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2024
APRIL
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Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin
'14 (BFA, Drama) and '08 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film)
Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production will be released by Focus Press/Routledge on April 29, 2024. Inspired by the worker-driven advocacy efforts of the recent years and their own work in theatrical production, authors Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin investigate the past, present and future of theatrical production practices, from the little-known history of the labor unions involved, through the present-day common abuses of workers, towards a future with more equitable and sustainable career paths.
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Heidi Lux
'07 (BFA, Drama)
Heidi Lux wrote on the Dora the Explorer reboot, which just premiered on Paramount Plus.
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Nick Mills
'06 (MFA, Graduate Acting)
Nick Mills is a lead producer on Stereophonic, currently in previews on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. Mills was a Co-Producer on the Off Broadway production of The White Chip. He also produced the award winning short, Dark Moon, with NYU Grad Acting classmate Michael Izquierdo (`06).
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Lisette Serrano
'23 (BFA, Drama)
La verdadera Lover Girl. Lisette Serrano is ready to welcome you into the world of “Lover Girl”, an immersive experience through music that got her through her heartbreak. With ballads, reggaeton, trap, pop, and rock, Lisette’s bilingual music will have you not only shaking your hips, but crying your eyes out.
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Theo J. Malloy-Judd
'23 (MA, Performance Studies)
Theo J. Malloy (MA '23)'s debut novel, The Heretic Prince, is now available on all major platforms, in paperback and digital formats following a successful Kickstarter campaign! The book is the first in a high fantasy trilogy featuring a trans lead.
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Patrick Terry
'06 (BFA, Drama)
Tisch Alums James Darling (Film/TV 2006) and Patrick Terry (Drama 2006) are sharing their award-winning feature FIRST TIME CALLER with students and faculty on Friday April 19th. The film, which was recently acquired by Buffalo8 for world-wide distribution, won Best Feature at the Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival as well as Best Director at the Seattle Film Festival and is currently available on Amazon Prime. Adapted from an acclaimed podcast, FIRST TIME CALLER, was hailed by Film Threat as "Extremely Inventive and Quite a Ride!"
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Adriana Spencer
'10 (BFA, Drama)
NYU, Tisch alumni Erin McGuff-Pennington and Adriana Spencer are crowdfunding to shoot their inaugural film, ROSALIE, about how an unplanned pregnancy leaves an overwhelmed mother of four determined to end it—and her infertile best friend determined to stop her. The film explores the timely and important subject of bodily autonomy through the lenses of motherhood, friendship, obsession, and desire. Every contribution puts Ruffled Owl Productions closer to our goal of making a powerful film that moves, challenges, and inspires audiences. Even a “follow,” helps our campaign tremendously. Thank you in advance for your support.
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Dawn Scibilia
'95 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Emmy nominee Dawn Scibilia is crowdfunding on Seed&Spark for her documentary MRS. M, about overlooked political powerhouse, Belle Moskowitz co-produced by NYU Assistant Arts Professor Marsh McKeever.
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Jonathan Stern
'89 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Check out our new podcast, MISSION IMPLAUSIBLE -- As former high-level CIA operatives, John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea would create fake conspiracies around the world. Now, with the help of experts, they execute their own fun and fearless investigation into conspiracy theories past and present to assess what's real. And how. And why. Produced by Adam Davidson & Jonathan Stern
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MARCH
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Jill Dolan PhD
'83 (MA, Performance Studies)/'88 (PhD, Performance Studies)
Jill Dolan has taught at many universities, including at Princeton for the last 17 years, and is now concluding her term as dean of the college there. She holds the Annan Professor in English and is Professor of Theatre in the Lewis Center for the Arts, an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the 2011 winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for her blog, THE FEMINIST SPECTATOR. She is the author of many books and articles on feminist and queer theatre and performance.
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Sea Shimooka
'16 (BFA, Drama)
Sea Shimooka stars in Netflix's new sci-fi series 3 Body Problem from the creators of Game of Thrones. The story, based on the trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Cixin Liu, begins in 1960s China when a young woman makes a fateful decision that reverberates across space and time into the present day. When the laws of nature inexplicably unravel, a tight-knit group of brilliant scientists must join forces with an unflinching detective to stop humanity’s greatest threat. 3 Body Problem is now streaming on Netflix.
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Jimmica Collins
'13 (BFA, Drama)
Jimmica Collins (TSOA ‘13) is a new Muppet Performer on Sesame Street! She performs as Grandma Nell, a new character introduced on Season 53. Jimmica is also a puppeteer on Season 2 of Donkey Hodie with PBSKIDS (Spiffy/Fred Rogers Productions). She performs as Rockstar Penguin, among many other characters. Jimmica is making her Broadway debut March 2024 at The New Victory Theater playing the titular character in Aanika's Elephants–A new play for families produced by Sesame Street writers, designers, and performers.
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Erica A. Hart
'12 (BFA, Drama)
Erica A. Hart, CSA, recently won a CSA Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting For a Live Television Performance, Variety, or Sketch — Comedy, Drama, or Musical for A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW on HBO. Additionally, she was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for New York Broadway Theatre — Comedy or Drama for DEATH OF A SALESMAN starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke.
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Adam Lichtenstein
'87 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Richard Shepard’s (TSOA/UGFTV ’87) documentary “Film Geek,” edited by Adam Lichtenstein (TSOA/UGFTV ’87) will show at the Film Forum during the Out of the 80’s series May-June 2024. “Film Geek” is inspired by Shepard’s experiences growing up in New York City as he fell in-love with the movies and cherished movie houses like Theatre 80 St. Marks, the New Yorker and the Thalia. The documentary is comprised of clips from over 200 movies, as well as footage from Shepard’s personal archives, which underscore his relationship with his mysterious father. Editor Adam Lichtenstein also edited I KNEW IT WAS YOU: REDISCOVERING JOHN CAZALE for HBO. I Knew It Was You is a loving portrait of the acting craft of actor John Cazale and a tour through the movies that defined a generation. Adam also edited NBC’s A.P. BIO, MTV's The Hills, Adult Swim’s CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, Comedy Central’s KEY & PEELE, WORKAHOLICS and Funny or Die’s NO ACTIVITY. Also along the way, there have been Sundance selections (SCOTLAND, PA), music videos (The Beatles' Free As A Bird), SNL parody commercials, TV docu-dramas, indie crime thrillers, scores of splashy Super Bowl ads and the occasional global sensation like Amazon/Freevee’s documentary-style comedy series JURY DUTY.
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Olivia Millar-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Olivia is currently Associate Director to Iqbal Khan for the UK National Tour of Silence. "SILENCE is a new play focused on communal storytelling – presenting a shared history inspired by the remarkable personal testimonies of people who lived through the last days of the British Raj. Commissioned to mark the 75th anniversary of partition, SILENCE is adapted from Kavita Puri’s acclaimed book Partition Voices: Untold British Stories and was originally co-produced with the Donmar Warehouse."
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Ashton Tibbitt
'18 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)/ '22 (MA, Performance Studies)
The Climate Opera Project is a collection of four short operas celebrating Earth Day 2024 depicting unlikely heroes reeling from the cataclysm of human-influenced natural disasters. From a revengeful polar bear watching its home disappear to a water-stealing cactus, these operas tackle issues of the environment with humor and hope. (This has many Tisch people involved. Additional performances commemorating Earth Day 2024 will be held at NYU’s John A. Paulson Center Theatre C on April 27 and April 28.)
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Betsy Nagler
'95 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
In 2023, Betsy Nagler was selected to participate in The Writers Lab and the Stowe Narrative Lab with her thriller pilot, PRICELESS.
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Eva Schegulla
'83 (BFA, Tisch School of the Arts)
Full-length drama FALL FOREVER scheduled for a staged reading on April 7 at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY as part of the Gilmmer Globe Theatre's NEXT! series.
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Jake Schick
'21 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
After a limited theatrical release, the 2023 feature film MECHANICAL BULLS is now available on Amazon Prime and other streaming services! The movie was written & directed by Jake Schick (TSOA) and Josh Lauder (TSOA), Co-Produced by Carol Zeitune & Brandi Powell (TSOA) Production Design by Sutton Revell (TSOA), Sound mixing by Rhea Li (TSOA) and Kris Malinin (Steinhart) and Sara Bartel (TSOA), Cinematography by Sam Lowenberg (TSOA), Michael Oluokun (TSOA), William Kallmeyer (Gallatin), Ben Kaufman Shalett (TSOA) with Miranda Kang, Kenneth Andrew, and Claire Smith.
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Jennifer Vermut
'92 (BFA, Photography & Imaging)
Absinthia's Bottled Spirits Wins Best of Category: Absinthe at Beverage Testing Institute with an outstanding 95 points! Experience the pinnacle of absinthe excellence!
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Michael Fiore '99
(BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Writer/Director Michael Fiore '99 has a new feature documentary in theaters in NY, LA, and NJ. VESELKA: THE RAINBOW ON THE CORNER AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD tells the 70-year story of New York City's beloved Ukrainian restaurant Veselka -- a second kitchen to most NYU students and alums. See VESELKA in theaters through March 14. Audience attendance this Friday and Saturday will determine if the documentary is extended another week - so get your tickets today! Bring your Village East Cinema ticket stub to Veselka (144 2nd Ave.) after for $5 off any item.
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FEBRUARY
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Tobias Carroll
'99 (BFA Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
My third novel, In the Sight, was released in early February by Whisk(e)y Tit Books. It's a surreal road novel loosely inspired by Destroyer's album "This Night."
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Andrea Foshee Passafiume
'92 (BFA, Cinema Studies)/ '94 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Andrea Foshee Passafiume (BFA Cinema Studies '92, MA Cinema Studies '94) is a veteran film programmer, consultant and writer based in the Washington, D.C. Metro area. She is currently an Associate Programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival, Lead Programmer for the Seattle Deaf Film Festival, and Programming Associate with both the Sundance and Athena Film Festivals. Previous Programming positions include Head Programmer of AFI DOCS, Programming Consultant for Filmfest DC, and member of the Screening Committees for DOC NYC and Camden International Film Festival. Andrea has served as a judge for the Gracie Awards, a juror and moderator for a variety of film festivals, and a member of the nominating committees for the Cinema Eye Honors and IDA (International Documentary Association) Awards. In 2022, she was appointed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to serve on the Disability Committee for the Academy Foundation’s In Frame project.
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Rosemary Rotondi
'86 (MA, Cinema Studies)
An archival researcher/archival producer with 35+ years of experience my latest documentary film is directed by Stanley Nelson, San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Forgotten Neighborhood, commissioned by Lincoln Center. I served as Lead Researcher on the late Nancy Buirski's documentary featured entitled Desperate Souls, Dark City and The Legend of Midnight Cowboy. A documentary feature on which I served as lead researcher and archival producer, Stanley Nelson's Academy Award nominated documentary, ATTICA, remains in rotation on SHOWTIME.
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Ilyana Kadushin
'93 (BFA, Drama)
Ilyana Kadushin is the founder of Stories Love Music (501c3) and created a special music and storytelling program called The Joy of Creative Engagement, which is now being taught to caregivers who care for those with dementia across the nation. Ilyana also co-produces and co-hosts "The No, I Know" Podcast ,which recently produced an audio documentary about the environment, called "Waterways to Airwaves" which was awarded a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. Visit her sites to learn more.
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Tanya O'Debra
'23 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
TANYA O’DEBRA received a Support for Artists grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support her creative work. Sponsored by Fractured Atlas, this award will fund JUDITH. Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since Spring 2023 to over 1,500 artists and organizations across the state.
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Edisa Weeks
'05 (MFA, Dance)
Connected like a puppet to objects that have informed the Black experience in America, Edisa integrates black face, white face, storytelling and dance to dig into the foundations of Liberty in America. 3 RITES: Liberty humorously and poignantly insists on a reckoning with our past and present.
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Giorgia Valenti
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Et Alia Theater is proud to present Until Dark by Federica Borlenghi, a new play that reflects on consent and the intricacies of sisterhood, while testing its ties and boundaries. SPECIAL DISCOUNT CODE: ETALIAXNYU When Cass is accused of a heinous crime, her sister Jackie decides to take over the case. But when Lisa, their other sister, shows up in town for solidarity, she realizes there is more to the allegations than what she was told. Feb 15th - March 3rd at Out of the Box Theatrics. Founded by international women, Et Alia Theater champions multicultural, women-centered storytelling.
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JANUARY
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Carin Leong
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Leong directed 'Sandcastles', a documentary film premiering at SXSW 2024.
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Claire Olivia Moed
'95 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Announcing the publication of my book, IT WAS HER NEW YORK (Rootstock Publication)-true stories and fierce snapshots about a lesbian pianist going downhill, a daughter fighting to help her stay afloat and all the New Yorkers they meet seeking home.
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Bill Pruitt
'15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
‘A House is Not a Disco’ will be premiering in the 2024 SXSW Documentary Feature Competition. Produced by Jeremy Truong ‘18, Edited by Blake Pruitt ‘15 and Kyle Sims ‘18, B-Cam Operators Matt Foundoulis ‘19 and Peter Pascucci ‘17, and Sound Designer/Mixer Arjun Sheth ‘11.
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Stephen Nachamie
'94 (BFA, Drama)
Stephen Nachamie was honored to return to Tisch / New Studio on Broadway to direct a wonderful and fearless cast in the Steve Martin / Edie Brickell musical BRIGHT STAR in December Mr. Nachamie is an Award Winning Stage and Film Director and Arts Educator living in NYC.
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Naomi Vladeck
'97 (MA, Performance Studies)
In Braving Creativity, Artists Who Turn the Scary, Thrilling, Messy Path of Change into Courageous Transformation, author Naomi Vladeck shares how the death of her husband became the catalyst that ignited her courage to create the life and work she loves. This book is an intimate collection of personal stories from fifteen performing and other independent artists who make their art after a crisis has blown up their lives, or as a result of a life-changing opportunity, or from a burning desire to grow beyond their current experience.
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2023
DECEMBER
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Alexandra Berger
'91 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Alexandra Berger has produced the compelling short documentary "American Santa," now streaming on the LA Times. Far from a typical holiday story, this film is a powerful commentary on American racism, viewed through the unique lens of Black Santas. Executive Producer Billy Porter describes it as “an amazing film…beautiful and devastating all at once.” Selected for the DocNYC Shortlist, an early indicator of Academy Award potential, "American Santa" is now available in the Academy Screening Room. The film is engaging in FYC screenings for Academy members: December 7th, 7PM at the Culver Theatre in LA and December 12th, 8PM at DCTV in NYC, with reception to follow. The NYC event, co-hosted by Executive Producer Billy Porter and Academy member Lisa Cortés, will also feature a Q/A with Producer Alexandra Berger and Director Avi Zev Weider. Click HERE to RSVP, priority given to Academy members. Join us in sharing this film's message of love and acceptance. Follow the movie at www.americansantamovie.com RSVP: https://bit.ly/americansanta & latimes.com/shortdocs
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NOVEMBER
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Tobias Carroll
'99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
A revised edition of Tobias' 2016 short story collection Transitory is scheduled for release on December 1, 2023 on 7.13 Books. This new edition features three additional stories not in the first edition.
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Kim Bixler
'23 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
Apply today for a two-week intensive performing arts workshop in early 2024 featuring body percussion, movement, voice, acting, and dance, led by founder and artistic director of R.Evolución Latina, Luis Salgado. Those accepted will receive a full scholarship to the program. The two-week workshop will be followed by a showcase opportunity in front of influential theater makers and producers, featuring the Brazilian Body Percussion Musical: BARBA by GMTW's Carlos Bauzys and Kim Bixler (Cycle 32). *****Application Due: November 20th, 2023****. Learn more and apply via the link below:
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Spencer Gilbard
'16 (BFA, Drama)
Department of Drama alum Spencer Gilbard has been recognized by Shoutout LA for his accomplishments in podcasting with LOL Comedy Club.
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Julie Sharbutt
'09 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Julie Sharbutt's short horror film SCAM, which she Wrote and Directed, premiered in April 2023 at the Oscar Qualifying RiverRun International Film Festival and has since screened at over 30 festivals and won Best Short Fiction at the Nevada Women's Film Festival and Best Comedy Horror Short and Best Actress at the Haunted House Fear Festival.
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Tanya Zimbardo
'01 (BFA, Photography & Imaging)
Tanya Zimbardo is guest curating the first posthumous exhibition survey of the late New York City and San Francisco-based environmental artist and nonprofit founder Bonnie Ora Sherk (1945-2021). The nonprofit Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco will present "Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames Since 1970" (January 13 - March 10, 2014) and host a symposium and publication launch at the close of the exhibition; Zimbardo is co-editing with Frank Smigiel the accompanying catalog (D.A.P.)
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Emily Sheskin
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film 7 TV)
JessZilla, a documentary feature film, about a tenacious young boxer is making its New York City premiere at DOC NYC. The film is helmed by Director Emily Sheskin and shot by Director of Photography Paul Yee. The film premieres at IFC Center on November 11th, at 12:30 PM.
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OCTOBER
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karen EiLbacher
'10 (BFA, Drama)
"Antiquated F*ckery" By Jessica Charles Directed by Cristina Angeles With karen EiLbacher and Davon Williams 59E59 Theaters - Oct 8-28, 2023 Two Black, queer artists try to make it in an industry that considers them at once too Black and not Black enough.
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Kevin Park
'16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Kevin is a part of Disney Launchpad Season 2, an incubator program designed to uplift filmmakers from marginalized backgrounds. The short film he wrote for Launchpad is now on Disney +. It's called "The Ghost", and it's actually featured on the D+ Halloween collection! The film is also an official selection at the upcoming Urbanworld Film Festival.
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Juliet Giglio
'90 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film)
Join us for the book launch party of our second novel- THE TROUBLE WITH TINSEL - on Friday, Oct. 13th @7 pm at P&T Knitwear Books at 180 Orchard Street in the LES. Come for the refreshments, stay for the lively Q&A and signing!
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Susanna Reich
'76 (BFA, Dance)
PASS THE BABY, by Susanna Reich '76 (BFA, Dance), illustrated by Raúl Colón, releases 10/17. This is their first collaboration since JOSE! BORN TO DANCE (2005), winner of the Tomás Rivera Children¿s Book Award and the International Latino Book Award.
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Vinay Umapathy
'19 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
'Behind The Line’ is a short dramedy thriller written and being directed by Vinay Umapathy. The film follows, Laith (played by Shubh Nanda) as an assistant who climbs the ladder at a award-winning production company and gives up his values in the name of success and his acclaimed, yet abusive boss.
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Martha Diaz
'16 (MA, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation)
As we continue to celebrate Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, Martha Diaz is one of the Archive Producers for the A&E Series Hip Hop Treasures (MIAP Class of 2016). She was also the lead archive researcher for the Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur documentary miniseries on FX, which premiered this past April.
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Alex Mazzucchelli
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Singer/Songwriter Alex Mazzucchelli (Tisch 14') drops two new singles this Fall! Check out "Hot & Bothered" and "All In (Dealer's Choice)" on all streaming platforms. https://linktr.ee/alexmazzmusic
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Justin Ott
'00 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Justin is the Director of Photography on a new HGTV show, "What's Wrong With That House". The program will air two episodes on Saturday mornings at 10am and 11am starting Saturday, September 23rd. You can stream WWWTH on MAX starting in January.
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Malika Samuel
'13 (BFA, Drama)
MSNR Drama Faculty and alumni Malika Samuel is currently in the World Premiere of Eliana Pipe’s Bite Me directed by Rebecca Martinez. This WP Theater coproduction with Colt Coeur runs through October 22nd. Don’t miss it!
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SEPTEMBER
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Alex Familian
'13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Alex produced and edited the feature film APPENDAGE. After premiering at SXSW in early 2023, the film will land on Hulu on October 2nd. The film also features Tisch '12 alumni Adam Butterfield.
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James Clements
'14 (BFA, Drama)
James Clements, a Scottish actor, theatremaker and educator, has been named the 23-24 Teaching Artist in Residence and the Arts Entrepreneurship Fellow at the NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development's Creative Career Hub at the NYU Production Lab.
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Adam Lough
'01 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
My series Telemarketers on HBO (MAX) which I co-created, executive produced and co-directed launched in August.
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Julie Malnig
'88 (PhD, Performance Studies)
Julie Malnig, Professor of Dance and Theater Studies at NYU's Gallatin School, recently published her latest book "Dancing Black, Dancing White: Rock 'n' Roll, Race, and Youth Culture of the 1950s and 1960s" (Oxford University Press, May 2023). In the book, Malnig delves deep into the intricate interplay among dance, race, and youth culture during a transformative era. "Dancing Black, Dancing White," which focuses on the highly popular phenomenon of the televised teen dance program, illluminates the vibrant and often overlooked contributions of diverse communities to the evolution of rock 'n' roll dance. The lively book sheds light on the rich tapestry of experiences, challenges, and triumphs that shaped the dance floor of the 1950s and 1960s. Malnig's previous works include "Dancing Till Dawn: A Century of Exhibition Ballroom Dance" and "Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader."
