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Yale Repertory Theatre, Yale University
General Information
Contact Information
Nonprofit
Yale Repertory Theatre, Yale University
Address
P.O. Box 208244
New Haven, CT 06520 8244
Phone
(203) 432 1234
Web Site
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At A Glance
Year of Incorporation
1966
Organization's type of tax exempt status
Public Supported Charity
Organization received a competitive grant from the No
community foundation in the past five years
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Mission & Areas Served
Statements
Mission
Yale Repertory Theatre (Yale Rep) is dedicated to the production of new plays and daring interpretations of
classics that make immediate connections to contemporary audiences. With the Yale School of Drama (YSD),
Yale Rep trains and advances leaders to raise the standards of global professional practice in every theatrical
discipline, creating bold art that astonishes the mind, challenges the heart, and delights the senses.
A Great Opportunity
Description
<p> Yale Repertory Theatre will celebrate its 50th anniversary during the 2016-17 season!
</p><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Our productions will comprise an extraordinary lineup of three Yalecommissioned world premieres and two contemporary&nbsp;masterpieces which celebrate the exhilarating
scope of imagination that has marked our theatre since 1966 and which will carry us -- and the American
theatre -- into the future. </div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Beginning&nbsp;with the start of
our season on September 30,&nbsp;2016, through the final performance on May 20, 20167, events will
include a photoexhibition at Haas Arts Library in New Haven and at the Lincoln Center Library for the
Performing Arts in New York,&nbsp;and special seminars featuring artists from Yale Rep's&nbsp;first 50
years.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><p>Your gift to Yale Rep will help produce our 50th anniversary
season,&nbsp;celebrate Yale Rep's history and accomplishments, and honor its contributions to the
American and world theatre.<br />&nbsp;</p>
A Great Opportunity Ending Date
May 20 2017
Background
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Yale Repertory Theatre will celebrate its 50 anniversary season in 2016-17.
Since its founding in 1966, Yale Rep has made important contributions to the field by encouraging and
developing new models in co-production, transferring work to the commercial theatre, and investing in
playwrights and their work through commissioning on a major scale. A champion of new work, Yale Rep has
produced more than 100 premieres—including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists.
Twelve Yale Rep productions have moved to Broadway, receiving nearly 40 Tony Award nominations and nine
Tony Awards. In 1991, Yale Rep received the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Over the past
decade, nine Yale Rep productions have been honored by the Connecticut Critics Circle with the award for Best
Production of the year. In 2008, Yale Rep established the Binger Center for New Theatre, an artist-driven
initiative that devotes major resources to the commissioning, development, and production of new plays and
musicals at Yale Rep and across the country.
Over its 49-year history, Yale Rep has demonstrated its commitment to creating vital and immediate
interpretations of the classic repertoire and to producing the work of emerging and established playwrights.
Among Yale Rep’s recent world premieres are INDECENT, written by Paul Vogel; Jiehae Park’s PEERLESS;
Jen Silverman’s THE MOORS; Danai Gurira’s FAMILIAR; Brendan Jacobs-Jenkins’s WAR; and THESE PAPER
BULLETS!, Rolin Jones’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, with original music by
Billie Joe Armstrong. Recent seasons have included classic plays such as William Shakespeare’s CYMBELINE
and THE WINTER’S TALE, Samuel Beckett’s HAPPY DAYS, Bertolt Brecht’s THE CAUCASIAN CHALK
CIRCLE, and August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON. Yale Rep also presents groundbreaking global
performances through its NO BOUNDARIES series; past NO BOUNDARIES seasons have included work from
Burkina Faso, Chile, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Peru, Poland, South Korea, Spain,
the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Impact
Yale Rep’s ambitious artistic goals and achievements draw the nation’s top artists to New Haven. The nationally
recognized theatre gives local residents access to high-quality art and keeps New Haven vibrant.
Yale Rep has a strong commitment to the local community. We offer discounted tickets for students and the
general public; for each production, an Open Captioned performance for patrons who are hard-of-hearing or
deaf and an Audio Described performance for those who have low vision or are blind; low-cost matinees of
classic plays for thousands of Connecticut students through WILL POWER!; and the Dwight/Edgewood Project,
serving New Haven middle school students with a month-long after-school playwriting program that strengthens
creative expression, confidence, and self-esteem.
Through its new play program, the Binger Center for New Theatre, Yale Rep has become a national leader in
the development and production of new work for the American stage. Since 2008, the Binger Center has
supported more than 50 commissioned artists and the production of 21 new plays and musicals at Yale Rep and
around the country. Recent examples include 2016’s THE MOORS by Jackson Gay; 2015’s PEERLESS by
Jiehae Park; 2015’s INDECENT by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman; and 2012’s THE REALISTIC JONES,
by Will Eno, which transferred to Broadway in 2014. THESE PAPER BULLETS! by Rolin Jones, produced at
Yale Rep in 2014, was produced at the Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, and at the Atlantic Theater Company,
New York, in 2015. Danai Gurira’s FAMILIAR, produced in 2015, was produced at New York’s Playwrights
Horizons in 2016; WAR, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, produced at Yale Rep in 2014, premiered at Lincoln
Center’s LCT3 Theater in 2016; and INDECENT received its New York debut in 2016 at The Vineyard Theatre.
