About the Fellowship
The Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship is dedicated to launching the careers of graduates from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale design departments through a collaboration between the Burry Fredrik Foundation, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and Connecticut’s professional producing theaters. Each year, one Burry Fredrik Design Fellow (BFDF) will be selected by the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale Design Faculty (with approval by the Dean) from among the graduating designers and will receive a $10,000 fellowship award.
Burry Fredrik Foundation Design Grants
In addition, the Burry Fredrik Foundation is committed to supporting the careers of graduates of the Design Program of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. When a current Burry Fredrik Foundation-funded professional producing theatre hires a recent graduate of the David Geffen School of Drama Design Program, the theatre may request a grant from the Burry Fredrik Foundation Design Fellowship program. For the designer's first production at the theatre, the Burry Fredrik Foundation may award that theatre a grant in an amount equal to the customary and usual fee paid to a designer for their design. A recent graduate is defined as a period of two years following their graduation (starting July 1 and ending June 30 two years hence).
Burry Fredrik Design Fellows
2025: Arthur Wilson, Costume and Scenic Designer
2024: Omid Akbari, Scenic Designer
2023: Marcelo Martínez García, Scenic Designer
2022: Camilla Tassi, Projection Designer
2020: Evan Anderson, Lighting Designer
2019: Stephanie Osin Cohen, Scenic Designer
2018: Frederick Kennedy, Sound Designer
2017: Claire DeLiso, Scenic Designer
David Geffen School of Drama Design Program Class of 2025
Costume Design
Rea J. Brown
KT Farmer
Micah Ohno
Caroline Tyson
Arthur Wilson
Lighting Design
Ankit Pandey
Kyle Stamm
Yung-Hung Sung
Projection Design
Christian Killada
Ein Kim
Doaa Ouf
Scenic Design
Patrick Blanchard
Patti Panyakaew
Silin Chen
George Zhou
Sound Design
Joyce Ciesil
Minjae Kim
Tojo Rasesdoara
David Geffen School of Drama Design Program Class of 2024
Costume Design
Risa Ando
Theo Dubois
Kiyoshi Shaw
Yu-Jung Shen
Lighting Design
David DeCarolis
Yichen Zhou
Projection Design
John Horzen
Sam Skynner
Scenic Design
Omid Akbari
B Entsminger
Charles Meier
Suzu Sakai
Lia Tubiana
Kim Zhou
Sound Design
Joe Krempetz
Stan Mathabane
Mike Winch