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Acting alumnus Blaze Mancillas ’12 is the new host of Song Pop Live, a daily music trivia show available on all mobile devices in the USA and Canada.
ZORA, the online literary magazine devoted to publishing women of color, recently released the Zora Canon on its website listing the best books by African American women. Several books by Columbia writers were included on this impressive list.
La MaMa’s 58th season honored and celebrated the downtown theatre company’s founder Ellen Stewart by bringing back Professor Andrei Serban’s and Elizabeth Swados’ groundbreaking The Trojan Women Project in a production featuring Columbia alumni Kim Ima ’96, Julia Martin ’96, George Drance ’98, and La MaMa’s artistic director Mia Yoo ’98.
Professor Lynn Nottage won London’s Evening Standard Award for Best Play, for her play Sweat.
Alumna Jacqueline Nwabueze ’19 was cast in The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit production of Measure for Measure.
Alumna NJ Agwuna ’18 was selected as a Director for The Drama League 2020 DirectorFest.
‘Imagining Madoff,’ Stage Managed by alumna Caitlyn Annelise Dominguez ’19, Transfers to Theatre Row
On the heels of a sold-out run at 59E59 Theaters earlier this year, New Light Theater Project's production of Imagining Madoff picks up Stage Management alumna Caitlyn Annelise Dominguez ’19 for its Off Broadway transfer. Dominguez joins the show as Production Stage Manager with its transfer to Theatre Row.
The Cherry Orchard directed by current student Kelly O’Donnell opens Friday, November 15th at the Theatre @ Schapiro, at Columbia University. This production brings MFA students from both Columbia and New York University together to produce the two hour play with a cast of fourteen actors and four musicians.
Kareem Fahmy is a Canadian-born director and playwright of Egyptian descent.
Acting Alumna Dawn Elizabeth Clements ’19 will play Lydia in the Long Wharf Theatre’s upcoming production of Pride and Prejudice. This new adaptation by Kate Hamill is directed by Jess McLeod. Clements most recently starred as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the Classical Theatre of Harlem. During her time at Columbia, Clements starred in productions directed by Tina Benko, Ron Van Lieu, James Calleri, and Andrei Serban.
Alumna Kim Katzberg ’09 wins the 2019 New York Innovative Theatre Award in the Outstanding Solo Performance category for her production of Dad in a Box. This is Katzberg’s second award. She previously took home the 2016 award for Outstanding Original Short Script. An acclaimed actor and writer, Katzberg has debuted original work at alternative performance series all over New York. She has performed at the Bushwick Starr in Catch Performance Series, dead darlings at Judson Memorial Church, Showgasm at Ars Nova, The Upstart Festival at BAX and the OBIE Award-winning Little Theatre…
Directing Alumnus Rory McGregor '17 writes, directs, and produces Conway which will be presented at TheaterLab. McGregor recently served as the Associate Director for the Broadway production Sea Wall/A Life starring non degree Columbia College alumnus Jake Gyllenhaal ’02 and Tom Sturridge. McGregor also served as the Associate Director for Ink on Broadway this past spring, and he directed the world premiere of Nick Payne's short play Interior, at the Summer Shorts Festival this year at 59E59.