In 2016-2017, Yale Rep will produce three world premiere commissions: SCENES FROM COURT LIFE by
Sarah Ruhl; IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING by Aditi Brennan Kapil; and MARY JANE, by Amy Herzog.
Needs
1.Annual operating support;
2.Education and Outreach: WILL POWER! and The Dwight/Edgewood Project introduce New Haven high
school and middle school students to live theatre and storytelling and provide them with meaningful
experiences that complement and enrich their education;
3.Accessibility services: Maintaining our accessibility services so that all patrons can enjoy the experience of
live theatre;
4.New play and musical development, which cultivates relationships with emerging and established writers and
fosters the creation of new works of art; and
5.Technology: The acquisition of state-of-the-art theatre technologies and equipment which help keep Yale Rep
at the forefront of the American theatre.
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CEO Statement
Yale Repertory Theatre is a local theatre organization with national impact. The vast majority of our audiences
and staff live in Connecticut, in New Haven County. Our location in New Haven’s vibrant downtown allows us to
contribute to the Elm City’s social, cultural, and economic life. Through robust accessibility services and the
most affordable range of tickets prices at any fully professional Connecticut theatre, we aim to meet the needs
of all patrons. Our two education programs—WILL POWER! and the Dwight/Edgewood Project—serve
Connecticut middle and high school students and create lifelong theatre lovers.
Over the past 49 years, the artistic vitality of Yale Rep has combined a definitive commitment to new
plays—well over 100 world, American, and regional premieres—with vivid interpretations of the classic canon by
leading directors. More recently, through our Binger Center for New Theatre, we have invested significantly in
commissioning writers and supporting the development and production of their plays.
Working for an adventurous audience at the heart of a great research university, our theatre is uniquely situated
to have a national impact. Yale Rep theatre-goers and the University understand and embrace the level of
financial and spiritual investment required to pursue the rewards—and brave the risks—of creating new works
for performance. We have had consistent success collaborating with emerging playwrights to leverage their
Yale Rep productions to national recognition and an extended life for their work. Playwrights such as August
Wilson, Athol Fugard, Sarah Ruhl, Amy Herzog, and Danai Gurira have risen to national prominence during
their time in New Haven. As we engage students at the Yale School of Drama training program in the process of
producing new plays, we provide practical experience in the most significant project of the American theatre:
bringing the next generation of new work into being.
While Yale University provides Yale Rep with some operating support, we must seek significant outside funding
in order to meet the goals and mission of our institution. Yale Rep’s activity represents about 1/3 of 1% of the
overall University budget. A contribution of any size makes difference to us. Donations support the work of truly
distinctive artists, helping to bring them to New Haven to share work of the highest quality with Connecticut
audiences and support Yale Rep’s commitment to serve young patrons in our community.
Thank you for your consideration,
James Bundy
Board Chair Statement
Service Categories
Primary Organization Category
Education / Universities
Secondary Organization Category
Arts,Culture & Humanities / Theater
Areas Served
In a specific U.S. city, cities, state(s) and/or region.
National
International
Ansonia
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Bethany
Branford
Cheshire
Derby
East Haven
Guilford
Hamden
Lower Naugatuck Valley
Madison
Milford
New Haven
North Branford
North Haven
Orange
Oxford
Seymour
Shelton
Shoreline
State wide
Wallingford
West Haven
Woodbridge
The majority of our audiences come from Greater New Haven as well as throughout Connecticut,
Massachusetts, and New York. Located within aw world-class University, we also serve an international
audience of faculty, staff, and students.
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Programs
Programs
Yale Rep's Season
Description
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Yale Rep’s 2016-17 season—its 50 anniversary year—will include
productions of SEVEN GUITARS by August Wilson and ASSASSINS, with
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman. The
season will also feature three commissioned world premieres: SCENES
FROM COURT LIFE by Sarah Ruhl; IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING by Aditi
Brennan Kapil; and MARY JANE by Amy Herzog.
Yale Rep will also present cutting-edge international performing artists in
its NO BOUNDARIES series of global performances in 2016-17.
Budget
$9,845,078.00
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other / Theater
Population Served
General/Unspecified / /
Program is linked to
organization’s mission and
strategy
Yes
Short Term Success
Yale Rep’s 2015-16 season featured new productions of HAPPY DAYS by
Samuel Beckett, featuring Academy Award winning actress Dianne Wiest,
staged by Artistic Director James Bundy and CYMBELINE by William
Shakespeare, directed by Resident Director Evan Yionoulis. Three new
plays commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre had their world premieres
as part of the 2015–16 season: INDECENT by Paula Vogel, created by
Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman, directed by Rebecca Taichman;
PEERLESS by Jiehae Park, directed by Margot Bordelon; and THE
MOORS by Jen Silverman, directed by Jackson Gay. Yale Rep and its
artists were nominated for 14 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards and 5,
including for Best Production, Best Ensemble, Best Director (Rebecca
Taichman) and a Special Award for Music (Aaron Halva and Lisa
Gutkin)for Indecent, and Best Featured Perforance (Birgit Huppuch) for
The Moors. As part of the NO BOUNDARIES series of global
performances, in 2015-16, Yale Rep presented REFUSE THE HOUR
created by William Kentridge, and ESCUELA by Guillermo Calderón.
