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Acting alumna Lori Laing ’17 performs in the new Classic Stage Company production of Dracula by Kate Hamill.
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.
Alumna Jacqueline Nwabueze ’19 was cast in The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit production of Measure for Measure.
Columbia MFA Acting Thesis Where Do We Live brings conversation around sexuality, relationships, and community to the forefront. For the second of two thesis productions featuring the Columbia MFA Actors presented at Lenfest this November, 20-23, Where Do We Live examines the path to self-expression and identity in the face of oppression.
We sat down with cast member Clayton David McInerney to discuss decompressing when performing heavy material, his aspirations, and Where Do We Live.
Columbia MFA Acting thesis In the Blood brings conversation around poverty, institutional racism, and motherhood into sharp focus.
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…
Acting alumnus Grayson Powell ’11 co-stars in the first episode of Amazon’s new romantic comedy television series Modern Love.
Acting alumnae Folami Williams '16 and Emily Murphy '17 are set to join the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Acting alumna Phumzile Sitole ’16 is cast for Tori Sampson’s If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka as Kaya.
Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to announce that Peter Jay Fernandez has been appointed Assistant Professor of Theatre.