Alumnus Rory McGregor ’17 is assisting Academy and Tony Award winner Sam Mendes in his production of The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway this season. 

Ghanimah will be working as the Prince Fellow while LaCroix will be working with The Theatre Leader Project (TTLP), which is now in partnership with The Prince Fellowship. ​

For his thesis production, Colm Summers '21 directs two rarely-staged short plays by María Irene Fornés.

The book begins with a supposed scenario in which the reader is given the job of staging a Shakespeare production.

For her thesis production, Kelly O’Donnell '21 directs a devised, brand-new, brave new production, New World Radio, inspired by radio drama and questions about our future.

Slaney was awarded the prestigious commission alongside five other playwrights for her proposed work, The Incubator Doctor.

Her new play, Hindsight, will premiere at the Paradise Factory later this month.

Theatre alumna Cristina (Cha) Ramos ’21 will serve as the intimacy director of a nude production of Antigonick in Prospect Park later this month, as well as perform in other productions.

La Paloma Prisoner by Almazan and TreeTime directed by Tata will each receive $20,000 in project development funds and $5000 in general operating funds. 

The Helen Merrill Award was established in 1999 and Mubashshir is the inaugural recipient of PlayCo's 2021 Residency for Black Women Theatre Makers.