Welcome to the website of the Yale Drama Coalition, an organization for the coordination of undergraduate theater at Yale. This site contains everything students need to find information on current shows at Yale, as well as resources for producing shows. New on the Site: Playground, Forums and Search Functionality Help for directors/producers regarding these new features is available on our features page
Fall 24-Hour Theater Festival Posted by: David Eisenman On Sep 19th at 10:31 pm Friday, September 25th - Saturday, September 26th The 24-hour theater festival is a great opportunity to get involved in Yale theater. FRESHMEN ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE! You will have time to go to other OUP workshops if you so desire. Students write, direct, and act in short plays in just 24-hours, and it's a ton of fun! Anyone who wants to participate can, no experience necessary. There are no auditions and no application process, so just shoot us an email at ydc123@gmail.com with the following positions listed in order of preference 1-4: Writing, directing, acting, designing. The schedule- 8 pm Friday- Writers begin writing. 8 am Saturday- Directors arrive, and writers turn over their plays to the directors. 9 am Saturday- Actors arrive. 8 pm Saturday- Performance! YDC Plans to Host Castle Theater Company, from Durham University in England! Posted by: David Eisenman On Sep 6th at 7:50 pm ...that pretty much says it all! The Castle Theater Company, made up of students at Durham University, is stopping at Yale to perform its traveling production of Twelfth Night. The details: The show is on Tuesday, September 15th at 7 PM in the Off-Broadway Theater. Reserve tickets right here on the YDC's website! Click on "Upcoming Shows" and then "Twelfth Night" to reserve tickets. Welcome Class of 2013! - Bulldog Days Events Posted by: David Eisenman On Apr 14th at 1:01 am The YDC is thrilled to welcome prospective students to next week's Bulldog Days events. We have two exciting events planned where you can talk to us, ask questions about the wonder that is Yale theater, and be generally awesome. YDC Chocolatextravaganza - Monday, April 20th @ 11 PM in the Timothy Dwight Buttery Do you enjoy acting, directing, writing, lighting, fun people, chocolate fountains, being entertained, or rocking out to showtunes in the shower? If so, then come to the Yale Drama Coalition's Chocolatextravaganza to meet your future cast mates, directors and best friends. We will answer any questions you've got, provide tips for how to delve right in when the fall rolls around, explain to you the wonders of Yale theater (arguably the best extracurricular university theater in the country), and have an all-around excellent time. Theater Info Session: co-hosted by the Yale Drama Coalition and the Dramat - Tuesday, April 21 @ 5:30 PM in Linsly-Chittenden Hall 102 Yale has arguably the best extracurricular theater scene of any university in the United States, with everything from professionally-directed main-stage plays and musicals to improv and sketch comedy shows to smaller, just-because-we-like-theater productions of all kinds. Come discover the incredible array of possibilities and find out how easy it is to get involved from friendly representatives of the both the YDC and the Yale Dramatic Association, Yale's largest undergraduate producing body. To get the latest updates emailed to you, sign up for our mailing list at ydc123@gmail.com. IMPORTANT NEW INFO ABOUT SUBMITTING SHOWS: If you are a director/producer wishing to submit information to the site, please use the new online form. If you have any problems, please email the webmaster to help us improve the new feature of our site. Note that new submissions must be approved by an admin before they will appear on the site. Additionally, email submissions will be rejected. Using this submission style helps us to better serve the theater community by enabling users to browse show archives, view posters and pictures, and connect with potential designers. For information on the Yale Dramat, Yale's largest theatrical organization, visit their website at www.dramat.org. | ||||
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