News
Actor and playwright Jeena Yi '14 will premiere the role of Melissa Han in The Balusters, a new play by Pulitzer-prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire.
Columbia theatremakers bring the Olivier-nominated Blackout Songs to Off-Broadway for its United States debut.
After years of writing for theatre, Playwriting alum Kim Merill '95 has shifted her focus to fiction. Her newest book Red Girl Jumping (The Journal of Experimental Fiction, 2026) is described as an experimental memoir written by memory personified.
The Perelman Performing Arts Center has selected Dramaturgy alum Blossom Johnson '19 as one of nine artists for the second Democracy Cycle program.
Any Minute Now, written by Playwriting alum Alix Sobler '17 and directed by Peter Jay Fernandez, Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Co-Concentration Head of Acting, premiered at HERE Arts Center in Soho this past January.
After a West End run which earned the play three Olivier Awards, Giant by Mark Rosenblatt is coming to Broadway in March, with Associate Professor of Professional Practice Michael Passaro joining the team as Production Stage Manager.
Directing alum Ghina Fawaz '25 and Dramaturgy alum Begüm Inal '23 will present a workshop production of their play The Thousand and One Nights (ألف ليلة وليلة ) at La MaMa Theater in the East Village.
This February, La MaMa Experimental Theater Club will present the world premiere of The First Line of Dante’s Inferno, a new play by Kirk Lynn, directed and co-produced by Professor of Professional Practice and Dramaturgy Concentration Head Christian Parker '98. Theatre alum Mary Alex Daniels '24 co-produces alongside Parker, and Theatre students Sam Grocock and Emily Griffiths will stage manage.
On February 26, The Public Theater will premiere Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), directed by Theatre alum Tyne Rafaeli '14.
Directing alum Mei Ann Teo '14 has been named a 2026 United States Artist Fellow for their work in theatre and performance.
Jesa, a play by Acting alum Jeena Yi '14, is set to have its world premiere at The Public's Shiva Theater from March 10 to April 5, 2026, presented by Ma-Yi Theatre Company.
After a sold-out run in Fall 2025, The Honey Trap extended its tenure at the Off-Broadway Irish Repertory Theatre into January and February 2026.