Long Term Success
All three Yale Rep 2015-16 world premieres are scheduled for subsequent
productions at other theatres, as is HAPPY DAYS., which will be seen at
Theatre For A New Audience in spring 2017. Additionally, Yale Rep has
produced more than 100 premieres—including two Pulitzer Prize winners
and four other nominated finalists. Twelve Yale Rep productions have
moved to Broadway, receiving nearly 40 Tony Award nominations and
nine Tony Awards. In 1991, Yale Rep received the Tony Award for
Outstanding Regional Theatre.
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Program Success Monitored By
We monitor the success of our programs by the quality of work produced
at Yale Rep and the critical response to that work in local and national
press. We also monitor our ticket sales against our goals. We also
consider whether productions transfer or are produced by other theatres
around the country. Another important marker of Yale Rep’s success is
the experience of artists who come to work with us in New Haven: we
strive to create a supportive artistic home.
Examples of Program Success
Many Yale Rep productions have subsequently been seen at major
regional and New York theatres. Four productions from the Rep’s 2015-16
season have been or will be produced at New York theatres: INDECENT,
by Paula Vogel, was co-produced with La Jolla Playhouse and had its
New York premiere in 2016 at the Vineyard Theatre. Danai Gurira’s
FAMILIAR and Branden Jacob-Jenkins’s WAR both received 2016 New
York premieres following their Yale Rep productions. HAPPY DAYS, with
Dianne Wiest, will be produced in New York in 2017. Additionally, Will
Eno’s THE REALISTIC JONESES, a Yale Rep commission which had its
world premiere at Yale in 2012, premiered on Broadway in April 2014.
In addition to Yale Rep’s commissioned world premiere plays that have
been produced at theatres across the country (see “ Play Development”
for more information), the Yale Rep production of Goldoni’s THE
SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS, directed by Christopher Bayes and
featuring Steven Epp, has had a rich life since its 2010 run in New Haven.
The production has had a total of 175 performances at several
theatres—DC’s Shakespeare Theatre, the Guthrie Theater, Boston’s
ArtsEmerson, and Seattle Rep. It will be produced by Theatre for A New
Audience, New York, in fall 2016.
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New Play Development
Description
Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre is an artist-driven initiative that
devotes major resources to the commissioning, development, and
production of new plays and musicals at Yale Rep and across the country
by artists with a diverse range of voices and theatrical aesthetics. It brings
artists to New Haven for residencies; schedules developmental readings
and workshops in New Haven and New York; produces the Yale Institute
for Music Theatre, a two-week summer lab at Yale that bridges the gap
between training and the professional world for early career composers,
playwrights, and lyricists; and underwrites new plays and musicals at Yale
Rep.
Budget
$0.00
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other /
Population Served
/ /
Short Term Success
Projects supported by the Binger Center have received critical acclaim
and subsequent productions at major theatres across the country. In
addition to the most recent productions mentioned above, these
productions include the world premieres of Dostoevsky’s NOTES FROM
UNDERGROUND, adapted by Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff, seen at La
Jolla Playhouse and Theatre for a New Audience in New York; Rinne
Groff’s COMPULSION at Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, and The Public
Theater; the Yale-commissioned ON THE LEVEE by Marcus Gardley,
Todd Almond, and Lear deBessonet at Lincoln Center’s LCT3; and
Maggie-Kate Coleman and Anna K. Jacobs’s musical POP! at Yale Rep,
Pittsburgh’s City Theatre, and Firehouse Theatre Project (Richmond, VA).
Other projects with subsequent productions include Amy Herzog’s
BELLEVILLE (later seen at New York Theatre Workshop and Chicago’s
Steppenwolf Theatre, among many others) and THE REALISTIC
JONESES by Will Eno (both were cited among the “Top Ten Productions”
in their respective years by the NEW YORK TIMES); David Adjmi’s
MARIE ANTOINETTE at Yale Rep and American Repertory Theater in
2012 and its subsequent 2013 New York premiere at Soho Rep; and
Sarah Ruhl’;s DEAR ELIZABETH, produced by Yale Rep in 2012 and
subsequently seen in New York, Boston, and California.
Long Term Success
Since 2008, the Binger Center has supported the work of more than 50
commissioned artists as well as the world premieres and subsequent
productions of 21 new American plays and musicals at Yale Repertory
Theatre. Works commissioned by Yale Rep that are not produced by the
Rep have frequently premiered at other theatres. Yale Rep has
contributed to the field through the many new works produced in New
Haven and, subsequently, at theatres in New York and from coast to
coast, sometimes multiple productions.
