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Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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Students recite the Bard for 24 hours 4.08.08

At 2:45 on Saturday afternoon, students carried 108 library books by the armful through the halls of the Pierson basement.

Petition fails to close curtain on ‘Full Monty’ 3.27.08

The Yale Dramatic Association’s executive board voted Tuesday night to retain “The Full Monty” as the fall 2008 main-stage musical, despite a petition drafted by two members of the organization protesting the production’s dearth of female roles.

Drama-school dean directs Wilde play 3.25.08

Bundy said he chose “A Woman of No Importance” because it satisfied a long-standing desire to direct this “funny, subversive and heartfelt” Wilde play that comments critically on women, men, parents and children.

Pre-show ‘load-in’ protocols unchanged 2.11.08

Two and a half months after a Yale School of Drama student died while unloading a set for an upcoming show at the Yale Repertory Theatre, a committee convened to review safety procedures in school-sponsored productions is still at work.

Drama School snags Pulitzer winner Vogel 1.22.08

Paula Vogel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning director of the playwriting programs at Brown University, will join the Yale School of Drama under a five-year contract as adjunct Eugene O’Neill Professor and the chair of the Department of Playwriting, the school announced last week.

Drama donation to provide four new scholarships 1.17.08

The Yale School of Drama’s efforts to increase financial-aid offerings got a boost last week, when administrators announced they have received a donation that will be used to provide scholarships to four students.

OSHA calls for increased safety training 12.12.07

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has formally recommended that the Yale School of Drama provide training to students handling heavy props and materials following the death of a graduate student at the Yale Repertory Theatre last month.

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Following Salim's DRA '09 death, OSHA recommends formal training for students 12.10.07

Posted Monday 5:30 p.m. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has formally recommended that the Yale School of Drama provide training to students handling heavy props and materials following the death of a graduate student in an accident at the Yale Repertory Theatre last month.

Acting Elis go for 24 Hour Theater 12.04.07

Twenty-four hours is also 1,440 minutes or, to break it down even further, 86,400 seconds. Or, at least for the Yale Drama Coalition, 24 hours is enough time to create theater. During the 24 Hour Theater Festival on Sunday, the YDC will present several 10-minute plays that will be written, staged and performed over the course of exactly 24 hours.

Labor Dept. investigates Salim death 11.27.07

An Occupational Safety and Health Administration report to be released next month will name several safety lapses that may have contributed to the death of a Yale School of Drama student in an accident at the Yale Repertory Theatre last week, an OSHA official said Monday.

Student dies in accident at Yale Rep 11.26.07

A second-year graduate student at the Yale School of Drama was killed Nov. 18 in an accident at the Yale Repertory Theatre. Pierre-Andre Salim DRA ’09, of Jakarta, Indonesia, was injured while unloading materials for an upcoming production from a truck outside the theater, University Spokesman Tom Conroy said. The accident occurred at 8:51 a.m., New Haven police said,...

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Pierre-André Salim DRA ’09 dies while setting up for production 11.18.07

Updated Tuesday 1:25 p.m. Pierre-André Salim DRA ’09 was killed Sunday morning in an accident at the Yale Repertory Theatre, University officials said.