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January 21, 2008

Local Pulitzer-winning playwright takes Yale post

Paula Vogel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who has served as Brown University's director of master's and undergraduate playwriting since 1984, has been appointed chairwoman of the playwriting department at Yale University's drama school.

Yale's Web site says that Vogel has been named Eugene O'Neill professor (adjunct) and department head and will take on full-time duties at Yale on July 1.

“The appointment of Ms. Vogel reflects our commitment to attracting not only the most talented students, but also the world’s leading practitioners to serve as their teachers," Yale president Richard C. Levin said in the statement.

Vogel has written several plays, won awards including the Pulitzer in 1998 for drama for "How I Learned to Drive," and has had several fellowships.

Vogel "has distinguished herself as a unique and profoundly accomplished playwright and teacher,” the dean, James Bundy stated. “Her extraordinary artistic achievements are matched only by her tireless commitment to, and remarkable track record in, the training and mentoring of young writers. I am certain that her vital creative intelligence and generous collaborative spirit will inspire not only the playwriting department, but also the entire Yale School of Drama community, and I look forward to her influence on our program for years to come.”

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 1:40 PM | Permalink

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