Playwriting Events
Playwriting News
Mention My Beauty, a solo-show written and performed by Associate Professor of Professional Practice Leslie Ayvazian, qill run at New York Theatre Workshop from May 5 through June 14, 2026.
Wilderness Generation, a new play by playwright, Concentration Head, and Associate Professor James Ijames, will premiere with Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) this April.
In collaboration with resident company Play On Shakespeare, 'Macbeth' opened on March 18 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. Migdalia Cruz '84 puts a modern twist on the Shakespearean classic. Read more from the Columbia Spectator.
Vladimir, a novel by Playwriting alum Julia May Jonas '12, has recently been adapted into a Netflix limited series.
Theatre alums Julián Mesri '20 and Meropi Peponides '13 are part of the creative team bringing to life the World Premiere of CANCIONES, an immersive theatrical experience to take place inside an apartment in Flatbush Brooklyn May 2–24, 2026.
Professor of Playwriting and two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage will premiere her new musical adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s novel Imitation of Life this fall at The Shed.
Professor of Playwriting and two time Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage has been selected as a recipient of the 2025-2026 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award.
After years of writing for theatre, Playwriting alum Kim Merill '95 has shifted her focus to fiction. Her newest book Red Girl Jumping (The Journal of Experimental Fiction, 2026) is described as an experimental memoir written by memory personified.
Theatre Professor David Henry Hwang's opera, An American Soldier, has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
Theatre Professor and Playwriting Concentration Head James Ijames is making history in Philadelphia. Three theaters, Arden Theatre Company, Wilma Theater, and Philadelphia Theatre Company, are each presenting a different play from Ijames’s extensive catalogue.
This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Assistant Professor of Theatre James Ijames about plays as communal, interpretive experiences and the importance of getting people together.
Award-winning director and Theatre alum Celine Song '14 discusses the transition from theatre to film, dealing with economic precarity, and the need for artists to put their work in high-stakes environments.