Projects

(Image of the playwright, director, and cast of “As It Has Always Been” by Kinsale Drake)
May 23, 2022
May 15-18th, the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program hosted our 7th Annual Young Native Playwrights Festival. More than 65 artists gathered in virtual space to make this...
May 3, 2022
The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program is pleased to announce the 2022 New Native Play Festival. (Due to current limitations on on-campus gatherings -this year’s...
April 11, 2022
The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program is pleased to announce the winners of the 7th Annual Yale Young Native Playwrights Contest, and 2nd Annual Misty Upham Award for...
February 11, 2022
The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program believes deeply in the creative abilities of every writer who has won the Young Native Playwrights Contest. That is why we have...
KIMBERLY GUERRERO
January 27, 2022
In order to help prepare youth to submit for the 2nd Annual Yale Young Native Actor’s Award (The Misty Upham Award), The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program is offering a...
2nd Annual Misty Upham Award for Young Native Actors - Call for Submissions!
January 6, 2022
The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program is excited to announce the call for submissions for the second annual Misty Upham Award for Young Native Actors. This award,...
BLOSSOM JOHNSON
December 13, 2021
On Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 from 7-9 ET/4-6 PT, The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP) will be offering a free workshop with Playwright Blossom Johnson (...