Pathways to Arts and Humanities
Students Explore Political Silence
The Silence Project served as the final assignment for a Yale seminar, “Introduction to Public Humanities,” which is taught every fall semester by Ryan Brasseaux, who also serves as dean of Davenport College. The course examines the relationship between knowledge produced in a university and the circulation of ideas among a broader public.
Four Pathways to Arts and Humanities students participated in this unique project.
August Wilson Monologue Regional Competition at Long Wharf
Fifteen New Haven high-school students brought playwright August Wilson’s characters to life in an August Wilson Monologue Competition on Friday evening. Before they started, James Bundy, artistic director at the Yale Repertory Theatre, reminded the audience that a little bit of themselves might be in Wilson’s plays.The New Haven branch of the competition was organized by staff from Long Wharf, Yale Rep, in coordination with the competition’s national staff. Sixty high school students from the region auditioned for the chance to perform on Long Wharf’s stage.
Co-Op High School Presents "Capillary Waves"
Some high schools put on an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet. Cooperative Arts High School is staging an immersive, site-specific, feminist rewrite of Hamlet. Written by a drama teacher, Capillary Waves shoves Hamlet out of the spotlight and instead centers the story on Ophelia. In Shakespeare’s version, she’s the jilted lover who commits suicide. In Co-Op’s version, she’s the heroine who talks back to men, rescues Hamlet from his uncle’s plots and is ultimately murdered trying to save him.
The East Rock Record rings in 5 years
Dwight/Edgewood Project Takes Flight
For five weeks, eight sixth- and seventh-grade students from Barnard have been paired with Yale School of Drama mentors, learning about the craft of playwriting firsthand. Supporting them is a small team of sound, lighting and costume designers, and dramaturgs also from the School of Drama. Some have just graduated; others have just finished their first year in New Haven, and are staying on for the summer.
Yale Forges Rich Ties to the Middle East
Yale’s Council on Middle East Studies is the hub for this scholarship and outreach. The council, based at The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, supports research projects and language instruction, sponsors public programming, and provides opportunities for Yale students to work throughout the Middle East. The council is supporting the Yale Pathways to Arts and Humanities Program’s MOSAIC —Minds on Society, Arts, Ideas and Culture — series by organizing workshops under the theme “Demystifying the Middle East.” The series starts on Oct.
New Principal Shares Vision with East Rock Record Reporters
Harp Goes on the (East Rock) Record
During the nearly one-hour press conference, reporters quizzed Harp on a range of topics including how she manages the stress of being the city’s top executive, her run for reelection, her thoughts on climate change and the value of student testing.
New Haven Students Mark 300th Anniversary of Robinson Crusoe at the Beinecke
On June 1st, fourteen students from New Haven and West Haven public schools participated in a Robinson Crusoe workshop at the Beinecke Library.
