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Yale's Asian American Collective of Theatermakers (AACT) aims to provide a centralized and welcoming social space for Asian American theatermakers at Yale that will (1) attract would-be Asian American theatermakers who would otherwise be deterred from doing theater for lack of a clearly defined Asian American theater community; and (2) enable Asian American students interested in making theater to network and collaborate with other Asian American artists.

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The Asterisk* Journal of Art and Art History is concerned with providing an outlet for critical discourse around art for undergraduates, whether it be through practice or theory. Based in New Haven at Yale University, Asterisk* is one of the few peer-reviewed, intercollegiate, bi-annually published art and art history journals at the undergraduate level. We are dedicated to highlighting art historical narratives shedding light on topics that are often left to the margins. As part of our selection process, we reach out to over eighty different universities in search of high-quality, subversive essays and artworks that provoke new ways of thinking. We try to publish bi-annually with workshops, meetings and events hosted throughout the semester.

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The Elm City Echo aims to promote awareness of homelessness and displacement by giving contributors a community-oriented platform to amplify their voices and experiences. The Echo empowers individuals through the process of sharing while centralizing creators' voices. Since 2011, student volunteers have worked with individuals experiencing extreme poverty and homelessness to record and publish the prose, poetry, and artwork. Each collaboration begins with volunteers visiting one of our community partners (Columbus House or Fellowship Place) to facilitate the storytelling process. Once a semester, we publish the pieces in a literary magazine that is freely distributed around New Haven.

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The purpose of the Guild of Bookmakers is to make the experience of bookbinding available to everyone on campus, to rekindle interest in bookbinding and the book arts, and to bring together people who share a love of bookbinding.

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The purpose of Heritage Theater Ensemble shall be to foster the development of Black theater in the Yale-New Haven community: to provide a forum for the expression of Black (and other minority) talent in all aspects of the performing arts and to generate and promote a collective, artistic consciousness within the organization. Similarly, Heritage Theater Ensemble's promotion of artistic endeavors within New Haven shall be a means of developing and sustaining Black (minority) arts as a means of politicizing art-production within the local community.

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Lux Improvitas seeks to explore the possibilities and boundaries of improvisation. While the central medium for much of this exploration is the "improvised play" (and its derivatives), every iteration of the Lux Improvitas ensemble should feel encouraged to explore styles of improv beyond this format and to create new forms of its own. We believe in creativity, in change, and in community.

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MAISON is a fashion and art collective that aims to spearhead creative expression at Yale through outlets including fashion shows, photoshoots, speaker events, and more. We provide a platform where student creatives can showcase their work and connect with one another, other local creatives, and beyond. Our focus is to be a space where all fashion enthusiasts and artists, regardless of experience, can fulfill their artistic vision.

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¡Oye! is a performance group dedicated to creating a space for poetry and performance on Yale's campus. We welcome all members of the Yale Community. No experience necessary (most members have never performed or written poetry prior to ¡Oye!)

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Passion Pole Dance (PPD) is a space for people with a solid foundation in pole dance to grow their talents and practice different styles. To do this, PPD hosts regular workshops and practices for Yale undergraduate students. We will also hold non-pole workshops for individuals without a pole background. We welcome all levels, genders, and body types.

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Pastry Arts at Yale is an undergraduate organization that will foster camaraderie and fellowship among those with a shared love for pastry arts. It seeks to build a collaborative community for developing advanced pastry skills and professional techniques, while also holding bake sales to donate proceeds to charitable causes.

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Red Hot Poker produces live sketch comedy onstage and video sketches to be published on our website and YouTube channel. We have roughly four live performances a semester.

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Founded on the principle that the stage is a powerful medium for cultural expression, Teatro de Yale is dedicated to the exploration of Latinidad in the context of the performing arts. Our mission is to amplify the voices of diverse Latino dramatists, offering a platform for their narratives to resonate. Our stage is a space for community, empowerment, and the continual celebration of our cultural tapestry.

