Jane Park
Contributing Reporter
Author Archive
PROFILE: Musical theater lecturer Jeanine Tesori on imperfect music and living in an empty lighthouse

The News interviewed Jeanine Tesori, who recently won a Tony Award for her musical “Kimberly Akimbo.”

Student productions announce casting calls for this fall

Yale Performing Arts is set to have a busy upcoming fall season with casting cycles soon opening for upcoming plays, musical theater stages and other […]

Past and upcoming campus celebrity sightings

Coming off a year of many famous speaker events, this upcoming academic year already has new speaker events lined up.

“Yale:” from Myth to Memory

On Aug. 21, 2022, I stepped onto Yale’s campus as an official Yale student. Ever since getting into Yale in April, introducing myself as an […]

Calling All Bad Bitch Asians

“It was mad easy bro. It was easy as fuck. I’m being dead serious.”  This is how Sean Miyashiro described securing his first financial backer, […]

Tracy K. Smith delivers 2023 Foundational Course Lecture

In continuation of a new Yale English tradition, the former U.S. Poet Laureate read a number of her poems on Tuesday evening.

Asian American Collective of Theatermakers debuts “Love Letters”

“Love Letters” is the first production sponsored by the AACT.

Yale Playwrights Festival to spotlight four student-written plays

The Yale Playwrights Festival connects Yale playwrights with external mentors. This year’s mentors include Edwin Sanchez, Victor Cazares, Madeleine Oak and Tim Sanford.

How former Yale professor Ron Carlos helps actors find their voices

Former Lecturer in Acting at the David Geffen School of Drama Ron Carlos has written a book about accent training and coached actors on the sets of “Daisy Jones & The Six” and “Based on a True Story."

Salamishah Tillet discusses cultural criticism and historical healing at Poynter event

Salamishah Tillet spoke to the Yale community on Thursday, February 23rd at the Leitner House in Pierson College.

“The Wiz” opens at Off-Broadway Theater

The musical centers Black joy and will run from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25 at the Off Broadway Theater.