encourages the discovery of process in formulating the design idea, development of personal critical standards for students’ own work, and preparation for a creative and meaningful professional life in the theater.
PATRICIA FA’ASUA (’18) IN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
STEPHEN STRAWBRIDGE AND MICHAEL YEARGAN
STEPHEN STRAWBRIDGE AND MICHAEL YEARGAN, CO-CHAIRS JOHN R. COLLEY (’19) AND ARTURO SORIA (’19) IN PENTECOST, BY DAVID EDGAR. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2017.
ABUBAKR ALI (’19) AND RASHA ZAMAMIRI (PROJECTED), JAMES CUSATI-MOYER (’16), HEND AYOUB, AND IAN LASSITER IN KISS BY GUILLERMO CALDERÓN. YALE REPERTORY THEATRE, 2018.
DAVID BUDRIES
Sound Design FACULTY: Michael Backhaus, Charles Coes,
Marcelo Dietrich, Beth Lake, Nick Lloyd, Bronwen MacArthur, Matthew Suttor The Sound Design program works to develop and exercise the artistic, compositional, technical, and communications skills of sound designers, composers, and engineers through substantial academic offerings and a rigorous set of practical design opportunities that together provide a comprehensive professional training experience. Sound design applicants should be innately musical, even if they do not play a musical instrument, have a natural sensitivity to the subtlety of our aural world, be familiarized with contemporary design tools and technology. They should have a love of the spoken word, an appreciation of all music and sound, and be on their way to developing advanced critical listening skills. This is a collaborative program that builds strong bonds among all the artists in the School and a lasting network of diverse, creative professionals.
DAVID BUDRIES, CHAIR
NOAH DIAZ (’20) IN THE GUADALUPES BY NOAH DIAZ. YALE CABARET, 2018.
Playwriting
ROBERT HART (’20) AND JAKEEM POWELL (’19) IN MARTY AND THE HANDS THAT COULD BY JOSH WILDER (’18). YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
FACULTY: Jackie Sibblies Drury, Anya Epstein, Anne Erbe, Amy Herzog, Jennifer Kiger, Michael Korie, Kirk Lynn, Marsha Norman, Sarah Ruhl Yale 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.
TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY, CHAIR
TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY
DANIELLE CHAVES (’19) IN TENT REVIVAL BY MAJKIN HOLMQUIST (’18). YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
GREGORY WALLACE, JAMES UDOM (’18), AND EBONI FLOWERS IN FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS, PARTS 1, 2 & 3 BY SUZAN-LORI PARKS. YALE REPERTORY THEATRE, 2018.
MICHAEL BRESLIN (’19) IN THIS AMERICAN WIFE BY MICHAEL BRESLIN AND PATRICK FOLEY (’18). YALE CABARET, 2017.
Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
FACULTY: David Bruin, Eric Glover, Kimberly Jannarone, Gundula Kreuzer, James Magruder, madison
moore, Tavia Nyong’o, Katherine Profeta, Marc Robinson, Chantal Rodriguez, Gordon Rogoff, Rebecca Rugg, Thomas Sellar, Paul Walsh Students in this department receive intensive training to prepare for careers in three areas: to work in theaters as dramaturgs, artistic producers, literary managers, and in related positions; to work in theater publishing as critics and editors as well as in other capacities; to teach theater as practitioners, critics, and scholars. At the core of the training are seminars in literature, theory and criticism, and history to impart a comprehensive knowledge of theater and dramatic literature. Students are trained in topics in institutional dramaturgy, including the formulation of artistic policy and its communication and implementation, and as production dramaturgs, operating within the rehearsal process. Upon completion of the M.F.A. program, students are eligible to register to remain in residence for one year in which they may formulate a dissertation proposal and apply to the Doctor of Fine Arts program. Upon acceptance, the student is expected to complete the dissertation within three years.
CATHERINE SHEEHY, CHAIR DOIREANN MAC MAHON (’20), LOUISA JACOBSON (’19), AND AMANDLA JAHAVA (’19) IN THE GIRL IS CHAINED BY GENNE MURPHY (’18). YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA , 2018.
CATHERINE SHEEHY
Stage Management FACULTY: Laura Brown-MacKinnon, Heather Cousens, Diane DiVita, Laura Freebairn-Smith, Beverly
Jenkins, Frank Lombardi, Kenneth McGee, William Kent McKay, James Mountcastle, Richard Rauscher, Rick Sordelet, Matthew Suttor, Lori Wekselblatt The Stage Management department is designed to prepare the qualified student for professional stage management employment, with the intended goal of assisting the student to recognize and fulfill the role of passionate artistic collaborator and effective organizational manager throughout the entire production process. The role of the production stage manager requires a deep commitment to the artistic process and a fundamental desire to support the work through the creation of an environment in which artistic risks can be taken in creative collaboration. The program is structured to prepare the student for work in the commercial and regional theater, as well as opportunities in touring, dance, opera, and event management.