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Ryan Raftery
(BFA, Drama)
Ryan Raftery returns to Los Angeles for the first time since 2019 with his seventh celebrity biomusical about America's most famous mom! Mother of the Year finds Kris Jenner desperate for more kids to schill, so she travels to Laos for an experimental fertility treatment. Something goes wrong and she’s afflicted with temporary amnesia and is forced to stay in Laos to be re-educated about the role she’s played in creating “The Kardashians” as we know them. Then, she finds out that the experiment actually worked and she’s pregnant at 67 with a girl! However, now that she has new clarity on her parenting choices, she considers whether or not she wants to continue the pregnancy. But UH OH! Roe v Wade has been overturned during her stay abroad, which galvanizes the "New Kris" into using her family’s 1.2 billion followers to do something good for women everywhere and help get the law reinstated. And it’s a musical!
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Sarah Segal-Lazar
'11 (BFA, Drama)
The Femme Fatale of Folk is back with her new album VALLEYS. Produced by Matthew Barber, the album is a soulful Americana tapestry of life's highs and lows. With nods to nostalgic country and riffs that will have you coming back again and again, VALLEYS is bound to soon be a contemporary folk-country favourite. Stream VALLEYS wherever you get your music.
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AUGUST
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Kathleen Kinsolving
'95 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Kathleen's play "Pike" will be performed at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on Sunday, September 3 at 7 pm.
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Sophie Leiton Toomey
'23 (BFA, Drama)
Sophie Leiton Toomey will be making her Green Room 42 debut with Broadway Actor Miki Abraham (Shucked) on September 18th as part of the performance A Thousand Times Enough! @charmedkikyo
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Vatsal Neelakantan
'12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
I'm really happy to share that my first film as a writer-director, 'Friday Night Plan' will be released worldwide by Netflix on 1st September 2023!
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Tom Patterson
'05 (BFA, Drama)
Tom is going to be in Mint Theater Company's production of "Partnership" by Elizabeth Baker this fall. The production is directed by Jackson Grace Gay and will run off-Broadway from September 30 to November 12 at Theatre Row.
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JULY
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Heather Andelsman
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
GREAT WHITE LIES, a short film written & directed by two-time cancer survivor Heather Andelsman is premiering at the Academy Award-qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival. The film explores what returning to life is like after surviving cancer as an adolescent, based on the experience of the writer/director. For tickets and additional information, visit our website. Please find below the full list of NYU alumni/faculty involved in the making of this production. CAST Hope Luna - BECK (Tisch Drama 2021) Jacqueline Bonsignore - ILANA (Tisch Drama 2020) Aja Hinds - ELLIE (Tisch Drama 2020) CREW Una Campbell - PRODUCER (Undergrad Film & TV 2023) Marcel Andre - PRODUCTION DESIGNER/STYLIST (Undergrad Film & TV 2021) Hunter Hanson - COMPOSER/MUSIC EDITOR (Steinhardt Faculty) Kalliopi Magnis - 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (Stern/Tisch 2024) Nico Love - ASST to 1ST AD (Undergrad Film & TV 2023)
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Eric Andrews
'87 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Became Pastor at The Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Lincoln Center July 1, 2023. St. Paul's is noted for it's diversity and inclusion of all, as well as its strong connection to the Arts, Media, and Culture in New York City. The Church is located at Columbus Ave & 60th Street.
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Jacquelyn Landgraf
'05 (BFA, Drama)
The Elysian is thrilled to announce that Jacquelyn Landgraf will join the company as its new Artistic Director. Jacquelyn will oversee all of the programming and artistic activities at the theater, including incubating new projects, building a producing pipeline, developing a rich slate of classes and workshops, and continuing to foster the Elysian as a home base for a diverse and collaborative community of LA’s most electric voices in experimental comedy and theater.
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Rosemary Rotondi
'86 (MA, Cinema Studies)
On HBO now, LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK, directed by Anthony Caronna and Executive Produced by Howard Gertler. Aired July 9, 16, 23, 30th and available on demand with HBO and SteamMax subscription. Lead researcher and co-archival producer. Lead researcher on Nancy Buirski's documentary feature, DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGH COWBOY. Premiered at Film Forum and the Laemmle LA, and now showing nationwide. Currently working as archival producer for two Firelight Films documentary films for release in late 2023-2024. Resume/credits list available here: www.archivalfilmresearch.com ATTICA, Academy Award nominated documentary feature directed by Stanley Nelson, remains in rotation on SHOWTIME. I served as lead researcher/archival producer on this documentary feature.
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Marissa Díaz
'12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Marissa is a finalist in McDonald's Spotlight Dorado short film competition and will be awarded $75,000 to write, direct, and produce a short film.
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Robert Sommer
'91 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Robert Sommer has joined Corcoran as a real estate broker specializing in NYC rentals and sales. Need assistance finding your dream home? Reach out!
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Marchelle Thurman
'09 (BFA, Drama)
Marchelle Thurman’s award-winning feature film Black White and the Greys, which she co-wrote, co-directed, acted in, and executive produced, has received distribution from Indie Rights and is now available on Amazon, Google Play, and YouTube.
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JUNE
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Steve Brand
'74 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film)
KADDISH, Steve's recently restored documentary film about growing up as the child of a Holocaust survivor, was screened on June 14, 2023 at the International Gathering of Nahum Goldmann Fellows in Israel, sponsored by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. 35 Goldmann Fellows from around the world attended. Following the screening there was a Q&A with myself in New York City and the film's subject, Yossi Klein Halevi, in Israel, moderated by film historian and educator Dr. Eric Goldman. The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture's support (along with that of the Sundance Institute) was critical to realizing the 4k Restoration of KADDISH.
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Kalina Ivanov
'83 (BFA, Design for Stage & Film)/ '89 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film)
Kalina has been elected as a Governor of the Production design branch in the ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES AND SCIENCES for a three-year term.
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Nanci Gaglio
'95 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Nanci's newest short "I Saw What I Saw" will premiere, and is an official selection at LA Shorts International, July 2023. "Venus Rising" my TV pilot script is a winner with the Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, May 2023.
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Ken Schafer
'87 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
First YA Novel "An Otherwise Perfect Plan: A Novel of Mystery, Love, and of Chocolate that Defies Description" will be available on July 31 from Amazon and B&N and others. Follow us at link below to read the first chapters and $1.99 release pricing.
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Richard Dorfman
'81 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film)
I am "retired" but continue to work as a Captain for the schooner Pioneer for South Street Seaport Museum and as a member of the exhibition lighting team for the Guggenheim Museum.
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Debra Kasmauski Frech
'79/'89 (BFA/MFA, Dance)
Debra Kasmauski Frech (DM Frech) 2nd poetry chapbook QUIET TREE, is in advance sales for its Sept 2023 publication with Finishing Line Press
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Emmett Jack Lundberg
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Emmett Jack Lundberg's award-winning web series BROTHERS, about a group of trans masc friends, was recently included in Mashable's list of "39 binge-worthy LGBTQ TV shows to watch this Pride"
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David Atere
'23 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
I'm a Film and TV grad set to start in the Langone Part-time MBA program in the fall. I'm developing at tv show and require funding for the pilot. Any support is appreciated!
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Brídín Clements Cotton
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Brídín Clements Cotton received one of the inaugural grants from the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation. The grant will support Brídín's research on stage management practices in the MENA region, with an initial focus on Beirut and Cairo, and the sharing of the findings with other stage managers and educators.
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Ilyana Kadushin
'93 (BFA, Drama)
Ilyana Kadushin who co-produces and co-hosts the No, I Know Podcast, recently received a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust to develop programming that will help listeners understand more about the environment, what’s going on to help restore waterways, what’s happening in the conservation community in other regions of the Chesapeake, and discover how they can get involved to help protect, restore, and appreciate Delmarva’s natural treasures. Her podcast will produce this series and journey near and far to learn things like where our water comes from, where it goes, and what communities are doing to become more connected both to each other and their local environments. The 8-part series will air later in 2023. Ilyana is also the Founder and Executive Director of Stories Love Music, a non profit that teaches caregivers how to use music in their caregiving of those with Alzheimer's.
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Daniel Kreizberg
'19 (BFA, Drama)
"Tahlequah the Whale: A Dance of Grief" an animated short film written/directed/narrated by Daniel Kreizberg, recently had its World Premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Animayo Film Festival in Gran Canaria, Spain. It was awarded the "Special Mention of the Festival" by Animayo's director and programming committee, who called it "heart-wrenching" and a "masterpiece."
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Sharon Lopez
'21 (BFA, Drama)
My theater company is putting on its first OFF-BROADWAY show premiering June 25th, 2023. I Co-founded ConAlma Theater Company with an all Latin ensemble to highlight the beauty in the cotidiany of our rich culture. With the mission of celebrating Latin culture creating a bilingual theatrical experience rooted in the soul, I am proud to be producing Argentinian Martin Chamorro's "Our Home on Ludlow." This will be my NYC theater debut, and I am proud to share the stage with Latin artists. Opening night is already sold out! There are still tickets for June 26-29th, the show will take place at Symphony Space in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater.
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Kamran Saliani
'16 (BFA, Drama)
For Kamran's work as the Resident Actor & Founding Artistic Director of the Irvington Shakespeare Company, he was recognized as a 2023 Westchester Wunderkind who has excelled in their respective fields and is making waves throughout Westchester County and beyond — all before the age of 35.
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Jonah Zeiger
'04 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film)
Jonah Zeiger was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Film for the City of Chicago where he oversees the Chicago Film Office and supports industry growth, development and new projects on behalf of the City.
MAY
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Juan Felipe Zuleta
'16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
'Unidentified Objects' directed by Juan Felipe Zuleta '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and produced by Masha Leonov '14 (NYU Stern) will premiere at Cinema Village this weekend with a Q&A on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Digital release on June 9th.
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Cory Choy
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
"Esme, My Love" with director Cory Choy ('06) and cinematographer Fletcher Wolfe ('07) will have its digital release June 2nd.
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Kim Curtis
'03 (MFA, Cinema Studies)
Kim Curtis recently accepted a position as Director of Communications & Outreach at the University of Virginia's Rare Book School, which provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and skill levels to study the history of written, printed, and digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.
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Curtis John
'14 (MA, Cinema Studies)
STONEBREAKERS, the latest documentary produced by Curtis Caesar John, makes its NYC premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival on June 3. The doc chronicles the conflicts around monuments that arose in the USA during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election.
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Julia Maldonado
'08 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Julia is pleased to share the off-Broadway debut of her play MUSES produced by Theatre East at the Court Square Theatre directed by NYU faculty member Judson Jones and featuring performances from NYU alumni Thammie Quach and Lauren Sowa. In Muses, a painter must confront the unthinkable actions of her estranged husband after a teenage girl shows up at her studio door. MUSES explores the complicated and sometimes compromising relationship between an artist and their subject. What’s the cost of speaking up? Is art activism… or the illusion of activism? The play runs from May 11 - June 3.
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Clymene Aldinger
'18 (MA, Performance Studies)
CLYMOVE’s inaugural dance Gala will take place on Friday, May 26! We are delighted to honor modern dance legend Elisa Monte at the event, and establish The Elisa Monte Leadership Legacy Award. To purchase tickets for the dance gala, which include the performance and a post-show cocktail reception at Baba Cool, please visit www.clymove.org/spring23.
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George Demas
'92 (BFA, Drama)
George is currently co-writer and producer of "My Spartan Dream", a feature film shot in Greece in April/May of 2022. He also played Dr. Sloper this past March in Manhattan in Axis Company’s adaptation of Henry James' novella Washington Square.
APRIL
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Sherrie Fell
'95 (BFA, Drama)
Sherrie Fell Co-Produced and Edited the Short Documentary "Taste of the Indigenous" which has won the Boden Int. FF Sweden, Gulf of Naples Int. FF, the AFMX FF, New Mexico and was selected for the Cannes International FF. She is currently working on her television series Music To Watch Girls By.
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Olivia Millar-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Olivia Millar-Ross performs as Frankie in VOLCANO HORSE MAN, a Dropshack Films production for BBC Short Stuff. This Short Stuff Compilation contains the freshest new sketches from Scotland, featuring established and emerging comedy writers, performers and directors.
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Michael Bauer
'05 (BFA, Drama)
Michael Bauer wrote, produced, and stars in the new kids TV show "Space Lightning," now streaming on YippeeTV and Amazon Prime. Described as Star Trek meets Lazy Town, "Space Lightning" follows Intergalactic Influencer May Starshine, her crew, and her zany Space Fleet Captain (played by Bauer) on their adventures through the galaxy. The show centers around themes of environmentalism, and the set is made completely out of recycled cardboard! All eight episodes on season one are available for streaming on Amazon Prime.
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Liz Litvak-Smull
'89 (BFA, Dance)
Liz is graduating May 20th with a Masters in School Counseling from Loyola University Maryland. Working for Howard County Schools in Maryland.
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April Brucker
'07 (BFA, Drama)
April Brucker’s streaming online comedy TV special “April Backstage” can be seen on Uncaged TV UK April 28-May 7
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MARCH
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Steven Parisi-Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Last night, Steve was one of only 20 performers in Woodstock Bookfest's infamous opening night Story Slam. With "but what if it was a dream' as the key line in each 4 minute piece, The night at Bearsville Theater continued the event's notorious reputation for fun and creativity.
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Marija Krtolica
'96 (BFA, Dance)/'10 (MA, Performance Studies)
The Embodiment of the Unconscious, Hysteria, Surrealism and Tanztheater - an interdisciplinary study of hysterical scenes in performative dance by Dr. Marija Krtolica published by Edwin Mellen Press in 2023
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Michael Finke
'11 (BFA, Drama)
Michael Finke’s new play/musical opened Off Broadway on March 17, 2023 at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T. /New York Theatres, 502 W. 53rd off 10th Avenue, New York, New York, 10019
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Samantha Nell
'14 (MFA, Grad Film)
Debut Feature Film - South African comedy "Do Your Worst", directed by Samantha Nell, premieres in 190 countries on Netflix
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Steven Parisi - Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steve has a mixed media artwork gracing the mantle of the Carnegie fireplace of the Saugerties Library during the group "Altered Books" exhibit in March & April. Reception April 14, 5-7pm. The exhibit featured art created from discarded library books, on display throughout the library.
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Jana Peri
'89 (BFA, Drama)
JANA PERI: One Woman Is Enough! (Songs, Stories, Humor and Heartbreak) Friday, March 24th 2023 at Pangea in NYC “Electrifying” East Village rock singer/songwriter/musician Jana Peri taps into her theatre and cabaret roots to bring you this intimate performance, showcasing her sharp sense of humor, hook-heavy melodies and clever lyrics. “…Peri brings a welcome, refreshing and downright infectious glee, vigor, and intelligence to good old straight-up jumpin’ with no needless flash or pretense rock…wonderfully big’n’brassy singing, delightfully acidic and mature say-it-like-you-see sensibility…” - Jersey Beat There is a $20 minimum per person (food or beverage). Online tickets are $20 for general admission. Tickets at the door are $25 (Cash Only). The house opens at 9:00pm for food and beverage service. Pangea is known for its delicious food. Seating is first come first served. Please arrive early.
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Daniela Rivera Antara
'18 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
My first solo exhibition is being held with the UNHCR in Lima, Peru, showcasing 20 photographs. This work has been published in National Geographic, The Guardian, Der Spiegel and featured in Foto Feminas. The images are emotionally led and contain intimate moments between these women and their private spaces. This is an important exhibition within the context of the region, as the Venezuelan crisis has impacted all countries within Latin America and Peru contains the second largest population of forced migrants coming out of this crisis.
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Rae Ceretto
'11 (BFA, Photography & Imaging)
Rae Ceretto directed and shot her feature length film, Seeking Asylum. Seeking Asylum aims to reform the asylum system in the United States with its many nonprofit parters including; KIND, UNHCR, AILA, JFS, Dr. Bronner's Family Foundation, and many more. Seeking Asylum is a feature documentary that bears witness to the endless deterrents migrants face when petitioning for asylum in the United States. In a dismantled system that has been designed for failure, we follow one woman¿s journey as she searches for protection for her and kids. Seeking Asylum was released by Giant Pictures on 2/21/23.
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Daheli Hall
'98 (BFA, Drama)
Writer/Comedian Dahéli Hall performs a solo show on her f*** up journey trying to get knocked up in SPADURA. A mix of stand-up, storytelling, and props – it’s a raucous ride about going for seemingly impossible dreams.
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Mengyin Lin
'14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Mengyin Lin recently won the 2023 Pen/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.
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Aaliyah Raghnal
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Are you currently working on a project? Looking to find potential collaborators? Or maybe just looking to make new creative friends? This Mixer is perfect for you then! Join us on 3/18 at The Brick Aux Theatre for a Creatives' Community Mixer. Enjoy performances, raffles, small vendors, drinks, light food, and the chance to meet creatives in your community!
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Erich Rettstadt
'12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Erich’s short musical TANK FAIRY premiered at SXSW 2022 (Audience Award) and is an Official Selection at 110+ festivals across 30+ countries. Made in collaboration with Taiwan’s queer community, TANK FAIRY was recently covered in The Guardian.
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Malika Samuel
'13 (BFA, Drama)
Malika Samuel, Tisch Drama alumni and faculty member of MSNR studio, is in the first New York revival of Lynn Nottage's Crumbs from the Table of Joy with Keen Company through April 2023 when she will then join The New Group and National Black Theater for the premiere of Diane Exavier's Bernarda's Daughters. If you can't make it to see New York theater, you can catch her on screen recurring in the final season of Amazon Prime's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. When not performing, Malika is found collaborating with the NYU Grossman School of Medicine bridging the gap between art and the health and medical sectors. Her contributions to health equity have been published and can be found in the NYU Health Sciences Library.
FEBRUARY
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Lara Alcantara
'02 (BFA, Photography & Imaging)
Lara has been appointed the creative drive of a photography trip to Iceland starting on July 3rd going through July 12, 2023 with Boreal Expeditions. There are 5 spots left if anyone would like to join! Boreal expeditions has been making these trips to Iceland for now 15 years. Contact Lara for more information. @laraalcantara IG Laraalcantara.cóm
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Judy Balkin
'72 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Judith Balkin, Chairwoman of the NYU Arts and Entertainment Alumni Network will be moderating the inaugural book reading series at the NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway, Monday the 13th. 6:00 pm-7:30 pm. Reception to follow. All welcome!
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Steffanie Finn
'23 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
11th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival - Feb 16-25 – New York City. 73 outstanding films from 21 countries -- we have something for everyone! Free Discussion Panels - Daily Screenings - Free Parties - $5 Screenings w/student ID.
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James Hereth
'91 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
James Hereth’s debut graphic novel, BLOWBACK, was nominated for “Best Original Graphic Novel” and won “Fan Favorite Villain” at the 2022 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards. The Ringos are held annually at The Baltimore Comic-Con and are a celebration of the creativity, skill, and fun of comics.
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Adam Fox
'19 (BFA, Drama)
Adam booked his first major lead role on a series, Sugar Highs, which debuted in 2022 and was renewed for a second season, debuting in 2023. Watch on OutTV.com, or as an OutTV add on to Apple TV, or Amazon Prime. Adam hopes this major booking will lead to more exciting projects this new year!
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Steven P. Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steve will have a mixed media artwork gracing the mantle of the Carnegie fireplace of the Saugerties Library during the group "Altered Books" exhibit in March & April. Reception is March 3, 5-7pm
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Sanskar Agarwal
'22 (BFA, Drama)
Sanskar will be part of an all South Asian ensemble in Atlantic Theater’s Company’s new show Elyria, starting previews on February 9th
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JANUARY
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Ken Davenport
'94 (BFA, Drama)
Ken Davenport (Kenneth Hasija, when at Tisch) is the Lead Producer of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical on Broadway.
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Morgan Higgins
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Morgan is excited to be representing TSOA on Broadway this spring! She'll be making my Broadway Debut in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella as Marie, one of the stepsisters. I can’t wait for everyone to see it. Come see us starting Feb 17th 2023 at the Imperial Theater on 45th street!
