A long-awaited dramatic arts center is finally set to take shape on the corner of Crown and York streets. Plans for the new Dramatic Arts Building have been in motion for the past decades; the project is set to begin this summer and finish in the summer of 2029.
In December 2024, New Haven’s City Plan Commission approved Yale’s proposal for a seven-story dramatic arts building meant to accommodate the Yale Repertory Theater, the David Geffen School of Drama and the undergraduate Theater, Dance and Performance Studies department under one roof. The project was envisioned by the architecture firm KPMB Architects, which was co-founded by Marianne McKenna ARC ’76.
“The new rehearsal space will be really nice for all the Dramat shows,” said Elizabeth Stanish ’26, the president of the Yale University Dramatic Association. “And hopefully just for Yale theater in general.”…