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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.
Directing alumnus Shayok Misha Chowdhury ’16 has received the Whiting Award in the category of drama. He joins a select group of ten emerging writers recognized in the fields of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
Theatre professor Michael Korie’s Grapes of Wrath opera, co-written with musical theatre and opera composer Ricky Ian Gordon, will return to the stage in a new production performing this month at Carnegie Hall.
Theatre Professor Lynn Nottage’s play Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine will be revived in a new production opening this month at Brooklyn's Billie Holiday Theatre.
Playwriting student Antonia Cruz-Kent has been announced as one of four playwrights chosen to participate in the selective Latinx Playwrights Circle 2024 Intensive Mentorship program.
The Metropolitan Opera recently announced their 2024-2025 season, a lineup which will include Theatre Professor David Henry Hwang’s opera Ainadamar.
Acting Professionally, the renowned book of professional advice for actors by Associate Professor of Professional Practice James Calleri, has been re-released in a brand new edition published by Bloomsbury, with additional writing by Robert Cohen.
Theatre professor David Henry Hwang’s opera, An American Soldier, will premiere in New York this spring at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan.