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Program Success Monitored By
Examples of Program Success
The critical response to Yale Rep commissions has been positive: recent
commissions INDECENT, THE MOORS, PEERLESS, BELLEVILLE and
THE REALISTIC JONESES received favorable reviews in local and
national press, and INDECENT received the 2015-16 Connecticut Critics
Circle award for Outstanding Production of a Play. The success of the
Binger Center is demonstrated through the wide reach of the work
generated by Yale’s program: plays supported by the Center have had
world premieres or subsequent productions at major theatres throughout
America, including The Public Theater, Lincoln Center’s LCT3, New York
Theatre Workshop, Soho Rep, Berkeley Rep, American Repertory
Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, and La Jolla Playhouse, among many
others.
In 2009, Dostoevsky’s NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND, adapted by Bill
Camp and Robert Woodruff, was the first commissioned play supported
by the Binger Center to receive its world premiere at Yale Rep. It was
subsequently seen at La Jolla Playhouse and New York’s Theatre for a
New Audience. Since then, the Binger Center has supported a total of
twenty-one world premieres produced at Yale Rep, fifteen of which have
received subsequent productions at regional and New York theatres.
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WILL POWER!
Description
Yale Rep’s education program, WILL POWER! (WP!) centers on students’
attendance of a Yale Rep production at morning matinee performances,
and also provides a workshop for educators, the WP! Study Guide, and
post-show talkbacks. WP! is designed to encourage critical thinking. It
enriches the students’ experience of the production and fosters a deeper
understanding of all aspects of the play - from the text to the historical
context to the choices that the artists have made. Yale Rep provides $10
tickets ($5 for New Haven students) for participants, 30% of whom come
from economically challenged communities. To further encourage broad
attendance, the New Haven Public School Transportation Department
provides free bus service to all New Haven school groups.
The 2016-17 season will feature two WILL POWER! productions: SEVEN
GUITARS by August Wilson and ASSASSINS by John Weidman with
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Budget
$75,695.00
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other / Theater
Population Served
Adolescents Only (13-19 years) / Adults /
Program is linked to
organization’s mission and
strategy
Yes
Short Term Success
In 2016, more than 925 students and educators attended the WP! matinee
performances of CYMBELINE. In 2016-17, two productions will include
WP! performances: August Wilson’s SEVEN GUITARS and the musical
ASSASSINS, by John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim. We anticipate
that more than 1,200 students will attend these performances.
Long Term Success
Yale Rep has honed and nurtured relationships with dozens of schools
and educators in the greater New Haven area, ensuring significant
participation in WP! from a diverse population of schools. Many teachers
return with their classes year after year. The Study Guides that are
created for the WP! program have attracted national attention: the 2011
ROMEO AND JULIET guide was selected to enrich the 2013 Broadway
production of the play, and the 2010 guide for SERVANT OF TWO
MASTERS was used by Seattle Rep.
Program Success Monitored By
Examples of Program Success
Yale Rep monitors the success of WILL POWER! through more than just
ticket sales: We gather feedback from participating educators and
students, who we survey for assessments and comments about each
aspect of the program. Each year, Yale Rep uses this feedback to ensure
that the program serves Connecticut students in the best ways possible.
WILL POWER! has an excellent reputation in the local community. Tickets
for WP! matinees often have sold out months in advance of the
performances. Educators know that they will receive unparalleled
curricular support and that their students will experience a world-class
performance. Many teachers have attended WP! educator workshops and
brought their classrooms to attend performances since its inception.
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The Dwight/Edgewood Project
Description
The Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP) serves middle school students from
the New Haven public school system through a month-long after-school
playwriting program designed to strengthen creative expression,
confidence, and self-esteem. It partners eight middle-school student
playwrights from economically challenged neighborhoods with Yale
School of Drama mentors, who guide them through the process of writing
and producing short plays. The program culminates with two nights of
performances of the original plays for students’ families, friends, teachers,
and the larger community.
Budget
$63,756.00
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other / Theater
Population Served
Children Only (5 - 14 years) / Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent /
Families
Program is linked to
organization’s mission and
strategy
Yes
Short Term Success
In 2016, the Dwight/Edgewood Project presented original plays by eight
student playwrights from the Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet
School. A hallmark of the program is the individualized attention each
student receives: there is a 3:1 ratio of adults to children in the program.
This ratio allows the program to cater to the needs of each student and
help foster lasting bonds between YSD mentors and the young
playwrights.
Long Term Success
Over the past 22 years, the Dwight/Edgewood Project has reached nearly
160 children and provided them with unparalleled, hands-on theatre
experiences. More than 350 Yale School of Drama students have served
as mentors, administrators, directors, or designers of the program. The
impact on all participants is long-lasting. D/EP student playwrights keep in
touch with Yale Rep and attest to the profound changes the Project
inspired in their lives; these students emerge from the month-long
program as playwrights. For the Yale School of Drama mentors, the
impact is just as great. Many mentors have gone on to work at other
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theatre outreach programs, most notably the 52 Street Project in New
York, and others have created new programs around the globe modeled
on Dwight/Edgewood. For example, Bryce Pinkham, a 2006 mentor,
founded and is Executive Director of Zara Aina, a program that uses
theatre to enhance the lives and education of children in Madagascar.
