Position: Open Rank Full Time Faculty position in Acting Program

Date of Expected Hire and term: July 1st, 2022, initial term of three years, renewable. 

All ranks receive full faculty benefits.

David Geffen School of Drama (DGSD) aims to train and advance leaders in the practice of every theatrical discipline, making art to inspire joy, empathy, and understanding in the world. The School seeks to expand knowledge, nurture creativity and imaginative expression embracing the complexity of the human spirit, while putting people first, centering well-being, inclusion, and equity for theater makers and audiences through anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices. 

The Acting program admits talented and committed individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences in making theater who possess a lively intelligence, a strong imagination, a collaborative ethos, and a physical and vocal instrument capable of development and transformation. In our aim to prepare students for work as professional actors, the program combines in-depth classroom training with interdisciplinary production opportunities. At the same time, the state of our nation and our field calls all theater makers to prioritize anti-racist practices and pedagogies in order to create a more just and joyful profession. At the conclusion of their training, graduates will be prepared to work on a wide range of material in multiple genres, processes and venues and we hope to enrich and effect lasting and profound change in the industry. 

We are looking for a faculty collaborator with a high degree of skill and expertise in working with actors who arrive to the program from a variety of training and professional backgrounds; someone who has flexibility in adapting and synthesizing methodologies to the needs of a widely diverse community of actors including international students. Our program emphasizes the individual and is committed to being an advocate and partner in the evolution and expansion of each student's unique and distinctive artistic self.   

Faculty in this position would be expected to teach classes and tutorials in accents, dialects, and speech to a cohort of Acting students in various years of the three year Acting program; serve as vocal/dialect coach in DGSD productions, classroom projects, and special programs as requested by Head of Voice and Text; and advise, direct and evaluate student progress and report on the individual needs of students as observed in class, tutorials,  rehearsals, and performances. 

Faculty supports the Chair of Acting and Head of Voice and Text in contributing ideas to the ongoing evaluation of the curriculum. Faculty may co-teach or collaborate with other program faculty.  Faculty will also participate in DGSD's equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism initiatives, programs and trainings. 

Part of the unique training environment at DGSD is its in-depth, interdisciplinary production work with the programs of Design, Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, Stage Management, Technical Design and Production and Theater Management. Faculty will collaborate with DGSD/Yale Repertory Theatre staff or faculty concerning DGSD/Yale Repertory Theatre productions, as needed; serve as vocal/dialect coach in YRT productions as mutually agreed with YRT Artistic Director and Attend at least one performance of all DGSD and YRT productions and projects. 

In support of departmental administration and recruiting needs, Faculty will participate as requested in initial auditions and callback process for incoming students. Faculty will attend Acting Program faculty meetings and student evaluation meetings.  Other duties might  include committee service and representing the Program within and outside of DGSD as requested by Head of Voice and Text, Chair of Acting Program, or Dean.    

A  successful candidate for this position will have a minimum of eight (8) years teaching experience in a conservatory environment teaching and coaching in the field of voice, speech, accents, and dialects; experience in developing a pedagogy and curriculum which demonstrates a comprehensive and sensitive understanding of the intersection of voice, speech, dialects, and idiolect with identity, sense of self, and personal transformation;  strongly demonstrated mentoring, communication and leadership skills; experience as a voice/dialect/text coach in regional theatre and/or on and off- Broadway and/or in film and television as well as certification or significant experience in one of the prominent techniques of voice production.

Appointment will be as an Assistant Professor Adjunct/Associate Professor Adjunct/Professor in the Practice depending on qualifications for a renewable term of three years beginning July 1, 2022. All ranks receive full faculty benefits.

Yale University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, an individual's sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.  Yale is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter and a statement of teaching philosophy and 3 letters of recommendation.  

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Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter and a statement of teaching philosophy and 3 letters of recommendation.