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Winners of the 2024 Drama Desk Awards were announced this week, and Dramaturgy alumna Cha Ramos '21 has won the award for Outstanding Fight Choreography in Water for Elephants. The Drama Desk nominees included two other Columbia alumni.
Theatre alumnus Jeremy Blocker ’08 is leaving New York Theatre Workshop this summer to join Audible as their new head of live creative producing, the leading creator and provider of audio storytelling.
Stage Management alumna Rachel A. Zucker ’17 has been announced as the production stage manager for the Broadway transfer of Max Wolf Friedlich’s play Job.
The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announces that applications are now open for the 2024 Fellowship program.
Playwriting alumna Maria Alexandria Beech ’07 (GS ’98) will see her latest screenplay, Constance, transition from page to screen this summer.
The recent revival of Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, co-produced by Columbia alumni Thomas Swayne ’20 and Front Row Fellow Lamar Richardson (CC '15), has won two Drama League Awards.
Playwriting alumnus Julián Mesri ’20 has been named the 2024 Judith Champion Musical Theater LaunchPad Resident by Signature Theatre.
Acting alumna Rebecca Henderson ’06 stars in The Acolyte, which is set to premiere this summer on Disney+.
After extending the hit play’s run twice, the Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, by Playwriting alumna Jocelyn Bioh '08, will begin a national tour this September.
Signature Theatre’s 24/25 season has been announced and will include Fish, a developmental production from playwright Melis Aker ’18, directed by Tatiana Pandiani ’16.
Gatsby: An American Myth, yet another production directed by Theatre alumna Rachel Chavkin ’08, begins preview performances at the American Repertory Theater’s Loeb Drama Center next month, with an official opening set for June.
The 2024 Writers Guild Awards were held on April 14 at the Hollywood Palladium, where several Columbia filmmakers were named winners for their incredible work.