Program Success Monitored By
Examples of Program Success
Yale Rep solicits feedback from contacts at the participating partner
middle school, student playwrights, and all YSD students who have
participated in the program as mentors or staff.
In recent years, some student playwrights have returned to D/EP to
participate in the program in some volunteer capacity. This long-term
investment in the program is a testament to the impact that the monthlong program had on their young lives. Many YSD student mentors work
with D/EP all three years they are enrolled at the School, serving as
mentors and in other staff capacities. In 2016, Helen Jaksch, who had
been Producing Director after her graduation from YSD in 2015, returned
to D/EP to be the playwriting teacher for the program.
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Accessibility
Description
Yale Rep has one of the most comprehensive accessibility programs in
Connecticut. At each performance, we provide assistive listening devices,
wheelchair and companion seating, and service animal accommodation.
We provide patrons with large print and Braille translations of our
complete playbill. Each of our theatres has elevator or chair lift access.
For every production of the season, Yale Rep includes an Open
Captioned performance and an Audio Described performance Yale Rep
ushers undergo accessibility training to better serve our patrons’ needs. In
addition, any patron can contact Yale Rep to create an individualized
theatre-going plan.
Budget
$20,000.00
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other / Theater
Population Served
Adults / Elderly and/or Disabled / Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens
Program is linked to
organization’s mission and
strategy
Yes
Short Term Success
Recently, through the generosity of individual donors, Yale Rep installed
new state-of-the art assistive listening and audio description devices and
improved aisle railings. Both of these additions have greatly improved the
theatre-going experience for hundreds of patrons each season.
Long Term Success
Yale Rep has become a leader in arts accessibility in the state, and other
arts organizations regularly ask for Yale Rep’s guidance in accessibility
services. Yale Rep is also one of the few organizations in the region that
trains Audio Describers, and the describers trained at Yale have gone on
to work at theatres across the nation.
Program Success Monitored By
Examples of Program Success
We monitor the number of patrons using assistive listening and Audio
Description devices at each show, attending Open Captioned and Audio
Described performances, and using our large-print and braille programs.
We also respond to patron feedback about our accessibility services.
During the 2013-14 season, a patron who originally hails from South
Africa was able to experience theatre for the first time. She is blind, and
she had never had an opportunity to attend an Audio Described
performance. She learned of our service through our accessible website,
and she has attended several Audio Described performances in the 201415 and 2015-16 seasons.
Program Comments
CEO Comments
One of our biggest challenges is maintaining our high production standards in mostly outdated physical facilities.
Yale Repertory Theatre operates out of eight buildings, which house Yale Rep’s performance and office spaces.
222 York Street is the home of the University Theatre, a 654-seat proscenium theatre; Yale Rep’s administrative
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offices; and production shops. Yale Repertory Theatre, a 19 -century church that was converted into a theatre
in 1969, is a 487-seat space with a thrust stage. The Iseman Theater (formerly the New Theater) contains a
flexible performance space, which can accommodate up to 200 patrons. The University Theatre Annex houses
classroom and meeting space and the Laurie Beechman Memorial Center for Theatrical Sound Design and
Music. Vernon Hall includes the Yale Cabaret, rehearsal rooms, and meeting spaces. Other scene and prop
shops, rehearsal rooms, and administrative offices are located at 149 York Street. Yale Hope Mission at 305
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Crown Street has additional rehearsal halls and administrative offices. In addition to the above-mentioned
spaces, Yale Rep leases an off-site warehouse for storage of costumes, props, and scenery, along with fifteen
to twenty apartments during the course of each season for guest artists. Yale Rep is in early conversations
about a campaign to raise money for a new theatre, office, and shop spaces.
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Leadership & Staff
CEO/Executive Director
Mr. James Bundy
Term Start
July 2002
Email
[email protected]
Experience
James Bundy has served since 2002 as Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of Yale Repertory
Theatre. In that time, Yale Rep has produced more than twenty world, American, and regional premieres, five of
which have been honored by the Connecticut Critics Circle with the award for Best Production of the year, and
two of which have been Pulitzer Prize finalists. Through the Binger Center for New Theatre, Yale Rep has
become a leading commissioner of new plays and musicals in the United States. Dean Bundy's directing credits
include Happy Days, Arcadia,Hamlet, A Delicate Balance, Death of a Salesman, The Psychic Life of Savages,
All's Well That Ends Well, and A Woman of No Importance at Yale Rep, as well as productions at Great Lakes
Theater Festival, The Acting Company, California Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and
The Juilliard School Drama Division. A recipient of the Connecticut Critics Circle's Tom Killen Award for
extraordinary contributions to Connecticut professional theatre in 2007, Mr. Bundy served from 2007-2013 on
the board of directors of Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for nonprofit theatre.
Previously, he worked as Associate Producing Director of The Acting Company, Managing Director of
Cornerstone Theater Company, and Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater Festival. Dean Bundy has served
on the faculties of BADA and the National Theatre Institute and been a Drama League Fellow; he is a graduate
of Harvard College, and trained at both the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Yale School of
Drama.
