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The School of the Arts’ annual International Play Reading Festival aims to present new theatrical voices to US audiences.
Professor Emerita Kristin Linklater passed away at the end of last week. She was in her home on the Orkney Islands, where she went to live and teach after retiring from the Theatre Program and the School of the Arts in 2014. She was a legendary master teacher whose unique voice training techniques have influenced generations of actors and educators. I was always inspired by her brilliance, depth and fierceness. She was a great advocate for women artists and for women in leadership roles as well. Together with Andrea Haring we developed a program called “Taking the Stage” for…
Theatre alumna Ashley Tata '12 launched her livestream production of Mad Forest, a co-production of Theater for a New Audience and the Fisher Center at Bard College. The show played online three times between May 22 and May 27 with quarantined Bard acting students from 14 remote locations via Zoom.
Adjunct Associate Theatre Professor Deborah Brevoort was hired by the Florida Studio Theatre (FST), a regional theatre in Sarasota Florida, to participate in a nationwide new play initiative called the Playwrights Project which sets out to create new work for the stage. She is one of 33 playwrights, sketch comedy writers, and musical theatre developers who will be working on a full length play under the current title The Drolls which will be considered for future production on FST's Mainstage. With funding from the Paycheck Protection Program, all participants…
Dear Students,
I want to thank everyone for their patience and grace while the administration, faculty, and Deans have been figuring out the best way to navigate these unsettling times.
The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.
Stars Behind The Stars is a bi-weekly series featuring theatre makers behind the scenes.
This week we sat down with Dramaturgy alumna Lynn Spector ’15 and discussed her work. Spector is an Aries who has worked on Broadway shows such as Moulin Rouge and Beetlejuice. Most recently she served as the Assistant Director for the Second National Tour of The Color Purple.
A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson and produced by Theatre Management and Producing alumna Barbara Whitman ’05 won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama last week.
The 65th annual Drama Desk Award nominees include productions featuring Columbia Faculty, alumni, and current students.
Stars Behind The Stars is a bi-weekly series featuring theatre makers behind the scenes.
This week we sat down with Stage Management student Kelley Lynne Moncrief ’21 and discussed her work on Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol. Moncrief is a Virgo who worked on the inaugural MTI Senior production of Into The Woods Senior and the Broadway bound musical Becoming Nancy.
Soft Power by Barnard alumna Jeanine Tesori ’83 and Professor David Henry Hwang, launched its cast recording featuring the Off Broadway cast of the New York premiere production at The Public Theater.
