Playwriting Events
Playwriting News
The MAP Fund recently announced the recipients of its 2021 grant: Raquel Almazan '15 and Ashley Tata '12.
The New York Community Trust recently announced that Playwriting alumna Daaimah Mubashshir '15 is a 2021 recipient of the prestigious Helen Merrill Award for playwriting.
The winners of Columbia@Roundabout's 2021 New Play Reading Series have been announced. This year marks the sixth anniversary of the series.
Professor Robert O'Hara ’96 and alumnus Torrey Townsend ’13 unite for a creative collaboration in Off Broadway, a biting new satirical comedy.
Playwriting student Alaudin Ullah’s singular play and one-man show, Dishwasher Dreams, will come to life once again at Hartford Stage in Connecticut during its 2021-2022 season.
National Queer Theatre recently announced that Theatre alumnus Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko '09 is one of two inaugural New Vision Fellows.
Several Theatre alumni are participating in various ways in the 2021 Global Forms Theater Festival.
Among several showings, Associate Professor Lynn Nottage’s new play Clyde’s will make its New York premiere in Fall 2021 when Second Stage's Hayes Theater reopens.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Living Document, a new play by alumna Dianne Nora '15, will be presented as a Play-PerView virtual reading on June 12, 2021.
The Playwright’s Room is a series featuring the newest cohort of Columbia Playwriting students.
Award-Winning Playwright and Theatre alumna Daaimah Mubashshir ‘15 will join Bard’s Theater and Performance Program faculty as the Playwright in Residence for Fall 2021.
Theatre alumnus Johnny G. Lloyd ‘20 was named as one of the five winners of the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival for his play, The Problem with Magic, Is.