The play will be directed by Kate Whoriskey, who already collaborated with Nottage on her Pulitzer-winning work Ruined and Sweat, and is set to premiere in Fall 2021 at Hayes Theater. 

Herron-Coward’s play, The Falling Man was inspired by Richard Drew's famous shot of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:41am during the September 11th attacks in New York City. 

Columbia University School of the Arts announced that the third annual International Play Reading Festival will be held this October and released as a podcast series.

Selected from more than 550 applicants, Mesri will participate in the long-term group that offers key support and resources for writers at every stage of their careers.

Current students Julian Abelskamp, Mazvita Chanakira, Michael Karadsheh and Gülin Langbroek as well as alumna Anya Banerjee '20 all join the group of only 30 acting fellows of the prestigious 30-year-old program.

The Kilroys are a collective of playwrights, directors and producers in LA and NYC that publish a list of unproduced and underproduced plays by women, trans and non-binary writers.

The program seeks to develop and highlight exceptionally talented early-career BIPOC leaders across the United States.

In total, Columbia artists earned 56 nominations at the 2020 virtual edition of the prestigious event, and three productions with Columbia involvement took home a total of eight awards. 

The festival is a week-long theatrical celebration that’s dedicated to international theatre artists and features work by artists from 28 different countries.

The Public Theater has joined forces with WNYC to turn Richard II, by Directing alumnus Saheem Ali ’07, into a four-part radio play.