Read current news from faculty, alumni and students of the graduate Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts and Writing programs.
• Alumus Film Premieres in New York and Los Angeles
"Jesus Henry Christ" by alum Dennis Lee ('04 SOA) opens in Los Angeles on April 20th and NYC May 4th. more ►
Read the Huffington Post interview with the filmmaker more ►
Watch the trailer more ►
• Alumni Film at the at the Santa Cruz Film Festival
"The Runner," written and directed by Ana Lazarevic ('12 SOA) and co-produced by Olivia Newman (5th year Screenwriting), Gregg Conde (5th year Directing) was Director of Photography and was edited by David Gutnik (5th year Screenwriting) will screen at the Santa Cruz Film Festival May 15th and 17th. more ►
• Student Film Wins at Aspen Shortsfest
"First Match" written and directed by current student Olivia Newman (5th year Screenwriting), produced by Ken Murphy (4th year Producing), won Best Student Film at the Aspen Shortsfest, a leading U.S. festival devoted exclusively to short films. more ►
• Alumna Film Wins at the Sarasota Film Festival
"Tick Tock Time Emporium," directed by alumna Morgan Faust ('11 SOA) won Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Sarasota Film Festival. more ►
• Faculty Anne Bogart Receives Doris Duke Artist Grant
A new initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, which awards artists in contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and multidisciplinary work, has awarded faculty Anne Bogart with the Doris Duke Artist grant. more ►
• Columbia Stages' Production of Spoon River Anthology in The Spectator
Conceived and directed by Jimmy Maize (’12 SOA), Spoon River Anthology is a new adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters’s 1915 collection of poems about the residents of the fictional town Spoon River, Ill. Read the article from the Columbia Spectator. more ►
• MFA Acting Class of 2013 Presents Theater of the Absurd; 12 Short Beckett Plays
MFA Acting Class of 2013 presents an evening of Theater of the Absurd; 12 Short Beckett Plays at the Schapiro Theatre, directed by faculty Ulla Wolcz. April 24 at 7 pm. more ►
• Faculty Andrei Serban at La MaMa
Tony Award-winning faculty Andrei Serban at La Mama with Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, an intimate discussion on their work and careers. April 23 8 pm at La MaMa. more ►
• Samantha Chanse’s (Playwriting 2012) Maria Jean at the New York Theatre Workshop, from April 20 - 24. more ►
• Caroline Prugh’s (Playwriting 2012) Betwixt Them Made at the New York Theatre Workshop, from April 25 - 28. more ►
• Lila Feinberg’s (Playwriting 2012) Vertebrae, stage managed by Joan Wilkerson (Stage Management 2014) and dramaturged by Ellen Joffred (Dramaturgy 2012) the New York Theatre Workshop, from April 26 - 28. more ►
• Faculty Kara Walker and Kiki Smith Inducted to the Academy of American Arts & Sciences
The Academy of American Arts & Sciences announced faculty Kara Walker and Kiki Smith as newly elected members. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems, where members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs. more ►
• Alumna Exhibition Reviewed in The New York Times
Tamy Ben-Tor ('06 SOA) heralded in The New York Times as "an exceptionally talented comic performer" and "the George Orwell of today’s video art" for her exhibition New Performance Work at the Zach Feuer gallery in Chelsea, through April 28. more ►
• Alumni Exhibit at the Jack Hanley Gallery
Josh Tonsfeldt ('07 SOA) and David Brooks ('09 SOA) show work at the group show Prolegomena, curated by Gresham's Ghost. At Jack Hanley Gallery, through April 28. more ►
• Alumna Featured in Garage Magazine
Anna Craycroft ('04 SOA) featured in the current issue of Garage Magazine for her work in Fractal Affinities a group show featuring her work. more ►
• Columbia Queer Writers Presents a Reading Series with Eileen Myles and Edmund White
The Queer Reading Series, presented by Writing Program students, welcomes 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and faculty Eileen Myles and Edmund White, along with student readers. Sunday, April 29, 8 pm, The Phoenix, 447 E 13th St: more ►
• First Person Plural Reading Series Reading
Founded by Faculty Amy Benson, the First Person Plural reading series is devoted to works written in the “we” voice, and held at the Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem, including readings by Ed Park ('95 SOA) and Bathsheba Doran ('03 SOA), Monday, April 23, 7 pm. more ►
• Columbia Magazine 2nd Annual Lit Night
Columbia Magazine presents their second annual Lit Night, an evening of readings featuring David Rakoff, Ed Park ('95 SOA) and faculty Hannah Tinti. more ►
• Alumna in Guernica Magazine
Nonfiction alumna Rachel Riederer ('11 SOA) in Guernica Magazine, writing about “The Island President,” a new film about the crisis in the Maldives. more ►
• Alumna Publishes Upcoming Novel
Fiction Alum Karolina Waclawiak ('10 SOA) will publish her upcoming book How to Get Into the Twin Palms in July 2012. Watch the book trailer here: more ►
• Student Journal Apogee Pre-Launch Reading
Apogee Journal will kick off celebrations for its eminent first issue with readings of submissions selected to appear in their debut issue, Monday, April 30, 8 pm, The Underground Lounge, 955 West End Ave (bet W106th and W107th). more ►
