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I’ve Had to Think Up a Way to Survive, a new memoir by alumna Lynn Melnick ’97, is forthcoming as part of the University of Texas Press’s American Music Series. The book will be released on October 4, 2022, and is available now for preorder through the University of Texas Press.
Playwriting alumna Gethsemane Herron ’19 received a Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting last month. The prestigious award, which includes a prize of $30,000 in unrestricted funding for each recipient, is one of the nation’s most significant awards for playwriting.
Professor Susan Hartman portrays the lives of newcomers to this country in her recently published book.
As the inaugural recipient of the Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Scholarship, the Columbia MFA student takes inspiration from his native Georgia.
Alumnus Shayok Misha Chowdhury '16 and fifth-year Directing student Hazel McKibbin have been named honoraria recipients of the esteemed 2022 Princess Grace Awards.
Professor of Visual Arts Sarah Sze is closing out 2022 with a triumphant trio of shows, currently exhibiting her work in New York and Milan, and upcoming in Athens.
The acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s award-winning musical has been extended for an additional eight weeks at the St. James Theatre. The buzzworthy production features work from two Columbia theatre artists: Adjunct Assistant Professor Justin Scribner and Adjunct Assistant Professor Cody Renard Richard.
This year, alumna Daria Polatin ’07 logs an accomplishment many writers only dream of: adapting her own novel for the screen as the creator and showrunner of Netflix’s newest thriller series, Devil In Ohio.
Professor Naeem Mohaiemen combines video, film, photography, drawing, writing, and research to answer questions.
This July, the four international auteurs with MFAs from Columbia University have debuts on the big screen: "It's a beacon for all the others."
Tribeca has announced the Audience Award winners for their 2022 festival, naming Our Father, The Devil, by Ellie Foumbi '17, Best Narrative Feature.
The winners of the 2022 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers were announced this month, among them alumnus Patrick James Errington ’15 as the winner in the poetry category for his ‘sonorous’ collection, If Fire, Then Bird.
Update: June 13, 2022 Several projects worked on by Columbia Theatre artists took home prizes at last night's 75th annual Tony Awards Ceremony.
The winners of the 66th annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on June 8, 2022, and several projects from Columbia artists are among the award winners.
After 11 days of screenings and celebrations, winners of the 75th Festival de Cannes have been announced. Congratulations to Joyland by Saim Sadiq '19, which took home the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard category.