NYU Steinhardt Drama Therapy Program

NYU Steinhardt Drama Therapy Program The NYU Program in Drama Therapy trains students to translate their love of theatre into skilled care to support clinical and community health.

Graduates are eligible to become Licensed Creative Arts Therapists in the state of New York. Students receive culturally responsible, clinical training to use improvisation and theatre techniques to address a range of mental health, rehabilitation, and social concerns.

⏳Waiting for Pangea⏳February 26 through March 1 at the NYU Pless Hall Black Box Theater. Click the link in bio to reserv...
02/12/2026

⏳Waiting for Pangea⏳
February 26 through March 1 at the NYU Pless Hall Black Box Theater.

Click the link in bio to reserve your ticket!

What happens when we live between worlds and dare to tell the truth from that place? This devised therapeutic verbatim performance explores displacement in all its forms: migration and exile; living between cultures, identities, homes, relationships, and parts of the self. Drawing from real stories and lived experience, the piece weaves together literal, remembered, and imagined journeys. Bridging verbatim theater with a therapeutic framework, the project invites the audience to witness where stories are held in the in-between, carried together, and allowed to unfold.

We will host a special reception for the company and NYU Drama Therapy Program Alumni following the Sunday, March 1st matinee. We hope to see you there! 💜

🏆 FIRST PLACE. FIRST YEAR. FULL POWER. 🏆Drama Therapy did not come to play.At the 21st Annual MLK Spoken Word Contest, o...
02/06/2026

🏆 FIRST PLACE. FIRST YEAR. FULL POWER. 🏆

Drama Therapy did not come to play.

At the 21st Annual MLK Spoken Word Contest, our very own Makaela Reed, first-year student in NYU’s Program in Drama Therapy, recieved first place and set the room on fire.

With a poem woven from stars, dreams, and ancestral hope, Makaela honored Dr. King’s legacy with language that shimmered and landed. Fully embodied. Deeply vulnerable. Fiercely unapologetic. Every word spoken from the gut and the galaxy at once. ✨

Surrounded by classmates and faculty, Drama Therapy showed up loud, proud, and radiant. This was artistry. This was courage. This was what it looks like when voice, body, and justice align.

We see you, Makaela. We celebrate you. We are so proud we could burst.
The future is bright because you are in it. 🌟

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Please register and join us Sunday for a Disability Justice event via Zoom! See the link in bio to register!
12/12/2025

Please register and join us Sunday for a Disability Justice event via Zoom!

See the link in bio to register!

Apply to the NYU Drama Therapy program today! Applications are due January 15, 2026. Check the link in bio for details.
12/04/2025

Apply to the NYU Drama Therapy program today!
Applications are due January 15, 2026.
Check the link in bio for details.

Today is Giving Tuesday! On this global day of giving we kindly ask you to consider making a donation to in support of T...
12/02/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday! On this global day of giving we kindly ask you to consider making a donation to in support of The Drama Therapy Program at NYU.

Link in bio.

Hello Drama Therapy Community,It is with a heavy heart that we share that Danny Haywood passed away on November 21st aft...
11/26/2025

Hello Drama Therapy Community,

It is with a heavy heart that we share that Danny Haywood passed away on November 21st after a series of heart attacks. Danny was a true light, a beloved mentor, and a remarkable clinician in the drama therapy community. He touched so many lives and he will be deeply missed.
His family has shared the following information regarding memorial services:

Service on 12/4/25, 6:30-8:00

Wellspring Church
10-15 46th Road
Long Island City, NY 11101

Please also consider making a donation to the gofundme set up in order to help his family members throughout this challenging time. Link in bio.

Sending comfort,
The NYU Drama Therapy Program

NYU Drama Therapy partnered with Breaking Ground which provides supportive housing throughout New York.Drama therapists ...
11/01/2025

NYU Drama Therapy partnered with Breaking Ground which provides supportive housing throughout New York.

Drama therapists Anamarija Vuić and Andrea Córdova McCadney joined NYU program director Dr Nisha Sajnani, and Breaking Ground leaders Tabitha Gronock, Assistant Vice President of Permanent Housing; and Kanyun Rokicki, Assistant Vice President of Property Management in Manhattan, at the ACLAIMH Conference, the largest gathering of healthcare professionals across New York.

Their session demonstrated how drama therapy helps people find voice, agency, and community in supportive housing and social service settings. They also shared findings from forthcoming research on the impact of drama therapy in supportive housing which will be published in the next issue of Drama Therapy Review, the open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the .dramatherapy .

Congratulations to the recipients of NADTA awards 2025!! Your generous contributions to the field have made drama therap...
10/20/2025

Congratulations to the recipients of NADTA awards 2025!! Your generous contributions to the field have made drama therapy richer.
We celebrate every award winner, and would like to highlight the NYU affiliated recipients, including:
Student Service Awards: Daisy Cai and Anamarija Vuic
Performance Award: Daniel McRath
Teaching Excellence Award: Heidi Landis
Research Award: Britton Williams and Christine Mayor
Professional Mentorship Award: Adam Reynolds
Gertrude Schattner Award: Carlos Rodriguez Perez

Congratulations all!

NYU faculty, alum, and students at the NADTA President’s Ball for and
10/20/2025

NYU faculty, alum, and students at the NADTA President’s Ball for and

NYU Drama Therapy students and faculty attended All right. Good night - at Skirball Center for Performing Arts.Thank you...
10/06/2025

NYU Drama Therapy students and faculty attended All right. Good night - at Skirball Center for Performing Arts.

Thank you to the team at Rimini Protokoll Skirball for the thought-provoking piece of work weaving together the disappearance of MH370 and the loss of memory.

To quote Dr. Nisha Sajnani’s beautiful reflection on the performance, “All right. Good night. reminds us that theatre, like therapy, does not erase loss but helps us carry it.”

https://tinyurl.com/efkusaej

Recent graduates Anamarija Vuic and Andrea Cordova McCadney taught Playback Theatre in Croatia at the Young Theatre Fest...
09/26/2025

Recent graduates Anamarija Vuic and Andrea Cordova McCadney taught Playback Theatre in Croatia at the
Young Theatre Festival, Bale, Croatia
September 21–26

Teaching Intro to Playback Theatre workshop for acting, psychology, and creative arts students and professionals.

Congratulations to NYU Drama Therapy alum Hannah Fazio for the publication of her book, “Arts-Based Research in Theatre ...
09/17/2025

Congratulations to NYU Drama Therapy alum Hannah Fazio for the publication of her book, “Arts-Based Research in Theatre and Performance” by Routledge!

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