News from On and Off York Street
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Christopher Akerlind (’89) Puts Spotlight on Opera Maine’s ‘Figaro’
Thje Tony Award winner designed the set and lights for The Marriage of Figaro in Portland.
July 27, 2018
Moses Ingram (’19) Lands Princess Grace Award
The rising third year receives the Theater Scholarship, 2018, Grace Le Vine Theater Award.
Sound Design by Kenneth Goodwin (’12) Helps Power New Musical
Goodwin’s sound design “creates a true concert feel” for innovative Emojiland.
July 26, 2018
Louisa Proske (’12) Wins Princess Grace Award
The director was received the Theater Fellowship, 2018, Robert and Gloria Hausman Theater Award.
Kathy (Ruoran) Li (’18) Named Managing Director of Playwrights Foundation
Kathy recently served as the Associate Managing Director for Special Events at Yale Rep.
July 25, 2018
Tori Sampson (’17) Play Chosen for Vineyard Theatre’s Developmental Lab
This Land Was Made was first staged as Sampson’s Langston Hughes Festival selection in 2015.
Alex McNamara (’20) Preaches ‘Safe Aggression’ for Production Changeovers
The Technical Design and Production students is in her fifth year at the Williamstown Theatre Festival .
July 20, 2018
Chika Shimizu (’15), Grier Coleman (’15), and Caitlin Smith Rapoport (’15) Design World Premiere
The Pond Theatre Company’s design team for The Naturalists also includes Christopher Ross-Ewart (Sound Design, ’17).
July 17, 2018
New Play by Miranda Rose Hall (’17) to Premiere at LCT3
Plot Points In Our Sexual Development will be directed by Margot Bordelon (’13).
Lileana Blain-Cruz (’11) Believes in Making Theatre an Epic Event
The Obie-winning director reveals her directing philosophy, early career missteps, and her pitch to the Park Avenue Armory.
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