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a.k. payne (’23) Named Blackburn Finalist
‘Love I Awethu Further’ was submitted by Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and Yale Repertory Theatre.
February 8, 2024
Tarell Alvin McCraney (’07) Named Artistic Director of Geffen Playhouse
Effective immediately, McCraney joins the staff in building the 2024-25 Season.
September 13, 2023
MARY JANE by Amy Herzog (’07) on Broadway in 2024
Anne Kauffman, who directed the world premiere at Yale Rep in 2017, will direct again.
Marcus Gardley ’04 Appointed Co-Chair of Playwriting Program
“There is no place I’d rather be than DGSD, sharing knowledge and supporting the next generation of storytellers,” Gardley said.
June 12, 2023
Benjamin Benne (’23) Wins Grand Prize
Manning, first performed at the School in 2021, has won Portland Stage’s Clauder Competition.
April 18, 2023
Alumni Named Finalists for 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Karen Hartman (’97), Sarah Mantell (’17), and a.k. payne (’23) are finalists for the prize honoring women+ in English-speaking theatre.
February 9, 2023
Martyna Majok (’12) on Hoping for Magic, and Wishing for Ghosts
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.
November 9, 2022
Christina Anderson (’11) Awarded 2022 Horton Foote Prize
The biennial prize recognizing excellence in American theater will be awarded to Anderson for “the ripple, the wave that carried me home.”
September 27, 2022
Noah Diaz (’20) An “Artist to Watch”
‘You Will Get Sick,’ written at the School, will be presented at Roundabout Theatre Company this fall.
September 12, 2022
Martyna Majok (’12) Receives Hull-Warriner Award for ‘Sanctuary City’
Presented by the Dramatists Guild Council, the award recognizes a play dealing with controversial and timely subjects.
August 9, 2022
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