News from On and Off York Street
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Bill Connington (Faculty) Releases Second Feature Film
As Charles in “Poughkeepsie is for Lovers” writer-director and actor Connington surprised his colleagues and students with his transformation.
November 22, 2022
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
CAMELOT at Lincoln Center Features School of Drama Talent
Andrew Burnap (’16) will star, with designs by Michael Yeargan (’73, Faculty), Jennifer Moeller (’06).
Jennifer Tipton (Faculty) Receives Ming Cho Lee Award
The Henry Hewes Design Awards committee awarded Tipton the award in recognition of a lifetime of achievement.
2022 Henry Hewes Design Awards
Adam Rigg (’13), Dede Ayite (’11), and Mikaal Sulaiman (Head of Sound Design) will be honored in the Hewes celebration in October.
September 29, 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
The 1/52 Project Awards Brittany Bland (’19) Inaugural Grant
Applicants were chosen based on talent, creativity, innovation, and potential for future excellence in the professional theatrical field.
September 26, 2022
Emily Trask (’11) Promoted at PCPA – Pacific Conservatory Theatre
Trask assumed her new role as Associate Artistic Director in August 2022.
September 21, 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
What Da’Vine Joy Randolph (’11) Wants, She’ll Create
“We’ll be speaking the same language,” Randolph said of working with actor-director Sanaa Lathan (’95).
August 26, 2022
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