NYU Steinhardt Drama Therapy Program

Home
United States
New York, NY
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.

06/04/2026

✨🌪️💛 OPENING NIGHT, BABY! 💛🌪️✨

The road to Oz isn’t always easy…

Sometimes you’re scared. 😱
Sometimes you’re uncertain. 🤔
Sometimes you’re walking into the unknown with nothing but your courage, your friends, and a little bit of glitter. ✨👠🌈

But here’s the secret…

✨ Courage isn’t the absence of fear.
✨ Magic isn’t the absence of struggle.
✨ Home isn’t a destination…it’s something we discover within ourselves.

Tonight, Dorothy and her crew take the first sparkling steps down the Yellow Brick Road in THE WIZZIE: A Journey of Grief, Growth, & Glitter, a dazzling, Afrofuturist celebration of resilience, identity, friendship, and finding your way home.

From tornadoes to transformations…
From fear to fabulousness…
From “What if?” to “Why not?”

Our extraordinary young artists have poured their hearts, stories, dreams, and brilliance into every moment of this production, and we cannot wait to share their magic with you.

🌈✨ Follow the glitter.
👠✨ Trust the journey.
💖✨ Remember who you are.

The adventure begins TONIGHT.

FollowTheYellowBrickRoad BlackBoxMagic YouthTheatre Afrofuturism GlitterAndGrowth ThereIsNoPlaceLikeHome OpeningNightEnergy NYU CollideoscopeRepertoryTheatreCompany 🌪️✨💛👠🌈💖

06/03/2026

🎭 SOLD-OUT WIZZIE OPENS TOMORROW 🎭

>>SEE BELOW FOR WAITLIST INFORMATION

05/28/2026

✨🪩👠THE WIZZIE 👠🪩✨

Ease on down the road into a glitter-soaked, soul-shaking journey through grief, growth, healing, joy, and liberation. Inspired by The Wiz, the soulful adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, and the lived stories of our ensemble, THE WIZZIE is a bold, genre-bending theatrical experience created through NYU’s CollideOscope Repertory Theatre Company (CRTC).

Developed by an extraordinary ensemble of BIPOC youth artists and interns, this dazzling reimagining blends theatre, movement, music, media, devised storytelling, high glamour, and unapologetic imagination into a technicolored explosion of heart, humor, resilience, friendship, and transformation. 🌈✨

💜 This is Oz through OUR lens.
✨ This is GLITTER as RESISTANCE.
🎤 This is HEALING with CHOREOGRAPHY.
🌪️ This is what happens when YOUNG ARTISTS OF COLOR are given space to DREAM loudly, boldly, and beautifully!

Built through a grief centered, trauma-aware, and community-centered creative process, THE WIZZIE invites audiences into a world where survival sparkles, vulnerability becomes power, and self-discovery takes center stage.

Come for the glitter. 🪩
Stay for the transformation. ✨

📍 Black Box Theatre — NYU Steinhardt
🗓 June 4–6, 2026 at 8PM
🗓 June 7, 2026 at 3PM
>>LINK IN BIO

05/13/2026

A moment from our program celebration and toast to the graduating class of 2026!

05/04/2026

Congratulations to the cast and crew of this year’s production of Witness Theater! It is an important organization that highlights the significance of telling stories by working with high school students to perform narratives of local Holocaust survivors. Our NYU drama therapy students who are interning at this site have held these stories with great compassion. Thank you and congratulations to the interns, students, survivors, and audience members who make this work possible.
Pictured: NYU faculty, students, and alumni at the final performance of Witness Theater 2026

04/30/2026

Congratulations to first year Drama Therapy student Jayla Dyas on being awarded the
The Social Sector Leadership Diversity Fellowship. Jayla is a leader whose presence is rooted in kindness, generosity, and groundedness.
See a quote below about what this fellowship means:
“The Social Sector Leadership Diversity Fellowship (SSLD) offers an intensive, cohort-based opportunity that centers leadership development and community building. SSLD introduces critical leadership theories, offers personalized support, and provides opportunities for fellows to practice the skills required to lead ethically, inclusively, and collaboratively in their chosen fields.“ Congrats Jayla!!

04/14/2026

Generations of drama therapists convening celebrating the arts as health resource in public health and clinical care.

03/23/2026

Congratulations to Akhila Khanna, our NYU Drama Therapy Alumni of the Year!

This award recognizes Akhila’s meaningful contributions to the field of drama therapy, including her work as a researcher, her advocacy efforts, and her ongoing mentorship of international students and early-career drama therapists. Her dedication continues to support and strengthen the community in impactful ways.

Congratulations again, Akhila! We are proud to celebrate your achievements!

03/19/2026

Congratulations to NYU Drama Therapy alumni Alessia Hughes for being named NYC Health and Hospitals’ Employee Resource Center’s Employee of the Year!

Here is an excerpt from the award announcement:
“Since the onboarding of Alessia in August 2024, she has taken wellness at North Central Bronx (NCB) to new heights. Alessia has implemented structured department specific interventions and reoccurring support as well as creative ways to meet the needs of all staff. Alessia is one of the top Receivers of stars through the All-Stars platform and has received recognition from many departments and staff members. “Alessia continues to hold wonderful wellness events: music to listen to as well as join-in, massage, yoga, talk story, think-about-what-you-want (need), crafting in the lobby. When she comes around to our office with that big smile, I know she is going to be tell us about something terrific. Such a positive outlook - it’s definitely contagious.” “Alessia thank you for everything you do. You are truly a ray of sunshine. I appreciate your hugs, your sincerity, your bright ideas and your amazing attitude. Keep up the great work!” “I just wanted to express the OPD’s appreciation for the thoughtful wellness offering that Alessia provided to output psychiatry yesterday! It was a much-needed break for us and she made the event into something that matched staff’s interests + working around our schedule. Alessia is warm, open, and engaged+ we all benefited from what she provided!” We are fortunate to have an employee of Alessia’s caliber as she continues to enhance the employee experience and work culture at North Central Bronx.”

Congratulations Alessia!

03/09/2026

A few weeks ago, wehad the pleasure of welcoming guest speaker Shahem Mclaurin, LCSW to our Cross Cultural Awareness Class. Shahem’s presentation was on “Authenticity in Clinical Practice,” and focused on Patricia Hill Collins’ work including the Matrix of Domination and how it informs how we as clinicians show up as our full authentic self with our clients. Thank you for a rich and inspiring conversation.

Address

35 W 4th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY
10012

Telephone

+12129985402

Website

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/dramatherapy

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when NYU Steinhardt Drama Therapy Program posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to NYU Steinhardt Drama Therapy Program:

Shortcuts

Featured

Lauren Minchen Nutrition
280 Madison Avenue
Dr. Paul Gregory, DDS
57 W 57th Street
Magnus Wellness
16 E 40th Street, Fl 4