Directing News & Events

Directing alumnus Saheem Ali ’07 directs the upcoming production of Richard II as a part of the annual Shakespeare in the Park series with The Public Theater. Free Shakespeare in the Park has been a pinnacle of New York City artistic endeavors for more than 60 years. The annual productions celebrate the vision of the Public Theater’s founder Joseph Papp, to create theatre that is of, by, and for all people. 

Theatre alumna Ashley Tata '12 launched her livestream production of Mad Forest, a co-production of Theater for a New Audience and the Fisher Center at Bard College. The show played online three times between May 22 and May 27 with quarantined Bard acting students from 14 remote locations via Zoom.

SKiNFoLK: An American Show by alumna Jillian Walker ’17 was selected as a New York Times Critic’s Pick. The production had its first presentation at The Bushwick Starr as a part of the Star Reading Series in 2016. We spoke with Walker about the play’s inaugural reading in 2016. This season, SKiNFoLK returned to the Bushwick Starr with a full length production. The 2020 critically acclaimed production is directed by alumna Mei Ann Teo ’14.

Directing Alumnus Marc Atkinson '16 associate directed Hamlet at St. Ann’s Warehouse alongside Director Yaël Farber. The production transferred to St. Ann’s and screened earlier this month, following a critically acclaimed run at The Gate Theatre in Dublin, in the fall of 2018.

Written by The Presnyakov Brothers

Translated by Sasha Dugdale

Produced by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

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 NJ Agwuna ’18 was selected as a Director for The Drama League 2020 DirectorFest.

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. 

Alumna Kim Wield ’07 directed Keith Hamilton Cobb’s American Moor at Cherry Lane Theatre. 

Musical Classic Cabaret Finds New Meaning in Jonathan Seinen’s Third-Year Director’s Thesis

Directing alumnus Kareem Fahmy ’07 is making a splash in theatre, directing two plays this fall.

Theatrical Outfit, a Theatre based in Atlanta, GA, has named Directing alumnus Matt Torney ’09 its new Artistic Director.