Jane Park

When Will Barbee ’26 arrived at Yale, he didn't come for politics. He said he came for theater and music. His freshman fall, he rushed five a cappella groups, a dramatic society and some of the campus comedy troupes, navigating the high-stakes audition culture that serves as a brutal rite of passage for Yale first years. Like most students, he met rejection. Within two weeks, he filled out an application to become a fellow of the William F.

Ellie Park, Senior Photographer Last week, award-winning Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho spoke at an event hosted by the School of Art and another by the Schwarzman Center. Bong conversed with Gregory Crewdson, a professor and the director of graduate studies in photography at the School of Art, in front of around 200 Yale and New Haven community members as part of the School of Art’s “SPOTLIGHT” series.

It’s hard to find a show with robust acting, stage design and dramaturgy. Usually, shows accomplish one, if not two, of these aspects at most. “john & jen” masterfully captures all three. Directed by Alastair Rao ’26 and produced by Annabelle Hee ’26 , the two-hander musical ran at Schwartzman’s Dome from April 2 to 4. Starring in the eponymous roles were Sally Zheng ’28, as Jen, and Sam Ahn ’25, as John.