Faculty in the News

At the School of Drama, our faculty are acclaimed theater artists working in New York City and beyond. Many receive prestigious awards and are visionaries of works brought to life on stages and screens. Learn more about what our cutting-edge faculty members have accomplished.

SARAH GANCHER
Playbill
2026 Obie Awards; See the Full List of Winners

JENNIFER MORRIS
New School News
Jennifer Morris, School of Drama Faculty Member, Explores the Human Condition through Art

IRINA KRUZHILINA
American Theatre
Connecting Russian Refugees Via Theatre—and a SpaceBridge

SANJIT DE SILVA
Slant Magazine
Sanjit De Silva Talks Race, Acting, and His Role in Dry Powder at the Public Theater

STEPHEN KARAM
Deadline
Stephen Karam Adapted his Tony-Winning Play, ‘The Humans’, into a Screenplay

DAEL ORLANDERSMITH
American Theatre Magazine
Dael Orlandersmith Is a Poet of Life’s Complexity

AZURE OSBORNE-LEE
Playbill
Azure D. Osborne-Lee Talks About Telling a Full Trans Journey in His New Play

CHRISTOPHER SHINN
New York Times
For Christopher Shinn, Confronting Death Brings a New Play to Life

MARJAN NESHAT
Playbill
Actor Marjan Neshat Was Born in Iran. English on Broadway Is Bringing Her Back to Her Roots

ISAAC BUTLER
NPR
Isaac Butler discusses his book, The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act