Theater Alumni the Driving Force Behind Play “The Machine Stops” “The Machine Stops” an original play based on the short story by E. M. Forster and playing at the Mark O’Donnell Theatre in Brooklyn, was devised, designed, directed, stage managed, Read More
Theater Department Releases Schedule for Fall 2022-Spring 2023 Season New performances are open to the public. Read More
Best of BC: Joe Hetterly ’21 M.F.A. on Working in the Theater Industry As a programming budgets associate for the world-famous Public Theater, Joe Hetterly is fulfilling his goal to create a more equitable theater industry. Read More
Brooklyn College Celebrates Class of 2022 Held at Barclays Center, the first in-person ceremony in two years featured Mayor Eric Adams, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee, CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, and other special guests. Read More
Brooklyn College Costume Design Success Four talented student-designers bring home the gold for their innovative and inventive costume, which debuted at the inaugural Metropolitan Opera Akhnaten Design Challenge. Read More
#BCGrad22: Franny Vasquez The theater major hopes to challenge the racial and gender status quo on Broadway by holding close to a mantra she learned at Brooklyn College: Be faster than the critics and louder than her own doubts. Read More
2021 Year in Review at Brooklyn College Despite the ongoing pandemic, there was a lot to celebrate in a year that saw new institutional alliances, big initiatives, prestigious awards, and a safe and successful partial return to Read More
Tony Awards Salute Brooklyn College Faculty and Alumni Professor Justin Townsend wins a Tony Award for Best Lighting and alumni Jiyoun Chang ’01 and Woodie King Jr ’99 are recognized. Read More
Theater Professor Justin Townsend Earns Two TONY Nominations His lighting designs for two smash Broadway musicals make theater world’s most prestigious shortlist. Read More
Sutherland-Cohen Honored with Stage Manager’s Association Award Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen, an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Theater, is being honored by the Stage Manager’s Association with their Founders Award, in recognition of his teaching, writing, Read More
