About Us
Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street. Photo by T. Charles Erickson, 2018.
Yale Repertory Theatre, the internationally celebrated professional theatre in residence at David Geffen 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 70 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
David Geffen School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre train and advance leaders in the practice of every theatrical discipline, making art to inspire joy, empathy, and understanding in the world.
Our Core Values
Artistry
We expand knowledge to nurture creativity and imaginative expression embracing the complexity of the human spirit.
Belonging
We put people first, centering well-being, inclusion, and equity through anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices.
Collaboration
We build our collective work on a foundation of mutual respect, prizing the contributions and accomplishments of the individual and of the team.
Discovery
We wrestle with compelling issues of our time. Energized by curiosity, invention, bravery, and humor, we challenge ourselves to risk and learn from failure and vulnerability.
Yale Repertory Theatre Staff
James Bundy
Artistic Director
Florie Seery
Managing Director
Jennifer Kiger
Associate Artistic Director
Carla L. Jackson
General Manager
Artistic Staff
Resident Artists
Playwright in Residence: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Resident Directors: Lileana Blain-Cruz, Liz Diamond, Tamilla Woodard
Dramaturgy Advisor: Amy Boratko
Resident Dramaturg: Catherine Sheehy
Set Design Advisor: Riccardo Hernández
Resident Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design Advisors: Oana Botez, Ilona Somogyi
Resident Costume Designer: Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Design Advisors: Alan C. Edwards, Stephen Strawbridge
Sound Design Advisor: Mikaal Sulaiman
Voice and Text Advisor: Grace Zandarski
Resident Fight and Intimacy Directors: Kelsey Rainwater, Michael Rossmy
Stage Management Advisor: Narda E. Alcorn
Associate Artists: 52nd Street Project, Kama Ginkas, Mark Lamos, MTYZ Theatre/Moscow, New Generation Theatre, Bill Rauch, Sarah Ruhl, Henrietta Yanovskaya
Artistic Management
Production Stage Manager: James Mountcastle
Senior Artistic Producer: Amy Boratko
Associate Producer: Kay Perdue Meadows
Artistic Fellow: Jisun Kim
Casting: James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director: Josie Brown
Senior Administrative Assistant for Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management: Laurie Coppola
Senior Administrative Assistant for Design: Kate Begley Baker
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting Program: Krista DeVellis
Library Services: Erin Carney and Tess Colwell
Production Staff
Production Management
Director of Production: Shaminda Amarakoon
Production Manager: Jonathan Reed
Production Manager for Studio Projects and Special Events: C. Nikki Mills
Senior Administrative Assistant to Production and Theater Safety: Grace O’Brien
Scenery
Technical Director for Yale Rep: Neil Mulligan
Technical Directors for David Geffen School of Drama: Latiana “LT” Gourzong, Matt Welander
Electro Mechanical Laboratory Supervisor: Eric Lin
Scene Shop Supervisor: Eric Sparks
Senior Lead Carpenter: Matt Gaffney
Lead Carpenters: Ryan Gardner, Kat McCarthey, Sharon Reinhart
Carpenters: Barrett Doyle, Doug Kester
Painting
Paint Shop Supervisor: Ru-Jun Wang
Scenic Artists: Lia Akkerhuis, Nathan Jasunas
Properties
Properties Supervisor: Jennifer McClure
Properties Craftsperson: David P. Schrader
Properties Associate: Zach Faber
Properties Stock Manager: Mark Dionne
Properties Intern: Bennet Goldberg
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 Stock Manager: Jamie Farkas
Additional Costume Staff: Soule Golden, Judianne Wallace
Electrics
Lighting Supervisor: Donald W. Titus
Senior House Electricians: Jennifer Carlson, Linda-Cristal Young
Electricians: Alary Sutherland, Racheal Daigneault, Eitan Acks
Electrics Intern: Jasmine Moore
Sound
Sound Supervisor: Mike Backhaus
Lead Sound Engineer: Stephanie Smith
Sound Interns: Saida Joshua-Smith, Xi (Zoey) Lin 林曦
Projections
