by David Geffen School of Drama at Yale
David Geffen School of Drama at Yale celebrates its centennial with a ten-episode podcast exploring 100 years of the extraordinary productions, sensational student stories, triumphs, and challenges that have shaped the iconic institution we know today. Join host Courtney B. Vance as artists across all disciplines taught at the Geffen School show us what it takes to put on a show.
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July 1, 2026
<p>Ideas are one thing. Reality is another. It takes tools, materials, and feats of engineering for clever people to translate those ideas into 3D reality on stage.</p><p>TD&P students confront ever-changing technologies and unchanging laws of physics. They translate artistic concepts into tangible production elements, keeping teams safe onstage and backstage as they do.</p><p>***</p><p>This episode features Shaminda Amarakoon (Faculty), David Budries (Former Faculty), Shannon Dodson (‘26), Ella Egan (‘28), Anna Glover (Faculty), Jennifer McClure (Faculty), Jon Reed (‘07, Faculty), Anthony Robles (‘26), Meredith Wilcox (‘27), and Jennifer Yuqing Cao (‘26). </p><p>***</p><p>Oh, the Drama! is written, produced, and edited by Zachary Goldberg and Isabel Robertson.</p><p>Executive producers are Jill BC Du Boff and James Bundy.</p><p>Episode art by Kiki Gordon (‘26).</p><p>Original music by James Harrison Monaco.</p><p>Additional music from Uppbeat.</p><p>***</p><p>Learn more from Jen McClure by reading her book <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/bloody-brilliant-how-to-develop-execute-and-clean-up-blood-effects-for-live-performance-jennifer-mcclure/9a4771649c69c5ef?ean=9780367427351&next=t" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bloody Brilliant: How to Develop, Execute, and Clean Up Blood Effects for Live Performance</a>. </p><p>Recordings featured from Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of <a href="https://yalerep.org/productions/furloughs-paradise/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Furlough’s Paradise</a> (2026) directed by abigail jean-baptiste.</p><p>Other shows referenced include Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of <a href="https://news.yale.edu/videos/scenes-yale-reps-arcadia" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arcadia</a> (2014) directed by James Bundy and the 2017 David Geffen School of Drama production of <a href="https://news.yale.edu/2017/12/01/tale-emperors-murder-unfolds-school-dramas-death-yazdgerd" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Death of Yazdgerd</a> directed by Shadi Ghaheri (‘17).</p>
June 24, 2026
<p>Sets. Lighting. Costumes. Sound. Projections. Designers create everything you see and everything you hear at the theater. What goes into bringing impossible worlds to life on stage? And what happens when there is no stage?</p><p>***</p><p>This episode features Oana Botez (Faculty),<strong> </strong>Jill BC Du Boff (Faculty), Wendall K. Harrington (Faculty), Riccardo Hernández (‘92),<strong> </strong>Donald Holder (‘86, Faculty), Camilla Tassi (‘22),<strong> </strong>Jennifer Tipton (Former Faculty)<strong>, </strong>Michael Yeargan (‘72, Faculty),<strong> </strong>and Jennifer Yuqing Cao (‘26).</p><p>***</p><p>Oh, the Drama! is written, produced, and edited by Zachary Goldberg and Isabel Robertson.</p><p>Executive producers are Jill BC Du Boff and James Bundy.</p><p>Episode art by Kiki Gordon (‘26).</p><p>Original music by James Harrison Monaco.</p><p>Additional music from Uppbeat.</p><p>- </p><p>Recordings featured from Yale Repertory Theatre’s productions of <a href="https://yalerep.org/productions/battle-of-black-and-dogs-8/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Battle of Black and Dogs</a> (2010) and <a href="https://yalerep.org/productions/rhinoceros/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Rhinoceros</a> (2026).</p>
June 10, 2026
<p>The show must go on! Or must it…?</p><p>After the director and the designers all leave and the house lights go down, the theater is the stage manager’s domain. They’re an air traffic controller and flight attendant in one. And without them, a production can quickly go south.</p><p>When glass shatters on stage, when the stage floor must stay a spotless white night after night, when the director is re-blocking the show all the way up to opening night, how does the stage manager keep the plane in the air? </p><p>***</p><p>This episode features Narda E. Alcorn (‘95, Faculty), Payton Gunner (‘27), A.K. Howard (‘13), Taylor Oliva (‘28), and Ben Pfister (‘17, Faculty).</p><p>***</p><p>Oh, the Drama! is written, produced, and edited by Zachary Goldberg and Isabel Robertson.</p><p>Executive producers are Jill BC Du Boff and James Bundy.</p><p>Episode art by Kiki Gordon (‘26).</p><p>Original music by James Harrison Monaco.</p><p>Additional music from Uppbeat:</p><p>- </p><p>Recordings from backstage of <a href="https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/king_lear_la_noche_llegar_david_geffen_school_o?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">King Lear (La Noche Llegará)</a>, a Shakespeare Repertory Project production adapted by Héctor Flores Komatsu and Thando Mangcu and directed by Héctor Flores Komatsu.</p><p>Other shows referenced include the 2025 David Geffen School of Drama production of <a href="https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/les_liaisons_dangereuses_david_geffen_school_of_d?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Les Liaisons Dangereuses</a>, directed by Destyne R. Miller, and the 2026 Yale Repertory Theatre production of <a href="https://yalerep.org/about/press/press-room-hedda-gabler/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Hedda Gabler</a>, directed by James Bundy.</p>
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David Geffen School of Drama at Yale celebrates its centennial with a ten-episode podcast exploring 100 years of the extraordinary productions, sensational student stories, triumphs, and challenges that have shaped the iconic institution we know today.
Join host Courtney B. Vance as artists across all disciplines taught at the Geffen School show us what it takes to put on a show.
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