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Alumnus Rory McGregor ’17 is assisting Academy and Tony Award winner Sam Mendes in his production of The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway this season.
The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, has named Osh Ghanimah and Lawryn LaCroix as the fellows for 2021-22.
Three films by Columbia filmmakers will play at this year’s Woodstock Film Festival. They are: The Winter House, The Binding of Itzik, and Hector’s Woman.
Staging Shakespeare: A Director’s Guide to Preparing a Production by Professor and Theatre Program Chair Brian Kulick was recently released by Bloomsbury.
For his thesis production, student Colm Summers directs two rarely-staged short plays by María Irene Fornés.
For her thesis production, Kelly O’Donnell '21 directs a devised, brand-new, brave new production, New World Radio, inspired by radio drama and questions about our future.
Alumna Kristin Slaney ’16 was named one of Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2021 Sloan Playwriting Commission awardees.
Alumna Alix Sobler ’17 will have her new play, Hindsight, premiere at the Paradise Factory later this month.
Theatre alumna Cristina (Cha) Ramos ’21 will serve as the intimacy director of a nude production of Antigonick in Prospect Park later this month. The performance is the latest production from Torn Out Theater.
The MAP Fund recently announced the recipients of its 2021 grant, naming two projects by SOA alumnae as awardees. La Paloma Prisoner, written by Playwriting alumna Raquel Almazan '15, and TreeTime directed by Directing alumna and professor Ashley Tata '12, will each receive $20,000 in project development funds and $5000 in general operating funds.
Directing alumna Marike Splint '07 has created 32 Acres, an immersive, site-specific soundwalk for the Los Angeles State Historic Park. The app, which will be available through September 29, 2021, can be downloaded here.
The MAP Fund recently announced the recipients of its 2021 grant: Raquel Almazan '15 and Ashley Tata '12.
