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James Bundy, artistic director
James Bundy in
his fifth year as Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of
Yale Repertory Theatre. Under his artistic leadership,
Yale Rep has produced a dozen world, American, and regional premieres, two
of which have been Pulitzer Prize finalists. Yale Rep has also formalized
its commitment to the development and production of new work with the creation
of a new play commissioning program. Will Power!, Yale Rep’s newest
and largest educational initiative, has served more than 6,000 middle and
high school students from Greater New Haven since its founding in 2004.
At Yale Rep, Mr. Bundy has directed The Psychic Life of Savages and The Ladies of the Camellias, and co-directed last season’s All’s Well That Ends Well. His other directing credits include work at Great Lakes Theater Festival, The Acting Company, California Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and the Juilliard School Drama Division.
Mr. Bundy has previously served as Associate Producing Director of The Acting Company, Managing Director of Cornerstone Theater Company, and Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater Festival. He has also been a Drama League fellow and a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab; he is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale School of Drama.