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The President and Fellows of Yale University

President
Richard Charles Levin, B.A., B.LITT., PH.D.

Fellows
Her Excellency the Governor of Connecticut, ex officio.
His Honor the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, ex officio.
George Leonard Baker, Jr., B.A., M.B.A., Palo Alto, California.
Edward Perry Bass, B.S., Fort Worth, Texas.
Roland Whitney Betts, B.A., J.D., New York, New York.
Jeffrey Lawrence Bewkes, B.A., M.B.A., New York, New York.
Gerhard Casper, LL.M., Ph.D., LL.D., Atherton, California.
Donna Lee Dubinsky, B.A., M.B.A., Portola Valley, California.
Charles Daniel Ellis, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., New Haven, Connecticut.
Mimi Gardner Gates, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Seattle, Washington (June 2013).
Jeffrey Powell Koplan, B.A., M.D., M.P.H., Atlanta, Georgia (June 2009).
Maya Ying Lin, B.A., M.Arch., D.F.A., New York, New York (June 2008).
Margaret Hilary Marshall, B.A., M.Ed., J.D., Cambridge, Massachusetts (June 2010).
William Irwin Miller, B.A., M.B.A., Columbus, Indiana (June 2011).
Indra Nooyi, B.S., M.B.A., M.P.P.M., Greenwich, Connecticut.
Barrington Daniels Parker, B.A., LL.B., Stamford, Connecticut.
Margaret Garrard Warner, B.A., Washington, D.C. (June 2012).
Fareed Zakaria, B.A., Ph.D., New York, New York.

The Officers of Yale University

President
Richard Charles Levin, B.A., B.Litt., Ph.D.

Provost
Andrew David Hamilton, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S.

Vice President and Secretary
Linda Koch Lorimer, B.A., J.D.

Vice President and General Counsel
Dorothy Kathryn Robinson, B.A., J.D.

Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development
Bruce Donald Alexander, B.A., J.D.

Vice President for Development
Ingeborg Theresia Reichenbach, Staatsexamen

Vice President for Finance and Administration
Shauna Ryan King, B.S., M.B.A.

Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre Administration and Faculty

Administration

Richard Charles Levin, B.A., B.Litt., Ph.D., President of the University.
Andrew David Hamilton, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S., Provost of the University.
James Bundy, M.F.A., Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre.
Victoria Nolan, B.A., Deputy Dean and Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre.
Susan Rochette, B.A., Financial Aid Officer.
Maria Leveton, B.S., Registrar.

Emeriti

Wesley Fata, Professor Emeritus of Acting.
Leon Katz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
William Warfel, M.F.A., Professor Emeritus of Theater Design.

