YALE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION SPRING LECTURE SERIES 2025

“EXPLORING THEATRE IN THE YALE-NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY”
APRIL 2, 9, 16, 23 AND 30
10:30 - NOON
YALE WEST CAMPUS CONFERENCE CENTER
FEE: $65
The General public is invited and all proceeds support the YUWO Scholarship Program
Use this link for sign-up and payment: https://forms.gle/28B8HCKbWRqe8s3D6,
You may also pay by check at the door or mail, in advance to Sandra Greer, 38 Fernwood Road, Hamden, CT 06517
For questions or additional information, email sandrajogreer@gmail.com

Wednesday, April 2: Alice-Anne Harwood, Elm Shakespeare Company, Director of
Development. She has a long history of working and supporting the arts community including
Long Wharf Theatre, Neighborhood Music School, and CT Folk. She is a co-founder of the Poetry Institute and is a published poet and singer/songwriter. She holds a
BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY College at Fredonia and an MS in Nonprofit Management
and Philanthropy from Bay Path University.

Wednesday, April 9: Anthony McDonald, Shubert Theatre; Executive Director whose previous work in several Broadway theatres include the Minskoff Theatre, the Gershwin Theatre (Home to WICKED), and many other on- and off Broadway theatres. He holds an MFA from Columbia University.

Wednesday, April 16: Rachel Alderman, A Broken Umbrella Theatre; A co-founder of A Broken Umbrella Theatre where she has collaborated to create Seen Change!; The Great Freewheelers; The Library Projects; Head Over Wheels; Vaudevillian; iMarvell; and Thunderbolt. She is the recipient of the Denham Fellowship from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.

Wednesday, April 23: Kay Perdue Meadows, Yale Repertory Theatre; Associate Producer, who has worked at the David Geffen School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre since 2009, graduating from the theatre management program. Previously, she was an actor, playwright and manager in Chicago, where she worked for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Griffen Theatre Company and A Red Orchid Theatre. She has a BA from the University of Chicago.

Wednesday, April 30: Jacob G. Padrón, Long Wharf Theatre; Artistic Director of Long Wharf Theatre, he is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Sol Project, a national theatre initiative to amplify voices of Latinx playwrights. He has held senior-level artistic positions at theatre companies across the country. He holds a BA from Loyola Marymount University and an MFA from Yale School of Drama.

DIRECTIONS: The Yale West Campus Conference Center
From the North or East (New Haven) take I-95 South to exit 41 (Marsh Hill Rd). At the end of the exit ramp, take a left on to Marsh Hill Rd. At the next traffic light, take a left onto the West Campus Drive/I-95 Northbound entrance ramp. Stay in the right lane and check in at the Welcome Center for Directions to the Conference Center (800-900 West Campus Drive).

From the South or West (New York) take exit 41 and go straight ahead at the end of the ramp, across Marsh Hill Rd, onto the Northbound entrance ramp. Follow this to the fork, and stay in the right lane, and check in at the Welcome Center for directions to the Conference Center (800-900 West Campus Drive).