Co-CEO
Ms. Victoria Nolan
Term Start
1993
Email
[email protected]
Experience
Victoria Nolan is Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Drama and has been Managing Director of Yale Repertory
Theatre since 1993. She previously led Indiana Repertory Theatre, where she is credited with having stabilized
the theatre’s finances through the retirement of debt and the establishment of both working capital reserves and
endowment funds. From 1981 to 1988 she was associate managing director at Baltimore's Center Stage. Her
association with Center Stage began in 1978 when she was one of seven nationally selected fellows in
performing arts management funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Exxon Corporation, and the
William Donner Foundation. In the field of dance, she worked at T.A.G. Foundation producing Off-Broadway
modern dance festivals in New York City; and at Ram Island Dance Company in Portland, Maine, where she
was managing director. She has been an on-site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for
more than ten years and is regularly asked to serve on national panels and foundation review boards including
AT&T Foundation, The Heinz Family Foundation, Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund, and Metropolitan Life
Foundation. She has also chaired the Professional Theaters Panel, two Special Projects Panels, and served on
the Stabilization Panel for the NEA. She has served on negotiating teams for national labor contracts with the
League of Resident Theatres and has consulted in fund raising, strategic planning, and board development for a
number of arts organizations. She was the 2005 recipient of the Elm/Ivy Award given jointly by Yale University
and the City of New Haven for distinguished service to the community, and the 2000 recipient of the Betsy L.
Mahaffey Arts Administration Fellowship Award from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
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Staff
Number of Full Time Staff
92
Number of Part Time Staff
2
Number of Volunteers
0
Number of Contract Staff
0
Staff Retention Rate
91%
Staff Demographics - Ethnicity
African American/Black
3
Asian American/Pacific Islander
2
Caucasian
87
Hispanic/Latino
2
Native American/American Indian
0
Other
00
Staff Demographics - Gender
Male
44
Female
50
Unspecified
0
Plans & Policies
Organization has a Fundraising Plan?
Under Development
Organization has a Strategic Plan?
Under Development
Years Strategic Plan Considers
N/A
Management Succession Plan?
No
Organization Policy and Procedures
Yes
Nondiscrimination Policy
Yes
Whistleblower Policy
Yes
Document Destruction Policy
Yes
Former CEOs and Terms
Name
Term
Mr. Lloyd Richards
1979 - 1991
Mr. Stanley Wojewodski
1991 - 2002
Formal Evaluations
CEO Formal Evaluation
15
Yes
CEO/Executive Formal Evaluation Frequency
Annually
Senior Management Formal Evaluation
Yes
Senior Management Formal Evaluation Frequency
Annually
Non Management Formal Evaluation
Yes
Non Management Formal Evaluation Frequency
Annually
Collaborations
Recent collaborations and co-productions have included Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Repertory
Theater, The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatre for a New Audience, New York Theatre Workshop,
the Guthrie Theater, and the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., as well as the numerous international
performance companies which have participated in NO BOUNDARIES.
Awards
Award/Recognition
Organization
Year
Outstanding Production of a Play:
Marie Antoinette
Connecticut Critics Circle
2013
Outstanding Leading Actress in a
Play: Marin Ireland in Marie
Antoinette
Connecticut Critics Circle
2013
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Connecticut Critics Circle
Play: David Greenspan in Marie
Antoinette
2013
Outstanding Production of a Play:
The Piano Lesson
Connecticut Critics Circle
2011
Outstanding Actor in a Play: LeRoy Connecticut Critics Circle
McClain in The Piano Lesson
2011
Tom Killen Memorial Award:
James Bundy
Connecticut Critics Circle
2007
Outstanding Sound Design: Arielle Connecticut Critics Circle
Edwards for dance of the holy
ghosts
2006
Outstanding Production of a Play:
The Intelligent Design of Jenny
Chow
Connecticut Critics Circle
2005
Outstanding Set Design: Lee
Savage for The Intelligent Design
of Jenny Chow
Connecticut Critics Circle
2005
Outstanding Sound Design: Hillary Connecticut Critics Circle
Charnas for The Intelligent Design
of Jenny Chow
2005
Best Play: Radio Golf
Tony Award
2007
Best Featured Actor in a Play:
Tony Award
Lawrence Fishburne in Two Trains
Running
1992
Outstanding Regional Theatre
Tony Award
1991
Best Featured Actress in a Play: L. Tony Award
Scott Caldwell in Joe Turner’s
Come and Gone
1988
Best Play: Fences
1987
Tony Award
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Best Director: Lloyd Richards for
Fences
Tony Award
1987
Best Actor in a Play: James Earl
Jones in Fences
Tony Award
1987
Best Actress in a Play: Mary Alice
in Fences
Tony Award
1987
Best Featured Actor in a Play:
Zakes Mokae in Master Harold…
and the Boys
Tony Award
1982
Best Actress in a Play: Constance Tony Award
Cummings in Wings
1979
Outstanding Production of a Play:
These Paper Bullets!
Connecticut Critics Circle
2014
Outstanding Set Design: Michael
Yeargan for These Paper Bullets!
Connecticut Critics Circle
2014
Outstanding Costume Design:
Jessica Ford for These Paper
Bullets!
