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Columbia University School of the Arts announced that the third annual International Play Reading Festival will be held October 2-25, 2020 and released as a podcast series.
Dear Actors,
First and foremost, I hope this letter finds you all well.
Dear 2nd Year Playwrights, First and foremost, I hope this letter finds you all well.
Dear Students, First and foremost, I hope this letter finds you all well.
Theatre Alumna Ayvaunn Penn '18 and Alumnus and Staff member Clarence Coo '10 have been named finalists for the 2020 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference for new play development.
The Chautauqua Theater Conservatory has announced its class of 2020 with five Columbia actors on the list.
The Public Theater has announced its 2020-2022 Emerging Writers Group with recent alum Julián Mesri '20 listed among the ten new playwrights to be part of the prestigious program.
The Kilroys are a collective of playwrights, directors and producers in LA and NYC who are, they say, “done talking about gender parity and are taking action.”
Alumnus Kareem Fahmy '07 has been announced as a participant of The Theatre Communication Group’s new cohort for its Rising Leaders of Color program.
Many Columbia faculty and alumni were successful at the 65th annual Drama Desk Awards.
A large number of Columbia Theatre alumni are involved in the upcoming Global Forms Theatre Festival, a virtual event co-produced by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and New York Theatre Salon happening between June 22 and June 28 2020.
Directing alumnus Saheem Ali ’07 directs the upcoming production of Richard II as a part of the annual Shakespeare in the Park series with The Public Theater. Free Shakespeare in the Park has been a pinnacle of New York City artistic endeavors for more than 60 years. The annual productions celebrate the vision of the Public Theater’s founder Joseph Papp, to create theatre that is of, by, and for all people.
