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Alum Vaughn Pole ’22 discusses their journey as an artist and creator.

Producers Giuliana Carullo and Miranda Gohh have been named recipients of the 2025 Prince Fellowship and Prince/TTLP Fellowship, respectively.

Tony Award Nominee and Directing alum Saheem Ali '07 is directing Twelfth Night for The Public Theatre's beloved summer tradition of Shakespeare in the Park.

Directing alums Ghina Fawaz '25 and Ares Harper '24 were selected to join the Roundabout Directors Group, a selective mentorship program that incubates directors historically marginalized in the theatre industry.

The celebrated dramatist will direct the Theatre Program’s Playwriting concentration.

Directing alum Miguel Bregante '24 was selected as one of five 2050 Artistic Fellows at New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW).

Pulitzer Prize-winning, Tony-nominated playwright, director and educator James Ijames officially joins the institution as Associate Professor of Theatre this fall.

Theatre Professor and Head of the Directing Concentration Anne Bogart will be inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame at its 54th annual ceremony this fall at the Gershwin Theatre.

Playwriting alum Angelica Chéri ’13 will bring her first musical to Broadway in 2026.

Playwriting alum Amalia Oliva Rojas ’25 won The Leah Playwriting Prize for her play In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too (or The F*ck Is You Lookin’ At?).

This year, for its 25th anniversary, the free, annual St. Louis Shakespeare Festival in Forest Park will stage Hamlet, directed by and starring several Columbia theatre-makers.

The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing honored fourteen Columbia writers, directors and producers among the nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards.

Student Series

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Dramatic Influences

by Lillian Mottern

This series asks Columbia Theatre artists about their artistic obsessions—what drives these individuals, even as it drives them crazy?

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This is Who We Are

by Carlos Barragán

A series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.

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Theatre in Motion

by Anastasia Ellis

A series featuring Columbia theatre makers, discussing theatre's movement across stages, through time, and within communities.