Head of Playwriting - Columbia Stages

Allow me to introduce eleven bold, brave playwrights
challenging what it is to make theatre in this new century
both in terms of who and what they write about and
the form they choose to write it in.
Don’t look for one kind of play, but a collection of plays as
diverse as New York itself. And don’t look for one kind
of playwright. Think of them as an international collective
that’s been meeting up at Columbia these past few
years bashing out work driven by passion rather than seeking
to conform to easy definition. They are as diverse as
this list of their mentors, chosen by this year’s playwrights
individually, including: David Auburn, Leslie Ayvazian,
Lee Breuer, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, David Grimm, Tina Howe,
Lisa Kron, David Lindsay-Abaire, and Craig Lucas.
We hope you’ll see the work of these artists premiering
this spring at the Annex at New York Theatre Workshop
(East 4th Street Theatre).
Chuck Mee, Head of Playwriting
Columbia University School of the Arts
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