MARY HUNTER, CHAIR MARY HUNTER
Backhaus, Alexander Bagnall, Erich Bolton, Jon Cardone, Damian Doria, Tony Forman, Anna Glover, Alan Hendrickson, Robin Hirsch, Troy Jenson, David Johnson, Eugene Leitermann, Tom McAlister, Jennifer McClure, C. Nikki Mills, Neil Mulligan, Jonathan Reed, William J. Reynolds, Bronislaw Sammler, David P. Schrader, Rosalie Stemer, Matt Welander, Andrew Young Contemporary theater design and production technology has become more complex, and practitioners must be trained to understand and apply new technologies (both safely and efficiently) to the achievement of artistic goals. To meet the need for ever more knowledgeable technicians and technical managers, the department selects highly motivated students who can best benefit from the resources of the School of Drama and Yale Rep. The program offers a large, professionally renowned faculty, an extensive list of industry-leading course offerings, and the opportunity to work alongside an accomplished professional staff.
JON REED
Students in the department generally concentrate in one of four areas of study: Production Management, Technical Direction, Stage Machinery Design and Automation, and Theater Planning and Consulting. The core concept behind the curriculum is technical management. With any of these tracks, or one individually crafted, comes the production planning tools and technical expertise to work on complex projects and with large teams immediately after graduation.
SHAMINDA AMARAKOON, CHAIR
SHAMINDA AMARAKOON
Technical Design and Production
FACULTY: Chuck Adomanis, Michael
Theater Management FACULTY: Deborah Berman, Jeffrey Bledsoe, Joshua Borenstein, Ben Cameron, Michael Diamond, Marion Koltun Dienstag, Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Jaan Elias, Janna Ellis, Sheldon Epps, Laura Freebairn-Smith, Anna Glover, Naomi Grabel, Barry Grove, Andrew Hamingson, Greg Kandel, Abel Lรณpez, Joan MacIntosh, Susan Medak, Andrea Nellis, Victoria Nolan, Robert Orchard, Jacob G. Padrรณn, Joey Parnes, Jocelyn Prince, Diane Ragsdale, David Roberts, Rosalie Stemer The Theater Management department prepares aspiring leaders and managers to create organizational environments conducive to the creation of theater art and responsive to their communities. The department provides students with the knowledge, skills, and values to enter the field at high levels of responsibility, to move quickly to leadership positions, and ultimately to advance the state of management practice and the art form itself. While focused primarily on theater organizations, discussions incorporate other performing arts organizations, other nonprofits, and for-profit organizations to help identify the factors that make theater organizations succeed. It is training in the practice, informed by up-to-date theoretical knowledge. The department offers a joint-degree program with Yale School of Management, in which a student may earn both the M.F.A. and M.B.A. degrees in four years (rather than the five years that normally are required).
JOAN CHANNICK
JOAN CHANNICK, CHAIR
BOBBY ROMAN (’18), JOHN R. COLLEY (’19), STEPHEN CEFALU, JR. (’19), COURTNEY JAMISON (’18), MOSES INGRAM (’19), AND PATRICK FOLEY (’18) IN THE WINTER’S TALE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
DEGREES MASTER OF FINE ARTS
NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS TECHNICAL INTERNSHIP
Acting, Design, Sound Design, Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, Stage Management, Technical Design and Production, Theater Management
One-year internships are offered through the Technical Design and Production department for those seeking to enter the field as scenic carpenters, scenic artists, costumers, props artisans, master electricians, sound engineers, or projection engineers. Culminating in a Technical Internship Certificate, the program couples hands-on training with a partial course-load, to give candidates a significant competitive advantage in the job market. Technical interns are eligible for financial aid.
The Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree is conferred on students holding a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college who complete with distinction any of the programs of study outlined and who exhibit excellence in their professional practice. Three years in residence are required.
DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS The Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree is conferred on students who hold the M.F.A. degree in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism and who have completed the M.F.A. qualifying comprehensive examinations and have written a dissertation of distinction whose subject has been approved by the D.F.A. committee.