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Olivia Millar-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Olivia Millar-Ross is currently Assistant Director to Celine Lowenthal on Sugar Coat, an Emma Blackman production performing at Southwark Playhouse in Spring 2023. A feminist pop-punk live music play about love, loss and lubrication. Based on a true story. Winner of the OFFComm 2020 Award, Show of the Week (VAULT Festival 2020) and UNTAPPED (New Diorama Theatre & Underbelly) finalist, Sugar Coat is an uplifting and liberating show about puberty, sex, feminism, and reclaiming your body.
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Eduardo Lytton
'09 (MPS, ITP)
The LOSERS CLUB Series, a TV/web series that hopes to be the ultimate character study of outsiders and people on the edge, is currently crowdfunding until 2/3/23 to raise resources and to share our excitement as we develop the series. The LOSERS CLUB was founded as a safe space for anyone who feels a little “different.” All are welcome. Episode one GERALDINE has participated in 8 film festivals and won a few awards along the way, including Best Director and Best Actress in the Seattle Film Festival, among others. See EP1 and find out more at losersclubseries.com and follow @losersclubseries #losersclubseries #geraldinethemovie
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Jacqueline Christy
'18 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Jacqueline Christy's upcoming feature Magic Hour, about a woman in her 40s who goes to film school, inspired by her wonderful time at Tisch - has been awarded a post-production grant from the New York State Council for the Arts and Women Make Movies.
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Sal Perez
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Sal won an Emmy as Sesame Street took top honors for Outstanding Preschool Series at the first ever Children's & Family Emmys.
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Xiaoxuan Jiang
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)/ '22 (MPS, ITP)
After world premiering at the 2022 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, my short film "Graveyard of Horses" was officially selected into the 2023 SXSW Film Festival's Shorts Narrative Programme and will have its North American Premiere in March.
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Meron Langsner
'00 (MA, Performance Studies)
Meron’s play, BURNING UP THE DICTIONARY, was published by Next Stage Press.
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Sing Lee Lathan
'02 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Won a New York Emmy Award for her role as Director and Producer at the October 8th 2022, NY NATAS awards.
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Deborah Black
'02 (BFA, Dance)
Space Oddity: Come back to your experience of reality a six viewpoints weekend immersion inspired by David Bowie: Wake up, then journey into the unknown. Stay a while. It’s a no-oppressor zone. With Deborah Black and Sophia Treanor. January 14 + 15, 2023 11 am-5 pm. Where: Open Arts Studio: 68 Jay Street 605A Brooklyn, NY
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Giorgia Valenti
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Et Alia Theater is opening submissions for The Et Alia Theater Lab - art by the other. The Et Alia Theater Lab is dedicated to bringing together and collaborating with other artists (priority will be given to international women/women) to develop work as a community. The Lab will consist of workshopping and developing three selected plays in the span of 4-5 months and, at the end, the company will choose one of them to produce as part of their next season!
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DECEMBER
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Drita Kabashi
'15 (BFA, Drama)
Drita Kabashi stars in feature film “A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On” -- Albania’s official entry for the 2023 Academy Award’s “Best Foreign Film” category. The film had its world premiere as "Official Selection" at the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia in November. Dialogue delivered in Albanian sign language, the story centers around two inseparable, unhearing, identical twin brothers living in Albania's capital, Tirana. Ana’s character (played by Drita) moves from romantic partner to support system as the brothers receive news on a degenerative disease, testing the bounds of brotherhood, love, and friendship. This existential drama is playing in cinemas in Tirana through mid-December.
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Frank P. Tomasulo
'73 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Tomasulo's short screenplay, THE SEX LIFE OF THE MANTIS, has recently won several awards at script competitions, including the Los Angeles International Screenplay awards. In 1975, the script was adapted and filmed as an MFA thesis film called THE LAST LAUGHING INDIAN, directed by Rob Dublin. In 1976, it was presented as a one-act play off-Broadway.
NOVEMBER
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Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
'21 (MA, Arts Politics)
Laylah's photography book, 'We Are Present: 2020 in Portraits', is available for pre-order!
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Teresa Jusino
'01 (BFA, Drama)
Teresa is now a screenwriter pursuing television. She’s repped at Heroes and Villains Entertainment, was a 2021 DISRUPTORS Fellow, and this year, her pilot, PROJECT BLANCA, was a finalist in the AMC TV Pilot Competition at the Austin Film Festival.
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Bradley Glenn
'91 (BFA, Drama)
Bradley produced the new 6 episode holiday series "In The Spirit with Curtis and Lindsay" for Home Shopping Network+ and QVC+ premiering Nov 11. This is Bradley's third television/streaming premiere of 2022.
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Pepe Avila del Pino
'14 (MFA, Graduate Film)
Pepe Avila del Pino was one of the four cinematographers on HBO's most watched show House of the Dragon - filming the second and third episodes, in addition to the show's anticipated and groundbreaking finale "The Black Queen".
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Dania Bdeir
'16 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film)
'Warsha' is a 15 minute short film by Lebanese filmmaker Dania Bdeir. It won Best International Short at Sundance and 58 other international awards. There was a screening event on November 7th at NAVEL in downtown LA.
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Ori Ravid
'13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Ori is producing a documentary about abortion clinic escorts called 'Human Shield'. Told through the perspective of three clinic escort groups, Human Shield explores the great personal risks taken in the battle for reproductive justice, shedding light on the vital role that escorts play in ensuring abortion access.
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Victoria Z. Daly
'16 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Victoria Z. Daly recently won a Regional Emmy Award in the San Fransisco/Northern California region as story editor/producer of 3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER: THE SHOOTING OF ANDY LOPEZ. The documentary, about the 2013 shooting of 13-year-old Latino Andy Lopez by a Sonoma County deputy sheriff, was named the best in its category of “Societal Concerns - News or Long Form Content.” Narrated by actor Peter Coyote with investigative consulting by Lowell Bergman, formerly of CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Produced by Blue Coast Films, LLC in association with PBS/Northern California Public Media.
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Joshua S. Narins
'90 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
False Neutral, the debut literary fiction novel by Joshua S. Narins, has just released in both E-book and Paperback on Amazon and Kobo. A contemporary character-driven drama set primarily in Boston’s Back Bay and the North End, False Neutral is a story of choices made and not made, and the collision of those paths. Prior to embarking on a writing career, Joshua was a veteran Director of Photography. In addition to Principal Unit Production, Joshua specialized in all aspects of Underwater, Aerial, and 2nd Unit Cinematography. He has lensed work for studio features, independent movies, foreign and cable films, national and international commercial campaigns, and special venue projects.
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Olivia Millar-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Short film BAD BEANS scooped 4 awards at the 48hr Film Project in Glasgow. Best Actor (Olivia Millar-Ross), Audience Award, Best Cinematography and Best Film, meaning it will go on to represent Glasgow against all other city winners around the world at Filmapalooza 2023 in Los Angeles!
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OCTOBER
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Amanda Xiaoxuan Jiang
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)/ '22 (MA, IMA)
Amanda Xiaoxuan Jiang's latest short film "Graveyard of Horses" was recently officially selected into 2022 Pöff Shorts(Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival) and will world premiere on November 17th. 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Aleksander Krutainis
'11 (BFA, Drama)
This year, Aleksander finished working on P-Valley Season 2 (Starz/Lionsgate). In February, Aleksander accepted a position as an Executive at Kapital Entertainment. Aleksander is currently working as a Co-Producer on the Hulu Series, “Black Cake” (Showrunner: Marissa Jo Cerar, EP: Oprah Winfrey), which is filming in Jamaica, Wales, England, Italy and Los Angeles.
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John Hagan
'94/'96 (MA/PhD, Cinema Studies)
John Hagan appeared in “Immense Joy” at The Tank, NYC, September 2022.
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Rachel Peters
'05 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theater Writing)
Rachel J. Peters's new children's opera, Sketchbook for Ollie, is touring area schools this fall with Lyric Opera of Kansas City. This past summer, Lesson Plan, her opera starring Stephanie Blythe and Laquita Mitchell, premiered at the Caramoor Festival with On Site Opera.
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Shanté Paradigm Smalls
'11 (PhD, Performance Studies)
Shanté Paradigm Smalls, PhD published their first book, Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City (NYU Press, June 2022). Smalls is an Associate Professor and Founding Co-Director of the LGBTQ+ Center and St. John's University
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Tylie Shider
'18 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Tylie Shider, c/o 2018, will have a production this month of his play, "Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family" at Premiere Stages at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Tylie is the recipient of the 2021/22 Liberty Live Commission, a biennial commission program for New Jersey writers, forged in partnership with Kean University's Liberty Hall Museum. His play explores a family’s internal divisions in response to the 1967 Plainfield, New Jersey riots. It runs October 13-23.
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Glenn Ruppel
'83 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Glenn won a News and Documentary Emmy as one of the Producers on the ABC News special "The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later". The award was for the category of Outstanding Soft Feature Story: Long Form.
SEPTEMBER
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Leanne Koch
'16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Leanne co-wrote her first episode of television, SEAL Team Ep. 602 on Paramount+, streaming Sunday, 9/25/22.
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Cory Stieg
'13 (BFA, Dance)
"Beyond Yellowface" is a documentary that follows Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin, NYC dancers of Asian descent and co-founders of Final Bow for Yellowface. They are challenging the world’s leading ballet companies to jettison Asian stereotypes, including dancing in yellowface. The pair is battling entrenched tradition and political pushback as they shine a critical spotlight on "The Nutcracker" and other beloved classics in this vivid account of cultural missteps and creative evolution. Tisch Dance alumna Cory Stieg is co-producer on the film.
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Anatola Araba
'21 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
What if an AI ruled the world? Watch the award-winning Afro-Futurist 3D animation, Afro Algorithms, by UGFTV alumni Anatola Araba now streaming for free on DUST! Watch the 14-minute sci-fi adventure today.
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Marchelle Thurman
'09 (BFA, Drama)
Marchelle Thurman's film "Black White and the Greys" will screen at the SOHO International Film Festival Saturday October 8th at 7:10pm at Village East by Angelika. Marchelle co-wrote and directed, played the lead in, and executive produced the film. In August the film won the Audience Choice and Best Narrative Feature at Festival of Cinema NYC and Best Feature and Best of Festival at the BronzeLens Film Festival.
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Alex Mazzucchelli
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Alex Mazzucchelli (14') will play the last show of her summer tour, on Wednesday, September 21st at Rockwood Music Hall in Manhattan. The show follows the release of her album, "Rise". Prior to her debut album release, she was known throughout the film and television world for roles on the Hallmark Channel, NBC Primetime, feature and indie films, and most recently her own self-written and produced project, “People You Know.” She was recently named Medium Magazine's Music Rising Star and her single, "Don't Come Back To Me" was named one of American Songwriter's Hot Indie Favorites.
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Alberto Moreira
'87 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Alberto Moreira's film, "Heavy Vibes - The Vince Montana Retrospect" will premiere at The 37th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival November 10th, 730pm at The Savor Cinema, Ft. Lauderdale. A look back and forward on the musical legacy and challenges of Disco's early innovator & the creator of the era's most successful orchestral band, Vince Montana Jr. and The Salsoul Orchestra. Will his music die in obscurity?
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John Logan Pierson
'10 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
On September 22, a limited series John Executive Produced called 'Thai Cave Rescue' will debut on Netflix. They had the humbling privilege of shooting this scripted show on location in Thailand in the actual cave where the boys were trapped and their homes.
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Gwendolyn Gussman
'14 (BFA, Dance)
Immersive & interdisciplinary dance-theater company, HOLDTIGHT (Artistic Director Gwendolyn Gussman), premieres eco-psychology live performance of "when the blossom passes, what remains" this September 9-Oct. 2nd at The Cell Theater in NYC.
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Henry Wolf
'22 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
After wrapping production last September, NYU alumni Austin Jones' podcast turned TV pilot 'Tour Bus Legends' is currently making an exciting festival run. The cast features an eclectic mix of industry stalwarts with experience ranging from Broadway to Blockbusters including UGFTV students Jared Gilman and Lilla Crawford amongst others. Produced by Henry Wolf, the show follows the story of a punk band led by an ostentatious sister and anxious brother as they embark on their first tour across the seedy underbelly of America. They encounter everything from creeped-out-cult-leaders to cut-throat rivals but they’ll soon realize their biggest adversaries are each other. Check out the team's website to see a trailer and witness Josh Sheehan’s camera along with Hayden Ciampini and Grace Musser’s design!
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AUGUST
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Sarah Spangler
'20 (MA, Cinema Studies)
You are cordially invited to attend a performance of 'Dear Mom, Sorry for Being a Bitch' created and directed by Christine Covode (UCB, Second City) and produced by Tisch Alumni Sarah Spangler (Full Frontal With Samantha Bee). Dear Mom, Sorry for Being a Bitch will begin its limited run of FOUR Performances Only on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Soho Playhouse’s (15 Vandam St, New York, NY 10013) Huron Club and have its final performance on Saturday, September 10, 2022. The cast will include Alex Dickson (UCB, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver), Dan Kelly (Second City, Ars Nova), and will be led by the creator/director Christine Covode (UCB, Second City).
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Bruce Steinberg
'10 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film)
Bruce has a show about Brecht and Bio-hacking coming up at Bard Graduate Center on 9/7. 'Good Genes' is a large-scale bio-art performance by Sister Sylvester. The audience performs genetics experiments and end with a Genetically Modified Cocktail Party.
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Catherine Reid
'89 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
'What Their Eyes Have Seen', a musical based on frontline workers during the pandemic, Music and words by Catherine and Anthime Miller, performed at the Hyde Collection. Full production of 'Nearby Faraway', written with Alumus Neal Herr about Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe to high acclaim.
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Summer Payton
'18 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music)
The short film "Save A Life" is an official selection of the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival. Summer Payton, alum, produced the film as well as composed all of the original music and score. The film is currently streaming on AllBlk.
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Jayde Margulis
'22 (BFA, Dance)
Support Jayde Margulis and Andres Ramirez while they co-produce “Word Needs You,” a short film. This film project explores the weight of the world on the artist as they pursue their passion and the challenges they overcome while doing so. Margulis and Ramirez are raising money in order to produce this film. Please consider giving them your support! They are so excited to be on this creative journey together!
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Jared Press
'22 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Jared Press just finished working as the Writers' PA on "Modern Family" co-creator Steven Levitan's upcoming series "Reboot" (Hulu). The show premieres on September 20 with two episodes.
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Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D.
'73 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D., delivered a conference paper on Joan of Arc as Female Christ figure in Carl Dreyer's silent film at the annual University Film and Video conference at SUNY, Fredonia. Tomasulo is also Executive Producer of the film project, MAGGIE AND JONNIE, which is now in the scriptwriting stage of pre-production.
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J.R. Heckman
'22 (BFA, Drama)
Join J.R. Heckman at 7:00pm on Friday, Sept 2nd at The Green Room 42: An Evening of Music with J.R. Heckman. Each ticket includes $10 towards food/drinks! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in a great night of entertainment, food and fun!
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Aaron Weisblatt
'84 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Aaron Weisblatt directed a new music video for KTBA Records legendary blues recording artist Larry McCray.
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JULY
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Tobias Carroll
'99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Tobais' second novel, 'Ex-Members', will be published on August 1 by Astrophil Press at the University of South Dakota. It has punk bands, classical composers, and online deception; what's not to like?
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Rebecca Bernard
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Rebecca Bernard's debut collection of stories, Our Sister Who Will Not Die, will be published in August from Mad Creek Books, an imprint from Ohio State Press. The collection was the 2021 winner of The Journal's Non/Fiction Prize, judged by author Nick White.
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Olivia Millar-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Olivia Millar-Ross is the Assistant Director for Exodus, a National Theatre of Scotland production. Exodus performs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August before touring Scotland in September. "Bold, satirical and uncomfortably funny, Exodus explores systematic deception and the indifference to human suffering."
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Steven Parisi-Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Thank you Crista Dix, Executive Director at the Griffin Museum (Winchester MA), for including my video short 'cause + effect' in the Griffin's 28th Annual Members Exhibit online moving image gallery. On view now through September.
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MICHELE WARSHAY
(BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Michele and her sister just launched a mission-based Coffee Company. Profits go to support Dog Rescues & Shelters in dire need. YO! ZOOMA raises money for Doggie Shelters and Rescues who desperately need food, shelter, medicine, and time to find forever homes for furry friends. Everything you purchase from YO! ZOOMA supports this important and vital cause!
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Richard Dorfman
'81 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film)
We moved to Northern Westchester in October and I retired in December from my position as Waterfront Director for the Billion Oyster Project. I am continuing to work as a member of the exhibition lighting team at the Guggenheim Museum and as a Captain for the schooner Pioneer doing public sails and charters in NY Harbor.
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Jeffrey Stonehill
'89 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Jeffrey Stonehill, borough manager and director of utilities in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was recently was appointed to serve as a volunteer on the National Governmental Affairs and Policy Committee (GAPC) for the International Association of City/County Managers (ICMA). GAPC is ICMA’s member-based committee tasked with reviewing current and proposed federal and, in some cases, state legislation for impacts on local governments. The association represents more than 10,000 local government professionals worldwide. GAPC members are the eyes, ears and early-warning flag for these legislative policies, including fiscal policy, trade issues, taxes, unfunded mandates, homeland security, pensions and human services, infrastructure and more. Stonehill said he hopes that he can bring a positive impact to national issues that affect Chambersburg and other Pennsylvania communities. The committee will be led by ICMA President-elect Jane Brautigam, who is city manager in Boulder, Colo. Brautigam was appointed in Boulder in October 2008, and is the city’s first female manager in its 90-year history. “As president-elect, and in anticipation of my service as president for 2019-2020, I am honored to respond to Jeffrey’s spirit of service to the profession and have appointed him as a member of the committee for a term of three years.”
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Shawna Cupples
(Drama)
Shawna P. Cupples was Eartha Kitt in Tina Thompson's new musical, "Josephine's Cotton: The Revue," that recently played on Broadway at The Symphony Space! She anticipates being in New York City until September before returning to Los Angeles via Athens, Greece, and is available to act/sing/dance for your production.
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Nick Ryan
'22 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Fun in Moderation famously enjoys a good time. This brand new sketch group features Kendall Bowden, Austin Elias-de Jesus, Noah Friend, Syd King, and Nick Ryan. Laughs will be had, love may be found, and if you're lucky, you might even get a little kiss on the cheek.
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Mahalet Tegenu
'22 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Mahalet Tegenu’s one-act play MUSE premiered at Project Y Theatre’s Women in Theatre Festival on June 26. The play is streaming on YouTube and Vimeo for four weeks. A disillusioned Black ballerina is visited by the hostile ghost of George Balanchine, right before her principal debut at the New York City Ballet.
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JUNE
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Symphony Blue
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Symphony just got into the Soho House mentorship class of 2022 through Creative Futures Collective to focus on acting and writing! It’s an all house membership pass as well. She is super excited.
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Amy Dellagiarino
'08 (BFA, Drama)
Theatre of Note in Hollywood, CA returns to live theatre with the world premiere of Amy Dellagiarino's play "Clownfish". Newly released from a mental hospital, Erica is trying hard to be a good bridesmaid but is finding that everyone is treating her differently… and it’s getting really annoying. The only thing that could make this reunion worse? The wedding reception might just be held in a haunted cabin. A dark comedy about mental illness, social stigmas, and the misguided desire to be “normal.”
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Tobe Roberts
'96 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Tobe is the Associate Manager in Film/TV Development at Atchity Productions with Producer Ken Atchity (The Meg, Erased, Hysteria). Feel free to reach out as he is always looking for great loglines. Currently, he is focusing on Animated Series and Features. You may contact him at: tobe.roberts@storymerchant.com
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MAY
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Arielle Cohen
'05 (BFA, Drama)
A 2nd edition of the poetry chapbook It Whisper’s was released this past Winter. A visceral look into femininity & art. Find it at Dorrance Bookstore. The 1st Ed. Sold now in over 3 continents. Soon to be released a second book Gwen Dust or Something Else. An ethereal look into the lens of femininity, imagination, image, and a whimsical relationship into Presence. Ariella C. Plays the edge in a different tone than It Whisper’s. See it this Summer/Fall.
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Tylie Shider
'18 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
EARLY-CAREER WRITERS' GROUP READING SERIES: You're Invited to an IN-PROCESS READING of TyLie Shider's new play "I regret to inform you" at Clubbed Thumb.
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Marija Krtolica
'96 (BFA, Dance)/'10 (MA, Performance Studies)
Re-Inventing Love - a dance theater experimental performance. It examines love relationships at the time of a socio-economic crisis. The work is inspired by the writing of the philosopher Alain Badiou on love as one of the truth procedures, surrealist art, and New Wave cinema. It begins with a choreographic response to the composition by the avamgarde Italian, Marxist composer Luigi Nono - “The Forest is Young and Full of Life” (1965/6), and then proposes love vignetes, which critically engage the contemporary dating scene. The work was created in collaboration with the performers Julie Fotheringham, Michael Mangieri, Dustin Maxwell and musician and literary scholar Jason Ciaccio.
