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Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street. Photo by T. Charles Erickson, 2018.
Yale Repertory Theatre, the internationally celebrated professional theatre in residence at Yale School of Drama, has championed new work since 1966, producing well over 100 premieres—including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists—by emerging and established playwrights. Seventeen Yale Rep productions have advanced to Broadway, garnering more than 40 Tony Award nominations and 10 Tony Awards. Yale Rep is also the recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Established in 2008, Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre has distinguished itself as one of the nation’s most robust and innovative new play programs. To date, the Binger Center has supported the work of more than 60 commissioned artists and underwritten the world premieres and subsequent productions of more than 30 new plays and musicals at Yale Rep and theatres across the country.
Our Mission
Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre train and advance leaders to raise the standard of global professional practice in every theatrical discipline, pursuing excellence in art to promote wonder, empathy, and understanding in the world.
Our Core Values
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 theater makers, 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.
Yale Repertory Theatre Staff
James Bundy
Artistic Director
Florie Seery
Managing Director
Jennifer Kiger
Associate Artistic Director and
Director of New Play Programs
Artistic Staff
Resident Artists
Playwright in Residence: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Resident Directors: Lileana Blain-Cruz and Liz Diamond
Resident Dramaturg: Catherine Sheehy
Set Design Advisor: Riccardo Hernandez
Resident Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design Advisors: Ilona Somogyi and Oana Boatez
Resident Costume Designer: Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Design Advisor: Jennifer Tipton
Resident Lighting Designer: Stephen Strawbridge
Sound Design Advisor: David Budries
Voice and Speech Advisor: Walton Wilson
Fight Advisor: Rick Sordelet
Stage Management Advisor: Narda E. Alcorn
Associate Artists
52nd Street Project: Kama Ginkas, Mark Lamos, MTYZ Theatre/Moscow New Generations Theatre, Bill Rauch, Sarah Ruhl, Henrietta Yanovskaya
Artistic Management
Production Stage Manager: James Mountcastle
Literary Manager: Amy Boratko
Artistic Associate: Kay Perdue Meadows
Artistic Fellow: Molly FitzMaurice
Casting: Tara Rubin CSA; Laura Schutzel, CSA; Kaitlin Shaw, CSA; Merri Sugarman, CSA; Peter Van Dam, CSA; Claire Burke, CSA; Felicia Rudolph, CSA; Xavier Rubiao, CSA; Louis DiPaolo; Kevin Metzger-Timson; Juliet Auwaerter
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director: Josie Brown
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management Departments: Laurie Coppola
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Design and Sound Design Departments: Kate Begley Baker
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting Department: Ellen Lange
Library Services: Lindsay King
Production Staff
Production Management
Director of Production: Shaminda Amarakoon
Production Manager: Jonathan Reed
Production Manager for Studio Projects and Special Events and Student Labor Supervisor: C. Nikki Mills
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Production, Theater Safety and Occupational Health, and Technical Design and Production Departments: Grace O’Brien
Scenery
Technical Directors: Neil Mulligan, Matt Welander
Electro Mechanical Laboratory Supervisor: Alan Hendrickson
Scene Shop Supervisor: Eric Sparks
Senior Lead Carpenter: Matt Gaffney
Lead Carpenters: Ryan Gardner, Kat McCarthey, Sharon Reinhart, Libby Stone
Painting
Paint Shop Supervisor: Ru-Jun Wang
Scenic Artists: Lia Akkerhuis, Nathan Jasunas
Scenic Painting Intern: Jihane Fareseddine
Properties
Properties Supervisor: Jennifer McClure
Properties Craftsperson: David P. Schrader
Properties Associate: Zach Faber
Properties Warehouse Manager: Mark Dionne
Properties Interns: Jenna Carroll, Kaitlyn Hughes
Costumes
Costume Shop Manager: Christine Szczepanski
Senior Drapers: Clarissa Wylie Youngberg, Mary Zihal
Senior First Hands: Deborah Bloch, Patricia Van Horn
Costume Project Coordinator: Linda Kelley-Dodd
Costume Intern: Micah Ohno
Electrics
Lighting Supervisor: Donald W. Titus
Senior House Electricians: Jennifer Carlson, Linda-Cristal Young
Electrics Interns: Christina Dragen-Dima, Alary Sutherland
Sound
Sound Supervisor: Mike Backhaus
Lead Sound Engineer: Stephanie Smith
Sound Interns: Twi McCallum, Rebecca Satzberg
Projections
Projection Supervisor: Eric Lin
Projection Engineer: Mike Paddock
Projection Intern: Erin Sims
Stage Operations
Stage Carpenter: Janet Cunningham
Lead Wardrobe Supervisor: Elizabeth Bolster
Lead Properties Runner: Billy Ordynowicz
Lead Light Board Programmer: David Willmore
FOH Mix Engineer: Eric Norris
Administration
General Management
General Manager: Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.
