What is the Yale Playwrights Festival?
The Yale Playwrights Festival (YPF) was founded in 2003 by Professor Toni Dorfman and Alum Laura Jacqmin. For over two decades it has been a source of inspiration for writers, actors, directors, mentors and peers. Every fall, students submit unpublished, previously unproduced one act or full-length dramatic works-in-progress. A panel of faculty readers select four to six scripts to be included in the spring festival. The author of each script is assigned two mentors—one from the Yale faculty and one professional writer—who work with the student playwright. The festival culminates in a staged reading of the play before a live audience.