CERTIFICATE IN DRAMA Acting, Design, Sound Design, Directing, Playwriting, Stage Management, Technical Design and Production
The Certificate in Drama is conferred on students who do not hold an undergraduate degree from an accredited college, but who complete with distinction the threeyear program.
SPECIAL RESEARCH FELLOW A limited number of scholars are admitted to Yale School of Drama as one-year special research fellows. These fellows are usually professionals in the field of theater from abroad who wish to pursue research and audit one or two courses a term within the School of Drama. There is no fellow status affiliated with the Acting department. Special Research Fellows are not eligible for financial aid.
SPECIAL STUDENT Some students are admitted to Yale School of Drama as one-year special students in the areas of Design, Sound Design, Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Technical Design and Production, or Theater Management. These students must be in residence on a full-time basis and are not eligible for a degree or certificate. Special Students are not eligible for financial aid.
TUITION AND GENERAL EXPENSES 2018–19 Tuition and fees*
a minimum of $2,000 toward their educational and living expenses each year. Students with financial need demonstrated through documentation of personal, spousal, and parental income and assets receive financial aid awards consisting of a combination of work-study employment, educational loans, scholarship, and in many cases living expense stipends. All students on financial aid are expected to take out an educational loan in their first year, up to $9,500, which is eliminated and replaced with increased scholarship in their second and third year, assuming there are no changes in the student’s demonstrated financial need.
$31,800
Books and supplies (estimated) $300–$2,675 Living expenses (estimated) $17,045 Estimated Total Costs $49,145–51,520* Tuition for Technical Interns and Special Research Fellows is $15,900. Tuition for D.F.A. candidates in residence is $1,000. D.F.A. candidates in residence receive financial aid covering tuition and health care.
FINANCIAL AID POLICY Yale’s financial aid policy has been designed to ensure that, within the School’s resources, all qualified students with demonstrated financial need will have the opportunity to attend Yale. For this reason, financial aid at the School of Drama is awarded on the basis of financial need. A small portion of our students and their families have the ability to pay the full costs of educational and living expenses, and, therefore, can bear substantial costs. Student and family contributions vary based on financial circumstances, but all students on financial aid are expected to contribute
As of 2018, an average student with demonstrated high financial need receives aid covering 89 percent of the cost of attendance over three years. An average student with demonstrated moderate financial need receives aid covering 71 percent of the cost of attendance over three years. An average student with demonstrated low financial need receives aid covering 53 percent of the cost of attendance over three years. Students who do not qualify for need-based financial aid may be able to receive assistance through work-study employment and various supplemental loan programs. Your award may be significantly higher or lower than
SAMPLE FIRST-YEAR AWARDS FOR 2018–19 BASED ON DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED Low Financial Need
Moderate Financial Need
High Financial Need $3,198 average living expenses stipend
$12,723 average scholarship
$21,223 average scholarship
$30,223 average scholarship
$23,500 average combined Student and Parent Contribution
$9,500 educational loans
$3,052–5,445 average workstudy
$15,500
average combined Student and Parent Contribution
$6,000
educational loans average combined Student and Parent Contribution
$9,500
$9,500
educational loans
educational loans
$3,052–5,445
$3,052–5,445
average workstudy
average workstudy
* First-year loan is eliminated and replaced with increased scholarship or stipend in the second and third year, if there are no changes in the calculation of the student’s demonstrated financial need.
SEAN BOYCE JOHNSON (’18), STELLA BAKER (’18), AND STEPHANIE MACHADO (’18) IN WAIT...NOW WHAT?! BY CHRISTOPHER BAYES AND THE COMPANY. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
the average in any of these groups, and may only be determined after you and your parents have provided information about income and assets. Financial aid figures are for 2018–19 and may change in future years. Students’ financial need is re-assessed annually, because personal and family circumstances may change materially. Applicants offered admission are typically notified of their financial aid award at the time of their acceptance if they have met the financial aid application deadline of February 15 (for all programs). If you have questions about your specific circumstances, please call the Financial Aid Office at 203.432.1540.
NONDISCRIMINATION The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and affirmatively seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons of diverse backgrounds. In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
University policy is committed to affirmative action under law in employment of women, minority group members, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Inquiries concerning these policies may be referred to Valarie Stanley, Director of the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs, 221 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor, 203.432.0849. For additional information, see equalopportunity.yale.edu.
TITLE IX Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from sex discrimination in educational programs and activities at institutions that receive federal financial assistance. Questions regarding Title IX may be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, Stephanie Spangler, at 203.432.4446 or at titleix@yale.edu, or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 8th Floor, Five Post Office Square, Boston MA 02109-3921. Telephone: 617.289.0111, Fax: 617.289.0150, TDD: 800.877.8339, or email: ocr.boston@ed.gov.
YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM The School of Drama participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which allows it to enter into an agreement with the Veterans Administration to help fund tuition expenses for eligible individuals who apply to the program.
APPLICATION DEADLINES DECEMBER 1, 2018 Directing Playwriting
JANUARY 2, 2019 Acting Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 Design Sound Design Stage Management Technical Design and Production Theater Management Technical Internship Special Student Special Research Fellow
Complete application requirements, including letters of recommendation, transcripts, and other materials; Design department portfolio requirements and review procedures; Acting department audition dates; and interview policies for other departments are available online at drama.yale.edu. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Admission to Yale School of Drama is only for full-time graduate study beginning in the fall term. There is no rolling admission. There is no summer session. Transfer or parttime students are not accepted. Admission decisions are typically determined on or before April 1.
APPLICATION FEES
$110 All departments, Special Student, and Special Research Fellow
$50 Technical Internship Waiver of the application fee is available, based on demonstrated financial need. Download a Request for Application Fee Waiver form at drama.yale.edu. Notarized fee waiver requests are due ten days before the application deadline.
FINANCIAL AID DEADLINES FEBRUARY 15, 2019 US Citizens/Permanent Residents File a 2019–20 Free Application for Federal Student Aid at fafsa.ed.gov; school code: 001426. Submit a 2019–20 College Board CSS /Financial Aid PROFILE® application for Yale School of Drama at student.collegeboard.org/profile.
APRIL 15, 2019 A signed copy of the applicant’s and their parents’ 2017 federal tax returns, including copies of all W-2s and schedules, must be mailed to the School of Drama’s Financial Aid Office.
International Students Submit a 2019-20 College Board CSS /Financial Aid PROFILE® application for Yale School of Drama at student.collegeboard.org/profile. Mail the International Student Certification of Finances, which can be printed from the School of Drama’s online financial aid procedures page, at drama.yale.edu. All forms are essential for establishing eligibility for student employment, loan, and Yale scholarship. Signed copies of the applicant’s and parents’ 2017 tax documents and income statements (US and home country) must be submitted to the Financial Aid Office.
2018 VISITOR DAYS OCTOBER 19 & DECEMBER 14 Optional Visitor Days offer prospective students the opportunity to meet the Deans, talk with faculty and students, see a production, and tour the campus. Capacity is limited. Register online at drama.yale.edu.
Apply online at drama.yale.edu
COURTNEY JAMISON (’18) IN PASSION, BOOK BY JAMES LAPINE, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2018.
Contact Us Ariel Yan Registrar/Admissions Administrator Phone 203.432.1507 Fax 203.432.9668 ysd.admissions@yale.edu
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Artistry
We nurture imagination and court inspiration through mastery of skills and techniques, to create fluent, authentic, original storytelling that illuminates the complexity of the human spirit and questions accepted wisdom.
Collaboration
We attend both to process and to results, hearing the voices of colleagues and striving for a collective vision of our goals; we prize the contributions and accomplishments of the individual and of the team.
Discovery
We wrestle with the most compelling issues of our time. Therefore, we foster curiosity, invention, bravery, and humor; we risk and learn from failure and vulnerability in order to build lifelong habits of innovation and revelation.
Inclusion
We commit to fair and ongoing practices that enhance our relationships to theatermakers, audiences, and society, finding strength in our diversity, and lowering barriers to participation in the field.
Professionalism
We dedicate our best selves to both training and practice, holding ourselves accountable for a safe, sound, and respectful workplace, animated by good will.
drama.yale.edu COVER, LEFT TO RIGHT: SETAREKI WAINIQOLO (’18), FRANCESCA FERNANDEZ McKENZIE (’18), SOHINA SIDHU (’19), AND JAMES UDOM (’18) IN DEATH OF YAZDGERD BY BAHRAM BEYZAI, TRANSLATED BY MANUCHEHR ANVAR. YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, 2017. PHOTOS BY BRITTANY BLAND (’19), LIZ DIAMOND, T. CHARLES ERICKSON, CHRISTINA FONTANA (’19), ELSA GIBSENBRADEN, ELIZABETH GREEN (’17), MARY HUNTER, STEVEN C. KOERNIG (’17), MARA LAVITT, JOAN MARCUS, ALEXANDRA McNAMARA (’20), OLIVIA PLATH (’19), ERIN M. SULLIVAN (’20). VIDEO STILLS BY DAVID KANE.