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RJ Tabachnick
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Eleven Tisch Drama graduates ('19-'22) are self producing an Off-Broadway production. This centuries-old commedia dell'arte play entitled "The Raven," is musicalized and contemporized by us, Soft Brain Theatre Company. Enjoy a tragi-comic fairy tale with music, merrymaking and buffoonery! June 2-12
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Kara Tatelbaum
'99 (BFA, Dance)
Putting My Heels Down a memoir of having a dream...and a day job released 4.29 (International Dance Day), by Motina Books, available where all books are sold! Debuted as #1 New Release in Ballet, Modern Dance, and Pilates on Amazon. Lots of Tisch memories and faculty cameos in the book!
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Michele Warshay
(BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
My sister and I are the Creators and Executive Producers of the crime docs-series New York Homicide, heading into Season 2 and network nominated it for Emmy consideration. We're always looking for smart, unique, gritty reality tv ideas, please feel free to reach out at michele@centralparkentertainment.com!
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Clymene Aldinger
'18 (MA, Performance Studies)
CLYMOVE Dance, Inc. Presents MAYDAY // MAY DAY May 20th and 21st, at 7:30 PM Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Theater 70. E. 4th Street New York | NY | 10003 Tickets: 20.00 CONTEMPORARY MESSAGE-DRIVEN DANCE COMPANY INAUGURAL SPRING SEASON! CLYMOVE Dance will present an inaugural Spring Season choreographed by Clymene Aldinger, former Principal Dancer with Elisa Monte Dance (2009-2017) and Monte’s last protégé, on May 20th and 21st, 2022, 7:30 PM, at Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Theater. It will be the company’s Manhattan debut!
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Stephanie Dimont
'09 (BFA, Drama)
#1 Science Fiction Podcast in the country, #1 Fiction podcast in the UK, #2 Fiction podcast in the US. I am the VP of marketing for CurtCo Media and successfully created and executed the largest launch campaign of a podcast, from a new network, and built the media and marketing from the ground up. The podcast, called SOLAR, stars Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, Academy Award winner Helen Hunt, and acclaimed actress Stephanie Beatriz. It was created using groundbreaking technology, for a fully immersive 3D audio experience.
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APRIL
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Susanna Reich
'76 (BFA, Dance)
Susanna Reich's book, José! Born to Dance, will be published in Spanish by Simon & Schuster in May 2022 as ¡José! Nacido para bailar. This picture book biography of dancer and choreographer José Limón won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award and the International Latino Book Award.
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Heidi Lux
'07 (BFA, Drama)
Heidi wrote coming-of-age comedy Crushed, now streaming for free on Tubi. Crushed follows Kate, who attempts to hook up with her crush, Jason Curtis, on the senior class field trip only to have her feelings go spiraling out of control.
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Ali Andre Ali
'13 (BFA, Drama)
Independent pop duo fajjr+ali recently released their newest single 'Bird Cage.' Their previous single I'm Fine was released to critical acclaim. Stay tuned for more new music soon!
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Andrew Milmoe
'02 (MPS, ITP)
Just joined Blue Origin aerospace as a user experience designer of software for rocket engineers.
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Jacquelyn Landgraf
'05 (BFA, Theatre)
"It Makes A Sound," a musical fiction podcast written by and starring Jacquelyn Landgraf ('05), is back by popular demand for a second season, and debuts on Mother's Day, May 8th. A daughter caretaking for her mother in a decrepit foreclosed golf course community accidentally creates a wild multi-generational band that becomes a cult sensation. It is a story about bridging the gaps of memory with music, and transcending solitude and loss with whimsy and faith. An homage to fandom in all its quirky glory. Co-directed by Anya Saffir ('94) and featuring the voices of fellow Tisch alum Melissa Mahoney ('15) and Rebecca Delgado Smith ('05), as well as Annie Golden, Nate Weida, Siobhan Fallon-Hogan, Roberta Colindrez, Wesley Zurick, and Esther Moon. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. The original soundtrack album of the show, "Wim Faros: the Attic Tape," is out now.
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Jeff Siegel
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
After many years of working on this passion project, the new feature-length documentary “Zack Hample vs. The World” – which I produced, directed, wrote, edited and narrate – is finally available for purchase and rental on digital streaming platforms (Apple, Google, Amazon, etc.) as well as DVD/Blu-ray from 1091 Pictures. It is currently the top sports documentary on the Apple TV/iTunes digital storefront in the United States.
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Jonathan McCrory
'08 (BFA, Drama)
Conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Jonathan McCrory, "The Roll Call: The Roots to Strange Fruit” is a new performance film streaming on ALL ARTS as part of the ALL ARTS Artist in Residence series. Anchored by a solo dance performance from LaWanda Hopkins, the opera explores the Black experience of slavery with an immersive chorus of voices rhythmically reciting historical documents from 1619 through abolition. Watch any time on the ALL ARTS app or AllArts.org/ArtistinResidence.
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Alan E. Muraoka
'83 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film)
Scenic designer Alan E. Muraoka, who has enjoyed a wide-ranging career in theater, television, and film, is the focus of a new exhibition at OPERA America’s National Opera Center. On view are photographs and sketches that show Muraoka’s designs for American operas and music-theater works.
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MARCH
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Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş
'20 (BFA, Dance)
Our all-Tisch creative team was officially selected to premiere our dance performance at this year's World Stage Design in Calgary, Alberta, Canada — the most prestigious theater design exhibition in the world. scene r-eco-ver is a multi-media love letter to California realized through dance, poetry, and animation. COLLABORATORS: Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş '20 (BFA, Dance) Hamilton Guillén '20 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) Camilla Dely '21 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film)
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Adam Berenson
'92 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Adam's piano trio album "Assemblages" was featured in the Spring Edition of JAZZIZ magazine, with a review from a top journalist Neil Tesser. It features the drummer Bob Moses, whom multi Grammy winner Pat Metheny recently called "the most underrated musician in the world." Also, my very latest solo album "Homages and Worlds" received 4 stars on the number one jazz site, All About Jazz.
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Philip Bzdyk
'82 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
40 years ago (1982) at NYU, Philip drew animation artwork; shot it onto color negative; composed & recorded music; edited on an upright Moviola; produced a short animation. In 1986, he changed careers, and in 1989 started a residential remodeling firm. But 10 years ago, he produced a short film again. He's started another film, which will be done in a year. He is still running the same remodeling firm.
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Holly Gould
'18 (BFA, Drama)
Joining other NYU Tisch almuni (Shaina Taub, Grace McLean, etc.) in the World Premiere of Suffs @ the Public Theater. Previews start March 13, opening scheduled for April 6th.
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Ashley Lucas
'04 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Ashley is proud to announce the launch of her newest art brand ‘Sook & Hook’ - a business born out of the pandemic that offers original coastal decor featuring NJ Shore sea glass.
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FEBRUARY
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Steve Brand
'74 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
A new 4K Restoration of filmmaker Steve Brand’s acclaimed 1984 documentary KADDISH, about growing up as the child of a Nazi Holocaust survivor, had its World Premiere at the 2022 NY Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center on Jan 13, 2022. It also screened virtually at the festival, where it was sold-out. The film is being distributed by Kino Lorber.
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Tobe Roberts
'96 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Currently featured in this month's Arts Issue for Filmmaking & Art Curating - 201 Magazine.
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Jendra Jarnagin
'96 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Jendra Jarnagin served as Director of Photography on Asking For It. It is her first widespread theatrical release as DP, being released by Paramount. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was written and directed by Eamon O'Rourke. Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons, and Alexandra Shipp lead a no-mercy all-femme gang in this edgy thriller. After a small town waitress (Clemons) is sexually assaulted on a date, she meets Regina (Shipp) and Beatrice (Hudgens) and is recruited into their vigilante group of badass women. Together they strive to take down a society overpowered by corrupt men and seek the ultimate revenge while getting their own version of justice. Also starring Ezra Miller, Gabourey Sidibe, Radha Mitchell, David Patrick Kelly, and Luke Hemsworth. In theaters and on demand beginning March 4th.
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James Clements
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Actor, writer, director and NYU alum (Tisch & CAS '14) and current Affiliated Instructor at TSOA James Clements has been announced as the voice of a new campaign for The Botanist Islay Dry Gin which will premiere at the Super Bowl on February 13th.
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Rachel Naar
'12 (BFA, Drama)
I’m a registered dietitian who works with eating disorders, food, mood, and body with primarily creatives (actors and beyond). I am co-hosting an event Wednesday, February 23rd at 7pm EST via google meet- Navigating Diet Culture in the Entertainment Industry with amazing actor/dancer/fitness instructor James Rose. The event will be an opportunity to listen to James’ and my experiences as humans of the world, actors, and how we see this manifest in my 1:1 nutritional counseling sessions. We are thrilled to open up the floor to all attendees to talk through all sorts of real life scenarios such as character breakdowns, auditions, casting directors, language, and whatever feels top of mind. If you or anyone you know would be interested in this event please feels free to share the sign up link below:
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Rosemary Rotondi
'86 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Rosemary Rotondi, MA Cinema Studies, TSOA, 1986, is the Archival Producer and Archival Researcher of Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry’s co-directed feature documentary ATTICA, nominated in the 2022 Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature category.
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Pati Trolander An
'78 (BFA, Dance)
After my first self-produced NYC concert (1979), I transitioned to become a martial artist. Later, I ran a martial arts school in Cambridge, MA (including theatrical demonstrations) and became a P.T. (M.S.P.T.). Now, I'm combining my rehab, art & choreo backgrounds in landscape/enviro-design. I do this at my accessibly located private property near Seattle. This natural pocket paradise has all the amenities of a small upscale lodge. The property is offered for retreats, accommodations for traveling artists, house concerts, benefits, etc. I love to support strong creative leaders who need an intimate sized canvas for their closer-to-community events. In everything, I act as the property steward/host--on hand or invisible--whatever is needed. See the website below for photos.
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Esteban Bailey
'18 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Esteban won the 2022 Michael Collyer Fellowship in Screenwriting.
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Alexx Bean
'20 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music)
Inspired by unapologetic Pop-Punk and heart-on-sleeve Emo Rap, Gen Z Rockstar Alexx Bean dishes out cathartic anthems for an anxious youth in the age of COVID and unending political turmoil. Along with his contemporaries such as Jxdn, Lil Huddy, KennyHoopla, Maggie Lindemann, and others, Alexx Bean ushers in a new golden era of Alternative Rock, redefines what it means to be a Rockstar, and invites you to join him on his journey. Stream his new single "Castles" on all streaming platforms and watch his new music video on YouTube.
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Bradley Glenn
'91 (BFA, Drama)
New Show Premiere! "Restaurant Rivals" features Robert Irvine (“Restaurant Impossible”) and Jon Taffer (“Bar Rescue”) going head to head against each other in an all out food competition grudge match! Bradley Glenn (Drama, '91) story produced the season finale (3rd episode). All the episodes premiere March 3, 2022 on Discovery+.
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Farah Mourad Vera
'09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Farah is crowdfunding for her first feature film, “The Sovereign” until March 3rd 2022. The film explores why authentic social progress is so elusive.
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Keely Baisden Knudsen
'98 (BFA, Drama)
Keely is the founder and artistic Director of Legacy Theatre which fundraised $5 million to restore an historic theater in Branford, Connecticut. They opened for 171 performances in 2021 and are currently launching our second season. They are actively looking for a Managing Director. For inquiries, email Keely@ LegacyTheatreCT.org. This season they are also hosting our first annual film festival. For submission requirements, visit our website.
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JANUARY
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Audrey Leach
'19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
'Full Out: Inside Ohio Show Choir' is a feature documentary following the high stakes competition season of 4 unique high school show choirs. Beginning as a seed of an idea while a Junior at Tisch, Audrey Leach directed the film and brought it to fruition while in Jim Brown's Documentary Workshop class. The film was co-produced by Hannah Leach (Tisch Dramatic Writing ’17), her sister and co-creator of Too Pink Pictures, their production company. Other Tisch alumni also contributed to the documentary: Hunter Livingston (Film ’19), Artemis Polemis (Film ’19), Siddharth Gandhi (Film ’19), Ryan Carrión (Film ’17) and Elizabeth Castaño (Clive ’19). Audrey & Hannah also have a podcast called 'Sleepover Cinema.' Sleepover Cinema is an exploration of the movies that first inspired their love for film— classics like Aquamarine, The Cheetah Girls, and Cinderella (the one with Brandy in it, obviously)— aimed at answering the question… are these movies actually good? And at the end of the day, is that what really matters? It's available wherever you listen to podcasts. Full Out recently screened at the 2021 Chagrin Documentary Film Festival & will be screened on the festival circuit in the upcoming year. Follow the film’s journey on Instagram @fulloutdoc! Click the link below to view the trailer.
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Shawn Shafner
'04 (BFA, Drama)
How are we supposed to fix all the super-complex problems in our world if we don't know the first thing about, well, number 2? Luckly, Tisch alum and The POOP Project founder Shawn Shafner’s new book, “Know Your Shit,” hits store shelves Feb 15.
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2021
DECEMBER - JANUARY
12/15/2021 - 1/6/2022
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Juliet Giglio
'90 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Juliet Aires Giglio ‘90 & Keith Giglio ‘90 just wrote and produced the new Lifetime holiday movie, “REBA McENTIRE’S CHRISTMAS IN TUNE” which premiered on November 26th and continues to air on Lifetime and for rent on Amazon.
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Bradley Glenn
'91 (BFA, Drama)
Bradley Glenn wrote and story produced for Magnolia Network the season finale of "Family Dinner" featuring Andrew Zimmern that will premiere in 2022 on March 4.
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Yeujia Low
'16 (BFA, Drama)
Yeujia Low debuts her latest project: The Emus, a dance theater piece loosely based on the real-life incident in which the Australian army was sent to take out some 20,000 emus that were ruining farmers’ wheat. The show runs January 6th-9th, 2022 at the Target Margin Theater in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as part of the annual Exponential Festival. Yeujia graduated from the Drama department and studied at the Strasberg studio and the Experimental Theatre Wing. Follow her company’s work on Ig: @thelowcoco
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12/10/2021-12/15/2021
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Kelly Markus
'94 (BFA, Drama)
In October 2021, Hunters Point produced Pharrell Williams' Elephant in the Room Forum, a gathering of civic and corporate leaders from the local Norfolk & Virginia Beach Region, as well as the national stage. Bonded by a belief that Virginia Beach & Norfolk will only realize their full potential when they become cities for all, participants engaged in a series of panel discussions, speaking frankly and honestly about the conditions of the cities and neighboring communities. The effect was a resounding success of epic production, with ripples of media & social influence locally and nationally, as well as follow up actions taken by municipalities and business connections to consider Pharrell’s vision for two historic cities for industry growth strategies in the future. well as direct action taken by local businesses to uphold Pharrell’s vision for the two historic cities.
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Amy Karnchanapee Johansson
'00 (BFA, Cinema Studies)
Amy has signed on as a Senior Producer at IKEA’s digital experience design organization.
12/4/2021 - 12/9/2021
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James Hereth
'91 (BFA, Kanbar Insitute, Film & TV)
James Hereth released his first graphic novel "Blowback" earlier this year. In it, a modern-day U.S. Marine and his unit disappear in the Bermuda Triangle, only to find themselves in the year 1776. There, they battle to maintain the course of history as they face off against a stranded World War Two era Destroyer turned ruthless pirate ship. Juxtaposing elements of three distinct time periods - The American Revolution, World War Two, and the present - the book highlights clashes not only of weaponry, but of culture, technology, and perspective. The result is a high-octane take on historical fiction. The action/adventure was written and created with partner, Rhonda Smiley. Art is by Kev Hopgood, co-creator of War Machine and the Hulkbuster Armor, both of which are featured prominently in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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11/16/2021 - 12/3/2021
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Peter Mancuso
'19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Peter Mancuso has released the official soundtrack for his musical film "Suburban Fantasy," which was created as his senior thesis film. The film explores the value of giving up everything that you love to follow your dreams. The music combines the traditional musical theater genre with the more modern indie rock/pop punk styles. While the film is currently not available, you can stream the album wherever you listen to music.
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Winslow Porter
'10 (MPS, ITP)
TREE VR, the award-winning, multi-sensory VR experience from Tisch alumnus Winslow Porter '10, comes back to New York at ONX Studio in partnership with the Onassis Foundation and The New Museum. Now until Dec 12th at the Olympic Tower (645 5th ave).
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NOVEMBER
11/9/2021 - 11/15/2021
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Richard Dorfman
'81 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film)
After living in Queens for 43 years, I have re-located to northern Westchester to somewhere that's green.
11/1/2021 - 11/8/2021
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Clymene Aldinger
'18 (MA, Performance Studies)
As a young dancer, I knew two things; that I wanted to be a professional dancer in a critically acclaimed concert dance company and that upon conclusion of that dream I would transition into choreographer. One of those aspirations I have already achieved on my own. I now feel the call to choreograph more than ever and a resolute pull to teach and foster growth in young professional dancers currently pursuing the dream. I have started a Brooklyn/NYC based dance company and our first set of performances will be December 16th and 17th, 2021. We are a contemporary dance company currently employing three elite dancers, and have an experienced board comprised of NYC’s finest fundraisers and business professionals, all of whom are committed to CLYMOVE, its mission, and the arts. I hope you will follow our journey from the beginning: follow us, like our content, join our mailing list, give feedback/advice/leave comments, spread the word, and donate when and what you can if you can! With your help we can be change-makers through the incredible healing power of dance. You may find our mission statement and professional bios on our website, as well as donation, ticket, and performance information. Hope to see you in the audience! CLYMENE ALDINGER, MA, LMHC FOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHER
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Amy Dellagiarino
'06 (BFA, Drama)
Amy Dellagiarino won the Playwriting Script Competition Award at the 2021 Austin Film Festival with her play "From the Perspective of a Canoe". The full-length dramedy follows a family as they awkwardly try to process their new normal after being thrust into the center of a local tragedy.
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Jacob Fertig
'19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
This Machine Media, founded by Jacob Fertig '19/'22 (Tisch/Wager) and Jaydn Gosselin '19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), signed its first distribution deal for the company's upcoming film "Searching for Aramsayesh Gah" with the Academy-award nominated team at Field of Vision. The short documentary on the architecture of refugee detention is supported by Amnesty International and was recently accepted into Doc Society and AIDC's Impact & Engagement Fellowship. The film will be released in summer 2022.
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Marija Krtolica
'96 (BFA, Dance)/'10 (MA, Performance Studies)
Dance-theater work “Re-Inventing Love” inspired by the writing by the philosopher Alain Badiou on love as a truth procedure will premiere in Brooklyn at The Brick (Williamsburg). Marija Krtolica (PhD in dance Temple University, MA in PS & BFA in dance Tisch School of the Arts) is collaborating with the artists and performers Julie Fotheringham, Michael Mangieri, Dustin Maxwell, and Jason Ciaccio.
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OCTOBER
10/19/2021 - 10/25/2021
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Aaron Ford
'99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Aaron Ford has been promoted to SVP, Multi-Platform Planning for the Marketing Leadership Team in the NBCUniversal Television & Streaming Group, leading the integrated Sports and Entertainment team for all owned promotional media planning. The Sports & Entertainment properties include NBC Network, USA Network, SYFY, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Universal Kids, NBC Sports, and Golf Channel.
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Laurence Jacobs
'11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
If you like Spike Jonze or the Safdie Brothers, you'll love this new film CONNIE & SLY. Written & directed by Laurence Jacobs (Tisch '11), CONNIE & SLY is a bold, female-driven short that takes the annoying car alarm sound we all know and hate, and turns it into something alarmingly cool. A rising music video and narrative filmmaker, Jacobs has directed projects starring Alexandra Daddario (HBO's “The White Lotus”) and Jack Quaid (Amazon's “The Boys”); he's also directed music videos and documentaries for artists like Common, Overcoats, Bailen, and CCR’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain,” (145M+ views). A truly collaborative effort, CONNIE & SLY features choreography by LA-based, female-owned Whyteberg (Mac Miller, Anderson .Paak), and stars Charissa Kroeger (Dua Lipa, Sia, Lorde). The video follows two amateur bank robbers in a getaway gone wrong, as they set off a car alarm. The sound pulls them into a trance-like state, making them perform a hypnotic dance on the vehicle with music by Bobak Lotfipour (THE GREEN KNIGHT, A GHOST STORY). Produced by Jessica Jacobs (Netflix’s FRACTURED w/ Sam Worthington, HOW IT ENDS) CONNIE & SLY provides an escape from everyday life that is as absurd and quirky, as it is lighthearted and fun. If you dig the film, be sure to check out Laurence's YouTube page and watch the Making Of doc SIRENS IN SUN VALLEY which goes behind-the-scenes into the filmmaking process. From choreography and rehearsals to completing the film remotely during the pandemic, this piece features exclusive interviews with the cast and creative team that created the new genre-bending experience.
