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Westport Country Playhouse Appoints Gretchen T. Wright Director Of Development
Managing Director Michael Barker says Wright (’17, SOM ’17) “is a rising star with drive and ability that will take the Playhouse to the next level.”
March 11, 2019
Julian Elijah Martinez (’16) Cast in ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’
Martinez will portray Mitchell “Divine” Diggs as a regular on the upcoming series on Hulu.
March 5, 2019
‘BLKS’ Cast Includes Marié Botha and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (’18)
The MCC Theater production also features costume design by Dede Ayite (’11) and sound design by Palmer Hefferan (’13).
Chris Betts (’21) Receives 2019 Richie Jackson Artist Fellowship
The fellowship program assists in the transition from the classroom to a lifelong career in the arts.
March 4, 2019
Benjamin Benne (’21) Receives American Blues Theater Blue Ink Award
Benne’s script Alma (or #nowall) was selected from a pool of 752 submissions.
February 28, 2019
Christie Evangelisto (’03) Joins Artistic Staff At Second Stage Theater
Evangelisto and Bennett Leak have been named Associate Artistic Directors at Second Stage.
February 26, 2019
Kordonsky to Direct U.S. Premiere of Mayenburg Work
Yuri Kordonsky (Directing faculty) will direct Marius von Mayenburg’s The Dog, The Night, and The Knife at the Irondale Theater in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
February 21, 2019
Lupita Nyong’o (’12) a ‘Gracious Role Model for Our Times’
The Academy Award-winning actress discusses storytelling, self-acceptance and Get Out director Jordan Peele’s new film, Us.
February 12, 2019
Edmund Donovan (’17) Wins Clive Barnes Award
Donovan was honored with this year’s Theater Artist Award for his work in Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s Lewiston/Clarkston.
February 11, 2019
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘High Flying Bird’ Airing on Netflix
The Playwriting Chair’s script is called “idiomatic and poetic in its cadences and pleasingly serpentine in its structure.”
February 7, 2019
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