News & Events

Dramaturgy alumna Arminda Thomas ’96 joins the creative team for Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

Dramaturgy alumna Anne Hamilton ’94 co-authored Dramaturgy: The Basics with Walter Byongsok Chon.

Dramaturgy alumna Diana Fathi ’21 is the adapter and director of A Little Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet at Two River Theater.

We talked about movement literacy, intimacy and fight direction, and choreography with Dramaturgy alumna Cristina ‘Cha’ Ramos ’21. 

Here, we talk with Theatre Associate Professor María José Contreras Lorenzini about her career as an artist, the perks of blending theory and practice, and why we should aim to be rigorously undisciplined.

Second year Dramaturgy student, Cami Rose Hancock, is working as a dramaturg for New York City Center’s upcoming Annual Gala Presentation of Parade. The production runs for seven performances only, from November 1–6, 2022. 

We talked about dramaturgy, specifically how it moves in traditional text-based theatre and in the nonverbal dance world, with Professor of Professional Practice and Dramaturgy Concentration Head, Christian Parker ’98. 

Little Amal, a giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl who has thus far traveled over 9,000 kilometers through 12 countries, has made her way to NYC to explore the five boroughs.

Ghost Light, Meet the Dramaturg is a Theatre series featuring Columbia Dramaturgy students, faculty, and alumni, learning about their work, aspirations, and pandemic passion projects.

Alumna Anika Chapin '14 has joined the artistic team at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, where she is taking on the role of Director of Artistic Development. 

Alumni Robbie Armstrong ’21 and Lynn Spector ’15 join the team behind the hotly anticipated new musical, Paradise Square, which opens this week at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre. Armstrong, who studied Stage Management at Columbia, is working behind the scenes as a Stage Management Production Assistant, while Spector, who graduated with an MFA in Dramaturgy, oversees writing as a script supervisor. 

Dramaturgy alumna Lauren Whitehead '14 has been named a finalist for the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.