Faculty

Chuck Adomanis, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Christopher Bayes, Lecturer in Acting.
Todd Berling, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
David Biedny, Lecturer in Design.
Robert Blacker, B.A., Lecturer in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Jeffrey Bledsoe, M.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
John Boyd, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Laura Brown-MacKinnon, Lecturer in Stage Management.
David Budries, Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Sound Design.
James Bundy, M.F.A., Professor of Drama.
Benjamin Cameron, M.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Elisa Cardone, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
David Chambers, M.F.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Directing.
Joan Channick, J.D., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Karin Coonrod, M.F.A., Lecturer in Directing.
Liz Diamond, M.F.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Directing.
Marion Koltun Dienstag, M.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Diane DiVita, M.F.A., Lecturer in Stage Management.
Patricia Egan, B.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Alan Eisenberg, J.D., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Gwen Ellison, Lecturer in Acting.
John Fisher, Ph.D., Lecturer in Playwriting.
Michael Forman, B.M., Lecturer in Acting.
Laura Freebairn-Smith, M.B.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Elinor Fuchs, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Jess Goldstein, M.F.A., Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Design.
Jane Greenwood, Professor (Adjunct) of Design.
Barry Grove, M.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Barbara Groves, B.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
John Guare, M.F.A., Lecturer in Playwriting.
Wendall Harrington, Lecturer in Design.
Don A. Harvey, M.F.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Technical Design and Production.
Barbara Hauptman, M.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Alan Hendrickson, M.F.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Technical Design and Production.
Robin Hirsch, B.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Mary Hunter, Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Stage Management.
Tim Hunter, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
John Huntington, M.F.A., Visiting Associate Professor of Technical Design and Production.
Peter Francis James, M.A., Lecturer in Acting.
David Johnson, Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
David Kahn, M.S., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Greg Kandel, M.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Michael Korie, Lecturer in Playwriting.
Lisa Kron, B.A., Lecturer in Playwriting.
Tina Landau, B.A., Lecturer in Playwriting and Directing.
Rocco Landesman, D.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Lindsay Law, Lecturer in Playwriting.
Ming Cho Lee, B.A., L.H.D., Donald M. Oenslager Professor (Adjunct) of Design.
Eugene Leitermann, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
James Leverett, M.A., Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Todd London, Ph.D., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Brian MacQueen, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
James Magruder, D.F.A., Lecturer in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Edward Martenson, A.B., Professor (Adjunct) of Theater Management.
Tom McAlister, Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Technical Design and Production.
Brendan McCall, M.F.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Beth McGuire, M.F.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Scott Metcalfe, B.M., Lecturer in Sound Design.
James Mountcastle, M.F.A., Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Stage Management.
Neil Mulligan, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Richard Nelson, B.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Playwriting.
Jane Nichols, M.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Michael Nishball, B.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Victoria Nolan, B.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Theater Management.
Lynn Nottage, M.F.A., Lecturer in Playwriting.
Ellen Novack, B.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Robert Orchard, M.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Peter Parnell, M.F.A., Lecturer in Playwriting.
Pamela Prather, M.F.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Adam Rapp, B.A., Lecturer in Playwriting.
William J. Reynolds, M.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Marc Robinson, D.F.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Randy Rode, M.S., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Gordon Rogoff, B.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Rebecca Rugg, D.F.A., Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Bronislaw Joseph Sammler, M.F.A., Henry McCormick Professor (Adjunct) of Technical Design and Production.
Thomas Sellar, D.F.A., Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Vicki Shaghoian, M.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Catherine Sheehy, D.F.A., Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Fay Simpson, M.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Ilona Somogyi, M.F.A., Lecturer in Design.
Rick Sordelet, M.F.A., Lecturer in Acting and Stage Management.
Hunter Nesbitt Spence, B.F.A., Lecturer in Technical Design and Production.
Stephen Strawbridge, M.F.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Design.
Matthew Suttor, D.M.A., Lecturer in Sound Design.
Andrew Szegedy-Mazak, Ph.D., Lecturer in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Jennifer Tipton, B.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Design.
Anne Trites, B.A., Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Theater Management.
Ron Van Lieu, B.S., Lloyd Richards Professor (Adjunct) of Acting.
Ru-Jun Wang, M.F.A., Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Design.
Harry H. Weintraub, J.D., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Walton Wilson, B.F.A., Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Acting.
Jessica Wolf, B.F.A., Lecturer in Acting.
Steven Wolff, M.F.A., Lecturer in Theater Management.
Lila Wolff-Wilkinson, D.F.A., Lecturer in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.
Robert Woodruff, M.F.A., Lecturer in Directing.
Michael Yeargan, M.F.A., Professor (Adjunct) of Design.
Evan Yionoulis, M.F.A., Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Acting.
Grace Zandarski, M.F.A., Lecturer in Acting.

Production Staff

Charles Alexander, Shop Carpenter.
Shaminda Amarakoon, Shop Carpenter.
Kate Baker, Properties Runner.
Deborah Bloch, First Hand.
Elizabeth Bolster, Wardrobe Supervisor.
Paul Bozzi, Staff Sound Engineer.
Brian Cookson, Properties Master.
Janet Cunningham, Stage Carpenter.
Matthew Gaffney, Shop Carpenter.
Don Harvey, Technical Director.
Alan Hendrickson, Electro Mechanical Lab Supervisor.
Robin Hirsch, Associate Costume Shop Manager.
Nora Hyland, Assistant Scenic Artist.
Linda Kelly-Dodd, Costume Project Coordinator.
Martha Lehr, Costume Stock Manager.
Brian MacQueen, Sound Supervisor.
Tom McAlister, Costume Shop Manager.
Jennifer McClure, Properties Assistant.
Angie Meninger, Scenic Artist.
James Mountcastle, Production Stage Manager.
Neil Mulligan, Technical Director.
Jonathan Reed, Senior Associate Production Supervisor.
Sharon Reinhart, Shop Carpenter.
Bronislaw Joseph Sammler, Production Supervisor.
David P. Schrader, Properties Craftsperson.
Eric Sparks, Shop Foreman.
Don Titus, Lighting Supervisor, Inventory Manager.
Mark Villani, Warehouse Manager.
Ru-Jun Wang, Resident Scenic Charge.
Jason Wells, Head Electrician.
Jeanne Wu, Sound Operator.
Linda-Crystal Young, Head Electrician.
Clarissa Wylie Youngberg, Senior First Hand.
Mary Zihal, Senior Draper.

