Theater

New Haven has a long and renowned theater tradition which began when New Haven was the major site for premieres of large Broadway productions before their launch on Broadway. Today, New Haven’s active theater district includes five major theaters, including the Shubert Theater, the Palace, Long Wharf Theater, and the Yale Repertory Theater (the theater of the Yale School of Drama). Read here to learn more about theater opportunities.

Long Wharf Theatre

The award-winning Long Wharf Theater is internationally renowned and easily accessible from downtown New Haven. Since its founding in 1965, Long Wharf Theatre has mounted hundreds of productions--20 of which have gone to Broadway or Off-Broadway -- and continues to bring New Haven audiences the very best that stage performance has to offer.

222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511
Season: October-June
203-787-4282
www.longwharf.org/

Palace Performing Arts Center

Located in the College Street theater district, the Palace offers a year-round schedule of the finest in music entertainment.

248 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 789-2120

Shubert Performing Arts Center

The Shubert Theater opened in 1914 and is known as the 'birthplace of the nation's greatest hits'; this theater has produced 300 shows that went to Broadway and has staged thousands of productions, including 200 world premieres. Today the theater, with its beautifully restored interior, offers the best of Broadway, dance, opera, cabaret and family entertainment.

247 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Season: September-June
203-562-5666, 800-955-5566
www.shubert.com

Something Players

Reputed to be New Haven's oldest continuously active community theater group, the Something Players stage four productions a season, including both well-known plays and new works by company members.

203-230-4257

Yale Cabaret

Proudly operated by students of the Yale School of Drama, the Yale Cabaret has been committed to excellence for the past 30 years. A delicious and widely praised menu of entrees complements the exciting productions ranging from musical revues to classical dramas.

217 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 432-1566, (203) 432-1567 Summer theater
www.yale.edu/cabaret/

Yale Repertory Theatre

One of the United States' leading professional theaters, the Yale Rep has been recognized with Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, New York Drama Critic Circle Awards, a Helen Hayes Award, and the Jujamcyn Theaters Award. Yale Rep is known for its fresh interpretations of the classics, as well as its premieres of works by such playwrights as August Wilson, Eric Overmyer, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Athol Fugard.

Corner of York and Chapel Streets, New Haven, CT 06520
Season: October-May
203- 432-1234
www.yale.edu/yalerep/

Yale University Theatre

Part of the Yale School of Drama, University Theater showcases the talents of Yale's candidates for MFAs in drama, who perform both original productions and restagings of the classics.

222 York Street, New Haven, CT 06520
Season: October-May
203- 432-1234
www.yale.edu/drama/