Theatre Arts: Programs: Marymount Manhattan College

Programs

The Department of Theatre Arts views a liberal arts education as an integral part of students’ theatre studies and training. It is our philosophy that the more well-rounded the education of theatre students, the better prepared they are to create and produce compelling and imaginative theatre.

We take great pride in the mentoring of our students. Faculty meet with students on an ongoing basis to review class work, discuss progress, advise on projects, and to guide artistic growth.

BA in Theatre Arts

BFA in Acting

Musical Theatre is an additional 24-credit program, integrating Daily Dance and Private Voice, typically paired with the Theatre Performance concentration.

Options for further study (sampling):

Arts for Communities
Arts Management
Drama Therapy
Fashion Studies
Music

<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/46-ellen-orenstein"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/83_ellen-orenstein.jpg" alt="Ellen Orenstein" title="Ellen Orenstein" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/46-ellen-orenstein">Ellen Orenstein</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Ellen Orenstein is an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and the Coordinator for Freshman/Sophomore Acting at Marymount Manhattan College. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the University of Washington.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/50-jill-stevenson"><img src="/live/image/gid/163/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,92,654,746/7439_photoptown.jpg" alt="Jill Stevenson" title="Jill Stevenson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/50-jill-stevenson">Jill Stevenson</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type"><p> Professor of Theatre Arts</p></div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/51-christine-riley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/218_mysqldb.jpeg" alt="Christine Riley" title="Christine Riley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/51-christine-riley">Christine Riley</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Visiting Instructor in Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Christine is currently a member of the faculty at Marymount Manhattan College, a musical director for Camp Broadway and maintains a private vocal coaching studio.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/38-john-basil"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1069,1863,1069,1863/15453_john_basil_headshot.jpg" alt="John Basil" title="John Basil" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/38-john-basil">John Basil</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/26-barbara-adrian"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,433,433/66_barbara_adrian_headshot11.jpg" alt="Barbara Adrian" title="Barbara Adrian" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/26-barbara-adrian">Barbara Adrian</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/42-mary-fleischer"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,50,1556,1606/2054_mf_portrait_8-13.jpg" alt="Mary Fleischer" title="Mary Fleischer" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/42-mary-fleischer">Mary Fleischer</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Chair, Department of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Mary Fleischer is a Professor of Theatre Arts, serves as Chair of the Theatre Arts Department, and teaches courses in directing, dramatic literature, performance theory and history, and producing. She holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and her interdisciplinary interests have inspired performance and research activities, including her book, Embodied Texts: Symbolist Playwright-Dancer Collaborations. She received the MMC Teaching Excellence Award in 2005.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/1713-karen-kinsley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.jpg" alt="Karen Kinsley" title="Karen Kinsley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/1713-karen-kinsley">Karen Kinsley</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Visiting Instructor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/40-kevin-connell"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,427/9370_facebook_day_of_shoot_copy.jpg" alt="Kevin Connell" title="Kevin Connell" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/40-kevin-connell">Kevin Connell</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Chair of Theatre Arts<br/>Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Recruiter for Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">KEVIN CONNELL is currently a Professor of Theatre Arts, at Marymount Manhattan College, where he serves as the Assistant Chair and Recruiter for the Department of Theatre Arts. He attended The Ohio State University (BFA) and the University of California, San Diego (MFA).</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/48-mark-ringer"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/82_markringer.jpg" alt="Mark Ringer" title="Mark Ringer" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/48-mark-ringer">Mark Ringer</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type"><p> Professor of Theatre Arts</p></div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Mark Ringer is a Professor of Theatre Arts at MMC. He has worked as an actor, director, and dramaturge throughout the United States and Europe. His translations of Euripides’ “Bacchae” and Lessing’s “Nathan the Wise” have received successful performances as have several of his adaptations. He was seen Off Broadway as Polonius in two different stagings of “The Heart of My Mystery: The Hamlet Project”, an adaptation which he co-authored. His one- play fusion of Shakespeare’ s “Henry IV Parts I and II” was produced at the Shakespearean Theatre of Maine, a production in which he also played Falstaff. He has worked professionally on productions of half of Shakespeare’s plays.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/49-patricia-hoag-simon"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1236,1236/1945_img_0090.jpg" alt="Patricia Hoag Simon" title="Patricia Hoag Simon" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/49-patricia-hoag-simon">Patricia Hoag Simon</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Program</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/41-robert-dutiel"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/80_robert_dutiel.jpeg" alt="Robert Dutiel" title="Robert Dutiel" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/41-robert-dutiel">Robert Dutiel</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/45-richard-niles"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,26,1602,1628/5853_richard-niles-color.jpg" alt="Richard Niles" title="Richard Niles" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/45-richard-niles">Richard Niles</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/949-antonio-edwards-suarez"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/322,4,1491,1174/8820_scan_1-4.jpeg" alt="Antonio Edwards Suarez" title="Antonio Edwards Suarez" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/949-antonio-edwards-suarez">Antonio Edwards Suarez</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Coordinator of Junior and Senior Acting</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/950-timothy-johnson"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1365,2048/11028_timmy2_copy.jpg" alt="Timothy Johnson" title="Timothy Johnson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/950-timothy-johnson">Timothy Johnson</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Professor Johnson received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music with Flute as his major instrument. During his senior year at B-W he was the First Prize Winner in the Conservatory’s Annual Concerto Competition. He received an MFA in Acting from the University of Washington. He was an Assistant Professor of Acting/Movement at Ohio University. He is a former Artistic Associate at Rosie’s Theater Kids.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/43-david-mold"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,32,1000,1032/3896_mmc_13-09-09_003.jpg" alt="David Mold" title="David Mold" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/43-david-mold">David Mold</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Chair, Division of Fine and Performing Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Professor Mold is the Chair of the Division of Fine & Performing Arts. Courses he teaches include Acting I (THTR 211/212), Acting II (THTR 341/342), The Business of Acting (THTR 318), Theatre Production Workshop (THTR 343), and Directing III (THTR 406). MMC stage directing credits include Bogosian’s suburbia, Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, The Seagull by Chekhov, Miller’s The Crucible, Paul Green and Richard Wright’s Native Son: The Biography of a Young American (an adaptation of Wright’s novel), John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath adapted by Frank Galati, George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara, Sam Shepard’s Geography of a Horse Dreamer, Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman’s Stage Door, and Shakespeare’s Pericles. Professor Mold served as the first elected vice president of the College’s Faculty Council from 2007-2010. He is also active in higher education as a consultant in program review for fine and performing arts departments, completing such reviews for Iona College and York College, CUNY.</div>

