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Yale Cabaret turns 40 ... damn, that’s old

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, September 14, 2007

This fall, as the Yale Cabaret revels in its 40th anniversary, Cabaret members, both present and past, are feeling a heightened sense of nostalgia for the space that has always held a distinctive place within the Yale dramatic community.

In 1967, due to lack of membership, the Phi Gamma Alpha house at 217 Park St. was given to the School of Drama for classrooms and a black box theater. This theater, eventually known as the Yale Cabaret, started off as a sort of coffee house, with the purpose of promoting artistic experimentation and providing all kinds of artists with a space to...

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