News
Theatre alumnus Colm Summers ’22 is taking the helm as director of Every Brilliant Thing at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California.
Theatre alumna Daaimah Mubashshir ’15 is set to co-host the exciting annual reading festival, (Writ)ual Mix Mixfest 2023, at the Atlantic Theater Company. This year, Mubashshir is not only co-hosting the festival but also sharing her work through a reading of The Immeasurable Want of Light, a play about a black, overweight artist coming of age in an alternate universe.
Theatre Alumna Danielle Feder ’21 has launched an exciting new podcast about theatre, called Partial View.
Associate Professor Lynn Nottage is set to adapt the 1933 novel Imitation of Life into a stage musical alongside John Legend, according to Playbill.
Theatre alumna Pirronne Yousefzadeh ’09 is the director of The Ants, a new play now on stage at Geffen Playhouse.
Dramaturgy Concentration Head and Professor of Professional Practice Christian Parker ’98 is currently the dramaturg on, Another Marriage, running at the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago through July 30, 2023.
Playwriting student Amalia Oliva Rojas has been awarded an inaugural Hansberry Lilly Playwright Fellowship.
Adjunct Associate Professor Deborah Brevoort is the recipient of the 2023 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize.
Good Night, Oscar, a new play featuring the work of several Columbia theatre artists, has made its Broadway debut. The play is produced by Theatre alumna Barbara Whitman '05, directed by Adjunct Associate Professor Lisa Peterson, and benefits from the work of Theatre alumnus Blake Bonilla ’23, who served as both Rehearsal Script Assistant and Assistant to the Playwright.
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a new play by Jocelyn Bioh ’08, will premiere on Broadway in fall 2023.
Theatre Management & Producing Alumna Natalie Gershtein ’15 has been named Executive Artistic Producer of New York Stage and Film (NYSAF).
Acting alumna Laura Campbell ’08 is currently starring in an innovative new performance piece, Molly Bloom: Redux.