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Peter Kayafas
'93 (BFA, Photo & Imaging)
Peter Kayafas's new book, Coney Island Waterdance, was released on September 9th.
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Jordan Wynn
'21 (BFA, Dance)
Jordan Wynn (Tisch Dance ‘21) will be touring with the Broadway National Tour of Oklahoma! She is performing as the Alternate Lead Dancer, is the Dance Captain, and Assistant Stage Manager for the year-long tour.
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10/12/2021 - 10/19/2021
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Hannah Stoddard
'13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Hannah Stoddard and her writing partner, Jenny Ulmer, were recently awarded 2nd place at the Slamdance Screenplay Competition for TV Pilots. Out of over 5,000 submissions, their script "Entitled" was Top 12. This writing team will also be participants for The Black List x Women In Film 2021 Episodic Lab. They were selected among over 1,200 applicants and will be working on their script "Dark Horse" within a development-focused lab with mentors like Sono Patel (Crazy-Ex Girlfriend) and Glen Mazzara (The Dark Tower).
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Michael Tabb
'95 (BFA, Drama)
Michael Tabb and Justin Eugene Evans headline HONOR AMONG THIEVES (a sci-fi/western), which has been accepted into 106 film festivals around the globe with 80+ nominations and 35+ Best Short Film awards. The film is designed to be a teaser of their television show. Justin’s indie feature A LONELY PLACE FOR DYING was a worldwide festival favorite, and Michael spends the majority of his career as a screenwriter for companies including Universal Studios, Disney, Producers at Warner Brothers, and storytelling icons like Stan Lee. For more on Michael, go to his website: www.MichaelTabbWGA.com. The short film can be found via the link provided. Enjoy!
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Giorgia Valenti
'20 (BFA, Drama)
This is Me Eating___ is an immersive performance that explores the multicultural layers of one's relations to eating and the universality of body image issues. In this daring theater installation, the international women of Et Alia Theater will work with projection, sound and physicality in order to immerse the audience in a stimulative and meditative state that provokes reflection.
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10/5/2021 - 10/11/2021
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Janet Beard
'01 (Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Janet Beard's third novel 'The Ballad of Laurel Springs' is being published on Oct. 19 by Gallery Books.
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Philip Gelatt
'01 (BFA, Cinema Studies)
The Spine of Night, an animated fantasy film written & directed by Philip Gelatt, will be released on October 29th by RLJE. The film's voice cast includes Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel, and Joe Manganiello.
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Steven Parisi-Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steve’s photo ‘missing pages’ is on view, Griffin Museum of Photography LCC gallery, downtown Boston and online - Nov 2021 - Jan 2022. He is a Hudson Valley based photo artist.
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9/27/2021 - 10/4/2021
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Jill Cliffer Baratta
'79 (MFA, Dance)
Ms. Cliffer Baratta was recently elected Executive Director of the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA, f. 1889), currently housed in the National Arts Club at 15 Gramercy Park South, room 301. She was juried in as a member of NAWA in 2011.
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Demetria McCain
'90 (BFA, Drama)
Demetria recently accepted a Biden Administration appointment to serve as the HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
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Neil Stevenson
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Neil Stevenson released his debut album "Black Roses" on all major streaming services October 1st. The album explores themes of depression, self destruction, toxic relationships, and addiction. It serves as an ode to a middle place in life where you can recognize the bad, but still bask in it.
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Genevieve Wong
'02 (BFA, Dramatic Writing/Film and TV)
Genevieve Wong recently published her first cookbook via Simon & Schuster, entitled HEALING HERBAL SOUPS: BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY AND WEATHER THE SEASONS WITH TRADITIONAL CHINESE RECIPES. Co-written with her mother, it was conceived during the coronavirus pandemic, as a way to show people how to maintain their health through Chinese herbal soups. The book is currently ranked #1 on two of Amazon’s Bestseller Lists, in the category of new releases for both Chinese Medicine, and Soups and Stews.
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SEPTEMBER
9/21/2021 - 9/27/2021
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Soma Okoye
'19 (BFA, Drama)
Sọma Okoye recently directed her first film since graduating, a queer romantic short titled FEED ME. The film premiered on September 1st, 2021 at the aGLIFF Prism Film Festival in Austin, TX where Soma was select as one of the first recipients of the Queer Black Voices Award. FEED ME is a poetry film that celebrates intimacy, sensuality, and pleasure and is a fragment of a larger multidisciplinary project exploring sexuality and pleasure using film, poetry, and live performance.
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9/14/2021 - 9/21/2021
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Natalie Harris
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Natalie Jasmine Harris '20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) Writer/Director/Producer, and Natalie Holley '19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Producer, were selected as this year's recipients of The SFFILM Rainin Screenwriting Grant for their feature-length film, "Pure."
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Kwame Ivery
'96 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Kwame's debut novel, THE PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER SIDE, was released earlier this month, on 9/7/21.
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Katie Leary
'08 (BA, Cinema Studies)/ '15 (MA, Cinema Studies)
What Breaks the Ice, produced by Katie Leary, will be in select theaters, on Premium VOD & Digital. Two girls from different worlds form a deep friendship in the sweltering summer heat of 1998. Carefree days quickly turn cold as they find themselves at the center of a murder.
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Olivia Millar-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Olivia Millar-Ross is presenting SSFF on September 18th 2021. The Scottish Short Film Festival is now in its 9th year and is proud to promote and encourage filmmaking in and about Scotland, give credit where it's due and to encourage young and upcoming talent in the field.
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Vica Miller
'97 (MPS, ITP)
Vica Miller launched UNA VIDA. NO PLAN. The company helps creative individuals open up and reconnect with themselves in Cabarete, DR. Seven Days. Seven People. Think of the shamanic retreats but without the drugs - only surfing, dancing, horseback riding, swimming, massage, conversations, sunset dinners, and “the secret sauce". Please see our testimonials.
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Tylie Shider
'18 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
The Wire’s Brian Anthony Wilson will star in a live streaming virtual production of LABOR, a dark comedy by Graduate Dramatic Writing alumni Tylie Shider.
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Patricia Vestal
'78 (MA, Performance Studies)
Patricia Vestal has published PASSAGEWAYS: THE LIVING WORLD BOOK ONE. The themes in her speculative fiction series are human reactions to climate change; how our relationship with technology can affect nature now and in future; and positive examples from those who came before us. A trio of personalities is drawn into a mind-bending adventure: Jeff Hawke left his Cherokee people in North Carolina’s mountains to work as a cyber security tech in the state’s urban Research Triangle, where he’s confronted with the challenge of his life; Tami Grimes is investigating cutting edge artificial intelligence for a science magazine; Synon Queen TuMa’Aye Gra’Vay arrives on Earth from the Realm seeking the source of threats to the Synon mission of maintaining humanity’s diminishing link to The Living World. Their paths touch, catapulting them into a vortex of hurdles and peril that compel them to confront inner selves and outer forces that threaten catastrophic consequences. A self-contained story, Passageways sets the stage for the astounding revelations and events of the subsequent entries in The Living World series. Watch for Book Two soon. Available wherever you buy online books or request from your independent bookstore.
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9/8/2021 - 9/13/2021
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Elizabeth Ahearn
'88 (BFA, Dance), '89 (MFA, Dance)
Elizabeth Lowe Ahearn became the President of the American College Dance Association in July after having served on the Executive Board of the Association for several years. The American College Dance Association exists to support and affirm dance in higher education through regional conferences, the adjudication process, and national festivals. The educational mission of the Association is to foster creative potential, to honor multiple approaches to scholarly and creative research and activity, to promote excellence in choreography and/or performance, and to give presence and value to diversity in dance. Elizabeth continue her work as a professor Goucher College in Baltimore, MD while she fulfills her three year term.
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Shannon Sweeting
'15 (BFA, Cinema Studies)
Launched a free ebook “Learn Simple Japanese Watching Anime” to help Japanese language students better retain simple words and phrases by watching anime.
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9/1/2021 - 9/8/2021
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Charlotte Rygh
'01 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Charlotte Rygh recently published her kid's travel series, The Shrimp 'n Lobster Adventures (The Collective Book Studio). Follow this crustacean duo from the Big Apple to the City by the Bay and you'll learn all kinds of local history and culture.
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Sam Samuels
'86 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Sam will be appearing at Silverthorne Theatre in Greenfield, MA, in “The Mystery of Irma Vep” as Lord Edgar and Jane. First three weekends in October - pandemic willing!
AUGUST
8/25/2021 - 8/31/2021
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H Schuster
'96 (MA, Performance Studies)
H Schuster's new company, HUSSLUP, was just accepted into the highly competitive Techstars Comcast NBCU LIFT Labs Accelerator. HUSSLUP is a vertical network that makes creative talent discovery in media and entertainment more efficient and more diverse. Media and entertainment is a $2T year business and everyone needs great IP and great IP creators. But the talent discovery process is broken. Execs still search for creators through one-to-one relationships and personal cliques. So it’s no surprise that new and diverse creatives struggle to break into the industry and build their careers. But now you can HUSSLUP! We launch our invite only beta in October. And you can signup on our website.
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8/17/2021 - 8/24/2021
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Allen Ellenzweig
'85 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Allen's biography of the fascinating mid-twentieth century American photographer and well-connected gay transatlantic cosmopolitan, George Platt Lynes, will be published by Oxford University Press in October 2021 as "George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye."
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Thomas Shomaker
'03 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Thomas Shomaker's 2012 short documentary on Japan's Obon festival will be part of an upcoming exhibit on global buddhism at the Übersee-Museum in Bremen, Germany. This documentary was shot in Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Obon is a Buddhist / Shinto observance during which the spirits of deceased relatives and ancestors visit family homes and are celebrated.
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8/4/2021 - 8/16/2021
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Marija Krtolica
'96 (BFA, Dance)/'10 (MA, Performance Studies)
Excerpts from “Re-Inventing Love” - a dance-theater work about love as a truth procedure will be shown at the ?!:New Works (The Brick, Williamsburg) on 9/11 and 9/21. Choreographed in collaboration with the performers by Marija Krtolica Dancers: Julie Fotheringham, Dustin Maxwell, Michael Mangieri and Marija Krtolica Live Music: Jason Ciaccio.
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Olivia Miller-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Olivia Millar-Ross performs as Grace in the premiere of Caledonian Sleeper, written by Michael Matar. 'Pain trumps pleasure. People get flashbacks to horrible shit that happened to them; PTSD. There's no post-pleasure euphoria disorder, is there? I've never caught someone with a massive grin on their face because they remembered an ice cream they had 10 years ago.' Everyone loves Joe Koppell, especially his famous movie, Star Sign Wars. But he is trying to keep a low profile on a sleeper train north. However, when an old friend heading to her father’s funeral crashes his carriage, the journey leads them to examine their deepest convictions of what it means to be alive.
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Rosemary Rotondi
'96 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Rosemary Rotondi served as Archival Producer of Stanley Nelson's feature documentary film ATTICA which opens the documentary portion of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film premieres on Showtime Network in September as well. Another film by Liz Garbus on which Rosemary Rotondi served as co-researcher is BECOMING COUSTEAU, premiering in September at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Liz Zimmerman
'05 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
"20 Years of 9-11: Memories of a Witness" - a solo performance in 2021 Philly Fringe Festival by Liz Zimmerman examining what it is like to experience the World Trade Center disaster first-hand as an NYU student and to live with those memories.
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7/30/2021 - 8/3/2021
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Shawna Cupples
(BFA, Drama)
Shawna Cupples is performing with the band Liquid Gravy at the takebacktheday.org event in NYC on 9/11. Come listen to her music and enjoy the art of her alter persona Smag.
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Rachel Annette Helson
'09 (BFA, Drama)
Rachel Annette Helson ('09) recently directed her first feature film, a female driven thriller titled YOU'RE NOT SAFE HERE. The film debuts on Lifetime TV on July 31st, 2021 and stars Haskiri Velazquez (lead of Saved by the Bell, 2021 Entertainment Weekly Breakout Star,) Nicky Whelan (Hall Pass, Scrubs) and Cleo Anthony (Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It).
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JULY
7/22/2021 - 7/26/2021
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Scott Huffman
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Scott Huffman '20 (BFA, Drama) has begun performances of his new play, Children's Crusade, which is being performed through September in outdoor venues across the Northeast and Midwest, including multiple performances around New York City.
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Meghan Leon
'04 (BFA, Drama)
"Night Drive", a feature film written/co-directed/edited by Meghan Leon will be released August 6 on VOD and in select theaters.
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7/6/2021 - 7/22/2021
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Lauren Sowa
'07 (BFA, Drama)
Marisol, a film about a young mother who takes a risk to provide for her daughter, is now airing on HBO, HBO Latino, and HBO Max! Lauren Sowa (Drama '07) produced and Zoé Salicrup Junco (Undergraduate Film & Television, '11) directed.
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7/1/2021 - 7/5/2021
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David Lefkowitz
'84 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)/ '86 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
David Lefkowitz's one-act comedy, Restoration Playhouse, was selected to be part of Red Bull Theater Company's annual Short New Play Festival, themed "Restoration." Directed by Timothy Douglas, the benefit performance streams July 12, 2021 at redbulltheater.com, with re-viewings available through July 16.
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JUNE
6/22/2021 - 6/30/2021
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Shawna Cupples
(Drama)
Shawna Cupples from The Playwrights Horizons Theater school recently released her first song on the radio. “Slide the Woo,” premiered on The Wire 98.5FM in Orlando, FL on 6/14/21, 10PM EST. This achievement has been a dream come true and she’s just getting started.
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Richard Dorfman
'81 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film)
Richard is currently working as Waterfront Director for the Billion Oyster Project, as a Lighting Assistant for the Guggenheim Museum and as a Relief Captain for the schooner Pioneer for South Street Seaport Museum.
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Susan MacLeod
'88 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Liza Chasin '87 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Susan MacLeod '88 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) reunite working on the set of 'Lost City of D', for Paramount Pictures.
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Gabrielle Mirabella
'20 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
Madam President: an Optimistic New Musical, with lyrics by Jessie Field ('20), book by Gabrielle Mirabella ('20) and music by Lucy O’Brien ('20) and with direction and choreography by Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, will be workshopped and presented for the first time at the New Musicals Lab at the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts at Christopher Newport University. The lab begins June 29th and concludes on July 11th, allowing for two weeks of music rehearsals, scene work, choreography and culminating in a semi-staged reading. First developed at the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, the premiere presentation of Madam President was canceled in May 2020 due to the pandemic. The New Musicals Lab at the Ferguson Center offers the creative team a unique and exciting opportunity.
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Giorgia Valenti
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Giorgia Valenti is the Production and Marketing Assistant at Gwyn Gilliss Communication, a mentoring business for actors, and she is very excited to be organizing The International Actors Access! This is a three day virtual event where actors can meet and audition for 50 TOP Industry Professionals in International Film & TV Markets! Make sure to check out the scholarships too, win dollars off by submitting to the Monologue Challenge.
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6/18/2021 - 6/21/2021
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Andrew Jacob
'19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Andrew C. Jacob’s thesis film ‘Hotel Crucible’, made in Prof. Sam Pollard’s Narrative class, will play in this year’s edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The film was supposed to play in the 2020 edition but was postponed due to the pandemic. 'Hotel Crucible' was inspired by Andrew’s time studying abroad at an international language school in Tokyo. ‘Hotel Crucible’ follows two young women during their last night together after a study abroad semester. Being from different countries they contemplate the future, and truth, of their friendship. Shot on 16mm by Director of photography by Olivia Peters (’18) Sound Mix & Design by Will Mayo (’13)
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Jonathan Moll
'84 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
During lockdown Jonathan became focused on an issue of women’s rights where it intersects with religion, specifically, the attack on Roe v. Wade that needlessly imperils women and harms all of society. So he wrote a short book entitled "The Abortion Dilemma".
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6/9/2021 - 6/17/2021
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David Broad & Lisa Melmed
'09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) & '84 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
From June 9th to June 20th, LARRY & ME, produced for another Tisch alumnus, Lisa Melmed, is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival. The short documentary tells the story of Larry King & his best friend of 75 years, Herb Cohen.
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Lynn Jacobson
'89 (MA, Performance Studies)
In May 2021, Lynn Jacobson was named managing editor of The Seattle Times, a Pulitzer Prize-winning media company and one of the few remaining independently owned news organizations in the country. She leads a newsroom of more than 160 journalists, known for breaking news, investigations, and rich visual and narrative storytelling.
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6/3/2021 - 6/8/2021
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Gabrielle Moses
'12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
LECHE will be pitching as one of 5 films vying for a million dollars through AT&T's & Tribeca's Untold Stories alongside producers Marttise Hill and Julius Pryor IV (Grad Film/TV) and Shruti Ganguly (Grad Film/TV '12)
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Caroline Sinders
'10 (BFA, Photography and Imaging)/'14 (MPS, ITP)
My solo show, an expanded documentary exhibition, with Telematic Media Art , Architectures of Violence, focus on the intersections of online harassment, white supremacy, politics, and digital media.
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Farah Ysvette Mourad Vera
'09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Farah published her debut science fiction novel, Mantis Green, during the pandemic.
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Yonatan Weinstein
'16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Yonatan Weinstein has edited The New Group Theater’s Off Stage filmed production of Beckett’s masterpiece ‘Waiting for Godot’ starring Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Wallace Shawn, Tarik Trotter (AKA Black Thought) and Drake Bradshaw. Now streaming!
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5/25/2021 - 6/2/2021
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Austin Hall & Zach Visvikis
'19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Austin Hall & Zach Visvikis's film "MOLLY ROBBER" has been selected for this year's Tribeca Film Festival! They made this as theor thesis film during theor time at NYU in Rick Litvin's thesis class.
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Steven Parisi Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steve’s ‘WildFlower’ (handmade cover of a memoir he recently wrote) appears in Griffin Museum of Photography virtual “Shelfie” exhibit.
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Tylie Shider
'18 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Tylie Shider is one of seven recipients to receive a Playwrights' Center 2021-24 Core Writers Fellowship. Shider will receive the space and support to create over the next three years.
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Jaiden Thompson
'21 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Jaiden has been selected for the prestigious Television Academy Foundation 2021 Directing Fellowship.
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MAY
5/20/2021 - 5/25/2021
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Elizabeth Stewart
'15 (BFA, Drama)
Bridges4Life and Smear Campaign are thrilled to announce their collaboration on Bridges4Life: An Audio Installation, to be presented at Abrons Arts Center’s Charles E. Culpeper Gallery from May 24th until June 5th. This audio installation features the voices and of the Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Sex Work community, blending their thoughts and stories into an interactive experience for the visitor. This installation is free of charge to attend.
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5/12/2021 - 5/19/2021
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Hannah Cohen
'19 (BFA, Drama)
Hannah's first children's book "Ezra's Invisible Backpack" will be published on May 25th! She co-wrote the book to teach children about dealing with their emotions and encourage conversation about the significance mental health from a young age.
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Lauren Flowers
'09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Lauren Flowers recently produced an international show for MTV to air in 180+ countries.
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5/1/2021 - 5/6/2021
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Erica Hart
'12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Erica won a CSA (Casting Society of America) Artios Award for "The Surrogate" written and directed by Jeremy Hersh '12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), in the Micro Budget Film Category.
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Sophia Murashkovsky Romma
'95/'97 (BFA/MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Sophia Romma's "Used and Borrowed Time" premieres on May 7 at NYC's Quad Cinema for Avant-Garde Film. Non-conformist psychological thriller, written and directed by Sophia Romma, "Used and Borrowed Time" is an apocalyptic parable on racial hatred. The film has earned 43 festival awards.
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APRIL
4/13/2021 - 4/19/2021
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Amy Benson
'06 (BFA, Drama)
NYU Tisch Alumni Amy Benson, Amy Dellagiarino and Jean Goto will be working with Walking Shadow Readers Theatre on their One Acts Festival to close out their first season. They serve as playwrights, actors and directors for the festival.
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Mitchell Block
'72 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)/ '73 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Mitchell Block '72 (BFA) '73 (MFA) was selected to fill the initial Jon Anderson Chair, Distinguished Professor of Documentary Studies and Production in the School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Oregon. The position is tenured.
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Brian DeCubellis
'93 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Brian DeCubellis directed, produced and co-wrote the screenplay to feature film TRUST starring Victoria Justice, Matthew Daddario and Katherine McNamara, currently On Demand in North America and UK/Ireland.
