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The winners of the 67th annual Obie Awards were recently announced, with several notable Columbia theatre artists on the list.
We talk with Professor Brian Kulick about theatre as a gamble, perseverance, and why the director should be the most patient person in the room.
In a unique collaboration between programs and disciplines, Theatre alum Alle Mims '23 and Film alum Wes Goodrich '23 came together to produce Mims thesis production, A Soviet Film on Negro Life in America as Told by Langston Hughes and Others—and their collaboration has continued beyond graduation.
First-year Theatre Management and Producing student Melissa d'Arabian is working as a co-lead producer of White Rose: The Musical, a new production currently running off-Broadway at Theatre Row.
Professor David Henry Hwang is leading the creation of Billion Dollar Whale, a new television series; and nearly all the members of the show's producing and writing teams are Columbia alumni.
The 35th GLAAD Media Award nominations have been announced, honoring works which feature the talents of many Columbia filmmakers and theatre artists.
Playwriting professor David Henry Hwang’s Obie-award-winning play, Yellow Face, is headed to Broadway—marking Hwang’s ninth Broadway show.
Theatre alum James Dacre ’10 has launched Living Productions, a company focused on developing and producing a diverse range of creative works in the United Kingdom.
What is an artistic obsession? In Dramatic Influences: Theatre Makers and What Inspires Them, we catch up with Columbia Theatre artists and ask them about the things that keep them up at night. What drives these individuals, even as it drives them crazy? This week we speak with Playwriting student Sophie McIntosh about rabbits, JFK, and Gen Z’s environmental angst.
Award-winning theatre group The Civilians has announced that Dramaturgy alumna Elizagrace Madrone ’20 is one of the artists selected for the group’s 23-24 R&D Group. Playwriting alumnus Kareem Fahmy ’07 has also been named one of two inaugural artists in a new project by The Civilians, The Next Forever: New Stories for a Changing Planet.
In Dramatic Influences, we catch up with Columbia Theatre artists and ask them about the things that keep them up at night. What drives these individuals, even as it drives them crazy? This week we spoke with Directing alumnus Kareem Fahmy ’07 about Edward Albee, Wikipedia plays, and Princess Diana.
Rachel Chavkin ’08 is directing the new musical Lempicka which is headed to Broadway in March of next year.