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We aim to promote student filmmaking on campus, both through technical training and community building. We are committed to showcasing diverse stories and encouraging creativity and collaboration within the student body.

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Control Group meets on a regular basis to train and generate content for upcoming work. We draw from techniques and styles that are idiosyncratic to Control Group as well as from the expertise and experience of current members. Control Group is constantly redefining itself to address the interests of current members and the contemporary possibilities and challenges of live performance.

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The Cucumber is a place for people of all levels of experience to do stand-up comedy.

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We are an improv group that likes to have fun and be funny! We perform, teach, and learn improv comedy as a close-knit group of friends. We also go on two tours every year, taking our comedy to cities across the United States! Follow our Instagram @exitplayers for show announcements. Auditions every fall, no experience needed. Are you Ex!t?

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As Yale's oldest sketch comedy group, we write and perform original sketches on and beyond campus.

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To perform Late Night style comedy!

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Our idea is to create a hybrid organization of sketch and standup with an impact not only on campus, but beyond. This is the first of its kind on the Yale campus and provides room for students who can 1) either focus on stand up and sketch comedy directly, or 2) try their hat at both and not sacrifice one over the other. This also allows for a nice change of pace for our audience, who can watch two different forms of comedy in one show.

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We are an improv comedy group that performs long-form improvisational sets sometimes in the form known as the "Harold." Our mission is to laugh and spread laughter.

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We are a group of improvisers and friends who aim to make you laugh.

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The mission of The Writer's Room is to provide an open, inclusive, and stress-free environment for individuals to engage with fellow lovers of literature through their creative work. The organization offers individuals a productive and enjoyable opportunity to write, edit, and share their creative work among an inspired and supportive community of their peers.

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User Experience Society, also known as Design at Yale (DAY), is an undergraduate design community and studio run from Yale. We empower Yale undergraduates through design education, enlighten them to the power of design, and nurture them to create meaningful products for the community. We are a creative community for all undergraduates interested in design and its intersections.

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WORD is Yale's oldest and hypest spoken word group. We are a community of writers dedicated to sharing performance poetry with the Yale community, New Haven, and beyond. We organize performances on campus, conduct workshops with K-12 schools, and create collaborative art with other student groups. As a resident group of the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale, we recognize the Black legacies that gave rise to spoken word and aim to extend those legacies to upcoming writers of all backgrounds during their four years at Yale.

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The Yale Anti-Gravity Society aims to bring together jugglers and people with other circus-related talents of all skill levels so that we may learn from one another and grow as entertainers and performers. Juggling along with other circus arts is intrinsically a group activity, and we aim to create a supportive space where anyone with any interest in such activities can share their passion with other like-minded individuals and possibly collaborate on performances.

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The Yale Artists Cabaret (YAC) cultivates community and connection among the undergraduate performance artist circles on campus by providing frequent, collaborative, experimental, and accessible performance opportunities.

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YAFTA aims to connect and educate undergraduate students seeking to pursue successful careers in the entertainment industry through a dynamic series of professional, educational, and networking programming events. YAFTA provides an opportunity for students hoping to pursue careers in all areas of television, film, and entertainment to connect with similarly focused peers and current industry leaders. YAFTA seeks to serve those interested in becoming producers, content creators, writers, actors, directors, talent managers, casting professionals, investors, and many other important constituents of the entertainment community.

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The mission of Yale's Children's Theater is to share the joy of theatre arts with Yalies and New Haven youth.

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In order to foster communication and collaboration within the undergraduate theater community and provide resources to students who wish to enhance their theatrical experience, the Yale Drama Coalition (YDC) is dedicated to acting as an organizational body in support of the performance community at Yale. We seek to both offer support for individual productions and also advocate on behalf of the theater community before the Yale administration.

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The Yale Film Society is dedicated to the appreciation and presentation of films on campus for students by students. The Yale Film Society's main offerings include hosting and promoting screenings, social networking events between Yale student cinephiles, and the publication of a biweekly newsletter promoting film-related events around campus, announcing upcoming screenings, and publishing YFS content.

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