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Professor and Department Chair Brian Kulick recently released his new book How Greek Tragedy Works: A Guide For Directors. 

The Playwright’s Room is a series featuring the newest cohort of Columbia Playwriting students. These playwrights study under the tutelage of David Henry Hwang and Lynn Nottage. 

The Bandaged Place, a play by Theatre alumnus Harrison David Rivers ’09, will be featured in Roundabout Theatre Company’s ninth annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series.

Stars Behind The Stars is a bi-weekly series featuring theatre makers behind the scenes. This week, we sat down with Stage Management student Lila Mullins.

Stage Management student Kait Mahoney served as the Production Manager for Theatre Battery’s recent YouTube festival, Theatre Battery Tries to YouTube. Theatre Battery Tries to YouTube is now streaming on the company’s YouTube page. 

Playwriting student A.A. Brenner has received the inaugural 2021 Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman Award, which comes with a $5,000 prize. 

Theatre student Alison Savino is co-producer of Time (Is), a multimedia project weaving together original poetry, documentary filmmaking, movement, and music to delve into the lived experiences of persons of color during this era of social unrest and COVID-19. 

Founders of Front Row Productions and award-winning producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey have announced the launch of the Front Row Productions Fellowship with Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Program.

Playwriting alumni Johnny Lloyd ’20 and Max Mondi ’18 will participate in The Tank’s Rule of 7x7, an ongoing series that presents seven new short plays by seven writers.

The Australian Theatre Festival is an annual celebration of Australian stories and artists in New York City. It aims to create opportunities for an exchange of culture through the presentation of diverse theatrical content.

Stage Management students Cassie Marie Cushing and Vanessa Rebeil produced On Teeth and Longing, an online benefit performance that streamed last week, December 10th.

“XXYX Queer Africa: More Invisible” by Playwriting alumnus Nick Hadikwa Mwaluk ’09 has been included in The Best American Essays 2020, edited by André Aciman.

Student Series

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Dramatic Influences

by Lillian Mottern

This series asks Columbia Theatre artists about their artistic obsessions—what drives these individuals, even as it drives them crazy?

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This is Who We Are

by Carlos Barragán

A series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.

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Theatre in Motion

by Anastasia Ellis

A series featuring Columbia theatre makers, discussing theatre's movement across stages, through time, and within communities.