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November 27, 2024

Yale plans new dramatic arts building in downtown New Haven

Contributed A rendering of the new Yale dramatic arts building.

Yale University is looking to construct a new seven-story, 188,300-square-foot dramatic arts building on school-owned property at the corner of York and Crown streets in downtown New Haven. 

The new building will be home to the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale graduate school program and Yale Repertory Theater, as well as the university’s undergraduate program in theater, dance and performance studies, according to the application that was submitted to the City Plan Commission. 

The new building will include classrooms, offices, production and technical shops for set, costume and lighting design, rehearsal, classrooms and meeting spaces, along with a 100-seat studio theater, and a new 400-seat Yale Repertory Theater. 

The building will also provide space for the Yale Dramatic Association  undergraduate student theater group. 

Yale’s performing-arts programs are currently spread over several buildings throughout campus. 

The project will meet Yale’s standard for “Zero Carbon Ready” and will 
utilize a carbon-free renewable geothermal system, the school said. 

The building will have a mechanical penthouse above, and approximately 28,700 square feet of mechanical and below-grade space.

The project will take place in four phases beginning in summer 2025, and be completed by summer 2029. 

Yale University’s drama school got a big boost in 2021 from a $150 million gift from entertainment industry magnate David Geffen. Yale has used the money to make its drama school tuition-free.

According to the university, the Geffen School of Drama is one of the only graduate-level professional conservatories in the world that provides training in every theater discipline, from acting, to design, directing, dramaturgy and dramatic criticism, playwriting, stage management, technical design and production, and theater management. 

More than 230 students across nearly a dozen degree and certificate 
programs are enrolled.
 

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