Melissa Cail
Melissa Cail
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Yale to celebrate the Bard
In spring 2012, kings, noblemen, sprites and witches will descend on Yale’s campus. The invasion will be part of Shakespeare at Yale, a semester-long celebration of the Bard which will include shows, lectures, exhibits and other events sponsored by various organizations within the University. Organizers said they hope the event will call attention to the vast amount of Shakespeare related resources available through the University’s libraries and other collections.
Purvis takes over instrument collection
Yale’s oldest musical artifacts have a new caretaker. William Purvis, a horn player and School of Music faculty member since 1999, became the Director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments on March 11.
Rep announces season
While the Yale Repertory Theatre’s 2011-2012 season features three brand new works, many of the theatre’s patrons will recognize several familiar faces running the shows.
Bundy on sabbatical for open heart surgery
Yale Drama School Dean James Bundy began a four-six week sabbatical from Yale Friday during which he will undergo open heart surgery to treat a Mirol valve regurgitation.
George's "Cow Play" wins national recognition
Judges from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival think Matthew George's '11 new play is udderly good.
Rep announces upcoming season
The Yale Repertory Theatre will continue its commitment to producing new plays during the 2011-2012 season. Of the six show season, three of the shows will be world premieres, including new works by Amy Herzog DRA ’07, Will Eno and one play to be announced, according to a post on the New York Times' ArtsBeat blog.
Elizabethan Club supports theater
At this time last year, the production of “Hamlet” that opens at the Calhoun Cabaret tonight was just as real as the ghost of King Hamlet. Though director Gabe Bloomfield ’11 had in mind a look, and even the perfect actor to play Hamlet, he was unsure whether he could find the resources to execute his vision.
Rep welcomes Wilson home
On Thursday night, the Rep’s revival of The Piano Lesson opened at the Yale Repertory Theatre where it was originally produced 24 years ago as one of ten plays Wilson wrote chronicling the African American experience throughout each decade of the 20th century.
Tech studio helps musicians
The Center for Studies in Music Technology, part of the School of Music, is giving composers the chance to experiment with new kinds of music technology.
'Cow Play' headed to theater festival
“Cow Play,” a show written by Matthew George ’11 that wowed full houses at the Whitney Humanities Center last fall, will have to chance to moo again.