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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.
The Heart of Rock and Roll, a new musical coming to Broadway in March, features the stage management expertise of two Columbia University faculty members.
The newest Kilroys List has been released, featuring plays by Gethsemane Herron ’19 and Playwriting student Katie Đỗ.
Juan Souki '07 has been named Mid Atlantic Arts’s new Executive Director. He joins the celebrated arts organization after serving as Director of Odelia Artists.
Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright and Professor of Theatre Lynn Nottage was presented with the Monte Cristo Award by The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center on November 6, 2023 during a gala in her honor.
The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.
To the Ends of the Earth / 땅끝까지, a new play that ran last month at Jack, was directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant ’21 and starred Yeena Sung ’20. Sami Pyne ’20 served as the show’s producer, and Taeeun Yeo ’23 worked as a community outreach consultant.
