Ken Urban Awarded Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund

Ken Urban was awarded a Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund from New Dramatists to support the development of my new play DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY.

A four-day workshop of the play will be directed by Steve Cosson (Artistic Director, The Civilians) and feature Maulik Pancholy (30 ROCK, WEEDS), Michael Cyril Creighton (SPOTLIGHT, HIGH MAINTENANCE) and Danielle Skraastad (NYTW’s HURRICANE DIANE).

The workshop will conclude with an invited reading on Friday, December 14th at 3pm. The play is a comedy about a married gay couple who decide to get romantically involved with an ex-girlfriend.

Ken Urban Wins 2024 Blue Ink Award

As part of the award, Urban receives a $3,000 cash prize, a staged reading directed by Artistic Affiliate Dexter Bullard at American Blues Theater, and the opportunity to further develop his script with our artists.

Composing for 37 Years at MIT

In the intimate but acoustically reassuring Killian Hall, with the cooperation of Collage New Music, the Institute’s Music Department hosted an evening of Peter Child’s recent works.

MTA Associate Professor Emily Richmond Pollock Named 2024 MacVicar Fellow

Role models both in and out of the classroom, Berggren, Campbell, Pollock, and Vaikuntanathan join an elite academy of scholars from across the Institute who are committed to curricular innovation; exceptional teaching; collaboration with colleagues; and supporting students through mentorship, leadership, and advising.

Play It Again, Spirio

A piano that captures the data of live performance offers the MIT community new possibilities for studying and experimenting with music