The Yale Drama Coalition, the student-founded and -run umbrella organization for all theatrical groups on campus, hosted its annual Fall Preview meeting this past week. The gathering, attended by throngs of overeager and over-talented freshmen looking to get involved in the University theater scene, offered a preview of what promises to be yet another rich season. The performances going up this semester will be:
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” — by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
Directed by: Joe Alessi ’10, Dan Amerman ’10 and Andrew Maillet ’11
Place: Off-Broadway Theater
Date: Sept. 19-20
DRAMAT’s “The Creation of the World…” — by Arthur Miller
Directed by: Gabe Seidman ’11
Produced by: John Wolff ’11
Place: Yale Repertory Theatre
Date: Oct. 2-4
DRAMAT’s “Kid-Simple: A radio play in the flesh” — by Jordan Harrison
Directed by: Mike Leibeluft ’10
Produced by: Laura Vrana ’11
Place: Yale Repertory Theatre
Date: Oct. 9-11
Heritage Theatre’s “The Diva Daughters Dupree” — by Kim Euell
Directed by: JuLondre Brown ’10
“Mandragola” — by Niccolo Machiavelli
Directed by: Leah Franqui ’09
Place: Whitney Theater
Date: Oct. 16-18
“The Dark Knight: The Musical”
Directed by: Marshall Pailet ’09 and James Pollack ’09
Date: Oct. 16-18
“The Long Christmas Ride Home” — by Paula Vogel
Directed by: Gary Jaffe ’10
Date: Oct. 23-25
“The Country” — by Martin Crimp
Directed by: Stella Powell-Jones ’09
Date: Oct. 23-25
“Faith Healer” — by Brian Friel
Place: Whitney Theater
Date: Oct. 30-Nov. 1
“The Rocky Horror Show” — by Richard O’Brien
Directed by: Valerie Steinberg ’09
Place: Off-Broadway Theater
Date: Oct. 30-Nov. 1
“The Comedy of Errors” — by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Cooper Lewis ’11
Date: Nov. 6-8 (tentative)
“The Norman Conquests” — by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by: Rachel Marcus ’11
Date: Nov. 7-9 (tentative)
Heritage Theatre’s “Blues for Mister Charlie” — by James Baldwin
Directed by: JuLondre Brown ’10
DRAMAT’s “The Full Monty” — by Terrence McNally
Directed by: Holly-Anne Ruggiero
Produced by: Emma Griffin ’10
Place: University Theater
Date: Nov. 12-15
“So Thou Wilt Woo“ — a compilation of Shakespeare scenes
Directed by: Allison Collins
Date: Nov. 13-15
“Britannicus” — by Jean Racine
Directed by: Max Kahn ’09
Date: Nov. 13-15
“Life Is a Dream” — by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, adapted by Laird Williamson
Directed by: Avital Rutenberg Schoenberg ’09
Date: Nov. 13-15
“The Enchantment” — by Victoria Benedictsson
Directed by: Jaime Totti ’09
Date: Nov. 13-15
“Lips Together, Teeth Apart” — by Terrence McNally
Directed by: Oren Stevens ’11
Place: Whitney Humanities Theater
Date: Dec. 3-5
“The Lover” — by Harold Pinter
Directed by: Lex Kiefhaber ’09
Place: Whitney Theater
Date: Dec. 3-5
“The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and The Long Christmas Dinner” — by Thornton Wilder
Directed by: Isaac Durand ’10
Date: Dec. 3-6
“Hippolytus” — by Euripides
Directed by: Liz Sutton-Stone ’10
Date: Dec. 11-13
“Speech & Debate” — by Stephen Karam
Directed by: Mike Leibenluft ’10
Place: Jonathan Edwards College Theater
Date: Dec. 11-13
The YDC board also announced new initiatives to improve the theater community at Yale, notably a mentorship program which assigns freshmen to upperclassman thespians as well as a series of design workshops intended for both novice and more experienced directors. The Coalition is also working toward organizing a showcase — an opportunity for actors to demonstrate their talents to prospective talent agents — for graduating seniors and maintaining contact with recent Yale alumni working in the performing arts in order to build a network of young theater-makers. Interested students can find more information about these projects and a list of audition opportunities, as well as sign up for the YDC newsletter at www.yale.edu/ydc.