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Jacob Sexton directs Indian Summer by Gregory S. Moss. Below is an interview with Sexton about philosophies on directing, new work, and a glimpse at his own perspective on Indian Summer.
Second-year Playwriting student, Deandre C. Short ’23 has signed on as the assistant director for Dominique Morisseau’s new play, Confederates.
Alumna Rebecca Miller Kratzer ’22 will direct Rage by Playwriting student ’22 Greg T. Nanni as a part of Emerson College’s Newfest New Plays Workshop.
Playwriting student Ellis Stump ’23 has been named one of the Ascending Playwrights of 2021 at Yonder Window Theatre Company in Brooklyn, New York.
Alumnus Jonathan Seinen ’20 directs and produces Ho Ka Kei’s Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) at Theatre Passe Muraille, in Toronto, Ontario.
Associate Professor David Henry Hwang’s new opera, The Rift, will premiere as a part of the Washington National Opera’s Written in Stone program for the Kennedy Center’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Playwriting alumnus Julián Mesri ’20 is the music director and orchestrator for Brian Quijada’s new musical, Somewhere Over the Border.
Current student Phoebe Brooks finds joy and spectacle through good-natured comedy in her thesis production, Der Ring Gott Farblonjet.
Dramaturgy alumna Lauren Whitehead '14 has been named a finalist for the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Jubilee for a New Vision by Playwriting alumnus Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko's ’09 will play at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space on February 21 at 7 pm.
Ghost Light, Meet the Dramaturgs is a Theatre series featuring Columbia Dramaturgy students, faculty, and alumni, learning about their work, aspirations, and pandemic passion projects.
the bandaged place, by playwriting alumnus Harrison David Rivers ’09, will have its world premiere at Roundabout Theatre Company.
