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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
December 22, 2020
Sunday, February 14th, 1-2:30 pm EST via Zoom Join us to learn about the program and major in Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS). At the top of the session, we’ll...
November 12, 2020
The Family Showcase examines the effects of migration and generational trauma in the Black family through the eyes of the Black child. It reckons with the more insidious...
Emily Jenda ’10 of the Hamilton National Tour
August 13, 2020
The Shen Curriculum turns fifteen this fall.  To celebrate this milestone – and to raise awareness of the unique breadth, depth and success of this Yale initiative,  we have...
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July 24, 2020
Congratulations to faculty member Gregory Wallace who has been named the Lloyd Richards Professor in the Practice of Acting. James Bundy, Dean and Artistic Director of the...
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July 1, 2020
Originally published June 16, 2020 Dear Theater and Performance Studies community, This spring and summer have brought cataclysmic national tragedy alongside extremely...
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July 1, 2020
Angela Davis, Freedom is A Constant Struggle James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time (with study guide) Christina Sharpe, In The Wake: On Blackness and Being Keeanga-Yamahtta...