School of Drama Fact Sheet
Date Founded
1994
Degree Programs Offered
The New School for Drama offers a three-year MFA program in acting, directing, playwriting, and Creative Technologies. In Fall 2013, the school started offering a four-year BFA in Dramatic Arts and Creative Technologies. The School of Drama is home to Naked Angels, the storied downtown theater company.
Leadership
Pippin Parker, Dean
Leighton Mitchell, Managing Director
Carrie Neal, Director of Academic and Faculty Affairs
Robert Hoyt, Director of Professional Development and External Relations Jon Robin Baitz, Department Head, Playwriting
Lou Jacob, Department Head, Directing
Cotter Smith, Department Head, Acting
William Cusick, Department Head, Creative Technologies
Student Population
181 students in undergraduate and graduate programs
Student Demographic Information
9% international; 76% from out of New York State, 21% in-state 61% female, 39% male
Faculty Population
Full-time: 0; Part-time: 35*
Notable Alumni
Bradley Cooper, MFA ’00, actor; Xanthe Elbrick, MFA ’07, actor – Tony Award nominee; Sari Lennick, MFA ’05, featured actor in movie A Serious Man; Bekah Brunstetter, MFA ’07, playwright, her play OOHRAH! was produced Off- Broadway; Janine Nabers, MFA ’08, playwright, author of Annie Bosh is Missing, 2011 P73 Playwriting Fellow; Adrienne C Moore ’09, actress (Orange is the New Black).
* Part-time faculty includes only those teaching at the start of the 2014-2015 academic year.