Remembering Barbara Anderson
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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March 25, 2024 The School of Drama is saddened to announce the death of friend and colleague Barbara Jo (Benz) Anderson (1935-2024). Professor Emerita of Costume Design and the former Bessie F. Anathan Professor of Design, she also served as Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts under Martin Prekop. Barbara passed peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, March 18, 2024. Beloved by all who knew her, Barbara began teaching at Carnegie Mellon in 1968 one year after Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with Mellon Institute to form the university. She retired in the spring of 2013 afte ..read more
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School of Drama Wins Big at USITT
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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Susan Tsu will receive the 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award for Costume Design from USITT. February 9, 2024 By Shannon Musgrave Each year, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) honors practitioners of theater design and technology who excel in their fields. This year, the 66th annual conference and stage expo will take place in Seattle, Washington, where five artists from the School of Drama will be recognized for their exemplary work. Professor Susan Tsu will receive the Distinguished Achievement Award for Costume Design. The Distinguished Achievement Awards honor ..read more
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Christian Borle Wins Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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Christian Borle Wins Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album   Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama(opens in new window) alumnus Christian Borle (1995) and Master of Entertainment Industry Management(opens in new window) faculty member Michele Smith(opens in new window) were winners at the 66th Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Borle was part of the team that took home the award for Best Musical Theater Album, “Some Like It Hot.” His starring role as Joe/Josephine also earned him a 2023 Tony Award nomination. This marks Borle’s first Grammy win ..read more
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Alumni Win 4 Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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Alumni Win 4 Creative Arts Emmy Awards   Four Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama alumni took home Emmy Awards at the Creative Arts ceremonies on Jan. 6 and 7. Typically presented in September, the awards were postponed due to the Writer’s Guild and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strikes.  Judith Light, who earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in Drama in 1970, won for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Irene Smothers on Peacock’s “Poker Face.” This marks Light’s first Primetime Emmy win. She has two ..read more
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MFA Design Virtual Open House – Dec. 15 @ 12pm
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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3M ago
Photo by E. Lieu Wolhardt. “I Think I’m Starting to Want to Be a Mother” by B Kleymeyer; Scenic Design by Yafei Hu; Costume Design by Izzy Kitch; Lighting Design by Zhegdao (Ernest) Wan; Media Design by Kolton Cotton; Pictured: Anya Edwards and Ted Guzman. MFA in Design for Theater & Live Arts Virtual Open House – Dec. 15 @ 12pm EST   Learn about CMU Drama’s MFA programs in Costume, Lighting, Scenic, Sound, and Video & Media Design. Join us on December 15 at 12pm EST for a virtual tour and information session. Click the button below to RSVP and receive a Zoom link. RSVP H ..read more
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CMU Drama Celebrates the Holidays at City Theatre
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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3M ago
Standing, from left: Rachel D’Amboise, Hugh Hanson, Lindsay Barr, Kyle Haden, Pablo D. Antón, Clare Drobot, Samantha Pollack and Anne Mundell. Seated, from left: Leyla Davis, Sophia Macy and Alex Sheffield. December 5, 2023 By Shannon Musgrave CMU Drama Teams up with City Theatre Company for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley This holiday season at City Theatre Company on Pittsburgh’s South Side, audiences are invited to Pemberley – the famed estate from “Pride and Prejudice” where Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy and his new bride, Elizabeth Bennet Darcy, are hosting a Christmas to remember. T ..read more
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Alumni Profile: Rivka Rivera
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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November 15, 2023 By Gretchen Suárez-Peña, MFA Dramatic Writing Candidate  Rivka Rivera made rice rain in the Rauh. It’s an alliteration that tickles the tongue and sparks an image if you’re familiar with the black box theater inside Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) School of Drama (SOD) Purnell Center for the Arts. Yes, this past summer, buckets of raw rice fell from the grid ceiling of the Rauh, an idea born from scenic designer Michael Ruiz-del-Vizo. The falling grain was used to mimic the sound, look, feel, and symbolic intensity of a hurricane in a new play, “The Mourners,” writt ..read more
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Alumni Profile: Nate Bertone
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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5M ago
Alumni Profile: Nate Bertone   CMU alumnus Nate Bertone does it all as a director, designer and writer By Pamela Wigley Multi-talented Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Nate Bertone is one of those people who meets success in each area in which he works. As a designer and director, he has created for world premieres of new plays, musicals and ballets across the country, but right now, he is focusing on his personal writing projects, and for good reason. A 2016 graduate of the College of Fine Arts School of Drama with a bachelor’s degree in drama, Nate is grabbing the attentio ..read more
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Fall Season Lineup
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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5M ago
School of Drama Fall Season     More Info A DOLL’S HOUSE by HENRIK IBSEN adapted & directed by JASMINE ROTH   –A contemporary take on Ibsen’s classic tale of love, marriage, patriarchy and transformation– “It is Christmas Eve 2023, and Christmas Eve 2024, and Christmas Eve 2025 and all other picture perfect Christmas Eves that Nora will live in her lifetime unless something happens to irrevocably change her world. And something does. The arrival of an old friend catalyzes a chain reaction of events that reveal the secrets that fester under the facade of the Helmer f ..read more
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Professor Kaja Dunn Receives Education Award
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
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7M ago
Professor Kaja Dunn Receives Playwright Project’s “Deborah Salzer Excellence in Arts Education Award” August 23, 2024 By Shannon Musgrave   In a recent ceremony in San Diego, Professor Kaja Dunn was honored by Playwrights Project with their 2023 Deborah Salzer Excellence in Arts Education Award. The award was created in honor of Playwrights Project founder Deborah Salzer and is given each year to an exemplary arts educator. Playwrights Project’s mission is to empower people of all ages and backgrounds to voice stories through theater. Saltzer founded the organization in 1985 and enliste ..read more
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