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What’s new with our Alumni:
Congrats BAPF and RPI alum Jonathan Spector on his upcoming Broadway debut!
The M.T.C. run, which is to begin performances on Nov. 25, will be a new production, directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Congrats, Jon! Info.
Michael Gene Sullivan wins a Guggenheim Fellowship to support his playwrighting!
Congratulations to Michael Gene Sullivan (RPI member 2017-20, Rough Reading 2021) who has said he plans to use his Guggenheim fellowship to write a play about Ida B. Wells and her husband, Ferdinand Lee Barnett, who were both journalists and activists.
Congrats to RPI member Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko, joining the Core Writers at Playwrights’ Center!
The Playwrights’ Center Core Writer program gives a group of the most exciting playwrights from across the country the time and tools to develop new work for the stage. Congrats to Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko (RPI member 2019-22), joining the 2023 cohort!