Alumni News

Morgan Jerkins Morgan Jerkins MFA '16 Debuts New York Times Bestseller

This Will be My Undoing, an essay collection by Morgan Jerkins MFA ’16, debuted at #7 on The New York Times bestseller list.

The Nubian Word for Flowers The Nubian Word for Flowers

Carole Ione Lewis '59 recently premiered a major opera work in New York entitled The Nubian Word for Flowers; A Phantom Opera, written and directed by Lewis with music and sound design by her partner, the late Pauline Oliveros, a composer and pioneer in American electronic music.

Maya Healers Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams

Fran Antmann ’69 recently published Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams (Nirala Publications, 2017).

Sibyl Kempson '95 Kempson '95 Receives PEN America Playwriting Award

Sibyl Kempson '95 is the recipient of the 2018 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-career.

Madeline Best performs at The Chocolate Factory Theater The Chocolate Factory: Meditations on Place and Creativity After College

The Chocolate Factory Theater, founded by Executive Director Sheila Lewandowski ’97 and Artistic Director Brian Rogers ’95, has been a staple of the Queens arts scene since its first season in 2005.