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About the Gift. About David Geffen. 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.
David Geffen School of Drama offers graduate training programs in every theatrical discipline. Please visit our training pages for detailed information about each department's program of study and admission requirements.
David Geffen 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.
Acting. The Acting program admits talented and committed individuals from a wide range of backgrounds who possess a lively intelligence, a strong imagination, a collaborative ethos, and a physical and vocal instrument capable of development and transformation and prepares them for work as professional actors.
Admission to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale is only for full-time graduate study beginning in mid-August for the fall term. There is no rolling admission. There is no summer session.
Associate Dean, David Geffen School of Drama; Managing Director, Yale Repertory Theatre; Assistant Professor Adjunct of Theater Management
The Directing program admits talented and disciplined artists who have demonstrated the potential to become professional directors. Each year, three directors are admitted to the program on the basis of demonstrated artistic ability and capacity for collaborative leadership.
Geffen’s professional successes enable him to generously support the educational institutions, including the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, and charitable organizations important to him.
Who may apply to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale? David Geffen School of Drama at Yale is a graduate professional conservatory offering advanced training in every theatrical discipline of the art form.
Tuition and General Expenses. Thanks to a generous $150 million gift made by the David Geffen Foundation in 2021, all full-time students in degree and certificate programs will receive 100 percent tuition support, in perpetuity. The foundation’s gift is augmented by many endowed scholarship funds and annual donations, and the School also ...
