Oskar Eustis Set to Direct 'COMPULSION' for Yale Rep

Variety reports that the Public Theater's Oskar Eustis will direct the world premiere of Rinne Groff's "Compulsion" next season at New Haven's Yale Repertory Theater.

The co-production runs there Feb. 5-27 before moving onto the Berkeley Repertory Theater and New York City's Public Theater. According to the paper the new work by the author of "The Ruby Sunrise" deals with a man's passion to bring Anne Frank's story to an American audience.

Also featured in the 2009-10 season at Yale Rep is a new play by Danai Gurira ("In the Continuum"), "Eclipsed," about women living through Liberia's vicious civil war. Liesl Tommy directs the production, playing Oct. 23-Nov. 14. reports Variety. To read the full article click here.

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A champion of new work, Yale Rep has produced well over 100 premieres-including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists-by emerging and established playwrights, brought to thrilling life by the theatre's most daring directors, innovative designers, and celebrated actors.

Eleven Yale Rep productions have advanced to Broadway, and countless other plays first produced at Yale Rep have been presented at theatres across the country. Our productions have garnered more than 40 Tony Award® nominations and eight Tony Awards, and Yale Rep itself is the recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.