Administrative Staff

Richard Abrams, Operations Associate.
Tracy Baldini, Assistant Audience Services Director.
Deborah Berman, Director of Development and Alumni Affairs.
Amy Boratko, Artistic Coordinator for Yale Repertory Theatre.
Daryl Brereton, Associate Information Technology Director.
Josephine Brown, Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean and Associate Artistic Director.
Katherine D. Burgueño, Director of Finance and Human Resources.
Susan Clark, Senior Administrative Assistant for Development and Alumni Affairs.
Theodore DeLong, Associate Director of Finance.
Kathleen Driscoll, Senior Administrative Assistant for the Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management Departments.
Debbie Ellinghaus, Senior Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs.
Maggie Elliott, Graphic Artist.
Janna Ellis, Director of Audience Services.
Ruth Feldman, Manager of Education and Accessibility Services.
Nancy Genga, Audience Services Assistant.
Susan Hood, Press Director/Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications.
Marcia Isaacs, Senior Administrative Assistant to the Financial Aid Officer.
Edward Jooss, Safety Personnel.
Pamela C. Jordan, Librarian.
Jennifer Kiger, Associate Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre.
Ellen Lange, Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting Department and Registrar.
Ann M. K. McLaughlin, Senior Associate Director of Development, Yale Repertory Theatre.
Theresa Mensz, Library Services Assistant.
London G. Moses, Audience Services Assistant.
William J. Reynolds, Director of Facility Operations.
Elizdalia Rivera, Associate Business Manager.
Randy Rode, Information Technology Director.
Audrey Rogers, Group Sales Manager.
Jeffrey R. H. Rogers, Associate Business Manager.
Joanna Romberg, Interim Marketing Manager, Subscription and Trade Sponsorship.
Claire S. Shindler, Senior Administrative Assistant to the Deputy Dean and Theater Management Department.
Marla Silberstein, Senior Administrative Assistant for the Production Department.
Jacob Thompson, Jr., Security Officer.
Anne Trites, Director of Marketing and Communications.
Anne Vantine, Tessitura System Administrator.
Mary Volk, Senior Administrative Assistant for the Design/Sound Design Departments.
Michael Walkup, Artistic Coordinator for Yale Repertory Theatre.

Mission Statement

Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre are committed to rigorous, adventurous, and passionate exploration of our art form. We embrace a global audience. Our highest aim is to train artistic leaders—in every theatrical discipline—who create bold new works that astonish the mind, challenge the heart, and delight the senses.

Core Values

Artistry
Through mastery of skills and techniques, we nurture imagination and court inspiration. We seek fluent, authentic, original storytelling that reflects the complexity of the human spirit and questions accepted wisdom.

Professionalism
High aspirations and profound dedication fuel our conservatory training. With a sure sense of value of work in our lives, we pursue excellence and are willing to risk failure.

Collaboration
We champion the unique voice of each artist and strive for a collective vision of our goals; working in balance, we prize the contributions and accomplishments of the individual and of the team.

Discovery
We wrestle with the most compelling issues of our time, to derive new understanding for the advancement of the human condition. We foster curiosity, invention, bravery, and humor, promoting practical innovation and personal revelation as lifelong habits of the artist.

Diversity
We joyfully embrace the differences that enrich our society and enhance our artistry, as a means to approach and comprehend our humanity.

Community
We reach out to the widest possible audience for our work; in so doing, we celebrate the ethical and animating exchange of idea and spirit with each other, with our field, and with the world.

Objectives

The goal of Yale School of Drama is to develop the artistry, craft, and attitudes of its students to prepare them for careers in the professional theater.

Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre together are a unique conservatory for theater training within the University. In each discipline of the School of Drama the aesthetic sensibility is translated into the language of the stage. The process of applying theory to professional practice is central to the School of Drama, and Yale Repertory Theatre serves as the master teacher toward this aim.

Although many graduates’ paths evolve into distinctive careers in film, television, teaching, and alternative forms of theatrical production and presentation, the primary focus of training at Yale School of Drama is the artistry of the legitimate stage.

History and Facilities

History of Yale School of Drama

Yale University founded a Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts in 1924 through the generosity of Edward S. Harkness, B.A. 1897. In 1925, while the University Theatre was under construction, the first class of students was enrolled. George Pierce Baker, the foremost teacher of playwriting in America, joined the faculty to serve as the first chairman of the department, and the first Master of Fine Arts in Drama was conferred in 1931.

In 1955, by vote of the Yale Corporation, the department was organized as a separate professional school, Yale School of Drama, offering the degrees of Master of Fine Arts, Doctor of Fine Arts, and Certificate in Drama (for those students who had completed the three-year program without having the normally prerequisite bachelor’s degree).

History of Yale Repertory Theatre

In 1966, under the leadership of Dean Robert Brustein, Yale Repertory Theatre was formed as part of Yale School of Drama, establishing a complementary relationship between conservatory and professional practice.

A hallmark of Robert Brustein’s artistic leadership of Yale Repertory Theatre from 1966 to 1979 was his insistence on a resident company of artists. Brustein’s dream of a permanent repertory company became an inspiration to the emerging field of nonprofit theater. The model of Brustein’s programming choices, emphasizing the production of new plays and classics of the world theater in vivid and inventive interpretations, has remained the centerpiece of the work of Yale Repertory Theatre.

During the tenure of Lloyd Richards, dean of Yale School of Drama and artistic director of Yale Repertory Theatre from 1979 through 1991, the theater increased its emphasis on the production of new plays. Notable writers such as Athol Fugard, Lee Blessing, and August Wilson were among the playwrights who premiered their work at Yale Rep during Richards’s leadership. Yale Rep was one of the first resident theaters to regularly transfer serious work to the commercial theater, developing a model of professional producing that changed the course of new play development in the American theater.

Stan Wojewodski, Jr., dean and artistic director from 1991 to 2002, was notable for his commitment to the individual artist. Wojewodski made long-term commitments to Suzan-Lori Parks, Len Jenkin, Ralph Lemon, and numerous actors, directors, and performance artists.

James Bundy, appointed dean and artistic director in 2002, emphasizes the production of new works and bold interpretations of the classics that make immediate connections to contemporary audiences. His first five years have included regional, American, and world premieres of plays and translations by Henry Adam, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Kia Corthron, Amy Freed, Marcus Gardley, Kama Ginkas, Rolin Jones, Sunil Kuruvilla, Elizabeth Meriwether, Richard Nelson, Bruce Norris, David Rabe, Sarah Ruhl, and August Wilson, as well as the introduction of Will Power!, an educational initiative designed to engage middle- and high-school students from Greater New Haven in the world of Shakespeare and the theater.

Yale Repertory Theatre has produced nearly 100 world and American premieres, two of which have received the Pulitzer Prize. The theater has sent ten productions to Broadway, earning nine Tony® Awards and thirty-seven Tony® nominations. Yale Repertory Theatre itself received the Tony® for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 1991, and it has been recognized for its outstanding contribution to the development of creative talent with the Jujamcyn Theaters Award. In 2002 Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre received the Governor’s Arts Award in recognition of its remarkable achievement and contributions to the arts in Connecticut.

Facilities

The University Theatre at 222 York Street is Yale School of Drama’s center. It includes a proscenium theater seating 654, which is shared with the undergraduate dramatic association. The University Theatre also houses the main administrative offices, the scene, prop, and costume shops, several classrooms, and the Drama Library.

Yale Repertory Theatre is located in a distinctive historical building on the corner of Chapel and York streets. Formerly the Calvary Baptist Church, the theater contains a 491-seat auditorium facing a modified apron stage, and the Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre box office.

The New Theater in Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Hall, located at 1156 Chapel Street, contains a flexible performance space seating up to 200. This building also houses the Yale School of Art.

