James Bundy News

Bill Rauch ’84, acclaimed theater director and artistic director of the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York (PAC NYC), will be the recipient of the 2026 Harvard Arts Medal.

Yale Repertory Theatre is presenting Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, the final production staged by James Bundy as the organization’s Artistic Director, after 23 years of leadership at Yale (where he has also served as Elizabeth Parker Ware Dean of David Geffen School of Drama). Check out photos of the production.

Yale Repertory Theatre will present Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, the final production staged by James Bundy as the organization’s Artistic Director, after 23 years of leadership at Yale. Learn more!

David Geffen School of Drama at Yale has announced its 2025–26 season, featuring Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Utopia, and Is God Is. Running October 2025 through January 2026, the productions will be staged at Yale Rep, Iseman Theater, and University Theatre.

The Acting Company announced that after four years as Artistic Director, Kent Gash will step into the new role of Director of Special Projects to serve as an artistic advisor to the Company. 

A graduate of Yale College and Yale School of Drama, Paul Giamatti is no stranger to the stage. Ahead of his role in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, we are taking a look back at the Oscar nominee's Broadway and theater roles over the years.

New York Stage and Film has revealed the cast members for its 40th Anniversary Summer Season at Marist University, kicking off today in Poughkeepsie, NY. Learn more!

Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2025–26 season of five productions. The season opens with the world premiere of Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk, a play with music, adapted by Hurston from her own short story in 1935. Learn more!

The Drama League announced the 2025 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Musical, and the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award. We have the full list of nominees here!

This week's newsletter is packed with everything from big legal battles to the nitty-gritty of box office numbers. We're diving into new legal rulings around drag and AI, and figuring out what's next for marketing now that social media's changing. Plus, we've got the scoop on Broadway's winter wins, a new developmental agreement, and a look at how the arts factor into London’s ten-year plans.

James Bundy, who has served Yale since 2002 as the fifth Elizabeth Parker Ware Dean of David Geffen School of Drama and fourth Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, will step down from these positions on June 30, 2026.

Joshua Borenstein has been appointed Chair of the Theater Management Program and Assistant Professor Adjunct at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, effective July 1, 2025. Learn more about Borenstein.

Donald Holder will join the faculty of David Geffen School of Drama at Yale as Professor in the Practice and will serve as Head of the Lighting Design Concentration at the Geffen School and Lighting Design Advisor at Yale Repertory Theatre.

Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed the commissioning of new work by three artists. These three artists join a roster of more than 70 others whose work has been supported by Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre. Learn more!

The stories of American film, television, Broadway, and regional theater are entwined with the story of Yale Repertory Theatre in The Play's the Thing out now.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 32 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2024 reading list.

Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2024–25 season of five productions. Learn more about the five shows in the season and see how to purchase tickets.

Yale Repertory Theatre will continue its 2023–24 Season with Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Liz Diamond.

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!