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Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Choir Boy" gets a new production at the Yale Rep, where McCraney heads the Geffen School of Drama's playwriting program. The play, set in a prestigious African-American boys school, runs through April 23.
Tamilla Woodard Appointed Chair Of Acting At Yale School Of Drama
Woodard is currently the co-Artistic Director of Working Theater and previously served as the Associate Artistic Director of WP Theater.by BWW News Desk
Tamilla Woodard has been appointed Chair of the Acting Department at Yale School of Drama and Resident Director at Yale Repertory Theatre. She will be working part-time this spring to prepare for the upcoming academic year; her five-year term begins officially on July 1, 2021.
Tamilla Woodard is currently the co-Artistic Director of Working Theater and previously served as the Associate Artistic Director of WP Theater, both in New York City, and is Co-Founder of PopUP Theatrics, which creates large-scale immersive theatrical works. She received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and her MFA from Yale School of Drama, where she has taught as a Lecturer in Acting for the last two years.