The School of Drama Annex, at 205 Park Street, houses the Design department, the Robertson Computer Lab, the Laurie Beechman Center for Theatrical Sound Design and Music, a lighting lab, performance space, and several classrooms.

217 Park Street contains the Yale Cabaret as well as rehearsal rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices.

149 York Street is home to several key administrative offices, including registrar, admissions, business, and financial aid, as well as an extensive paint shop, rehearsal rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices. The Digital Media Center for the Arts is also housed in this building.

305 Crown Street houses faculty offices and classrooms for the Acting and Playwriting departments.

The Digital Media Center for the Arts (DMCA) at 149 York Street is a multimedia facility that was created to explore new areas of education and cross-disciplinary interaction that result when traditional art collides with the computer age. The center was conceived and designed by Yale’s leaders in art, architecture, drama, history of art, film studies, and music from the University Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, the Arts Library, and Information Technology Services.

The Drama Library, operated by the Yale University Library system, contains over 30,000 volumes primarily for the use of students in Yale School of Drama. The library, situated in the University Theatre building, houses one of the largest working collections in existence of books and periodicals on drama and theater. Books on the performing arts other than theater, motion pictures, television, and radio are also represented in the collection. Students in the School of Drama are free to use the collections in the libraries of other graduate and professional schools, the Sterling Memorial Library, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Yale School of Drama Computing

Yale School of Drama urges all students to consider the purchase of a computer and appropriate software to use during their time at the School of Drama. The School of Drama has established purchase programs with several vendors that provide the opportunity to purchase a reliable, competitively priced laptop compatible with the Yale network. For more information on these programs, and for hardware/software requirements for each department, please refer to our Web site, www.yale.edu/drama/students.

Student Computer Labs

Yale School of Drama maintains the Robertson Computer Lab in the basement of 205 Park Street. The facility is open to School of Drama students twenty-four hours a day for school-related projects. It features eight Dell workstations, two flatbed scanners, one high-speed laser printer, and one color printer. Software in the lab includes Adobe Design Collection, Autocad, Microsoft Office Professional, VectorWorks, Lightwrite, Final Draft, and FileMaker Pro.

There is a grouping of four computers and one laser printer in the School of Drama Library at 222 York Street. These are available when the library is open, and have Microsoft Word, Excel, and Internet access.

Other student computers are assigned to the various departments for use by students engaged in department-related academic and production work. Networked laser printers assigned to each department can be accessed by students. A student should check with his or her department chair for further information.

Wireless Network Access

Yale University and Yale School of Drama provide a range of computer resources aimed at supporting student needs. Students should visit our Web site, www.yale.edu/drama/students/, to learn how to access the University computer network and wireless networking, e-mail, anti-virus and anti-spyware software, and other crucial information.

Degrees and Certificates

Master of Fine Arts

The Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree is conferred by the President and Fellows of Yale University 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 is the time required for this work; on rare occasions the faculty of Yale School of Drama may reduce the residency requirement, but in no case below a minimum of two years. The M.F.A. is awarded in the following areas of study: Acting, Design, Sound Design, Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, Stage Management, Technical Design and Production, and Theater Management.

Doctor of Fine Arts

The Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree is conferred by the President and Fellows of Yale University 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 on a subject approved by the D.F.A. committee. This committee is comprised of the full-time faculty of the Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism department.

Certificate in Drama

The Certificate in Drama is conferred by the President and Fellows of Yale University on students who do not hold an undergraduate degree from an accredited college, but who completed with distinction the three-year program of study in Acting, Design, Sound Design, Directing, Playwriting, Stage Management, or Technical Design and Production. The Certificate in Drama is subject to the same training requirements as that of the M.F.A. degree. Upon written request the certificate will be converted to an M.F.A. degree if a student later satisfactorily completes an accredited bachelor’s degree elsewhere.

Technical Internship Certificate

The Technical Internship Certificate is awarded by Yale School of Drama to students who complete with distinction the one-year internship program of the Technical Design and Production department.

Commencement

All candidates on whom degrees or certificates are to be conferred must be present at the Commencement exercises unless excused for urgent reasons by their department chair with the approval of the dean. Requests to be excused from Commencement must be submitted by May 1, 2008.

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