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The Columbia University School of the Arts continued its second week of the International Play Reading Festival with a reading of Taxi Radio written (and translated from the Thai) by Nophand.
The American Theatre Wing announced the 74th Annual Tony Award nominations today, which include many Columbia faculty, alumni, and students. In total, 24 Columbia artists worked on 12 Tony Award nominated productions, earning a collective total of 93 nominations at the 2020 Tony Awards.
The Tree - An American Rock Musical, co-written by Playwriting Student Alle Mims, will be staged by Dallas’ Imprint Theatreworks from October 29 to November 14, 2020.
The Columbia University School of the Arts International Play Reading Festival kicked off its third year (and first virtual run) this month with a reading of Rarámuri Dreams written by Camila Villegas. Villegas is a Mexican playwright who after studying economics and living for two years with the Tarahumaras—an indigenous community of Northern Mexico—redirected her career towards theatre.
Alvarez Keko Salazar Productions and Poseidon Theatre Company are adapting short plays by Theatre Alumnus Jeffrey James Keyes ’10 into the new podcast series Drama: an aural experience.
Theatre Alumnus Shayok Misha Chowdhury ’16, Writing Alumni Ricardo Alberto Maldonado ’08 and Ge Gao ’17, and Visual Arts Alumni Vivianne Chiu ’19, Alison Taylor ’05, Elif Uras ’03, and Writing Assistant Professor Shane McCrae were all named NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows for 2020.
WalkUpArts produces Baby Jessica’s Well-Made Play, penned by alumnus Philip Santos Schaffer ’18 with dramaturgy by alumna and staff member Anna Woodruff ’18, is a phone adventure to the bottom of the well and back again.
Adjunct Associate Professor Deborah Brevoort pened the libretto to Dinner 4 3, an opera inspired by Boccaccio’s The Decameron (Day 5, Story 10). Brevoort wrote the 10-minute opera with composer Michale Ching.
Dramaturgy student Yibin (Bill) Wang is the Associate Director of the Artistic Department for the inaugural B·O·N·D International Virtual Live Performance Festival.
Columbia Stage Managers are working on exciting artistic projects on Broadway, off Broadway, on tour, and internationally.
Theatre alumni Shayok Misha Chowdhury ’16, Celine Song ’14, and Mei Ann Teo ’14 will be guest speakers in The Path Forward Virtual Conference, which aims to teach artists new tools for success in the pandemic era.
Theatre Acting alumnus Neil D’Astolfo ’13 voices characters on CBS All Access’ Tooning out the News and on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President. Both shows are executively produced by Stephen Colbert.
