SChool of drama at the new school appoints Glynis Rigsby as bfa program director

Glynis Rigsby

August 23, 2017 – New York, NY – The New School announced today that Glynis Rigsby has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts and Program Director of the BFA program in Dramatic Arts in School of Drama.

Rigsby has previously taught Foundations in Directing in the School’s BFA program and has served on its BFA curriculum committee. In her new capacity she will continue to teach directing while providing administrative leadership in the undergraduate program.
 
“As an educator and artist, Glynis has been critical to the development of the BFA program over the past four years,” said Pippin Parker, Dean of the School of Drama. “We are excited to have her join the leadership team at the School of Drama and the College of Performing Arts.”
 
"After three years on faculty, it is a joy to be joining School of Drama and the College of Performing Arts in this capacity,” said Rigsby. “The school's commitment to entrepreneurship and social change across our national and international communities is a galvanizing response to the challenges students face in the course of a creative life. I have been so inspired by my colleagues and our students these last three years and look forward to deepening my connection to CoPA as it expands the relationship artists have to one another and the world at large."
 
Rigsby has chaired the New York Film Academy’s Acting for Film program as well as its BFA Acting for Film program in South Beach, Miami, since 2013 and 2014 respectively. Previously she served as the Academy’s Director of Youth Programs and on the Acting for Film faculty since 2007. She directed the School of Drama’s BFA mainstage production of She Kills Monsters in 2015. Other directing credits include Sunken Cathedral for PROTOTYPE and Culturemart at HERE, Anna Ziegler's BFF (Best Friends Forever) and Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur at The Tank NYC, Rape of Lucretia for The Opera Project, Britannia Triumphans for the Yale Center for British Art and Into the Woods for Yale Dramatic Society.

Rigsby holds a BA in Drama from the University of California, Irvine, and an MFA in Directing from Yale School of Drama. She was named a Fox Foundation Fellow in 2001.

School of Drama at The New School in New York City is the creative home to a dynamic group of young theater artists including directors, writers, actors, and creative technologists. Led by an award-winning faculty of professional artists, the multidisciplinary MFA and BFA degree programs bring together rigor, creativity, and collaborative learning to create work marked by professionalism, imagination, and civic awareness.

The College of Performing Arts is a progressive artistic center housed within The New School, in one of the world’s greatest performing arts cities, New York City. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs for aspiring musicians, composers, actors, directors, writers, and performers of all kinds through three renowned schools: Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz, and the School of Drama. Students have the valuable opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies throughout a comprehensive university, The New School. The College of Performing Arts nurtures individual artists in order to cultivate fearless risk takers who value real-world relevance, pursue excellence, and embrace collaboration. Celebrated faculty mentors guide students to take their place as artistic leasers who can make a positive difference in the world today.

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