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Ellen Orenstein

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

Ellen Orenstein is an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and the Coordinator for Freshman/Sophomore Acting at Marymount Manhattan College. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the University of Washington.

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<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.sigtheatre.org/"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12762_1453.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.sigtheatre.org/">Alumnus Jared Grimes will choreograph JELLY’S LAST JAM at the Signature Theatre!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">Congratulations to Theatre Arts alumnus Jared Grimes, who will be choreographing JELLY’S LAST JAM at the Signature Theatre!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0996603808/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me="><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12120_51k5mhqxawl_ss160_.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0996603808/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=">Congratulations to Theatre Arts Alumnus Nathan Ashker on his new book!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis"><p> So proud of Theatre Arts alumnus Nathan Ashker for traveling around the world without flying and then making this awesome book of iPhone photos!</p></div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/theater/review-shuffle-along-returns-to-broadways-embrace.html?_r=0"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/13087_bn-nn287_shuffl_p_20160412172150.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/theater/review-shuffle-along-returns-to-broadways-embrace.html?_r=0">Amazing Review for Alumna Adrienne Warren in Broadway’s SHUFFLE ALONG!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">Amazing review for Theatre Arts alumna Adrienne Warren, in Broadway’s SHUFFLE ALONG!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.theshelternyc.org/red"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/13637_img_1824.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.theshelternyc.org/red">So proud of Theatre Arts alumna Morgan McGuire! Her new play, THE RED ROOM, is currently performing at The Shelter!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">So proud of Theatre Arts alumna Morgan McGuire! Her new play, THE RED ROOM, is currently performing at The Shelter! Performances continue until July 30th!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/4/12/21-out-actors-color-hollywood-should-cast-leading-men"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12894_jonnybeauchamp.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/4/12/21-out-actors-color-hollywood-should-cast-leading-men">Alumnus Jonny Beauchamp is on the list of 21 Out Actors of Color Deserving Hollywood Roles!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">Theatre Arts alumnus Jonny Beauchamp certainly deserves those Hollywood roles! Such a talent and fine human being!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rob-DelGaudio-to-Release-CAMPFIRE-SONGS-Album-This-March-20160212"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12405_emily_kay_shrader_crop.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rob-DelGaudio-to-Release-CAMPFIRE-SONGS-Album-This-March-20160212">New Album Featuring alumna Emily Kay Shrader!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">New Album Featuring alumna Emily Kay Shrader!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.92y.org/event/broadway-takes-two"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12758_img_0303.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.92y.org/event/broadway-takes-two">Alumna Ryan Kasprzak and Daily Dance Instructor Jeff Shade at the 92nd Street Y – BROADWAY TAKES TWO!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">Alumna Ryan Kasprzak and Daily Dance Instructor Jeff Shade at the 92nd Street Y – BROADWAY TAKES TWO!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-thats-ahead/id961275240"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/9034_350x350x10968322_10155229079100078_6132008901724215113_njpgpagespeedic_kfjoh9mpzifeox5taps.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-thats-ahead/id961275240">Alumnus Brian Gallagher releases new blues album “All That’s Ahead!”</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">Congratulations to alumnus Brian Gallagher on the release of his new blues album “All That’s Ahead!” The album features his wife Megan Hilty!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/12/rocky-horror-picture-show-laverne-cox"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/13214_000226026-the-rocky-horror-picture-show_612x380.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/12/rocky-horror-picture-show-laverne-cox">A first look at alumna Laverne Cox in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">A first look at alumna Laverne Cox in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Kristin-Chenoweth-Cast-of-NBCs-HAIRSPRAY-LIVE-Appear-at-Summer-Press-Tour-20160803"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/13661_tn-500_nup_174916_0122.