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Isabella Ruffalo-Burgat
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
'Hello World Communications', a film rental and production house is excited to announce a new discount for recent graduates of NYU! Get 15% off your rental quote by mentioning Tisch alumna's name (Isabella) when ordering.
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Tylie Shider
'18 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Tylie Shider to pen a new docu-drama inspired by the Minneapolis' signage art created in protest of the murder of George Floyd.
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Joseph Pearlman
'99 (BFA, Drama)
Joseph just released a new video in collaboration with Backstage Magazine entitled 'How To Be Confident in Auditions | Tips from an Acting Coach'
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4/9/2021 - 4/12/2021
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STEVEN PARISI GENTILE
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steve's video, Cause&Effect, has been juried into David Orton Gallery's 7th Annual Photo Show. The 240fps slow motion video can be viewed on DO website from Apr 17-May 23.
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Brett Renwick
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) has appointed Brett Renwick as Vice President, Brand Integration, Sponsorships and Product Placement. Rewick’s remit is to identify, develop and execute brand partnerships in support of Village Roadshow content and its vast library of IP. He will report to VREG’s CEO Steve Mosko.
MARCH
3/24/2021 - 3/31/2021
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Betsy Hills Bush
'82 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Betsy’s new podcast The Latest Version: Change, Growth & Reinvention talks to Lela Cocoros Goldstein (UGFTV ’82) about her pivot to collage artist after a long and successful career in the cable television industry.
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Steven Parisi Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steven Parisi Gentile, a Hudson Valley still and moving image photographer, welcome with open arms and open shutter Spring! A selection of 5 images from his recent archive.
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3/18/2021 - 3/23/2021
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Dan Fiorella
'80 (BFA, Cinema Studies)
The horror/comedy short I co-wrote with horror movie icon Beverly "Basketcase" Bonner is now making the festival circuit, having been accepted at five so far.
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Calvin Lam
'04 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Calvin released a side-project EP of instrumental electronic beats. “Nostalgia in Times of Crisis”, an escape from his role as video game music composer while the walls close in during these pandemic lockdowns. Streaming now on all platforms.
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3/15/2021 - 3/17/2021
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Arlo Hill
'18 (MFA, Grad Acting)
SecondBody Presents: Blind Date. Sit back and watch over Zoom as two singles go on a blind date—through the bodies of two entirely different people! Can romantic connection transcend physical form? How will things unfold? Find out Thursday, March 18, 8 pm EST.
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3/9/2021 - 3/15/2021
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Joyce Sherrí Booth
'16 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Sundance Institute Selects Joyce Sherri As A Fellow For 2021 Screenwriters Intensive With Her Feature Screenplay Sweet Sixteen.
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Iquo B. Essien
'15 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Nigerian-American Writer and Director Iquo B. Essien has launched a campaign to raise $30,000 to convert her family’s historical land in Calabar, Nigeria into a memoir gallery and space for Nigerian cultural preservation, alongside a residency for African womxn artists.
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Kayla Lewis
'20 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Official Selection SXSW 2021, Episodic Pilot Competition World Premiere, March 17th, 10AM CST "Parked in America" - Created/Written by Kayla Yumi Lewis, Produced in Harry Winer's Advanced TV Production Class, Fall 2019. Starring Judy Song (Drama) and Jeff Lawless (Drama '20), Directed by Luke Salin (UGFTV '20), Executive Producer Ann Swenson (UGFTV '20), Produced by Cole Bannick, Jori Johnson, Alexandro Pacheco (UGFTV '20), Director of Photography San Yvin (UGFTV '20), Production Designer Elizabeth W. Bescherer (UGFTV '20), First Assistant Director Elizabeth Rezende (UGFTV '20), Edited by Hyeseung Kim (UGFTV '20), Sound Designer Kathryn Ly-Bishop (Steinhardt '20), Music by Eric Smith (Steinhardt '20)
3/4/2021 - 3/8/2021
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Josh Kahn
'09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Director / Showrunner Josh Kahn's newest series "Top Class" is out now on Amazon Prime and IMDBtv.
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Alexandro Pacheco
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Alexandro's Adv. Narrative has been selected by 3 festivals to date. While we await decisions from "the big 3" on the list, Alexandro is hosting virtual Previews, each attached to live chats. 3/15: composer Sanjay Pamaar ('20) joins the conversation.
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Samantha Rosenblatt
'20 (Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
Samantha Rosenblatt ('20) and Elspeth Collard ('20) are proud to release their first album, "Little Love Notes from Collard & Rosenblatt", on March 14th. LLN will be available to stream on all streaming platforms.
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Ryan Silbert
'20 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
The Audible Original The Coldest Case debuts on March 11th starring Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Nathalie Emmanuel, Alexis Bleidel, and Beau Bridges based on a James Patterson's The Black Book was co-created, written and EP'ed by Ryan Silbert ('20).
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2/24/2021 - 3/3/2021
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Ria Tobaccowala
'20 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Ria Tobaccowala's short film SHADOWS lands distribution deal with HBO. The film will premiere on HBO Latino and HBO Max on March 1, 2021.
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FEBRUARY
2/17/2021 - 2/23/2021
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Cristina Kotz Cornejo
'00 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Cristina Kotz Cornejo was one of 12 creators from around the world who received a share of $100,000 as winner of the 2020 Journalism 360 Challenge for her VR/MR project, "Magic in the Desert." The challenge is a joint initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Online News Association. In addition, Cristina was named the Chair of the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College in the Summer of 2020. Assuming the leadership role of the largest department on Emerson's campus during the COVID19 pandemic, Cristina was responsible for developing the comprehensive 44 page COVID19 Production Safety Guidelines which were published on the UFVA website and used as a model for Colleges and Universities around the world.
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Erik Christian Hanson
'13 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
E.C. Hanson's collection of fiction, ALL THINGS DEADLY (Salem Stories), will be released by D&T Publishing in August 2021.
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Henry Hoke
'05 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Hoke's novel The Groundhog Forever shadows two Tisch students stuck in the sequel to a cherished movie. Speed Levitch says “this magically real adventure paints a sensation of being limitless even while standing under the fluorescents of the institution.”
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Steven Parisi Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steven Parisi Gentile is pleased to be exhibiting 2 photographs in SOMETHING BLUE (Emerge Gallery Saugerties NY) Mar 6 - Apr 25. Steve is a Hudson Valley based fine art photographer/ filmmaker.
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James Qiu
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
James' film, 'The Good Woman of Sichuan' (2021) was awarded with the prize Berlinale 2021 Official Selection - Forum Section.
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2/10/2021 - 2/16/2021
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Mitchell Block
'72 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)/ '73 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Mitchell Block '72 (BFA) '73 (MFA) was selected to fill the initial Jon Anderson Chair, Distinguished Professor of Documentary Studies and Production in the School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Oregon. The position is tenured.
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Susanna Horng
'94 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Susanna Horng is awarded a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2021-2022. Fellows receive $50,000 over two years ($25,000 per year) in direct support to create new work, advance artistic goals and/or promote professional development.
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Daniel Fermín Pfeffer
'09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Daniel Fermín Pfeffer’s feature debut, "I'll See You Around" is now streaming on VOD by the indie distribution shingle, Breaking Glass Pictures.
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Tylie Shider
'18 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Premiere Stages has named Tylie Shider the recipient of the 2021-22 Liberty Live commission, a biennial commission for New Jersey playwrights, in partnership with Kean University’s Liberty Hall Museum, that celebrates the state’s history.
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Carolina Tamez
'14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
"I’m No Longer Here", Carolina Tamez’s '14 first feature film as creative producer, is advancing in the Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category following the 93rd Oscars Shortlist announcement!
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2/2/2021 - 2/9/2021
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Natalie Jasmine Harris
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Natalie Jasmine Harris was awarded the 2020 Directors Guild of America Student Film Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in the East Coast African-American Directors category for her NYU UGFTV short film, "Pure."
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Jennifer Macaluso-Gilmore
'94 (BFA, Drama)
Jennifer was recently featured for her work in Forbes. She leads programs/coaches women leaders, with a focus on becoming a greater leader in your own life on all fronts. Her goal is to help create great leaders in all corners of our world.
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Cynthia Oliver, Ph.D.
'03 (PhD, Performance Studies)
Cynthia is honored to have received a 2021 United States Artist Fellowship!
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Steven Parisi Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steven Parisi Gentile’s photograph NAUTILUS (INSIDE) will be part of the Center for Photography at Woodstock’s Member Show 2021. It opens Feb 12. Steve is a Hudson Valley fine art photographer.
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Lilian Tanner
'16 (BFA, Drama)
Lilian Tanner is producing her first feature film The Superlatives, a high school comedy about students fighting to leave their legacy through senior superlatives. The script has been featured at Austin Film Fest & Barnstorm Fest. Contribute below!
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JANUARY
1/20/2021 - 2/1/2021
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Bryan Freedman
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Bryan Freedman's debut EP, "The Hudson River Park EP", released 27 January 2021! Available to stream on all platforms and for purchase on Bandcamp!
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Arlo Hill
'18 (MFA, Grad Acting)
SecondBody Presents: Blind Date. Sit back and watch over Zoom as two singles go on a blind date—through the bodies of two entirely different people! Can romantic connection transcend physical form? How will things unfold? Find out Friday, February 5, 8-9pm EST.
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1/13/2021 - 1/19/2021
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Ryan Lisa
'19 (BFA, Drama)
Ryan Lisa has been working with Bated Breath Theatre Company since August to devise, create, and perform in the first and longest running pandemic friendly theatre production in Manhattan! Voyeur: The Windows of Toulouse Lautrec is still running!
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Darnell Robinson
'20 (BFA, Drama)
Darnell is producing their first Feature Film. The film is called "Smile". This is a film about a girl named Jules who is experiencing life after trying to commit suicide. Darnell and his team are looking for donations - click below to support!
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Omar Zúñiga
'14 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Omar's first feature film THE STRONG ONES will be released in the U.S. and Canada on January 19th, with Breaking Glass Pictures, available on VOD and DVD nationwide.
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1/1/2021 - 1/12/2021
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Alexis Sharp
'17 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Alexis' first novel, Eyes for Eyes, has been published on Amazon. It is a fantasy novel about unicorns, vengeance, and political intrigue. Get your copy now!
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DECEMBER
12/14/2020 - 12/31/2020
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Steven Parisi Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steven Parisi Gentile will be in Center for Photography at Woodstock Member Show in January. He has exhibited at CPW, Davis Orton Gallery, Dorsky Museum of Art, Emerge Gallery, Griffin Museum of Photography, Howland Cultural Center, and Wired Gallery.
12/8/2020 - 12/14/2020
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Anushka Jasraj
'12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Anushka is a two-time winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia and recently published her first short story collection, Principles of Prediction, which is available in the Indian subcontinent.
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12/1/2020 - 12/7/2020
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Ariella C
'05 (BFA, Drama)
Just released new poetry chapbook titled It Whispers, by Ariella C. - a visceral look into femininity and art. available on B&N.com and others. Three press releases thus far Dorrance Publishing
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Karen Chilton
'19 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Commissioned to write a new opera in collaboration with composer/pianist Damien Sneed in the 2021 New Works, Bold Voices! Lab at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The world premiere will live stream in late April 2021.
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Cynthia Oliver
'03 (PhD, Performance Studies)
Cynthia was featured in article in Dance Teacher Magazine and mentions Performance Studies at NYU in the article.
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NOVEMBER
11/24/2020 - 11/30/2020
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Steven Gentile
'86 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Hudson Valley photographer & filmmaker Steven Parisi Gentile will be exhibiting in the Griffin Museum of Photography's Member Winter Solstice exhibit Dec 8 - Jan 5. "Flight of Mexican carrier pigeon ornaments" is his photograph in the show.
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11/17/2020 - 11/23/2020
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Mahalia Cohen
'09 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Mahalia Cohen's debut feature film The Last Hot Lick, about a washed-up musician desperate to recapture the fleeting fame he experienced in the 1970s, is now available to stream on Amazon. The film was made in collaboration with many NYU Grad Film alum.
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Josh Kahn
'09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Director Josh Kahn's newest film "Gap Year" Set to release 12/1.
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Gabrielle Mirabella
'20 (Graduate Musical Theater Writing)
Ernie Bird ('20) & I are proud to share our Musical Women's History Podcast, "What Will She Do Next?" Each episode explores the life of one great woman through Broadway-style storytelling. Past guests include: Matt Lucas (GBBO) & Wicked's Kara Lindsay.
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11/10/2020 - 11/16/2020
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Matt Kliegman
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Matt's debut feature length documentary film "Markie in Milwaukee" will be having its (virtual) Theatrical Premiere this Friday November 20th at BAM Cinemas.
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11/2/2020 - 11/9/2020
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Shawna Cupples
(Drama)
Shawna Cupples just released her debut night-slider, driver-side, multi-genre music album, "The Soul Skein of Shawna Cupples." These songs were sung as a point of self comfort in the styles of rock, rap, r&b, electronica and techno.
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OCTOBER
10/28/2020 - 11/2/2020
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Jonah Greenstein
'13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Jonah Greenstein recently released his debut feature film, Deadalus, a fiction triptych portraying community, love, and loss. The film laces loneliness with beauty to create a film of startling cinematic intimacy.
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10/22/2020 - 10/28/2020
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Hudson Valley fine art photographer & filmmaker Steven Gentile is part of STILL LIFE, closing Oct 31, at SxSE Gallery, Molena, GA Juror/curator Nancy McCrary.
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Howard Tiersky
'89 (BFA, Drama)
Howard recently published the Amazon #1 New release Winning Digital Customers: The Antidote to Irrelevance. The book lays out a simple five step methodology that any company can use to win the love of today's digital customers.
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10/13/2020 - 10/21/2020
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Pete Chatmon
'99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Pete co-wrote, produced & directed WEDNESDAY MORNING, a satirical election podcast with co-writer/producer Candice Sanchez McFarlane, producers Tristan Nash '10 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) & Christina DeHaven-Call '99 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), and sound design by Matthew Polis '98 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV).
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Jonah Greenstein
'13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Distribution of debut feature film (as producer, writer, director, editor) by First Run Features, on Kanopy, OVID.tv, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV.
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Marija Krtolica
'96 (BFA, Dance)/ '10 (MA, Performance Studies)
The video-collage “Re-Inventing Love” which documents the rehearsal process for a collaborative dance-theater piece based on the writing by the philosopher Alain Badiou was shown at the festival in Venice - Borders: Fragmented Identities (itsliquid).
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10/5/2020 - 10/12/2020
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Gabrielle Ewing
'15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Gabrielle Ewing '15 (BFA, Film & TV) was named the District of Columbia's Filmmaker of the Month for her contributions to the creative community. She is currently directing her first feature-length documentary, "Credible Fear" (@crediblefearfilm).
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Jim Knable
'01 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Jim Knable released Songs of Suffrage on Oct 6, commissioned by Luna Stage and the Andrew Goodman Foundation, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts—part of Luna Stage’s Voting Writes Project.
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Joyce Sherrí
'16 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Joyce Sherri’s feature script “Sweet Sixteen” wins the 2020 Slamdance Screenplay Competition. For more info contact Jennifer Levine, Manager at levine@untitledent.net or Frank Wuliger, Agent, at FWuliger@gersh.com
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SEPTEMBER
9/22/2020 - 9/29/2020
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Hayk Mikayelyan
'20 (MPS, ITP)
Upcoming Show "THE O’LEARY THEORY" - cutting-edge online, real time, interactive production comes to your screen! The production fuses unique approaches to acting, directing and design and lets you--the audience--decide the show’s outcome!
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Staton Rabin
'80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Staton Rabin’s spec script “Saving Mark Twain” wins the 2020 Ridgefield Film Festival’s Screenplay Competition and is a Finalist in the Mystic Film Festival. Contact: Staton@StatonRabin.com.
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9/14/2020 - 9/21/2020
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Frank Tomasulo
'73 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Frank P. Tomasulo Ph.D. '73 (MA, Cinema Studies) recently received the Award for Teaching Excellence, Adjunct, from the University Film & Video Association. He had been awarded the UFVA's "regular" Teaching Award in 2009.
9/1/2020 - 9/8/2020
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Edna Luise Biesold
'15 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
With Casey Killoran '14 (MFA, Graduate Acting) Edna completed "motherhood", a short film starring Marc Menchaca, portraying regret and its consequences. It has been selected at Woods Hole, LIIFE, SENE, Twister Alley and won the Audience Choice Award at Hollyshorts.
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Tobias Carroll
'99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Carroll's third book — and first nonfiction book — was published on September 3 as part of Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series. Political Sign explores history, art, and pop culture to see how political signs shape us — and how that can help shape a country.
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Tanya Zimbardo
'01 (BFA, Photography & Imaging)
Tanya Zimbardo curated two series of SFMOMA #MuseumFromHome Online Screenings. Her SFMOMA exhibition "Future Histories: Theaster Gates and Cauleen Smith" (October 17, 2020 - May 23, 2021) takes archival magazine photography as a point of departure.
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AUGUST
8/11/2020 - 8/17/2020
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Jacob Fertig
'19 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
UGFTV Alum Jacob Fertig founded This Machine Media, a multidisciplinary production company dedicated to sparking civic engagement through documentary storytelling. This Machine works with individuals and organizations to tell cinematic stories that get attention, raise funds, and galvanize communities toward progressive goals.
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Hudson Valley based photographer/filmmaker Steven Gentile's SOAP IN BATHROOM SINK photograph is in SxSE Gallery's STILL LIFE group photo exhibit from Sep 15 thru Oct 30.
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7/28/2020 - 8/10/2020
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Glenn Ruppel
'83 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Glenn Ruppel is part of the producing team nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award, for Best News Special. The nomination is for the ABC News Diane Sawyer program "Screen Time".
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Kayla Zanakis
'19 (BFA, Drama)
The Outer Loop Theater Experience and NYU Tisch alum Kayla Zanakis proudly present OneIronaut, a one-of-a-kind cyber stage production. The show is a 24-hour international event premiering on Saturday, September 12th, 2020 at 8pm EST.
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JULY
7/21/2020 - 7/27/2020
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Andrew Avner
'99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Andrew Avner has a debut Latinx middle grade novel entitled Toro (Black Rose Writing) set for release on September 17, 2020. It’s about a Spanish cow who wants to run with the bulls in Pamplona. The audiobook is available now on Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books.
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STEVEN GENTILE
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Hudson Valley based photographer/filmmaker Steven Gentile's ACCUMULATIONS: SURPRISE SNOW video is part of Davis Orton Gallery (Hudson NY) Sixth Annual Group Photo Show - online August 1 - August 30. The 30-second video is the shortest in the series.
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7/14/2020 - 7/20/2020
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Leonie Ettinger
'16 (MA, Performance Studies)
Leonie Ettinger, currently a Ph.D. candidate at the German Department at NYU, has been awarded the Alpine Fellowship Academic Writing Prize 2020 for her essay “Speaking Past: Ruth Klüger’s weiter leben Eine Jugend.”
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Sabrina Karlin
'18 (BFA, Dance)
Sabrina founded an editing company, Scribble & Type, to support students and professionals alike in strengthening admissions essays, grants, resumes and more.
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William Ng
'94 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Global Creative Director at Koei Tecmo Games Japan. Recent game releases include Fairy Tail (July 30, 2020), Nioh 2, Atelier Ryza, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14, Warriors Orochi Ultimate 4, Uncharted Waters 6, and more.
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7/8/2020 - 7/13/2020
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Taylor Rae Almonte
'15 (BFA, Drama)
Taylor Rae started a Black Lives Matter weekly newsletter where we discuss a different facet of racism every week to raise awareness and save Black lives.
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Aaron Weisblatt
'84 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Aaron Weisblatt’s latest documentary, Land Of Little Rivers, was released in May and is available to stream on Amazon. He is currently living in L.A. and is writing t.v. and feature scripts and is currently producing a thriller called House Hunted.
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7/1/2020 - 7/7/2020
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Ryan Silbert
'20 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Ryan Silbert is an EP and co-writer of the Audible Original The Coldest Case - A Black Book Drama with Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, and Nathalie Emmanuel. It is a prequel to James Patterson’s best-seller with Patterson also a writer on the series.
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Nik Walker
'10 (BFA, Drama)
Currently cast as the lead in "Ain't Too Proud" on Broadway (after 3 years as Aaron Burr in the Broadway and touring companies of "Hamilton"); co-host of The Chaos Twins talk show on BroadwayWorld, and the movie analysis podcast Little Justice.
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JUNE
6/24/2020 - 6/30/2020
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Rae Ceretto
'11 (BFA, Photography and Imaging)
Rae Ceretto directed "We Do Not Live Here" about a woman seeking asylum with the Migrant Caravan. It was featured in Rolling Stone and won audience choice at MVFF. In 2020, Honeypot Productions is expanding the film into a feature documentary.
