Drama News & Events

Alumnus Ismael Cruz Cordova Joins Sesame Street

05/17/2013 - Alumnus Ismael Cruz Cordova Joins Sesame Street as Mando the most recent addition to the Sesame Street Neighborhood More

Production & Design Works, 2013

05/01/2013 - Production and Design second year's end of the year design showcase. More

Oo-Bla-Dee

03/11/2013 - Set in post-World War II America, Oo-Bla-Dee follows four black female musicians who dream of hitting it big in the world of bebop music. As they strive to find an outlet for their sound, the band of black musicians struggles to rise above the constraints of racism and sexism.  More

Drama Students Present IN THE HEIGHTS

03/15/2013 - As part of the Drama GAP Show program, Tisch Drama students produce IN THE HEIGHTS. Check out a promo video for their upcoming production. More

topEthan Hawke Visits Drama Faculty Cobina Gillitt's Class

03/14/2013 - Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Marc Sherman made a visit to Drama Theatre Studies course "Expressionism and Beyond" on Tuesday, March 5th, to talk about their current production of Clive (retelling of Brecht's Baal) at The New Group in Theatre Row. More

Drama Faculty Catherine Coray Curates SOLITAIRE

03/11/2013 - Solitaire is a multimedia performance connecting 9/11 in the United States to the Egyptian Revolution. The performance documents, dramatically and visually, some of the experiences of Arab Americans post 9/11, and the impact of these events on the Arab World. It also records the early phase of January 25th Revolution in Tahrir Square through the eyes of an Egyptian woman who changes and creates change in her journey to shape her identity and find peace. More

Associate Teacher of Theatre Studies

03/01/2013 - The Department of Drama, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University invites applications for a one-year Associate Teacher of Theatre Studies position beginning fall 2013. Click here for more information. More

Alibar Talks About Her Oscar Nomination & Training in Drama's ETW

02/25/2013 - Lucy Alibar Talks About Her Oscar Nomination & Training in Drama's Experimental Theatre Wing More

Associate Teacher/Head of Scenic Design Position

02/01/2013 - NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Drama solicits applications for an Associate Teacher/Head of Scenic Design Training for the Production & Design Studio commencing in academic year 2013. Application deadline is April 30, 2013.  More

topTisch 2013 Oscar Nominees Include Ang Lee and Philip Seymour Hoffman

01/10/2013 - Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were announced Thursday, January 10th by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Tisch community continues to be well represented among the nominations.  More

Alumnus Zachary Matusow featured in LIVE DESIGN Magazine!

11/20/2012 - Production & Design alumnus - featured in LIVE DESIGN magazine for his design on Foster The People's Torches tour! More

Hurricane Update: Important Information from the Department of Drama

11/05/2012 - In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the University's closing last week, the Department of Drama has made plans to keep moving forward. Here are updates regarding Admissions, Production, Registration and other relevant information for the Drama community.  More

The Business of Drama (pdf)

10/24/2012 - Join The Tisch Office of Career Development for this two-part workshop about making a living as an actor! Meet agents, casting directors, and producers to learn the REAL business of show business! More

ETW Faculty Paul Langland in Judson Church 50th Anniversary Film Series

10/16/2012 - 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the Judson Church dance group's work, and Paul Langland is to be included in this film series at Anthology Film Archives.  More

topMeisner Faculty Shanga Parker In GOD, MAN, AND DEVIL

10/16/2012 - Meisner Faculty member, Shanga Parker in Jacob Gordin's GOD, MAN AND DEVIL at The Brick. More

DIRECTING PLAYS, DIRECTING PEOPLE

10/16/2012 - Mary Robinson (the Head of Playwrights Horizons Theater School's Directing Program) will be doing a Reading, Discussion and Signing of her book DIRECTING PLAYS, DIRECTING PEOPLE  More

Atlantic's Mary McCann Reviewed In NY Times

10/12/2012 - Atlantic's Mary McCann reviewed for her incredible performance in 'Harper Regan' - "But nothing she has done previously prepared me for the blazing conviction and centeredness of this performance." Click here to read the full review! More

Atlantic's Mary McCann Starring in HARPER REGAN

09/26/2012 - Mary McCann, Executive Director of the Atlantic Acting School is starring in HARPER REGAN by Simon Stephens and directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. The NY premiere of the show is at the Atlantic Theater Company, Sept. 20 – Oct. 28. More

Meisner Faculty Frank Deal in The Bay

09/26/2012 - The Bay, directed by Barry Levinson (Diner, Rain Man. Wag the Dog, Kevorkian), shows next Sat. Sept 29 (at Midnight / The Howard Gilman Theatre / Lincoln Center) and Sun. (at 9 pm / Francesca Beale Theatre / Lincoln Center). Tickets can be purchased at the box office, or on-line (NYFF.com). More

topActing In Real Time

09/17/2012 - NYU faculty member, Paul Binnerts, talks about his new book Acting In Real Time at an NYUBookstore Event Series event. More

Atlantic's Strand Series

10/02/2012 - Join the Atlantic Theater Company as they begin a new partnership with the historic Strand Book Store for a series of public events which will expand the conversation about Atlantic's 2012-2013. More

2012 Welcome Week

09/01/2012 - The arrival of the Department of Drama’s Class of 2016 was something to shout about. At the All-Department Orientation on Tuesday, September 4th, Arts Professor Kevin Kuhlke reminded nearly 400 first-year students of this momentous occasion as he led them in a chant: “You did it! You’re here! You are in New York!” More

2012-2013 StageWorks Announcement!

