Directing News & Events

“I wanted to go deeper than the intellectual mind,” Directing student Rakesh Palisetty said of his thesis production, Hedda Gabler.

Theater director Anne Bogart draws connections between visual art, performance theory, neuroscience, music, and architecture in her new book.

For his thesis production, student Logan Reed directs two short plays by Thornton Wilder.

Alumnus Rory McGregor ’17 is assisting Academy and Tony Award winner Sam Mendes in his production of The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway this season.

For his thesis production, student Colm Summers directs two rarely-staged short plays by María Irene Fornés.

For her thesis production, Kelly O’Donnell '21 directs a devised, brand-new, brave new production, New World Radio, inspired by radio drama and questions about our future.

The MAP Fund recently announced the recipients of its 2021 grant, naming two projects by SOA alumnae as awardees. La Paloma Prisoner, written by Playwriting alumna Raquel Almazan '15, and TreeTime directed by Directing alumna and professor Ashley Tata '12, will each receive $20,000 in project development funds and $5000 in general operating funds. 

Directing alumna Marike Splint '07 has created 32 Acres, an immersive, site-specific soundwalk for the Los Angeles State Historic Park. The app, which will be available through September 29, 2021, can be downloaded here. 

The MAP Fund recently announced the recipients of its 2021 grant: Raquel Almazan '15 and Ashley Tata '12. 

For his thesis production, Keenan Tyler Oliphant ‘21 brings a new perspective to South African playwright Philip Rademeyer’s play The View.

Professor Robert O'Hara ’96 and alumnus Torrey Townsend ’13 unite for a creative collaboration in Off Broadway, a biting new satirical comedy.

Camille Z. Hayes '21 (Directing) explores the extraordinary four-decade relationship between the poet Mary Oliver and the photographer Molly Malone Cook in her Director's Thesis.