Theatre

Alumnus Jon Kern Wins Laurents/Hatcher Award

Theatre alumnus Jon Kern ('07 SOA) is the recipient of the 2012 Laurents/Hatcher Playwriting Award for his play, Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want To Kill Us and How We Learn To Love Them.

The annual award offers the winning playwright a $50,000 cash prize in addition to $100,000 towards production of the play. The award is named for late playwright Arthur Laurents (Gypsy, West Side Story) and his late partner Tom Hatcher.

Oscar Nomination for Beau Willimon and the Ides of March
It was announced this morning that Beau Willimon, an alumnus of both Columbia College ('99) and the School of the Arts Playwriting program ('03) has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Willimon, along with George Clooney and Grant Heslov, wrote the script for The Ides of March, which was released in October.
SITI Company Presents BOB

SITI Company presents Bob, conceived and directed by Theatre Arts faculty Anne Bogart, at New York Live Arts. The work was adapted by Jocelyn Clarke, and performed by Will Bond. Bob was inspired by the creative life and times of Robert Wilson, and won an OBIE Award in 1998.

Bob runs from Jan 19 - 29, 2012. Visit New York Live Arts for tickets and information.

Courtney Baron ('98 SOA) Selected for The Humana Festival

Eat Your Heart Out, written by Theatre alumna Courtney Baron ('98 SOA), was selected for the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. The play will be directed by Adam Greenfield and will run March 9 - 31 at the Bingham Theatre.

Humana Festival of New American Plays

Acting Alum Anson Mount to Star in AMC's New Show

Theatre Arts Alum Anson Mount

Theatre Acting alum Anson Mount ('98 SOA) will star in the new AMC series Hell On Wheels, premiering on Sunday, November 6.  Mount plays a former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannan, whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad. 

Ides of March Screenplay by Alum Beau Willimon ('03 SOA)

Playwriting Alum Beau Willimon (’03 SOA) wrote the screenplay for Ides Of March, adapted, produced and directed by George Clooney, and starring Ryan Gosling.  Ides is an adaptation of Willimon's play, Farragut North, which tells the story of the press secretary of a Presidential candidate on the eve of the Iowa caucus. The film handles similar themes involving escalating political scandal and transgression.

2013 MFA Playwrights Present The Basement Plays
  • The Basement Plays 2011

 

The Columbia MFA Theatre Program presents, The Basement Plays, a full season of new work from the emerging playwrights of the 2013 class.

Showtimes:

Thursdays 8:00 PM

Fridays 8:00 PM

Saturdays 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM

Alumni Nominated for IT Awards

Two Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Arts Program alumni have been nominated for 2011 New York Innovative Theatre Awards.

Daniel Irizarry (‘04SOA) is nominated for Outstanding Choreography/Movement for The Orphans, which was produced by La MaMa Experimental Theater Club and presented by La Criatura Theater.

Playwriting Alumna Wins Outstanding New Script Award at Planet Connections Festival

Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Arts Program playwriting alumna Maria Alexandria Beech ('07SOA) won the Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script Award for her play What Are You Doing Here? at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.

Four of 40 Plays Chosen for Samuel French Festival by Theatre Arts Playwrights

Four of the 40 plays selected for the 36th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival are by Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Arts Program students, Samuel French announced. Plays were selected from over 1,000 submissions from producing companies, playwriting workshops and University theatre programs.

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