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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.
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.
