Overview

Yale School of Playwriting at Yale University creates an environment in which playwrights work, peer-to-peer, with other theatre makers.

The resulting atmosphere of like-minded endeavor enables writers to reach through inhibition toward a more resonant, more formally inventive and, crucially, more socially perceptive eloquence. We encourage playwrights to keep one eye on the horizon - to hold a global view of the world but write the particularities of their own stories.

We expect playwrights to learn the rules and then shatter them, and to engage with their cultural responsibilities as disclosers of truth.

Learning outcomes

In Strategies and Inspiration, the writer leaves cohorts for a while and embraces the artist as loner: the person who distils his or her own integrity of voice, who finds a richness of imaginative response, who is self-sufficient, and who has to write. We offer strategies for kick-starting ideas and galvanizing the lifelong habit of writing.

The program begins with Paula Vogel's Boot Camp, and there are several bake-off assignments each year; short plays begun from assigned themes and elements, written within forty-eight hours.

In Professional Practice, the playwright has an opportunity to fulfill a program of work as close to professional practice as possible, focusing on the full-length play written for the Carlotta Festival. We explore what is expected by the industry, construct strategies for honoring and subverting those expectations, and offer an examination of the levels of ambition and accomplishment needed to establish a living as an artist.

This is when Yale School of Drama demands the most from its playwrights and when the writer's investment of passion, joy, and tears pay off handsomely.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Survey of Theater and Drama

The Production Process for Playwrights

Workshop: Ovid and Transformation

Workshop: Readings with Actors

The Collaborative Process

New Play Lab

The Writer’s Room

Writing for the Ensemble

The Body in Space

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-27 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Haven, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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120

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

$80 application fee or fee waiver

Recommendations from two teachers and one counselor

School Report with transcript

English proficiency test results - recommended for non-native English-speakers

Mid-Year Report & Final Report

Tuition Fees

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39500 USD / year

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39500 USD / year

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39500 USD / year

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Living costs

New Haven

United States

1380 - 2110 USD / month

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Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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