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6/16/2020 - 6/23/2020
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Robert Adanto
'94 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Robert Adanto’s film "Born Just Now" was named Outstanding Feature Documentary at The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and received the International Documentary Feature Film Award at the 4th edition of FECIP: Festival de Cine de Portoviejo in Ecuador.
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Jeremy Boros
'12 (BFA, Drama)
Acting alum Jeremy Boros created an educational podcast series featuring in-depth discussions with some of film and TV's most exciting and acclaimed filmmakers, actors, and creators including NYU alums Dan Jinks, Wendy Calhoun, Mollye Asher & Frank Coraci
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James Jordan
'92 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Produced and performed "Ludwig and the Hammerklavier", his one-person play/recital about Beethoven, in honor of the composer’s 250th birthday, for Vancouver Fringe Festival. An audio drama of same will be released this fall.
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Nick Mann
'10 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Nick Mann made a quarantine short film that's not about quarantine! It's short and funny.
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6/2/2020 - 6/15/2020
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Dan Halperin
'91 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Webinar series on Documentary filmmaking including guest Academy Award Nominee Joe Berlinger now availible to view online.
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5/20/2020 - 6/1/2020
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James L. Barry
'02 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
The graphic novel “Warriors: A Shadow in Riverclan”, illustrated James L. Barry, was recently published by Harper Collins. James has illustrated a number of comics while also working as a storyboard artist for film and advertising.
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Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş
'20 (BFA, Dance)
Maxine's debut novel, "through Eileen," has just been published, and is available in print and e-book formats.
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Presley Oldham
'16 (BFA, Drama)
Presley recently launched a new jewelry line. She is currently living in LA, and still acting — this is a side passion project of hers. She speaks about her time at Tisch in my Vogue interview.
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Jason Scott
'91 (BFA, Cinema Studies)
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure; named Interim Director of the New American Film School at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
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Ryan Silbert
'20 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Silbert is the co-creator of the New York Times bestseller "Stan Lee’s Alliances: A Trick of Light", an original, first-of-its kind audio storytelling event produced by Audible Studios and releases as an expanded story in paperback June 2020 from HMH.
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Giorgia Valenti
'20 (BFA, Drama)
"This is Me Eating ____" is a virtual project series. The goal of the project is to make space for anyone (that's right, ANYONE) to express their relationship to their eating and their body.
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MAY
5/14/2020 - 5/19/2020
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Olivia Millar-Ross
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Olivia performed voice over for a Playdead Ltd./BBC series titled BBC Bitesize: Victorian Scotland, which has been nominated in two categories at this years Royal Television Society Scotland Awards.
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Frank P. Tomasulo
'73 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D. (MA, Cinema Studies, 1974) recently had his book, MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI: AMBIGUITY IN THE MODERNIST CINEMA (2019), translated into Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Russian.
5/6/2020 - 5/13/2020
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Steven Gentile currently has a photograph "WINTER SOLSTICE: return of the sun" in the Griffin Museum of Photography's virtual exhibit "Corona: It's All About the Light" online group show through July 17.
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Tylie Shider
'18 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Tylie has been awarded the 2020-2021 Jerome Fellowship at the Playwrights' Center. He has won the award for two consecutive years.
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4/29/2020 - 5/5/2020
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Serena Dykman
'15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Serena Dykman's short film WELCOME about U.S. immigration, produced in Pete Chatmon's class is nominated for the Webby Awards. We would appreciate your vote for the People's Voice Award.
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Eliza Tollett
'14 (BFA, Dance)
Try NYC’s most beautiful workout at home! The Ballet Spot - NYC, LA & ONLINE Fitness studio, making the fitness & fun of ballet accessible to all. 30 weekly Live Stream classes, instructed by Pro Dancers - Cardio Ballet, Barre, Broadway Ballet, & MORE!
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April
4/22/2020 - 4/28/2020
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Judith Mizrachy
'00 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Judith produced THE BOOKSELLERS which premiered at NYFF and opened in theaters in March. It's now screening virtually with cinemas around the country including Film Forum, Lincoln Center, Angelika and BAM, supporting the theaters while they're closed
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4/15/2020 - 4/21/2020
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Fine art photographer / filmmaker Steven Gentile continues to create work for his 'this still life' series while squandering too many precious hours on Zoom meetings. He is seeking shelter in place in the Hudson Valley.
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Nathaniel Halpern
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Nathaniel Halpern's groundbreaking sci fi series "Tales From The Loop" premiered on Amazon.
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Gary Krebs
'89 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Film rights have been licensed to Coast West Entertainment for my historical novel and screenplay adaptation of "Little Miss of Darke County: The Origins of Annie Oakley".
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4/10/2020 - 4/14/2020
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Christina (Ghubril) Wren
'06 (BFA, Drama)
Hicksters, a feel good comedy by Christina (Ghubril) Wren, was re-released to press play and binge during #quarantineandchill. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll remember the experience of having neighbors.
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Zachary Goldberg
'20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
A musical podcast Zachary co-created with Tisch alumnus Rye Dorsey was featured in an NY Times article titled "Fiction Podcasts To Get Lost In." Everyone involved is incredible, and a huge number of them are NYU alumni!
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4/1/2020 - 4/9/2020
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Daniel Sollinger
'93 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Daniel recently Produced and Directed Immortality or Bust which will be released by Gravitas Ventures on June 23.
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March
3/26/2020 - 3/31/2020
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Odessa Begay
'07 (BFA, Photography and Imaging)
Which flower went into both medieval love potions AND nightmare remedies? Why did Coco Chanel love camellias? Learn history, lore, and more on 50 beloved flowers in Odessa Begay’s new book The Language of Flowers out April 7th 2020 with HarperCollins.
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Hudson Valley based still and moving image fine art photographer Steven Gentile continues his image production with the series "this still life" Images in this series document the quiet, mundane moments of his world seeking shelter in place.
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3/16/2020 - 3/26/2020
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Kira Dane & Katelyn Rebelo
'17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) & '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Mizuko, co-directed by UGFTV alums Kira Dane and Katelyn Rebelo, was awarded a Special Jury Mention for the Documentary Shorts Category at SXSW.
3/9/2020 - 3/16/2020
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Monica Brady
'96 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Monica's company, VUniverse was a SXSW 2020 Innovation Award Finalist. VUniverse is a SaaS platform in the entertainment space that lets you know what you have to watch and where you have to watch it saving you time and money.
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Gary Krebs
'89 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
My debut novel, "Little Miss of Darke County: The Origins of Annie Oakley", has just ben published and is available in ebook and paperback formats.
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Abhishek Prasad
'16 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Abhishek Prasad and Rebecca Kahn's short film was released on DUST, the sci-fi platform by Gunpowder and Sky. The film's main titles were also an official selection at SXSW 2020. Follow @humanorfake
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Staton Rabin
'80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
With friends like Rasputin, who needs enemies? THE CURSE OF THE ROMANOVS (Simon & Schuster), Staton Rabin's stunning new twist on the story of the Russian royals and history's creepiest villain, is a Finalist in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Contest.
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Sam Samuels
'86 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Amy McDonald Morrison, Jim Rutigliano, Major West, Tim Perez, Judylee Vivier and I joined family and friends of our beloved classmate Sean Hagerty for a memorial service celebrating his life on March 1. Tim gave a moving tribute.
3/2/2020 - 3/9/2020
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Jason Livingston
'91 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film)
Designing With Light by Jason Livingston has been translated into Chinese and published.
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Daniel Sollinger
'93 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Daniel recently produced the feature film CLEAN starring Adrien Brody which will have it's world premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
February
2/19/2020 - 2/24/2020
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Daniel Calvisi
'94 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Daniel wrote and directed a trailer for his original 30-minute dramedy pilot, "Pushing Fifty," about a group of former high school theater buddies getting together to put up a terrible play amidst their many mid-life crises and resentments.
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Richard Dorfman
'81 (MFA, Design for Stage and Film)
Richard Dorfman will be joining the Billion Oyster Project as Waterfront Director in early March.
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Maizy Scarpa
'13 (BFA, Drama)
Maizy is launching Bloom Creativity, a writing consultation business with a mission of helping people reach their creative potential.
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2/11/2020 - 2/18/2020
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Richarda Abrams
'86 (BFA, Drama)
2018 Best Educational Show Award-United Solo, 2019 Solo Performance of the Year Award -AUDELCO, 2020 Richarda Abrams’ First By Faith: The Life Of Mary McLeod Bethune returns 2/25-3/15/20 -14th Street Y’s Women's History Solo Show Series.
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Sara Cooper
'09 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
Sara and her collaborator Lynne Shankel were invited to participate in the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed to work on their new musical, HoT.
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Lee-Sean Huang
'10 (MPS, ITP)
Lee-Sean recently played the part of a capoeira fighting henchman in "Rat Attack," a comedy music video from viral YouTubers The Gregory Brothers and Japanese yodeling phenomenon Takeo Ischi.
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Andrea J. Loney
'92/'93 (BFA/MFA Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Andrea J. Loney's third picture book, DOUBLE BASS BLUES, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez and published by Random House Knopf, a joyous celebration of family, community, and music, is a recipient of the 2020 Caldecott Honor Award.
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Bruce Whitacre
'89 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
After eighteen years as Executive Director of Theatre Forward, Bruce E. Whitacre will retire in May 2020 to pursue writing and other interests. He had previously served as Managing Director of Signature Theatre in New York and Literary Manager of MTC.
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2/4/2020 - 2/10/2020
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Nathan Catucci
'06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Written and directed by Nathan Catucci, IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS will have its theatrical release in NY at the Cinema Village and in LA at the Laemmle Monica Film Center on Friday, February 14, 2020. The film stars 2019 Tony Award winner Santino Fontana.
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1/28/2020 - 2/3/2020
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Fine art photographer and filmmaker Steven Gentile will have a brand new photograph from his Solitary Confinement series on view in Emerge Gallery's Saugerties artists show EXIT 20. The show opens Feb 1 and runs through Mar 1. See you there!
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Fine art photographer and filmmaker Steven Gentile will be part of The Center for Photography at Woodstock's group Members Show opening Saturday, February 8 from 4-6pm. His REFLECTING SKY 2 abstract photo will be on view.
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Silfida Gomez
'01 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
New book release on 1/29/20- pen name D.C. Gomez. This is book 4 in the Intern Diaries.
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Willo Hausman
'85 (BFA, Drama)
I have just returned to the east coast (Hudson Valley to be exact) from CA and love the vibrant creative beautiful community. I have a sitcom series in active development, two feature films in the works and aim to start a theater company up this way.
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David Pisani
'87 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Dave co-hosts "The Regular Joes Podcast". They discuss Movies, TV, Toys, Collecting, Sci-Fi, Action Adventure, Making and Comics.
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Sam Samuels
'86 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Sam Samuels directed "The Barber of Seville" for Panopera at the Northampton Academy of Music, his first time directing an opera.
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Douglas Segal
'83 (BFA, Drama)
Since graduating, Doug has produced major motion pictures (Three Kings, City of Angels), written, produced and directed TV, and is now the author of a book, "STRUCK: A Husband's Memoir of Trauma and Triumph."
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JANUARY
1/22/2020 - 1/27/2020
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Caroline Aimetti
'15 (BFA, Drama)
Called the "most vivid play of the decade" by the New York Times, the influence of Osborne's 1956 masterwork on generations of playwrights cannot be underestimated. Previews begin February 13 at The Gene Frankel Theatre. Buy your tickets below!
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Albert Christmas Johnson
'93 (MFA, Dance)
Featured in theatrical film THE RHYTHM SECTION starring Blake Lively, January 31, 2020.
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Peter Kayafas
'93 (BFA, Photography & Imaging)
Peter Kayafas is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and his new book, "Peter Kayafas: The Way West" will be released by Purple Martin Press in March, 2020.
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Marija Krtolica
'96 (BFA, Dance)/ '10 (MA GSAS/Performance Studies)
Krtlica's paper "Expression and Symptom" was published in Documenta (University of Ghent, Belgium) in Fall 2019. "Displaced herstory and persistence of bodily memory' was shown at Anima Mundi (Venice, 10/19) and Marxist Education Project (NYC, 12/19).
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Melanie Anastacia Van Allen
'12 (MA, GSAS/Performance Studies)
Melanie Anastacia Van Allen (Ph.D, MA, MFA) is a New York City-based choreographer, dancer, teaching artist, and emerging scholar of dance. In 2019, she completed her doctoral program in dance studies at Texas Woman’s University.
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Christina Wren
'06 (BFA, Drama)
Christina (Ghubril) Wren created and stars in the comedy series, “Hicksters,” a playful exploration of what it really means to be an American. Hicksters premiered at Dances with Films and recently won the Women of Color Filmmakers Audience Choice Award.
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1/16/2020 - 1/21/2020
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Annette Danto
'88 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Chair of the Brooklyn College Film Department.
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Jessica Ingram
'99 (BFA, Photography and Imaging)
Jessica published a book of photographs of the American South entitled "Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial" The result of nearly a decade of fieldwork and research, "Road Through Midnight" is a re-framing of commonplace landscapes as sites of both remembrance and resistance, and invites the viewer to consider the history of contested cultural and societal ground.
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Fine art photographer and filmmaker Steven Gentile will have his photo BROOKLYN BRIDGE (from Old Familiar Places portfolio) in Emerge Gallery (Saugerties) group show EXIT 20 in February.
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Melissa Greenspan and Michelle Azar
'90 (BFA, Drama), '91 (BFA, Drama)
Melissa and Michelle, real life sisters-in-law, met at NYU while rehearsing 20th anniversary tribute of HAIR. They star in comedy, How To Beat Your Sister-in-Law (at everything), which they co-produced with writer/directors Sydnie Suskind and Susan Cohen.
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1/6/2020 - 1/15/2020
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Melanie Brooks
'13 (BFA, Drama)
Watch Melanie Brooks appearing as Allison Parker opposite Rob Lowe and Liv Tyler on the series premiere of "9-1-1: Lone Star" on Fox, January 19th 2020.
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Alexandra "Alle" Hsu
'16 MFA (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
As the Featured Artist in Film at the 2019 APAture Festival in San Francisco, Alle Hsu was highlighted on NBC News. In the article, she is amongst other artists in the entertainment industry - Ali Wong, Hasan Minhaj, and Irene Tu.
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Jennifer Rohn
'85 (BFA, Drama)
Jennifer won a 2019 Elliot Norton Award (Boston Theater Critics Association) for her performance in George Brandt’s Dark Room.
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Alex Shannon
'16 (BFA, Drama)
Come see "She Waits: A Night of Three One-Acts by Alex Shannon" presented by 99¢ Theater Company at Under St. Marks Theater on Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights of Jan 16th – Feb 1st. written, produced, designed and directed by women.
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2019
DECEMBER
12/10/2019 - 12/20/2019
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Julie Craig
'05 (BFA, Drama)
Julie Craig releases her debut solo album on January 10, 2020 featuring her soprano vocals in the classical crossover style, backed by a full, 46-piece orchestra from Budapest, Hungary. Pre-orders are live on iTunes, Google Play, and juliecraig music.com.
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Emerge Gallery (Saugerties NY) exhibit BIANCO will include an original photo by fine art photographer and filmmaker Steven Gentile. "SNOW WHITE" will be on view throughout January. Steve continues work on a personal series for the portfolio "Watermarks".
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Eric Levin
'13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Eric Levin contributes rom-com fiction to the mobile app Hooked, wrote an interactive audio play for a voice design company, and posts fiction at the link below.
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Clint Lutes
'02 (BFA, Dance)
Clint has continued working on various projects with professional and amateur dancers, including people with people with Parkinson's and Alzheimers, refugees, researchers, medical professionals and others. It has been a very rewarding and fruitful year!
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Staton Rabin
'80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Staton Rabin's new spec script "Saving Mark Twain" has been named a Semifinalist in the PAGE Screenwriting Awards and in the ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship. Inquiries welcome. A previous script was optioned at one time with Pacino attached to star.
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Amalie R. Rothschild
'69 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Amalie's 1974 film "Nana, Mom and Me" newly restored in 4K will be shown at MoMA on December 18 and 29 at 4pm. She'll be there on 12/29. It got a great plug the week of 12/10 in The New Yorker in the "Goings on About Town" section.
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12/4/2019 - 12/9/2019
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Andrew Kim
'14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
2019 NLM Honor Award Recepient for launching the new and updated PubMed website: pubmed.gov/labs
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Garo Setian
'91 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Award winning trailer editor Garo Setian's first feature length movie, AUTOMATION was released in theaters November 29th and on VOD and Blu-ray December 3rd. The film has played 11 festivals, been nominated for 27 awards and won 20.
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11/26/2019 - 12/3/2019
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Richarda Abrams
'86 (BFA, Drama)
Richarda Abrams won the 2019 AUDELCO AWARD for Solo Performance Of The Year for “First By Faith: The Life Of Mary McLeod Bethune” by Richarda Abrams. She also won the 2018 United Solo Theatre Festival’s Best Educational Show Award.
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AMANDA BROOMELL
'02 (BFA, Drama)
Amanda’s award-winning solo show, MANDY PICKS A HUSBAND, opens at the Canal Cafe Theatre in London from 5-8 December. Fresh from NYC’s United Solo Festival, it’s a “deeply moving … cleverly structured … and hilarious tale, with a heart of raw emotion.”
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Carolina de' Castiglioni
'19 (BFA, Drama)
Carolina de' Castiglioni stars as the Lead in new contemporary myth Sýrma at Alchemical Studios, opening December 11th. This one act play explores the possibility of life in a predetermined world. Performed by an entirely female identifying cast. Must see
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NOVEMBER
11/19/2019 - 11/25/2019
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Mitchell Block
'72/'73 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV/MFA Grad Film)
Mitchell Block was a visiting professor at Kede College (Beijing), Yanching Institute of Technology (Beijing) and Zhujiang College (Guangzhou) doing workshops on short and documentary film production in October/November 2019.
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Lacey C. Clark
'00 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
Phenomenal Everywhere, a solo theater performance and now audiobook written and performed by award-winning artist, author, Lacey C. Clark!, is an inspirational coming of age tale about a soulful traveler’s 20-year journey around the world.
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Kevin Estwick
'11 (MA, Art & Public Policy)
The highly acclaimed score for A24's THE LIGHTHOUSE by composer Mark Korven (THE WITCH, Ridley Scott's THE TERROR: INFAMY for AMC, etc.) available now! Mark Korven is represented by Core Music Agency; Kevin Estwick is his US branch agent.
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Kris Fleerackers
'86 (MA, Performance Studies)
Kris will bring his solo puppet production "Little Sister Grimm" to Powell River, BC, Canada, in December. With 15 puppets and a design referencing book illustrations, the show features the Grimms, their sister, and a “raw” version of a classic tale.
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Batsheva Frankel (Susan Hirschman)
'86 (BFA, Drama)
Batsheva (aka Susan Hirschman) launched an entertaining podcast called Overthrowing Education that uses sketches, a game show, interviews and more to help parents and educators know what great education could and should be.
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Gary Krebs
'89 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
Gary's book, Wealth Made Easy (written with Dr. Greg S. Reid) won Best Short Story Collection in the 8th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards
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Joyce Miller
'08 (BFA, Drama)
Joyce is included in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency’s Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something available on Amazon. The book features hundreds of brilliant and diverse humor writers who have gone on to do more great things and is an excellent monologue resource.
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Tochi Onyebuchi
'12 (MFA, Dramatic Writing)
Tochi's third novel, "War Girls", about a future Nigerian Civil War, was published by Penguin Random House this past October, and her upcoming novella, Riot Baby, about two super-powered siblings growing up LA and Harlem, is forthcoming from Tor.com in January.
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Yoni Oppenheim
'04 (BFA, Drama)
Yoni Oppenheim’s production of LAST TREE IN JERUSALEM /A PAGE OF TALMUD by Israeli playwright Dani Horowitz for 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company runs Dec. 4-15 at TheaterLab in NY. Yoni translated LAST TREE IN JERUSALEM and is 24/6’s Artistic Director.
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Matthew Solari
'89 (BFA, Drama)
Recipient of the 2019 Thea Award for Creative Excellence from the Themed Entertainment Association, and the 2018 Event Marketer Gold Award for Best Museum Environment for his work as Creative Director of “The Hebrew Bible Experience.”
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11/12/2019 - 11/18/2019
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Jim Pratzon
'80 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Jim Pratzon was recently honored at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in Manhattan with the President's Citation of Distinction for excellence in the field of arts education. Jim received the award at the Academy's annual banquet where he shared a table with Paul Muldoon, Francine Prose, and John Guare. Jim also received a grant from the Walentas Family Fund intended for the purchase and installation of a new lighting system in the campus theatre.
