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Theatre alumna Mikhael Tara Garver ’10 created Rio Reveals, a series of immersive entertainment experiences that will raise funds for River L.A., a nonprofit dedicated to revitalizing the Los Angeles River and encouraging community engagement with it.
Music’s biggest night will feature the works of many Columbia faculty and alumni.
Alumna Pirronne Yousefzadeh ’09 was named a finalist for the 2020 Zelda Fichandler Award, an award which recognizes directors and choreographers who have demonstrated great accomplishment to-date with singular creativity and deep investment in a particular community.
Associate Professor Lynn Nottage joined Isabel Wilkerson in conversation last week as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) series of virtual events.
Keene by Alumna Anchuli Felicia King ’18 recently presented an online reading at Red Bull Theatre in conjunction with American Shakespeare Center. Keene is billed as an ode to always being the second-class genius of color, the play riffs on early-career academia, Shakespeare’s Othello, and the power of American pop.
Alumnus Jeffrey James Keyes ’10 was honored with the PEN America/L’Engle-Rahman Prize for Mentorship last week.
Alumnus Michael Scholar, Jr. ’16 directed Duncan Macmillan's Lungs for Mitch & Murray Productions at Studio 16 in Vancouver, Canada.
Karen, I Said directed by alumna Tara Ahmadinejad '14, premiered last month in an encore livestream production. Karen, I Said is a three-part, 45-minute Zoom presentation. The production was written by and starred Eliza Bent who performs the entire play as a 45 minute monologue.
Stars Behind The Stars is a bi-weekly series featuring theatre makers behind the scenes.
Damascus. It’s in Syria, written by Playwriting alumna Kate Mulley ’16, directed by Sharone Halevy, performed and filmed by Marlowe Holden, with lighting design by Marika Kent and sound design by Alek Deva, is a multi-part, month-long durational performance airing on Instagram.
Columbia University School of the Arts’ International Play Reading Festival went digital this year.
Alumnae Nana Dakin ’18 and Ikumi Kuronaga ’20 were selected to join The Civilians’ R&D Group.