Connecticut Critics Circle
2014
Outstanding Direction of a Play:
Jackson Gay for These Paper
Bullets!
Connecticut Critics Circle
2014
Special Award: Billie Joe
Armstrong for These Paper
Bullets!
Connecticut Critics Circle
2014
Special Award: Shawn Boyle,
Projections, Elevada
Connecticut Critics Circle
2016
Outstanding Lighting Design: Tyler Connecticut Critics Circle
Micoleua, Elevada
2015
Outstanding Featured Actress:
Rebekah Brockman, Arcadia
Connecticut Critics Circle
2015
Outstanding Ensemble: Indecent
Connecticut Critics Circle
2016
Outstanding Production of a Play:
Indecent
Connecticut Critics Circle
2016
Outstanding Director: Rebecca
Taichman, Indecent
Connecticut Critics Circle
2016
Special Award: Aaron Halva and
Lisa Gutkin for Music, Indecent
Connecticut Critics Circle
2016
Outstanding Featured Actress:
Birgit Huppuch, The Moors
Connecticut Critics Circle
2016
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Board & Governance
Board Chair
N/A N/A
Company Affiliation
N/A
Board of Directors
Name
Affiliation
Joshua Bekenstein
Bain Capital, Managing Director
Jeffrey L. Bewkes
Time Warner Inc., CEO
Maureen Cathy Chiquet
Chanel, Global Chief Executive Officer
Peter B. Dervan
Calif. Inst. of Technology, Chemistry Professor
Conna L. Dubinsky
Numenta Inc., Co-Founder & CEO
Charles W. Goodyear IV
Goodyear Capital Corporation, President
Catharine Bond Hill
Vassar College, President
Paul L. Joskow
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, President
William E. Kennard
Velocitas Partners, Co-Founder and Chairman
Hon. Dannel Patrick Malloy
State of Connecticut, Governor
Gina Marie Raimondo
State of Rhode Island, General Treasurer
Emmett John Rice Jr.
Management Leadership for Tomorrow, Founder &
CEO
Eve Hart Rice
Rice Family Foundation, co-President; Author
Kevin Patrick Ryan
Gilt Groupe, Founder & CEO
Peter Salovey
Yale University, President
Lei Shang
Hillhouse Capital Management, Chair/CEO
Annette Thomas
Stephen Perse Foundation, Governor
Douglas Warner III
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Former Chairman
Hon. Nancy S. Wyman
State of Connecticut, Lieutenant Governor
Board Demographics - Ethnicity
African American/Black
3
Asian American/Pacific Islander
1
Caucasian
16
Hispanic/Latino
0
Native American/American Indian
0
Other
00
Board Demographics - Gender
Male
12
Female
8
18
Unspecified
0
Governance
Board Term Lengths
6
Board Term Limits
2
Board Meeting Attendance %
0%
Number of Full Board Meetings Annually
5
Written Conflict of Interest Policy
Under Development
Percentage Making Monetary Contributions
0%
Percentage Making In-Kind Contributions
0%
Additional Board/s Members and Affiliations
Name
Affiliation
Ms. Amy Aquino
Yale Drama '86
Mr. John Badham (Vice Chair)
Yale Drama '63, Yale College '61
Mr. John Beinecke (Chair)
Ms. Sonja Berggren
Friend
Ms. Carmine Boccuzzi
Yale Law '94, Yale College '90
Mr. Carmine Boccuzzi
Ms Lynne Bolton
Friend
Ms. Clare Brinkley
Friend
Mr. Sterling B. Brinkley Jr.
Yale College '74
Ms. Kate Burton
Yale Drama '82
Ms. Lois Chiles
Friend
Ms. Patricia Clarkson
Yale Drama '85
Mr. Edgar (Trip) M. Cullman III
Yale Drama '02, Yale College '97
Mr. Scott Delman
Yale College '82
Mr. Michael Diamond
Yale Drama '90
Ms. Polly Draper
Yale Drama '80, Yale College '77
Mr. Charles (Roc) S. Dutton
Yale Drama '83
Ms. Sasha Emerson
Yale Drama '84
Ms. Heidi Ettinger
Yale Drama '76
Ms. Lily Fan
Yale Law '04, Yale College '01
Mr. Terry Fitzpatrick
Yale Drama '83
Mr. Marc Flanagan
Yale Drama '70
Mr. Marcus Dean Fuller
Yale Drama '04
Ms. Anita Pamintuan Fusco
Yale College '90
Mr. Donald P. Granger Jr.
