Luciana Varkevisser
Staff Reporter
luciana.varkevisser@yale.edu
Luciana Varkevisser covers theater and performances. She is a sophomore in Saybrook College planning majoring in History with a certificate in Education Studies and Human Rights Studies.
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LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
A contemplation on careers of creativity

The News talked to alumni about how their writing careers were influenced by their undergraduate Yale experience.

April 25, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
Decolonization in drag: “Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members” at the Yale Repertory Theater

Premiering April 25, the play, written by Mara Vélez Meléndez, explores the decolonization of land, self and gender through comedy and drag.

April 22, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
“Songs for a New World” emboldens viewers to chase after bright, unknown futures

Viewers can watch Yale’s adaptation of the award-winning musical, written by Jason Robert Brown, from April 10 to 12 at the Saybrook Underbrook.

April 10, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
Something wicked this way comes. Enter: “Macbeth”

Shakespeare’s striking tale of love, murder and ambition takes the stage this weekend at the Davenport-Pierson Auditorium.

April 4, 2025

CAMERON NYE & LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
“Intimate Apparel” explores womanhood and love in early 20th century

Premiering this week, the Dramat’s Spring Mainstage weaves together a powerful story laced with themes of persistence and tenderness.

April 3, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
“Little White Lies,” a play about racial passing and family legacy, to premiere this week

An original musical and senior thesis by Natalie Brown ’25, the show explores the contemporary and historical legacy of racial passing.

February 28, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
Yale Rep’s ‘The Inspector’ explores human greed and stupidity with levity

Yura Kordonsky’s adaptation of the 19th century play will premiere on March 7 at the Yale Repertory Theatre.

February 28, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
“Dance on My Grave”: an original play tells myth on death, fate and family

An original written by Yuen Ning Chang ’25, the play explores the fragile yet enduring connections between the living and the dead.

February 20, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN & LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
‘Tiny Dorms,’ but big musical potential: an intimate presentation of the Yale music scene

Spring Fling’s “Tiny Dorms” showcases the work of four Yale musicians, each in a different genre of music.

January 26, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
Yale Rep’s “Eden,” a story of Black love and courage, to premiere this week

Steve Carter’s play, a classic in the theatrical canon, shines a light on the nuances of the Black experience in the United States through a dramatic love story.

January 15, 2025

LUCIANA VARKEVISSER
Written by Xinning Shao ’25, “A Play Called Zhuangzi” to premiere this weekend.

A dramatization of Chinese philosophy, this new play invites viewers to question ideas of free will and destiny.

December 4, 2024