Garden City, NY - June 4, 2015 - This summer, Adelphi University and the College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to host the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) in residency for the fourth consecutive year. From June 8–June 18, 2015, Adelphi’s Performing Arts Center (AUPAC) and Department of Theatre will aid NYTW in supporting the development of ideas for new and in-progress productions, examining the critical issues in the theatre community and encouraging conversation.
NYTW is a leading national theater organization with a mission to support and encourage outstanding new playwrights and directors outside the commercial area and to develop inventive new works for theatre. Its summer residencies provide both established and emerging artists with the time and space to devote to their works and opportunities to collaborate with their fellow artists.
As in previous years, Adelphi students will be in attendance. This year, six will be on-hand to join in the workshops and discussions, and to support the residency in various capacities.
“Because Adelphi students are welcomed to observe and participate in every part of the residency, there is great potential for their experiential learning and growth in the profession they intend to pursue upon graduation,” said Sam L Grogg, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
The link between NYTW and Adelphi’s Department of Theatre runs deep. Notable alum and creator of RENT, Jonathan Larson ’82, workshopped the play intensively for two years at the NYTW before its record-breaking opening performance in 1996. During its subsequent run at the Nederlander Theatre, the play won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 1996, as well as a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
“This relationship between Adelphi and the New York Theater Workshop is a unique aspect of the performing arts interests of the University and is seeking to have a positive impact on not only Adelphi students, but the theater community at large,” says Dean Grogg.
For more information about the AUPAC, click here. For details about Adelphi University’s Department of Theatre, click here.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, College of Nursing and Public Health and the School of Social Work—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. As a nationally-ranked, doctoral research university, Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Suffolk County, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.