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.

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!

With great sadness, we are announcing the death of NYU drama therapy alumni (‘93), Vera Trifunovich, from breast cancer,...
09/17/2025

With great sadness, we are announcing the death of NYU drama therapy alumni (‘93), Vera Trifunovich, from breast cancer, an illness that she faced with courage and grace. Here are some personal memories of her from members of the NYU community, collected by Navah Steiner.

Join Professor Nisha Sajnani, Program Director for NYU Drama Therapy and Co-Director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab for...
09/15/2025

Join Professor Nisha Sajnani, Program Director for NYU Drama Therapy and Co-Director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab for:

🗓️ UNGA Healing Arts Week 2025
📍 20–26 September | New York City

UNGA Healing Arts Week by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab returns to New York City, mobilizing a global coalition of artists, creative arts therapists, health leaders, researchers, policymakers, and community members to activate the arts as a powerful force for health and wellbeing. Now in its third edition, the festival will run alongside the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), transforming iconic venues and neighbourhood spaces across all five boroughs into sites of creative care, cultural participation, and health innovation.

Highlights include:
📷Global Photo-Essay Launch at the Guggenheim Museum
📊Research Symposium at NYU Steinhardt
💵Economics of Arts & Health Roundtable at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
🎶Wellbeing Concert & Reception at Carnegie Hall
🎞️Film Screening at Juilliard/Lincoln Center,
🕺🏽Street Dance jam at Public Records in Brooklyn
🎙️Panels at NYC H+H/Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx
🎉Community events throughout NYC’s 5 boroughs

Stay updated at healingartsnewyork.org

Cover artwork: Community mural; Cycles of Life, by Priscilla De Carvalho, 2019. Photo by N. Knight. Image courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Department.

Join us September 7 from 12-1:30 PM EST for a Disability Justice Lecture: A Meditation on Disability Justice and Drama T...
09/01/2025

Join us September 7 from 12-1:30 PM EST for a Disability Justice Lecture: A Meditation on Disability Justice and Drama Therapy in Addiction Treatment Systems.
Link to register in bio!

Recent graduate of the NYU drama therapy program, Michael Manzi, was featured on a podcast! Take a listen using the link...
08/28/2025

Recent graduate of the NYU drama therapy program, Michael Manzi, was featured on a podcast! Take a listen using the link in bio!

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