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Kristin-Chenoweth-Cast-of-NBCs-HAIRSPRAY-LIVE-Appear-at-Summer-Press-Tour-20160803">HAIRSPRAY LIVE’s Summer Press Tour with Theatre Arts Major Maddie Baillio!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">HAIRSPRAY LIVE’s Summer Press Tour with Theatre Arts Major Maddie Baillio!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/theater/review-crackskull-row-an-irish-gothic-with-masher-basher-and-rasher.html?r"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/13880_17crackskull-articlelarge.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/theater/review-crackskull-row-an-irish-gothic-with-masher-basher-and-rasher.html?r">NY Times REVIEW: Congratulations to all of the MMC Theatre Arts alumni working on CRACKSKULL ROW: Chris Steckel (Production Stage Manager), Kayla Santos (Stage Manager), Anne Ciarlone (Wardrobe Supervisor), Mackenzie Meeks (Associate Producer), and Brian</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">Congratulations to all of the MMC Theatre Arts alumni working on CRACKSKULL ROW: Chris Steckel (Production Stage Manager), Kayla Santos (Stage Manager), Anne Ciarlone (Wardrobe Supervisor), Mackenzie Meeks (Associate Producer), and Brian Reager (Associate Director)!</div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jonathan-Groff-Joshua-Henry-Colin-DonnellLaura-Osnes-More-Sign-on-for-New-York-Pops-2016-17-Season-20160126"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12213_5.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jonathan-Groff-Joshua-Henry-Colin-DonnellLaura-Osnes-More-Sign-on-for-New-York-Pops-2016-17-Season-20160126">Carnegie Hall Debut Scheduled for Theatre Arts Alumna Adrienne Warren!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis"><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_cd2a1e6d8e" data-offset-key="fq2jm-0-0" data-block="true"> Guess who will be making her Carnegie Hall debut?</div><br/><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_a5de7e34c3" data-offset-key="em8n3-0-0" data-block="true"/><br/><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_cb03225b47" data-offset-key="7677p-0-0" data-block="true"> Theatre Arts alumna Adrienne Warren!</div><br/><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_aed94a2091" data-offset-key="18tsq-0-0" data-block="true"/><br/><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_cf8140a791" data-offset-key="71r8r-0-0" data-block="true"> Friday, April 21, 2017 (8pm) – “You’ve Got a friend: A Celebration of Singers and Songwriters”</div><br/><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_b9a506d63e" data-offset-key="4p1oc-0-0" data-block="true"/><br/><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_d9dadb0ef8" data-offset-key="d6do6-0-0" data-block="true"> http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jonathan-Groff-Joshua-Henry-Colin-DonnellLaura-Osnes-More-Sign-on-for-New-York-Pops-2016-17-Season-20160126</div></div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Tony-Winner-Annaleigh-Ashford-Will-Take-On-Columbia-in-FOXs-ROCKY-HORROR-PICTURE-SHOW-20160201"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12293_annaleigh-ashford-2.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Tony-Winner-Annaleigh-Ashford-Will-Take-On-Columbia-in-FOXs-ROCKY-HORROR-PICTURE-SHOW-20160201">Two of Marymount Manhattan’s best to star in Fox’s ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! So proud of Annaleigh Ashford and Laverne Cox!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis"><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" id="id_c527717ca4" data-offset-key="9a5h2-0-0" data-block="true"> Two of Marymount Manhattan’s best to star in Fox’s ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! So proud of Annaleigh Ashford and Laverne Cox!</div></div>
<span class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="http://www.broadwayasia.com/"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/215/height/150/crop/1/12761_3j2qomyn.jpg" alt="" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_galleries_header">News Story</div><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="http://www.broadwayasia.com/">Congratulations to Theatre Arts alumna Cati Pishal, who is now a Production Stage Manager at Broadway Asia!</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary ellipsis">Congratulations to Theatre Arts alumna Cati Pishal, who is now a Production Stage Manager at Broadway Asia!</div>
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Alumnus Jared Grimes will choreograph JELLY’S LAST JAM at the Signature Theatre!

Congratulations to Theatre Arts alumnus Jared Grimes, who will be choreographing JELLY’S LAST JAM at the Signature Theatre!

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The Department of Theatre Arts views a liberal arts education as an integral part of students’ theatre studies and training. It is our philosophy that the more well-rounded the education of theatre students, the better prepared they are to create and produce compelling and imaginative theatre.