Projects

January 30, 2023
On Weds February 15th from 7-9 ET/4-6 PT, The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP) will be offering a free workshop online with Playwright Lee Cataluna (Native...
January 26, 2023
In order to help prepare youth to submit for the 3rd Annual Yale Young Native Actor’s Award (The Misty Upham Award), The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program is offering a...
January 3, 2023
The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP) is excited to announce the call for submissions for the Third Annual Misty Upham Award for Young Native Actors. This award...
December 5, 2022
The 8th Annual Yale Young Native Playwright’s Contest is sponsored by the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP) to support the next generation of Native writers. We...
(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...