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The 2019 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards were announced, awarding Comfort Women: A New Musical by Producing & Theatre Management student Dimo Kim three awards.
The 30th Annual Kleban Prizes for Musical Theatre were presented earlier this month, honoring the work of musical theatre composers, lyricists, and librettists.
Theatre alumna Raquel Almazán ’15 was named the new President of the Indie Theater Fund Board of Directors.
Stars Behind The Stars is a bi-weekly series featuring theatre makers behind the scenes.
Caborca, an alumni based theatre company, celebrated 10 years with a bilingual performance of Javier Antonio González's Zoetrope at the 2nd International Pueblos-Escena Festival in Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila, Cuba.
Alumna Lucy Powis ’18 produced Really Really Gorgeous at The Tank. The world premiere production penned by Nick Mecikalski and directed by Miranda Haymon played the 99-seat Manhattan Theatre for 16 performances, closing February 9, 2020.
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, established in 1978, is given annually to recognize women who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre.
The New York Stage And Film Company 2020 Winter Season will feature the writing and composing talents of Columbia alumni Kareem Fahmy ’07 and Christina Quintana ’13 alongside adjunct associate professor Leslie Ayvazian.
Alumnus Soriya K. Chum ’17 is the first Executive Director of The Consortium of Asian American Theatres and Artists (CAATA). Chum began serving the organization last January.
Acting alumna Lori Laing ’17 performs in the new Classic Stage Company production of Dracula by Kate Hamill. This rendition confronts the sexism in Bram Stoker’s original work and subjugates it as a smart and disquieting feminist revenge fantasy.
