News
Professor of Theatre and head of the Directing Concentration Anne Bogart will direct Gustav Mahler’s Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde) at Boston Lyric Opera this March. Bogart will be assisted on this production, which runs March 20-29, by Directing student Talia Feldberg.
Stage Management alums Taeuk Kang '20 and Sage Spitz '23 will stage manage the Broadway National Tour of Moulin Rouge.
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.
