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The 2020 MFA Actors Showcase is available for online viewing, following a large pivot in production.
Adjunct Associate Professor Deborah Brevoort was invited to join Florida Studio Theatre’s (FST) Playwright Collective.
Directing alumnus Simón Adinia Hanukai ’12 presents SPACES: Saint-Denis, an immersive site-specific series of storytelling events at the Market Hall and the Basilica of Saint-Denis, France. Hanukai, who co-created the event with Jonathan Camuzeaux and Lauren Cox, serves as General Artistic Director.
Alumni Nana Dakin ’18 and Keenan Tyler Oliphant ’21 join Clubbed Thumb’s 2020/2021 Directing Fellowship, held at the Obie winning theatre and mentored by Anne Kaufman, Daniel Aukin, Niegel Smith and Laurie Wooler.
The Columbia University School of the Arts hosted the third listening party of its 2020 International Play Reading Festival series with May 35th, written by Candace Chong Mui Ngam.
Theatre Alumnus Marc Atkinson ’16 was recently awarded the 2020 Gate Bursary from The Gate Theatre, Dublin. The award facilitates the development of new work both at the theatre and remotely. Atkinson will receive institutional support during a year-long residency.
After months of work and input from CU health experts, production staff, and faculty, I’m pleased to present two documents that will hopefully help you make sense of our spring semester.
A Distinct Society, written by Theatre Directing alumnus Kareem Fahmy ’07, will have a virtual reading as part of the International Voices Project (IVP) Chicago in collaboration with the Consulate General of Canada in Chicago, Silk Road Rising, and the Citadel Theatre of Canada.
Theatre Directing alumni Mei Ann Teo ’14 and Shayok Misha Chowdhury ’16 will present their work at Prelude Festival 2020. Teo will present her piece hold, and Chowdhury will present episodes from his series Vichitra.
Acting alumnus Grayson Powell ’11 co-produces and appears in the short film Niles Dean Lives in a Parking Space Under the Bridge, which will screen at YoFiFest’s 2020 virtual festival.
The twelve-minute comedy follows Niles Dean, a man who resides in a parking space beneath a bridge. After an old friend makes a surprise visit, the man must reckon with himself and his past transgressions. The film’s other co-producers include Steven Gerhardt-King and Robbie Tann, who stars as the titular character. Powell and Nemuna Ceesay appear in supporting roles.