Associate Managing Directors: Estefani Castro, Eliza Orleans, Emma Perrin
Assistant Managing Director: Cameron Frostbaum
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director and General Manager: Emalie Mayo
Management Assistants: Allie Delaney, Annabel Guevara, Jake Hurwitz
Company Manager: Caitlin Dutkiewicz
Development and Alumni Affairs
Director of Development and Alumni Affairs: Deborah S. Berman
Senior Associate Director of Institutional Giving: Janice Muirhead
Senior Associate Director of Operations for Development and Alumni Affairs: Susan C. Clark
Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs: William Gaines
Associate Director of Development Communications and Alumni Affairs: Casey Grambo
Senior Administrative Assistant to Development and Marketing & Communications: Jennifer E. Alzona
Development Assistants: Allie Delaney, Annabel Guevara, Jacob Santos
FINANCE, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Director of Finance, Human Resources, and Digital Technology: Katherine D. Burgueño
Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium and Web Technology: Janna J. Ellis
Manager, Business Operations: Martha Boateng
Business Office Analyst: Stacie Wcislo
Digital Communications Associate: George Tinari
Business Office Specialists: Sharon Brown, Preston Mock
Senior Administrative Assistant to Business Office, Digital Technology, Operations, and Tessitura: Shainn Reaves
Digital Technology Associates: Edison Dule and Andre Griffith
Business Office Assistant: Ashlie Russell
Database Application Consultants: Bo Du, Ben Silvert
Theater Safety and Occupational Health
Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health: Anna Glover
Marketing, Communications, and Audience Services
Director of Marketing: Daniel Cress
Director of Communications: Steven Padla
Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications: Caitlin Griffin
Associate Director of Marketing and Communications: Oakton Reynolds
Marketing and Communications Assistants: Chloe Knight, A.J. Roy
Service Assistant: Marguerite Elliott
Director of Audience Services: Laura Kirk
Assistant Director of Audience Services: Shane Quinn
Subscriptions Coordinator: Tracy Baldini
Audience Services Assistant: Molly Leona
Customer Service and Safety Officers: Kevin Delaney, Ed Jooss, John Marquez
Operations
Director of Facility Operations: Jennifer Gonsalves
Operations Associate: Nadir Balan
Arts and Graduate Studies Superintendents: Jennifer Draughn Michael Halpern
Team Leaders: Andrew Mastriano, Sherry Stanley
Facility Stewards: Michael Humbert, Marcia Riley
Custodians: Sybil Bell, Christina Davis, Tylon Frost, Cassandra Hobby, Kathy Langston, Mark Roy, Jerome Sonia
Photo Credits
James Udom and Eboni Flowers in Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3 by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Liz Diamond, songs and additional music by Suzan-Lori Parks, scenic design by Riccardo Hernández, costumes by Sarah Nietfeld, lighting by Yi Zhao, sound design and music supervision by Frederick Kennedy, wig design by Cookie Jordan, technical direction by Latiana (LT) Gourzong, and stage management by Shelby North. Photo © Joan Marcus, 2018.
Yale Repertory Theatre photo © T. Charles Erickson, 2018.