On behalf of President Lee C. Bollinger and Jean Magnano Bollinger, the Arts Initiative and the Columbia Alumni Association are pleased to offer every Class of 2008 graduate a free one-year Columbia Alumni Arts League membership. CAAL Members have access to discounts and special benefits at more than fifty of New York City’s finest cultural institutions and take part in exclusive arts events with fellow alumni and artists.

B-Sides
Four Short Plays
Written by Columbia M.F.A. Class of 2010 Playwrights

Friday March 7th @ 8pm
Saturday March 8th @ 8pm
Columbia University School of the Arts
@ Schapiro Studio (in the basement of Schapiro Hall)
605 W. 115th Street (Between Broadway and Riverside Dr.)
*nearest subway stop—116th on the 1/9

Totally Free!

Featuring plays by
Steven Gaultney, Jeffrey James Keyes,
Libby Leonard, and Jason Platt  
 
Stage Managed by Melissa Denizard (Stage Management ‘10)

Space is limited! RSVP to columbiabsides@gmail.com.

The Directing Concentration of Columbia University’s MFA Theatre Division currently seeks male and female actors of all ages, types and backgrounds.

General auditions will be held during September for the 2007 Fall Semester. Anne Bogart (Artistic Director, SITI Co.) and Brian Kulick (Artistic Director, Classic Stage Co.) will oversee all productions. Directors will be collaborating closely with actors on works by Chekhov and Inge and emphasis will be placed on developing ongoing creative relationships between actors and directors.

Please email your headshot to columbiaproductions07@gmail.com or mail it or drop it off to:

Theatre Arts Division
Columbia University School of the Arts
2960 Broadway MC 1807, 601 Dodge Hall
New York, NY 10027

Auditions will be held between 9/8/07 and 9/15/07.

Columbia Stages presents the final School of the Arts Theatre Division Director’s Thesis of the season:

The Wild Party
Music and Lyrics by MICHAEL JOHN LaCHIUSA
Book by MICHAEL JOHN LaCHIUSA & GEORGE C. WOLFE
Based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March

Directed by Saheem Ali

April 18 – 22, 2007
Wed. – Sat. at 8p, and Sun. at 2p

The Riverside Theatre
91 Claremont Avenue
New York, NY 10027
For more information and to order tickets, visit www.columbiastages.com.

This racy musical is based on a 1928 poem about one night of escalating decadence, through which LaChiusa stages a brilliant, savage, polystylistic unmasking of the lies by which we live.

Final weekend!
The SoA Theatre Arts Divsion’s Columbia Stages presents a director’s thesis:


Woyzeck
by Georg Büchner
translated by Gideon Lester
directed by Marike Splint


March 28-April 1, 2007
Tonight and Sat. at 8p, and Sun. at 2p
The Theater at the Riverside Church / 91 Claremont Avenue / New York, NY 10027

"The likes of us are wretched in this world and the next." Dreamlike snapshots of a poor man’s life.

For more information and to procure tickets, visit www.columbiastages.com

The Best Intentions

Adapted from Ingmar Bergman’s novel
By Nadia Foskolou & Nathan Wright

Directed by Nadia Foskolou

Friday MARCH 23 @ 8p
Saturday MARCH 24 @ 3p & 8p
Sunday MARCH 25 @ 3p

Schapiro Theatre, 605 W 115th Street (more…)

The SoA Theatre Arts Divsion’s Columbia Stages presents a director’s thesis:


Woyzeck
by Georg Büchner
translated by Gideon Lester
directed by Marike Splint

Performances start next week!
March 28-April 1, 2007
Wed. – Sat. at 8p, and Sun. at 2p
The Theater at the Riverside Church / 91 Claremont Avenue / New York, NY 10027

"The likes of us are wretched in this world and the next." Dreamlike snapshots of a poor man’s life.

For more information and to procure tickets, visit www.columbiastages.com

FINAL FEW DAYS!  Perhaps YOU killed the old woman…

Columbia Stages presents a Theatre Arts Division Director’s Thesis:

Crime & Punishment
(an approach to Dostoevsky’s novel)
Adapted & Directed by Juan Souki

March 7-10, 2007
Wed. – Sat. at 8p, and Sat. matinee at 2p
The Theatre of the Riverside Church (more…)

Perhaps YOU killed the old woman…

Columbia Stages presents a Theatre Arts Division Director’s Thesis:

Crime & Punishment
(an approach to Dostoevsky’s novel)
Adapted & Directed by Juan Souki

March 7-10, 2007
Wed. – Sat. at 8p, and Sat. matinee at 2p
The Theatre of the Riverside Church (more…)

FINAL WEEKEND!

Fetes de la Nuit
by Charles L. Mee
Directed by Kim Weild 



Feb. 14-17, 2007
Wed. – Sat. at 8pm, and Sat. matinee at 2pm
The Theatre at Riverside Church (more…)

Fetes de la Nuit
by Charles L. Mee
Directed by Kim Weild



Feb. 14-17, 2007
Wed. – Sat. at 8p, and Sat. matinee at 2p

New York Premiere. A naughty valentine celebrating life, Fetes de la Nuit weaves together dance, music and drama into a racy collage that sensually expresses the beauty, complexity and passion of love.

The Theatre at Riverside Church

Click here for more information & tickets