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Aug 2020
New Leadership at the School of Drama
Dean Dan J. Martin Announces Interim Leadership at the School of Drama Dan J. Martin, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, announced the establishment of a four-person leadership team to support the School of Drama’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its position as an innovative, impactful and internationally prominent theatre school, and to invest more energy and effort into bringing greater justice and equity for every member of the Drama
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Jul 2020
Relationship Builder
Relationship Builder School of Drama alumna crafted her own pathway to Hollywood As a teenager, Mary-Margaret Kunze (A 2012) was reading a book detailing the production of the movie series “The Lord of the Rings” when she stumbled upon a photo that set her course for the future. “I remember very vividly seeing a picture of a female producer standing in front of a big group of orc warriors and instructing
Student News: Paloma Sierra named Emerging Poet Laureate of Allegheny County Paloma Sierra, MFA Dramatic Writing ‘21, was named Emerging Poet Laureate of Allegheny County as part of City of Asylum’s first Poet Laureate Program. Inspired by the Laureate Fellowships at the Academy of American Poets, Paloma will be collaborating with City of Asylum to create free poetry programming during her term of service. Paloma’s achievement is of no surprise
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Jun 2020
CMU at the Drama Desk Awards
CMU at the Drama Desk Awards The 65th annual Drama Desk Awards took place virtually on June 13 due to the ongoing pandemic. The ceremony, which streamed on DramaDeskAwards.com, featured Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama alumni in numerous categories. Among them were Leigh Silverman, nominated for Outstanding Director of a Musical for Soft Power and Peter Hylenski, who won Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical for Moulin Rouge! A
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Jun 2020
I Will Prove You Wrong
“I Will Prove You Wrong” School of Drama alumna Ming-Na Wen achieves her dream (and becomes a Disney Legend) By Pam Wigley It started with the Easter Bunny. Dressed as the holiday favorite, Ming-Na Wen started to take the stage at her third-grade play when she tripped and fell. The audience erupted into laughter. Some little girls would have been mortified. Wen, though, loved the reaction. The acting bug had
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Jun 2020
Dear School of Drama Community
Dear School of Drama community, I write to bring you into the fold of outrage that I know you will all be feeling having witnessed the shocking racist actions of the police in Minneapolis with the death of George Floyd. The devastating treatment of Mr. Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, along with countless other members of our communities of color over the years, highlights yet again the unacceptable racism
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May 2020
Tamara Tunie Elected to Board of Trustees
CMU Elects 5 New Trustees, Including Entertainer Tamara Tunie By Jason Maderer Media Inquiries Award-winning actor, director and producer Tamara R. Tunie was unanimously elected to Carnegie Mellon University’s Board of Trustees at their most recent meeting on May 15. The 1981 alumna of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts (CFA) is best known for her starring role as Dr. Melinda Warner in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and her longstanding character, Jessica
