Directing News & Events

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.

Juan Souki '07 has been named Mid Atlantic Arts’s new Executive Director. He joins the celebrated arts organization after serving as Director of Odelia Artists.

Theatre alumni Shayok Misha Chowdhury ’16 and Sam Grabiner ’21 are among the select thirteen playwrights chosen to receive this year’s prestigious Sloan Commission.

Rory McGregor ’17 is the director of No Good Things Dwell in the Flesh, a new play currently running at The A.R.T./New York Theatres. The production has been named a New York Times Critic's Pick. 

From September 15 to 30, 2023, Theatre alumnae Annie Jin Wang ’20 and Nana Dakin ’18 will share in-process productions of their most recent work developed in the SoHo Rep Writer/Director Lab, part of Soho Rep, a civic theater that produces innovative plays.

Theatre alumnus Colm Summers ’22 is taking the helm as director of Every Brilliant Thing at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California.

Theatre alumna Pirronne Yousefzadeh ’09 is the director of The Ants, a new play now on stage at Geffen Playhouse.

Last week marked the opening of the fourth annual Global Forms Theater Festival. Running through June 11, 2023, this year’s festival shines a spotlight on a group of talented artists from the School of the Arts.

Logan Reed ’21 is the Associate Director of Grey House, a new psychological thriller to hit the Broadway stage.