Acting alumna Ito Aghayere ’12 plays Young Guinan in Star Trek: Picard. The role of Guinan was originated by Whoopi Goldberg who would often share the screen with Patrick Stewart’s character. Now, in this series, Aghayere takes over the role as the younger version of Goldberg’s character. 

Based on the true story of Harvey Milk, the opera delves into the tumultuous era of the 1970s to trace one young man’s path to better the world both for himself and others.

Inspired by the myth of Marimba, Goddess follows a young man who returns home to Mombasa, Kenya to marry his fiancée and step into his family’s political dynasty.

Several projects worked on by Columbia Theatre artists took home prizes at last night's 75th annual Tony Awards Ceremony. 

The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on May 9, 2022, and three School of the Arts alumni are involved with winning projects in the arts.

Hwang’s name will be added to a star on the sidewalk outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre on Christopher Street, in downtown Manhattan––a permanent monument to Off-Broadway playwrights. 

The award winning musical, recently adapted for the screen, is the winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical.

A new play co-written by alumna Inés Braun ’17 has been selected for the 2022 edition of the Global Forms Theater Festival at Manhattan’s Rattlestick Theater. 

Founded in 1989, Signature Theatre is a Tony Award®-winning regional theater that broadens and brightens the region’s cultural landscape with its bold productions, engaging education, and outreach programs.

Koenisberg is the co-writer with Vinny DePonto for the world premiere of their new play, Mindplay. Rafaeli will also contribute to this season as the director of The Lonely Few, a new musical commissioned by The Geffen Playhouse.