08/01/2012 - The Department of Drama is excited to announce the 2012-2013 StageWorks Season, accompanied by a message from the Chair, Louis Scheeder. More

Talk To Me Like The Rain & Let Me Listen

06/15/2012 - An evening of six short plays by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Fritz Ertl Free Admission! More

topDrama Students Perform Huddle On The Highline

05/14/2012 - Drama students selected to perform famous avant-garde piece from 1961 at the Highline. More

Harvey Grossman Talkback

04/27/2012 - On Monday, April 23, Harvey Grossman, the surviving assistant to ground-breaking scenic designer, Edward Gordon Craig, spoke to a group of fifty Drama Department students, faculty, and friends.  More

No Time Like The Present

04/22/2012 - One night only --Sunday, April 29 7:00pm. Joe's Pub veteran, Nora York, directs a cast of thirteen students from the Department of Drama of the NYU/Tisch School of the Arts in the cabaret, NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT.  More

FollowSpot Newsletter

04/01/2012 - Announcing the first issue of the Tisch Drama FollowSpot newsletter! Check it out here! More

DramaTalk - ChurchillChat Panel Discussion - Monday 4/9!

04/01/2012 - A dynamic conversation on the plays of Caryl Churchill in conjunction with the Meisner Studio's upcoming projects, Churchill x4. More

topAtlantic Alumna Déa Julien one of Top 10 College Women!

04/01/2012 - Atlantic alumna Dea Julien featured as one of the Top 10 College Women of 2012 in Glamour Magazine. More

Library of Congress Acquires Lee Strasberg Collection

04/01/2012 - The Library of Congress has acquired the initial portion of the personal papers of the American director, producer, actor and acting teacher Lee Strasberg (1901-1982). More

Balancing Act

03/08/2012 - Backstage Online's coverage of Drama Faculty member Paul Lazar and other professors as they balance teaching and performing. More

A Visit from Alan Tudyk

03/08/2012 - Alan Tudyk currently stars on the ABC television series “Suburgatory" and visited the New Studio On Broadway Physical Acting class (Sophomore Class) to do a Workshop on Character Development.  More

Lighting The Way To A Greener Future - Going Green in Theatrical Design: Lighting

03/08/2012 - Recently NYU/Tisch School of the Arts hosted the Broadway Green Alliance workshop "Going Green In Theatrical Design: Lighting." During the workshop students and design professionals discussed ways to develop environment-friendly, sustainable choices in theatrical design and production.  More

topBAMcafé Live All-Stars: Nora York's Power/Play

03/01/2012 - Nora York appears as a BAMcafé Live All-Star in celebration of BAM’s 150th anniversary.  More

Drama Faculty Member Van Santvoord designs "The Sea Plays"

02/01/2012 - Department of Drama Production & Design Studio faculty member Van Santvoord designed the recent production of The Sea Plays at the Old Vic Tunnels. More

Seven Guitars Nominated For Eight SFBATCC Awards

02/01/2012 - Seven Guitars, Directed by New Studio on Broadway Director, Kent Gash, nominated for eight San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards, including Best Director! More

Auditions & Agents & Casting...Oh My!

02/01/2012 - Meet our panel of Tisch alumni and industry professionals as they discuss the basics of becoming a working actor, what happens in the audition room and answer your most burning questions about working in show biz... More

Drama Faculty Member Anthony Turner in RECITAL

01/30/2012 - Baritone, Anthony Turner and Tisch School of the Arts - New Studio on Broadway faculty member will be presented in Recital on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 3:30pm. More

topAlec Baldwin, Bryce Dallas Howard Among Alumni to Snag SAGs

01/29/2012 - Tisch alumni received more accolades in the 2011-2012 awards season. Scoring four more awards at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Tisch alumni were awarded "the Actor" for individual performances as well as on ensemble work. More

Chandra Wilson, Chris Columbus, Dee Rees Among Tisch Alumni Nominated for NAACP Image Awards

01/19/2012 - The NAACP Image Awards is the nation's premier multi-cultural awards show celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (television, recording, literature, motion picture and writing & directing), as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors. More

Liz Swados Returns to La MaMa

01/10/2012 - New York City’s La MaMa Theatre presented encore performances of Liz Swados’ “La MaMa Cantata.” More

