News from On and Off York Street

As Charles in “Poughkeepsie is for Lovers” writer-director and actor Connington surprised his colleagues and students with his transformation.

Majok’s Pulitzer-winning “Cost of Living” is now on Broadway, talks about “the precarity of life” and our inherent need to be taken care of.

Andrew Burnap (’16) will star, with designs by Michael Yeargan (’73, Faculty), Jennifer Moeller (’06).

The Henry Hewes Design Awards committee awarded Tipton the award in recognition of a lifetime of achievement.

Adam Rigg (’13), Dede Ayite (’11), and Mikaal Sulaiman (Head of Sound Design) will be honored in the Hewes celebration in October.

The biennial prize recognizing excellence in American theater will be awarded to Anderson for “the ripple, the wave that carried me home.”

Applicants were chosen based on talent, creativity, innovation, and potential for future excellence in the professional theatrical field.

Trask assumed her new role as Associate Artistic Director in August 2022.

‘You Will Get Sick,’ written at the School, will be presented at Roundabout Theatre Company this fall.

“We’ll be speaking the same language,” Randolph said of working with actor-director Sanaa Lathan (’95).