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Yale Rep’s “Eden,” a story of Black love and courage, to premiere this week

Steve Carter’s play, a classic in the theatrical canon, shines a light on the nuances of the Black experience in the United States through a dramatic love story.

January 15, 2025

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN

In Nicole Viloria ’25’s “Paper Dreams,” the line between love and obsession blurs as a friend falls for her best friend

The Yale senior made her film debut with the project, which follows a queerplatonic friendship starring Julia Weston ’28 and Daphne Joyce Wu ’26. It premiered in the Pierson-Davenport Theater on Dec. 3.

December 6, 2024

ISABELLA SANCHEZ

Caryl Churchill’s ‘Top Girls’ to premiere this weekend at the Theater, Dance and Performance Studies Black Box

Running from Dec. 5-7, Caryl Churchill’s “Top Girls” investigates what it means for women to be successful in the late 1970s.

December 6, 2024

SOFIA GAVIRIA PARTOW

‘Darwin en Patagonia’ takes an unconventional approach to Darwin’s journey, borrows fossils from Peabody

In a collaboration between the Opera Theater of Yale College, the School of Music, Peabody Museum and more, the Spanish-language opera is an amalgamation of student talent and creative forces.

December 6, 2024

ZANE GLICK & EVELYN RONAN

REVIEW: Columbia-Walsh’s “Fear and Trembling” is an ingenious, faithful but challenging take on Kierkegaard

Written and directed by Brennan Columbia-Walsh ’26, “Fear and Trembling” is a dramatic interpretation of Søren Kierkegaard’s legendary treatise.

November 19, 2024