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Calvin Atkinson presents Sally for the School of the Arts's first Directing Thesis production this year. Sally is a reworking and reimagining of Jerome Kern’s forgotten 1921 gem that queries the iconic “rags to riches” story and examines the early American musical itself. Featuring a new book by playwriting student Meg Ledford and new orchestrations by New School MM composer Calvin Hitchcock, the show interrogates the American Dream as it seemed to be in the 1920s, from today’s vantage point.
Theatre alumna Tatiana Pandiani '16 will direct Doménica Feraud's new play, Someone Spectacular, making its world premiere Off-Broadway this summer at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center.
Signature Theatre’s 24/25 season has been announced and will include Fish, a developmental production from playwright Melis Aker ’18, directed by Tatiana Pandiani ’16.
Gatsby: An American Myth, yet another production directed by Theatre alumna Rachel Chavkin ’08, begins preview performances at the American Repertory Theater’s Loeb Drama Center next month, with an official opening set for June.
To honor Rachel Chavkin '08’s prolific and versatile work, the city of New York officially renamed 48th Street “Chavkin Way” in a ceremony held on March 20 outside the Longacre Theatre.
Ghina Fawaz is an MFA student in the Theatre Program at School of the Arts. When she isn’t creating her own dramatic projects at Columbia, she is most likely in the audience at one of countless productions that take place all over the city.
Climate change has been in our cultural discourse for decades, with artists often wielding their work to bring people’s attention to the state of the environment. Director and playwright Adam Marple ’10 is taking this idea to the next level, along with longtime collaborator, playwright Steven Gaultney ’11.
The winners of the 67th annual Obie Awards were recently announced, with several notable Columbia theatre artists on the list.
Theatre alum James Dacre ’10 has launched Living Productions, a company focused on developing and producing a diverse range of creative works in the United Kingdom.
Award-winning theatre group The Civilians has announced that Dramaturgy alumna Elizagrace Madrone ’20 is one of the artists selected for the group’s 23-24 R&D Group. Playwriting alumnus Kareem Fahmy ’07 has also been named one of two inaugural artists in a new project by The Civilians, The Next Forever: New Stories for a Changing Planet.
In Dramatic Influences, we catch up with Columbia Theatre artists and ask them about the things that keep them up at night. What drives these individuals, even as it drives them crazy? This week we spoke with Directing alumnus Kareem Fahmy ’07 about Edward Albee, Wikipedia plays, and Princess Diana.
Rachel Chavkin ’08 is directing the new musical Lempicka which is headed to Broadway in March of next year.