Recent News

University Press Releases Steven Dietz Anthology of Plays

April 20, 2015

Entitled Steven Dietz: Four Plays for Family Audiences, the collection highlights four diverse works, including The Rememberer, Still Life with Iris, Honus & Me, and Jackie & Me.

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Alumnus Tommy Tune to Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony

April 7, 2015 | The New York Times

Theatre and Dance graduate Tommy Tune (B.F.A. '61) will receive special recognition at this year's Tony Awards for achievement in theatre. 

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Professor Andrew Carlson Awarded the Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship

April 2, 2015

The award is granted to deserving faculty members actively engaged in the instruction of freshmen undergraduates.

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An Illustrated Guide to Broadway's Airline Highway

April 2, 2015 | Vanity Fair

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Lisa D'Amour (MA Theatre, 1996) was featured in Vanity Fair for her Broadway debut with Airline Highway, a new play that centers around a community of misfits in D'Amour's hometown of New Orleans. The feature was written and illustrated by D'Amour's former classmate Michael Arthur (PhD Theatre, 1999). Airline Highway premieres at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on April 23. 

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Alumna Lisa D'Amour Juggles "Airline Highway" and "Milton"

March 31, 2015 | The New York Times

Lisa D'Amour's (M.F.A. '96) Airline Highway and Milton highlight facets of American life and present on Broadway and across the country, including performances in the "Miltons."

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Theatre Alumna recognized as 2015 Susan Blackburn Prize Finalists

March 24, 2015 | The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

Lisa D'Amour's (MA Theatre, 1996) play Airline Highway and Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's (MA Play Writing, 2009) play The World of Extreme Happiness were finalists for the 2015 Susan Blackburn Prize, an international award for women playwrights given annually to recognize those who have written works of outstanding quality. 

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Jason Kendall on The Weather Channel

March 12, 2015 | William Paterson University

Jason Kendall (MA Acting, 1996) joined Al Roker and Stephanie Abrams this past month on the morning TV show "Wake Up With Al" on the Weather Channel. This series served as the only live astronomy program on national television. Check out videos of Kendall chatting about the stars here!

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Theatre and Dance and Broadway Bank Present The Cohen New Works Festival April 13-17

February 25, 2015

The biennial event will showcase 38 original, student-produced works in five days on the university campus.

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Editorial Partners Oscar G. Brockett Center and American Theatre Magazine

February 11, 2015

Collaboration provides the university the opportunity to extend the national conversation about theatre history.

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Alumnus George Brant's "Grounded" to Receive Star Treatment in New York

February 6, 2015 | New York Times

George Brant's (M.F.A. 2008) play will show at the Public Theater featuring Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway and Tony Award winner Julie Taymor.