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Andy Rogow
'84 (BFA, Drama)
Andy Rogow is opening his 8th season as Artistic Director of Island City Stage, the award-winning LGBT+ theater in Wilton Manors, FL. ICS was profiled in the October issue of American Theatre. He's currently directing the world premiere of "Lipstick"
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John Rotondo
'11 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
John wrote the screenplay for the feature film, "The Garden Left Behind" starring Michael Madsen, Ed Asner and Carlie Guevara, featuring a cast of trans actors in every trans role. The film premiered at SXSW in 2019, winning the Audience Award.
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11/5/2019 - 11/11/2019
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Josh Adell
'94 (BFA, Drama)
The Mental State by Josh Adell has been performed across the country in Texas, Connecticut, New Mexico, California, and Colorado.
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Nicholas Brennan
'10 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
Nicholas directed LOS ULTIMOS FRIKIS which is a documentary about the heavy metal band ZEUS in Cuba. It's having its world premiere at DOC NYC on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 9:20 PM at the SVA Theater.
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Amanda Broomell
'02 (BFA, Drama)
Amanda brings her award-winning solo show, MANDY PICKS A HUSBAND, to the United Solo Festival on 11/21. Fresh from Edinburgh Fringe, it’s a “deeply moving … cleverly structured … and hilarious tale, with a heart of raw emotion.”
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Stephen Eldredge
'81 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Stephen's production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet runs Nov 14 - 16 at Northampton High School in Northampton, MA.
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Jason Rosette
'91 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
Jason Rosette screens his contemporary classic New York City feature documentary, 'BookWars' at The Museum of Modern Art 'Histories of FIlm' showcase on November 24, 1:30 PM and November 30th, 7:30 PM.
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Rosemary Rotondi
'91 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Working as an archival film, photo, network news researcher since graduation. Served as Lead Researcher on Matt Wolf's RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT opening Nov. 15th at The Metrograph Cinema, LES.
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Hadley Tomicki
'99 (BFA, Drama)
Hadley Tomicki lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Tatiana, and daughter, Kira. He currently covers restaurant news and street eats for The L.A. Times Food section.
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10/29/2019-11/4/2019
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Andrea J. Loney
'92/'93 (BFA/MFA Dramatic Writing)
Picture book DOUBLE BASS BLUES published by Random House Knopf, art by Rudy Gutierrez.
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M. Parker Shippey
(BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of the Motion Picture Industry, Parker founded the company, Shattered Prism™. The latest green endeavor for the company is a fleet of VOLTstack® Silent Solar Powered Generators.
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OCTOBER
10/22/2019 - 10/28/2019
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Teresa Muller
'17 (MFA, Dance)
Collective Sweat Detroit is a non profit collective of movement artists interested in advancing the rigor and relevance of dance in Detroit. We offer weekly drop in classes, artist residency programs, community showings, and much more.
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Jake Rich
'12 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
The tenth annual American Beatbox Championships (produced by Jake Rich '12) is happening in Brooklyn November 8-10, 2019. The 3-day festival features the most inventive vocalists in the US and a lifetime achievement award presented to Doug E Fresh.
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10/15/2019 - 10/21/2019
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Jason Scott
'91 (BFA, Cinema Studies)
First monograph published; "Everything But the Script" is a textbook for would-be industry professionals.
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Julie Victor
'85 (BFA, Film & TV)
Julie Victor is the associate producer of this multiple award winning Kashmiri film, “Half Widow” now available to watch on Amazon Prime. The film has received Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography awards as well as winning People’s Choice award for Best Picture at SAIFF-South Asian International Film Festival in New York.
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10/8/2019 - 10/14/2019
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Robert Adanto
'94 (MFA, Grad Acting)
Robert Adanto's Born Just Now, a film looking at the art and life of the Belgrade-based artist Marta Jovanović, was awarded Best Documentary at Arte NonStop Festival of Film and Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Story Chen
'17 (BFA, Film & TV)
Story Chen just got her first feature film financed. It about a Chinese girl who tries to explore her gender identity in a mental hospital in NY. It will be shooting in NY in Feb. 2020.
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Molly Reisman
'18 (MFA, Graduate Music Theatre Writing)
Musical "Keaton and The Whale" holds FREE public reading at A.R.T./New York Theatres November 4th & 5th.
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Lilia Ziamou
'13 (MPS, ITP)
You are Invited! Reception for Lilia Ziamou: body politic /bädē päl-tik/ @ NYU Kimmel Windows Gallery.
10/1/2019 - 10/8/2019
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Joan Casali
'84 (BFA, Film & TV)
Joan started her own clothing company called Sweaty Tee. It makes sweat-wicking clothing that come with sweat-absorbing mini-towels to help get rid of annoying sweat during workouts. They are available online. Hopefully in retail stores soon.
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Carolina de' Castiglioni
'19 (BFA, Drama)
Carolina de’ Castiglioni makes her Off-off Broadway debut in FOUND at The Cell Theatre.
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Ajay Gehlawat
'00 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Ajay Gehlawat recently published a co-edited volume, "The Evolution of Song and Dance in Hindi Cinema" (Routledge, 2019) and guest edited a special roundtable on Do the Right Thing at 30 for Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies.
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Alexandra Hsu
'16 (MFA, Grad Film)
Alexandra Hsu is the Featured Artist in Film at this year's APAture Festival, a multidisciplinary arts festival, organized by San Francisco's Kearny Street Workshop. Her short films, "Sophie" (2nd Year Film) and "Our Way Home" will be screening at the Roxie.
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Stuart Shapiro
'08 (BFA, Film & TV)
Stuart Shapiro is now director of marketing and communications at Duke University.
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Gabriel Tolliver
'93 (BFA, Film & TV), '99 (MPS ITP)
2019 TELLY Award recipient for Season 1 Producer: Good Morning America's Robin Roberts Presents: Thriver Thursdays
SEPTEMBER
9/24/2019 - 9/30/2019
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Jessica Atkins
'08 (BFA, Photography and Imaging)
The closet management app Stylebook, which Jessica co-founded with her husband, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! Over the years, the app has been covered by The New York Times, InStyle, Real Simple, The Today Show, Who What Wear and many more!
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Sol Fischler
'77 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
24 photos from Sol Fischler’s collection “Have A Seat — Chairs In Their Natural Habitat: A Study in Pattern, Shape, and Color” are on display in the Greenburgh Town Hall 2nd Floor Gallery, White Plains, NY through November 4th.
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Paige Moudgil
'11 (BFA, Dance)
PointePeople is dedicated to building products and a community that educate, empower, and enrich dancers. Their first product, Pointe Paint, is a convenient, portable and water-based solution for dyeing pointe shoes. Check out their Instagram account!
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Amanda Sellet
'95 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Amanda (Henry) Sellet's debut YA novel will be published May 12, 2020 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. BY THE BOOK: A NOVEL OF PROSE AND CONS is about a girl who culls lessons about life and love from 19th-century fiction, with mixed results.
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Devin Shepherd
'14 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
Devin launched the fiction podcast, Cryptids. It's the first podcast from her production company Wild Obscura Films with her producing partner Nora Unkel ('14, BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV).
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Brian Siedlecki
'96 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
Promoted to Coordinating Producer at Saturday Night Live
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Marty Weiss
'87 (MFA, Film & TV)
Martin Jay Weiss published a new thriller, FLAMINGO COAST, through Rare Bird Books, which will is a Amazon Kindle pick of the month for October 2019. This follows his acclaimed 2018 debut novel SECOND SON.
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Ezra Zonana
'84 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
Ezra published two stories this year: one in the forthcoming issue no. 64 of "Fiction", the City University of New York’s literary magazine, and one in "The Sun", a general interest magazine published out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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9/17/2019 - 9/23/2019
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Andrea Assaf
'95/'00 (BFA Drama/MA Performance Studies)
Andrea Assaf receives the prestigious National Theatre Project (NTP) grant from New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) to create DRONE: a new multidisciplinary, ensemble theatre work that will premiere in 2021.
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Samantha Buck
'97 (BFA, Drama)
Samantha Buck's film SISTER AIMEE is coming out in theaters in NYC and LA on Sept 27! It drops digitally on Oct 1.
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Kevin Estwick
'11 (MA, Art & Public Policy)
"Ridley Scott's The Terror: Infamy" for AMC, Certified Fresh, scored by Core Music Agency composer client Mark Korven, 9/8C (6pm PST). Catch up on AMC.com or AMC Premiere! Mark Korven also scored the features THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE WITCH, and IN THE TALL GRASS.
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Jonathan Hurwitz
'12 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
Jonathan Hurwitz had the opportunity to write Disney Channel's first short-form series called "Shook," produced by Mark and Jay Duplass. It premieres on YouTube on Saturday, September 28, with a new episode being released every Saturday for 10 weeks.
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Liz Kerin
'08 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
Liz Kerin's fantasy thriller THE PHANTOM FOREST was recently published and is on sale now wherever books are sold. Pitched as PAN'S LABYRINTH meets THE HUNGER GAMES, librarians and book bloggers agree it's a "Must read for 2019!"
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Malcolm Matusky
'88 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV)
In post-production on "DSLR-Dreams" a documentary series about a group of friends who want to be filmmakers later in life.
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Tracey Rooney
'95 (BFA, Drama)
Tracey is one of the producers of "The Diary of Anne Frank Latinx" & we are doing a few encore performances of the show in Los Angeles before we take it to Vancouver in November! Stan Zimmerman (director) & Aris Alvarado are also Tisch alumni!
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9/10/2019 - 9/16/2019
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Steven Gentile
'86 (BFA, Film & TV)
Steve's photo 'flight of Mexican carrier pigeon ornaments' is on view in the Griffin Museum of Photography's PRIMARY SOURCE group photo exhibit in Lafayette City Center Passageway Gallery, Boston, from Oct 1 2019 - Feb 25 2020. Juror: Paula Tognarelli.
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Anna Hoffman
'19 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Currently Anna works as an Assistant Editor with Jarrett Creative, a reality TV production company. She is working on three shows now for Oxygen, Travel, and ID.
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Jeremy Kagan
'69 (MFA, Film & TV)
Jeremy directed and produced the feature SHOT about gun violence in America and, as a full professor at USC, he has written an eTextbook.
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Arielle Nobile
'01 (BFA, Drama)
Arielle's documentary film, "Belonging in the USA: The Story of Michael D. McCarty" won Best Documentary at Borderscene Film Festival & was also an official selection at the Pan African Film Fest, San Francisco Black Film Fest, Awareness Film Fest, and more.
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Robert L. Smith
'82 (MFA, Theatre Design)
The second edition of Robert's "Introduction to Theatre" text, "Theatre: Its Nature, Its Variety, Its Development", was published in August, 2019.
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Cara Winter
'97 (BFA, Drama)
Screenwriter Cara Winter has been signed by literary agent Adreana Robbins of Bohemia Group (LA) for Film/TV; Bohemia Group is currently representing Cara's award-winning original TV pilot "Twirl" about the quirky world of competitive baton twirling.
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Liz Zimmerman
'05 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
New play "Period House" produced by Liz Zimmerman in Philadelphia Fringe Festival 9/7 - 9/22
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9/4/2019 - 9/9/2019
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Meron Langsner
'00 (MA, Performance Studies)
Meron was recently accepted to the second cohort of Southampton Art’s Audio Podcast Fellows.
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Holly LaRoche
'18 (BFA, Dance)
Dance Informa’s Holly LaRoche writes the series of articles "Things that Dancers are Good At.“ LaRoche’s own expertise in unusual, and highly impressive, dance gigs guides the discussion on how dancers can benefit from working outside of the box.
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Lilian Mehrel
'17 (MFA, Grad Film)
WATER MELTS - a blue-hearted dark-humor love-story series -now released on the Tribeca Film Institute channel. Created by Lilian Mehrel & Mary Evangelista.
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Barry Putt
'04 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
"Alice: Life Behind the Counter in Mel's Greasy Spoon (A Guide to the Feature Film, the TV Series, and More)" by Barry M. Putt, Jr. published on 9/2/2019.
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Kevin F. Story
'18 (MA, Performance Studies)
Kevin F. Story was just accepted into the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as a composer.
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Shannon Sweeting
'15 (BA, Cinema Studies)
Shannon started a website called "In Asian Spaces". "In Asian Spaces" focuses on Japanese culture, animation, and pop-culture events such as comic conventions and their influence on American society.
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Michael Tabb
'94 (BFA, Drama)
A decade-long WGA writer - repped by Authentic M - new program director of the Nashville Film Institute - author of Prewriting Your Screenplay (recently released by Routledge, America’s #1 textbook publisher) - cast in 4 SAG films in the last 6 months.
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Nick Wright
'13 (BFA, Film &TV)
"Head Count", an indie/suspense thriller edited by Tisch alum Nick Garnham Wright, is set to release on Netflix on 9/13 (Friday the 13th).
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8/27/2019 - 9/3/2019
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James L. Barry
'02 (BFA, Film & TV)
A box set of the collected Warriors Graphic Novels illustrated by James L. Barry was recently released by Harper Collins. He is currently working on a new Warriors graphic novel to be released next summer.
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Julie Craig
'05 (BFA, Drama)
Julie's short film CHANCE OF SHOWERS screens in LA on Sat Sept 7th at 1:30pm as an Official Selection and Semi Finalist of the Burbank International Film Festival. This is a 100% female film! She co-wrote, produced, and star in it. Come support women in film!
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Joanne Feinberg
'83 (BFA, Cinema Studies)
The Big Sky Film Institute is pleased to welcome Joanne Feinberg as the Guest Programming Director of the 2020 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. She is joining the institute to helm the selection process for the 17th annual event.
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Kris Fleerackers
'86 (MA, Performance Studies)
Little Sister Grimm is a solo puppet show based on the lives of the family Grimm and on one classic fairy tale from the Grimm's famous collection in its original, unedited form. The production touches on themes of reading and writing as empowering activities.
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Adam Lough
'01 (BFA, Film & TV)
ALT-RIGHT: AGE OF RAGE, a feature length documentary in which Adam embedded himself for a year and a half with the Alt-Right and ANTIFA movements, is now playing on Netflix and BBC.
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Ryan Lowe
'19 (BFA, Drama)
Ryan will be performing as Lulu in Cabaret with the Gallery Players in Park Slope! The show runs September 7-29. Tickets can purchased below.
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Anjul Nigam
'88 (BFA, Drama)
Writer/Actor/Producer on GROWING UP SMITH (2017 theatrical release; TIME's "Pick of the Week"); Producer on BAYOU CAVIAR (2018 theatrical release; director/star Cuba Gooding Jr and Richard Dreyfuss); Producer with Alec Baldwin on CROWN VIC (Nov 2019)
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Michelle Reynoso
'93 (BFA, Drama)
A deadly past. An unruly power. Two worlds colliding. BERGENFIELD, NJ (August 13, 2019)—Caterpillar & Gypsy Moth Press announced today the release of the highly anticipated sequel, THE LIGHT OF THE DYING by Michelle Reynoso.
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Joseph Serino
'94 (MPS, ITP)
Inventor and Founder of Promoster.com is commercializing an augmented reality patent allowing advertisers to share interactive offers through "The Poster You Do!"
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Isabelle Van Vleet
'14 (BFA, Drama)
Isabelle Van Vleet helped compose the music for and acted in the Amazon Prime/Dolby Soho featured musical film “Power Chord”. Directed by Alessandro Chille.
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Sarah Zeitler
'00 (BFA, Drama)
Sarah Zeitler was recently elevated to the role of General Manager of Systems Installations at WorldStage Inc. In addition, she continues to serve as Director of Product Development, which encompasses custom hardware and software solutions for live events, permanent media installations, and more. Sarah and her daughters reside in Lancaster PA. This summer, they expanded their family to include Casper, a wonderful 7-year-old rescue dog.
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8/20/2019 - 8/26/2019
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Marlene Adelstein
'79 (BFA, Film & TV)
Marlene's debut novel, "Sophie Last Seen", was recently published by Red Adept Publishing. The mystery/thriller became a USA Today Bestseller.
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James Hereth
'91 (BFA, Film & TV)
James has most recently written three episodes for season two of Amazon Prime's "The Stinky & Dirty Show," Executive Produced by fellow Tisch alumni, Guy Toubes.
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Erin Hunsader
'12 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
Erin Hunsader’s book "Dorothy Never Got Down Like This" was published recently. It is a funny memoir about her move from Appleton to the Big Apple in which she compares herself to Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.
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Jacqueline Krull
'12 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing)
FAMILY BY NUMBERS play: First Prize, Theatre Odyssey's Play Festival; Audience Choice Award, S. Baldwin Play Festival. Productions/readings: Theatre Three, Magnolia Arts Center, Artists’ Exchange, Gulfport Players, Bismarck Play Festival, Lowell Arts.
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Jennifer McGrath
'03 (BFA, Drama)
Jen recently relocated to Memphis, Tennessee to become the Vice President of Education and Community Engagement at the Orpheum Theatre Group.
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Georgia Menides
'97 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
The indie comedy Georgia wrote, "1/2 New Year" will be releasing on Sept 10th on all VOD platforms. This award winning film is about a group of friends who bond together to support each other after a traumatic incident at their annual 1/2 New Year Party.
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John Pope
'17 (BFA, Drama)
Worked with Oscar Nominee/Tony Winner Judd Hirsch in upcoming film "A Deadly Legend"
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Kim Weild
'87 (BFA, Drama)
"American Moor" written by Keith Hamilton Cobb and directed by Kim Weild begins previews August 27th at Cherry Lane Theatre. It is being presented by Red Bull Theater and produced by Evangeline Morphos.
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8/12 - 8/19
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Betsy Aidem
'79 (BFA, Drama)
Will be appearing as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet at Chicago Shakes Fall of '19.
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Tracy Boulian
'05 (BFA, DPI)
Tracy Boulian and her partner have been selected as one of Luerzer's Archive's 200 Best Advertising Photographers. Every couple of years, Luerzer's Archive selects a group of some of the most talented advertising photographers in the industry.
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Amanda Broomell
'02 (BFA, Drama)
MANDY PICKS A HUSBAND plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through Saturday 17 August at 12:15. It’s a 60-minute autobiographical traumedy about her quest to find The One. Location: 19 North Bridge (Hilton Hotel).
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Tim Cummings
'95 (BFA, Drama)
Tim recently completed the 4-month, sold-out run of the west-coast premiere of Michael McKeever's "Daniel's Husband" at The Fountain Theater in LA, for which he received the award for Best Performance in a Play from StageSceneLA.
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Amy Dellagiarino
'06 (BFA, Drama)
Hot on the heels of a 2019 Stage Raw nomination for Best Playwriting, my dark comedy "The Value of Moscow" has just been published by Stage Rights. This 3F, 2M comedy of Chekhovian proportions was hailed as “marvelously witty” by the LA Times.
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Trevor Hayward
'93 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
Trevor optioned a book entitled "No One Left Behind" which he will develop into a feature screenplay based on the true story of Navy pilot Scott Speicher shot down in first Iraq war.
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Mitchell Levin
'84 (MFA, Dramatic Writing)
After working as senior story analyst for DreamWorks for 20 years, Mithcell is consulting with writers independently at ScriptsRX25.com
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John Liang
'07 (BFA, Film & TV)
The new horror film from writer-director John Liang, RECOVERY, is now available for purchase on DVD and streaming platforms in the United States and Canada.
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Stéphane Mitchell
'93 (BFA, Film & TV)
Stephane Mitchell is a screenwriter working in Switzerland. Cocreator and headwriter of Banking District, a 6x52’ Swiss TV series. Season 1 is on MHZ now. Second season coming in Spring 2020.
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Mauricio Osaki
'13 (MFA, Film & TV)
The Paths of My Father, Mauricio's thesis script and first feature film is heading to San Sebastián Film Festival -Works in Progress
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Celine Rosenthal
'06 (BFA, Drama)
Entering her second year as Associate Artistic Director at Asolo Repertory Theatre, this season Celine will be also be directing The Lifespan of A Fact at Asolo, as well as Trayf by Lindsay Joelle at New Repertory Theatre in Boston.
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Chris Stanton
'93 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
Chris' first novel "Kings of the Earth" is now available in paperback and Kindle!
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Frank Tomasulo
'73 (MA, Cinema Studies)
Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D. published a book, Michelangelo Antonioni: Ambiguity and the Modernist Cinema (Lamert Academic Publishers, 2019).
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Liz Zimmerman
'05 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
New play "Period House" produced by Liz Zimmerman in Philadelphia Fringe Festival 9/7 - 9/22
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