Yale Repertory Theatre

For more than 40 years, Yale Repertory Theatre has made important contributions to the field by producing new work and vivid revivals of the canon; promoting the establishment of companies, new models in co-production and transfers to the commercial theatre; and investing in playwrights and their work through commissioning on a major scale. . Professional assignments at Yale Repertory Theatre are an integral component of the program at Yale School of Drama, the nation's leading graduate theatre training conservatory. The company is dedicated to the production of new plays and daring interpretations of classics that make immediate connections to contemporary audiences. A champion of new work, they have produced more than 100 premieres—including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists. Ten Yale Rep productions have moved to Broadway, receiving nearly forty Tony Award nominations and nine Tony Awards, and in 1991, Yale Rep received the Tony Award for outstanding regional theatre. In 2008, Yale Rep received a significant grant from the Robina Foundation, allowing them to expand their new play program with the establishment of the Yale Center for New Theatre. Through the Center, they have become one of the most prolific commissioners of new plays and musicals in the nation, supporting these new works through all stages of artist-driven development, including residencies, readings, workshops and full productions. Yale Rep offers young people in the community two significant youth theater programs: WILL POWER! and the Dwight/Edgewood Project. WILL POWER! Arts-and-education initiative is designed to build on existing English and Theatre curricula for middle- and high- school educators and their students. The company continues as a leader for it community outreach and accessibility programs that promote audience diversity and participation.

As part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, Yale Repertory Theatre will present student matinees of their mainstage production of The Winter’s Tale that will be directed by their Resident Director and OBIE Award-winner Liz Diamond and will serve as their WILL POWER! This program centers on the students' attendance of The Winter’s Tale and consists of a professional development seminar for educators, the WILL POWER! toolkit and study guide, classroom visits, and post-performance talkbacks to enrich the students' and educators' experience with the production. It is designed to build on existing English and theater curricula for Connecticut’s educators and their students.