Renee Fleming, Lonnie Holley & Mourning [A] BLKstar, Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn, Lorelei Ensemble and Sonia De Los Santos are just a few of the incredible artists featured in Schwarzman Center’s Spring line-up!
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Since its inception six years ago, the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program has become a focal point nationally for up-and-coming Native American playwrights, storytellers and actors.
Every year the program, also known as YIPAP, presents the Young Native Playwright’s Contest, the Young Native Storytelling Contest, and for the first time this year, the Young Native Actor’s Contest.
YIPAP’s big annual event is the New Native Play Festival, which will be held virtually in April this year.
Yale student Kinsale Heuston, a member of the Navajo Nation, won the storytelling contest in high school. The Los Angeles native said she was blown away when she arrived on campus and saw YIPAP in action.