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For his thesis production, Keenan Tyler Oliphant ‘21 brings a new perspective to South African playwright Philip Rademeyer’s play The View.

The New York Community Trust recently announced that Playwriting alumna Daaimah Mubashshir '15 is a 2021 recipient of the prestigious Helen Merrill Award for playwriting.

Noor Theatre recently announced that alumna Salma S. Zohdi ’16 will join their team as their new Associate Director of Development and Communications.

The Art of Resonance, the latest book written by Professor Anne Bogart, will be published September 23, 2021.

The winners of Columbia@Roundabout's 2021 New Play Reading Series have been announced. This year marks the sixth anniversary of the series.

Professor Robert O'Hara ’96 and alumnus Torrey Townsend ’13 unite for a creative collaboration in Off Broadway, a biting new satirical comedy.

Playwriting student Alaudin Ullah’s singular play and one-man show, Dishwasher Dreams, will come to life once again at Hartford Stage in Connecticut during its 2021-2022 season.

Camille Z. Hayes '21 (Directing) explores the extraordinary four-decade relationship between the poet Mary Oliver and the photographer Molly Malone Cook in her Director's Thesis.

National Queer Theatre recently announced that Theatre alumnus Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko '09 is one of two inaugural New Vision Fellows.

Leylak, written and produced by Mustafa Kaymak '14, associate produced by Mark Castillo '18, and executive produced by Sola Fasehun '15, was named the winner of the 2021 Special Jury Mention Award in the shorts category of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

Theatre Management and Producing alumna Sunshine Lampitoc Smith '08 and Dramaturgy alumna Annie Jin Wang '20 participated in the creation of a devised production called Rooted: Stories of Belonging Inspired by Asian Elders.

Alumna Ashley Tata ’12 will direct Red Giant, the first digital opera from Rhymes With Opera, on June 20, 2021.

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