Acting Projection Supervisor: Eric Lin
Projection Intern: Erin Sims
Stage Operations
Stage Carpenter: Janet Cunningham
Lead Wardrobe Supervisor: Elizabeth Bolster
Lead Properties Runner: William Ordynowicz
FOH Mix Engineer: Abe Joyner-Meyers
Administration
General Management
Associate Managing Directors: Sarah Scafidi, Matthew Sonnenfeld
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director and General Manager: Emalie Mayo
Management Assistants: Sarah Machiko Haber, Adrian Hernandez, Roman Sanchez, Mikayla Stanley
Company Manager: Chloe Knight
Assistant Company Managers: Fanny Abib-Rozenberg, Jeremy Landes, Roman Sanchez
Development and Alumni Affairs
Senior Director of Development and Alumni Affairs: Deborah S. Berman
Deputy Director of Operations for Development and Alumni Affairs: Susan C. Clark
Associate Director of Development: Casey Grambo
Senior Writer and Development and Alumni Affairs Officer: Robert DiGioia
Senior Administrative Assistant to Development and Alumni Affairs: Jennifer E. Alzona
Development Associate: Delaney Kelley
Development Assistant: Ramona Li
FINANCE, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Director of Finance and Business Administration/Lead Administrator: Nicola Blake
Finance Consultants: Regina Bejnerowicz, Katherine D. Burgueño, Denise Zaczek
Director of Human Resources: Trinh DiNoto
Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium, and Web Technology: Janna J. Ellis
Manager, Business Operations: Martha Boateng
Digital Communications Associate: George Tinari
Business Office Specialists: Moriah Clarke, Andrea Valcourt
Business Office Assistant: Asberry Thomas
Digital Technology Associates: Edison Dule, Garry Heyward
Interim Digital Technology Associate: Shontay Jones
Senior Administrative Assistant to Business Office, Digital and Web Technology, Operations, and Tessitura: Shainn Reaves
Database Application Consultants: Ben Silvert, Erich Bolton, Bo Du
Marketing, Communications, and Audience Services
Director of Marketing: Daniel Cress
Director of Communications: Steven Padla
Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications: Caitlin Griffin
Senior Administrative Assistant for Marketing and Communications: Mishelle Raza
Marketing Assistants: Adrian Hernandez, Rachel Zwick
Publications Manager: Marguerite Elliott
Production Photographer: Joan Marcus
Art and Design: Paul Evan Jeffrey/: Passage Design
Videographer: David Kane
Director of Audience Services: Laura Kirk
Assistant Director of Audience Services: Shane Quinn
Subscriptions Coordinator: Tracy Baldini
Audience Services Associate: Molly Leona
Customer Service and Safety Officers: Ralph Black, Jr., Kevin Delaney, Ed Jooss, John Marquez
Box Office Assistants: Jordi Bertrán Ramírez, Sydney Raine Garick, Jordan Graf, Daliya Habib, Aaron Magloire, Kenneth Murray, a.k. payne, Dominic Sullivan, Jessica Wang
Ushers: Tracy Bennett, Danielys Batista, Maura Bozeman, Regina Carson, Amalia Crevani, Gerson Espinoza, Campos, Nina Gaither, Madi Garfinkle, Lydia Gompper, Şeyma Kaya, Spencer Knoll, Di’Jhon McCoy, Justin Meadows, Keenan Miller, Bonnie Moeller, William Romain, Jana Ross, Joe Webb, Larsson Youngberg
Theater Safety and Occupational Health
Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health/COVID Compliance Manager: Anna Glover Assistant Director of Theater Safety: Kelly O’Loughlin
COVID Compliance Coordinator: Amy Stern
Associate Safety Advisor: Aholibama Castañeda Gonzalez
Operations
Director of Facility Operations: Nadir Balan
Operations Associate: Brandon Fuller
Operations Assistant: Kelvin Essilfie
Arts and Graduate Studies Superintendents: Jennifer Draughn, Francisco Eduardo Pimentel
Custodial Team Leaders: Andrew Mastriano, Sherry Stanley
Facility Stewards: Ronald Douglas, Marcia Riley
Custodians: Rodney Heard, Andrew Martino, James Hansberry, Sybil Bell, Jerome Sonia, Willia Grant, Melloney Lucas, Tylon Frost
Photo Credits
Katherine Romans and Michele Selene Ang in a scene from THE BRIGHTEST THING IN THE WORLD by Leah Nanako Winkler, directed by Margot Bordelon, Yale Repertory Theatre, November 25-December 17, 2022. Photo © Joan Marcus.
Yale Repertory Theatre photo © T. Charles Erickson, 2018.