Yale College '85
Mr. David Marshall Grant
Yale Drama '78
Ms. Ruth Hendel
Friend
Ms. Catherine MacNeil Hollinger
Yale Drama '86
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Ms. Sally Horchow
Ms. Ellen Iseman
Yale College '76
Mr. David Johnson
Yale College '78
Mr. Asaad Kelada
Yale Drama '64
Ms. Sarah Long
Yale Drama '92, Yale College 85
Mr. Donald Lowy
Yale Drama '76
Ms. Elizabeth Margid
Yale Drama '91, Yale College '82
Mr. Drew McCoy
Friend
Mr. Tarell Alvin McCraney
Yale Drama '07
Mr. David Milch
Yale College '66
Mr. Tom Moore
Yale Drama '68
Mr. Tom Moore
Mr. Arthur Nacht
Yale Drama '06
Ms. Jennifer Newman
Ms. Lupita Nyong'o
Yale Drama '12
Ms. Carol Ostrow
Yale Drama '80
Ms. Amy Povich
Yale Drama '92
Mr. Liev Schreiber
Yale Drama '92
Ms. Tracy Chutorian Semler
Friend
Ms. Tracy Chutorian Semler
Mr. Tony Shalhoub
Yale Drama '80
Mr. Michael Sheehan
Yale Drama '76
Mr. Jeremy Smith (Vice Chair)
Yale Drama '76
Ms. Anna Deavere Smith
Mr. Andrew Tisdale
Mr. Ed Trach
Yale Drama '58
Ms. Esme Usdan
Yale College '77
Ms. Esme Usdan
Mr. Courtney B. Vance
Yale Drama '86
Mr. Henry Winkler
Yale Drama '70
Ms. Amanda Wallace Woods
Yale College '03
Ms. Amanda Wallace Woods
CEO Comments
Yale Repertory Theatre is part of Yale University and operates with Yale School of Drama in a relationship
analogous to a teaching hospital and medical school.
Financial graphs, specific program budgets, governance description, and management information included in
this profile are particular to Yale Repertory Theatre. Formal financial documents (Audited Financial Reports,
Forms 990) are for Yale University as a whole. Endowment amount is specific to Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale
School of Drama.
Yale University was founded in 1701, Yale Repertory Theatre was founded in 1966.
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Financials
Financials
Fiscal Year Start
July 01 2015
Fiscal Year End
June 30 2016
Projected Revenue
$9,427,599.00
Projected Expenses
$9,427,599.00
Endowment Value
$18,000,000.00
Spending Policy
Percentage
Percentage (if selected)
5%
Detailed Financials
Prior Three Years Total Revenue and Expense Totals Chart
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Revenue
$9,308,691
Total Expenses
$9,308,691
Prior Three Years Revenue Sources Chart
Fiscal Year
2013
Foundation and Corporation
$1,584,398
Contributions
Government Contributions
$122,857
Federal
$55,000
State
$67,857
Local
-Unspecified
-Individual Contributions
$194,559
Indirect Public Support
-Earned Revenue
$1,506,644
Investment Income, Net of Losses
$1,502,977
Membership Dues
-Special Events
-Revenue In-Kind
-Other
$4,397,256
Prior Three Years Expense Allocations Chart
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2012
$7,685,265
$7,685,264
2011
$7,791,836
$7,791,834
2012
$1,233,616
2011
$935,341
$70,438
$60,000
$10,438
--$113,508
-$1,145,255
$1,470,570
---$3,651,878
$63,300
$55,000
$8,300
--$178,378
-$1,136,763
$1,475,707
---$4,002,347
Fiscal Year
Program Expense
Administration Expense
Fundraising Expense
Payments to Affiliates
Total Revenue/Total Expenses
Program Expense/Total Expenses
Fundraising Expense/Contributed
Revenue
2013
$6,930,886
$2,320,903
$56,902
-1.00
74%
3%
2012
$5,533,696
$2,126,489
$25,079
-1.00
72%
2%
2011
$5,743,961
$2,027,188
$20,685
-1.00
74%
2%
Prior Three Years Assets and Liabilities Chart
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Assets
-Current Assets
-Long-Term Liabilities
-Current Liabilities
-Total Net Assets
--
2012
------
2011
------
Prior Three Years Top Three Funding Sources
Fiscal Year
2013
Top Funding Source & Dollar Amount
Mellon Foundation
$200,000
Second Highest Funding Source & Dollar Shubert Foundation
Amount
$150,000
Third Highest Funding Source & Dollar
Connecticut Office of
Amount
the Arts $67,857
2012
Robina Foundation
$735,892
Mellon Foundation
$200,124
Shubert Foundation
$150,000
2011
Robina Foundation
$549,946
Mellon Foundation
$199,895
Shubert Foundation
$110,000
2013
--
2012
--
2011
--
2013
--
2012
--
2011
--
Solvency
Short Term Solvency
Fiscal Year
Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current
Liabilities
Long Term Solvency
Fiscal Year
Long-Term Liabilities/Total Assets
Capital Campaign
Currently in a Capital Campaign?
No
Goal
$0.00
Comments
CEO Comments
Forms 990 and Audited Financials are for Yale University, of which Yale Repertory Theatre is a subsidiary.
Specific program budgets, endowment figures and management information included in this profile are
particular to Yale Repertory Theatre.
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profile are those for Yale University. The previous three years of financial information in the profile is specific to
the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Yale University has a policy against sharing current fiscal year income and expense projections with the public
so that information is blank in this profile.
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own independent and/or internal audit processes and regulatory submissions, has been read by the
Foundation. Financial information is input by Foundation staff directly from the organization’s IRS
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board. The Foundation has not audited the organization’s financial statements or tax filings, and makes
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