A Visit from Kathy Najimy

12/16/2011 - his week, Kathy Najimy, who played giggly Sister Mary Patrick in the “Sister Act” film series, guest lectured during Kristen Johnston’s Advanced Acting class at the Atlantic Acting School. Johnston, a two-time Emmy Award-winner for her performance on TV’s “3rd Rock from the Sun,” moderated the class as Najimy discussed acting and the profession with Department of Drama juniors. More

Nora York "Swerves" at Joe's Pub

12/16/2011 - Department of Drama Adjunct Faculty, Nora York, returned to the Public Theater’s cabaret space, Joe’s Pub, to perform her latest concert, “Swerve.” York, who teaches singing at the New Studio on Broadway and has directed Tisch Drama students in cabarets, talked about how she developed “Swerve.” More

topMasked Stories

12/15/2011 - A life in the theater has been called one “of make believe, of masks.” On Thursday, December 8, 2011, during an end-of-term open class, second-year students in the Department of Drama presented the skills they’ve been learning with theatrical masks this fall. More

Eight Tisch Alumni Nominated for 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

12/14/2011 - The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards will be broadcast on TNT at 8 p.m. (ET) and 5 p.m. (PT).  More

Acting On Film Masterclass with Andrei Belgrader

12/09/2011 - New Studio on Broadway students participated in a special Acting on Film Masterclass with famed TV and Film Director Andrei Belgrader. More

Tony Award Winner Norbert Leo Butz Advises Drama Students

12/08/2011 - Norbert Leo Butz, a 2011 Tony Award-winner for his performance in the musical “Catch Me if You Can,” visited the New Studio Broadway to work with students in Michael McElroy’s Vocal Performance class.  More

Meisner Studio Faculty Bryce Pinkham cast in Broadway's GHOST

12/08/2011 - Bryce Pinkham, faculty member at the Meisner Studio teaching Clown in the second year, has recently been cast in the Broadway-bound production of GHOST: THE MUSICAL.  More

topNew Studio Director, Kent Gash, Directs All-African American God of Carnage

12/08/2011 - Kent Gash will stage the Jan. 11-29, 2012, run that is billed as the first all-African American staging of the play. It will officially open Jan. 18, 2012. More

Drama Sophomore Roxy Schiebergen In Daily News

12/01/2011 - The kind of voice that made partygoers at the Bowery Hotel stop in midconversation and follow the sound of it, as she belted out “New York, New York” in another room. When they arrived to find Roxy performing the song-and-dance number with fellow Tisch musical theatre students, they were even more amazed, because Roxy is in a wheelchair.  More

ETW Share Day with Jessica Hecht

11/01/2011 - On a recent Friday afternoon, Tony Award-nominee and Tisch Drama alumnus, Jessica Hecht, and co-teacher Betsy Aidem, who recently performed at New York's Classic Stage Company, watched students present scenes during the Experimental Theatre Wing's Share Day. More

Theatermania University

11/01/2011 - In the Fall of 2011, TheaterMania University launched as a sub-section of TheaterMania.com with exclusive content for college students, written by college students. Articles on TheaterMania University feature interviews with theatre professionals, blogs about college life, columns about professional and student productions and real-world advice for life after college.  More

Audible.com Workshop for Drama Students

10/01/2011 - How does a teenager feel about making out? On a recent Saturday afternoon Drama student Andrew Butler put voice to one teenager’s thoughts on the subject when he read from D.C. Pierson’s The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To.  More

topTHE MADRAS HOUSE

09/21/2011 - Set in early Twentieth Century London, The Madras House revolves around Philip Madras, son of Constantine, the founder of a successful ladies’ clothing house. More

Oriented For A Life In The Theatre - Drama Orientation 2011

09/01/2011 - With Welcome Week and Labor Day behind them, the Department of Drama’s Class of 2015 gathered to work together as a group for the first time. More than 400 Drama students crossed Washington Square on September 6th to participate in a departmental orientation in the Kimmel Center’s Eisner & Lubin Auditorium.  More

Morning of Workshops

09/01/2011 - The first-ever “Workshop Day,” during which faculty from the Department of Drama led sessions that introduced new students to the wealth of opportunities awaiting them in the Department.  More

Adjunct Faculty Member Sutton Foster is "A Big Belter Who Found a True Voice"

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New York Times Review - Revolting Rhymes

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topJosette Bushell-Mingo

04/05/2011 - Exploring The Greeks Director and actor, Josette Bushell-Mingo, spends a week in residence at Tisch Undergraduate Drama mining Greek Theatre with New Studio On Broadway students.  More

Guilds Recognize Tisch Director & Actors

01/31/2011 - In ceremonies over the weekend, the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild recognized four Tisch alumni in their annual award ceremonies.  More

Backstage.com - "Cabaret Classroom"

11/01/2010 - Backstage.com reports on Sutton Foster and Nora York's Cabaret Classes produced through the 2009-2010 Department of Drama Stageworks Season! More