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Associate Professor Hilton Als has launched a new podcast series, entitled Hilton Als Presents, in collaboration with the New York Theatre Workshop.

Arts Midwest has announced that The Young Company—a collaboration between the Classical Theatre of Harlem and the School of the Arts' MFA Theatre program—is among the recipients of their Shakespeare in American Communities grants.

Several Theatre alumni are participating in various ways in the 2021 Global Forms Theater Festival.

Acting alumni Bari Robinson '10 and Grayson Powell '11 are featured in episode four of AMC's new series, Kevin Can F*ck Himself.

Third-year Acting student Kristin Dodson was recently cast as a series regular in Showtime’s new comedy series Flatbush Misdemeanors.

Among several showings, Associate Professor Lynn Nottage’s new play Clyde’s will make its New York premiere in Fall 2021 when Second Stage's Hayes Theater reopens.

 

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Living Document, a new play by alumna Dianne Nora '15, will be presented as a Play-PerView virtual reading on June 12, 2021.

The Playwright’s Room is a series featuring the newest cohort of Columbia Playwriting students.

Award-Winning Playwright and Theatre alumna Daaimah Mubashshir ‘15 will join Bard’s Theater and Performance Program faculty as the Playwright in Residence for Fall 2021.

 

Theatre alumnus Johnny G. Lloyd ‘20 was named as one of the five winners of the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival for his play, The Problem with Magic, Is

The Drama League (DL) recently announced that alumnus Keenan Tyler Oliphant '21 has been awarded a 2021 Drama League Directing Fellowship. Oliphant will be a New York Directing Fellow alongside two other recipients. 

The Drama League (DL) recently announced that alumnus Keenan Tyler Oliphant '21 has been awarded a 2021 Drama League Directing Fellowship.

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