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Acting alumna Ito Aghayere ’12 joins the cast of CBS’ Patricia Heaton comedy pilot Carol’s Second Act. The series centers around Carol Chambers (Heaton), who after raising her two children and retiring from teaching, embarks on a unique second act: she’s going to become a doctor. Aghayere will be playing Dr. Maya, the Chief Resident in charge of Carol and the other three interns. A type-A, high-achieving disciplinarian, Dr. Maya is all business. She’s instantly annoyed because Carol is a chatty maverick who hates authority — and Dr. Maya and her authority are…
Caborca is a multilingual experimental theatre and film company founded by Artistic Director alumnus Javier Antonio González ’06 (Directing), along with the help of many alumni. “Caborca steals its name from the novel The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño, in which a magazine of the same name is the official organ of visceral realism.” Caborca’s members come from all over the world. The company’s mission is to create “sprawling, adventurous works in theatre and film.” Its aim is to “bridge language, background and media,” they wish to create…
Broadway News recently announced that Acting alumnus David Wilson Barnes '99 will join the cast of the production, Ink. After its critically-acclaimed run at London's West End, the show will make its Broadway debut in April. Barnes will star alongside Bertie Carvel as Rupert Murdoch and Jonny Lee Miller as Larry Lamb.
Acting alumna Heather Alicia Simms’ '96 recently appeared in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by faculty member, Lynn Nottage. “[…] the style is much more cutting as Vera’s earthy roommate Lottie McBride (Heather Alicia Simms, great with gags) […]”, according to Variety. She also recently appeared in Nottage’s Fabulation, produced by Signature Theater.
Columbia University continues to have a strong presence at prestigious film festivals this year. Twenty three Columbia alumni, faculty, and current students including writers, directors, producers, actors, cinematographers, and post-supervisors, will showcase at this year’s Tribeca film festival which runs April 24–May 26.
“Strikes a deep emotional chord. It offers a kind of authenticity no other American Fiddler ever has.” —The New York Times
Director of the MFA Acting Program and Associate Professor James Calleri is also the co-owner of Calleri Casting. The company is responsible casting the new Apple series, Dickinson, a web television series created by Alena Smith and produced by Apple's worldwide video programming division. The half hour comedy series “is set during Emily Dickinson’s era with a modern sensibility and tone. It takes viewers into the world of Emily, audaciously exploring the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t…
Acting Alumna Phumzile Sitole '16 recently joined the cast of the critically-acclaimed, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Netflix show, Orange Is the New Black. According to TimesLIVE, Sitole will play Antoinetta 'Akers' Kerson in the sixth season of the popular series, which follows female inmates in a minimum-security prison. Sitole will appear in nine out of thirteen episodes.
Six Alumni received nominations: Jennifer Lee '04 (Frozen), Ayad Akhtar '02 (Junk), Lauren Nicole Cipoletti '13 and Dave Register '15 (Harry Potter), Thomas Kitt '96 (SpongeBob SquarePants), and Mia Yoo '98 (La MaMa E.T.C.).
Alumna Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play got three nominations.
Ito Aghayere is a Nigerian, Canadian, American actress and former White House intern who was never the kind of kid who wanted to grow up to become a ballerina or the President of the United States.
Alum Rebecca Lingafelter '05 discusses their journey as an artist and creator.