Theater alum Sebastian Stan (BFA’05) is garnering rave reviews for his star turns in “The Apprentice,” in which he stars as former President Donald J. Trump, and for “A Different Man,” as an actor whose face changes after an experimental treatment.
R. Michael Miller, former head of scenic design in the Theater Department who taught at Rutgers for nearly three decades until his retirement in 2019, died February 2, 2024, at age 70.Miller’s work was seen on Broadway (Souvenir, Eminent Domain, The Boys in...
Theater student Alena Rose BFA ’24 is blazing a trail for other actors.“The biggest thing for me, especially being a Black plus-sized woman in this industry, is truly actually blurring the lines of what certain identities can play,” says Rose....
BFA Costume Design & Technology alum Tori Sterling’s costume work is all about impressive tricks and visual treats, from a full-body Velcro suit to a candy-colored re-creation of roller-skating Barbie. As Resident Costume Designer for The Walt Disney Company/ABC Television’s LIVE, Sterling oversees a variety of special episodes, including LIVE’s Halloween special. Sterling takes us behind the scenes of LIVE’s most-viewed show of the year.
Introduced at the start of the fall 2022 semester, “Interplay” is designed to bring all five departments together to focus on the themes of play, experimentation, and exploration.
Maiwenn Raoult for The New York TimesTheater alum Midori Francis has been cast as Mika, one of the new medical residents in the 19th season of ABC’s long-running hit series Grey’s Anatomy. Francis also stars in HBO’s The Sex Lives of College Girls.In...
Kevin Goetz MGSA’84 is the founder and CEO of Screen Engine/ASI, which has test-screened thousands of movies including Hollywood blockbusters Titanic, Forrest Gump, 12 Years a Slave, Green Book, and Nomadland.Goetz’s first book, Audience-ology: How...
Photo: Victor NechyAfter a historic 15-month shutdown, Broadway shows are steadily reopening throughout September. Mason Gross alumni Ben Jeffrey (The Lion King), Rachel Zatcoff (Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, pictured), musicians John DiSanto and David Ashton, and...
Actor, director, and educator Cameron Knight has been named director of the Mason Gross School’s highly competitive BFA acting program. Knight, scheduled to begin work at Mason Gross this fall, replaces longtime BFA acting head Barbara Marchant, who is retiring.
Photo: Left – Adrienne Baker, a member of The Broadway Sinfonietta and a doctoral student at Mason Gross, played in Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’s orchestra. Photo courtesy of Adrienne Baker. Right – Kevin Chamberlin, a three-time Tony Award...