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Q&A with Mark Rosenblatt – Playwright of Broadway’s “Giant”
10:30am – Doors Open. Bagels and Coffee will be provided.
11:00am – Discussion between Mark Rosenblatt and Ben Naylor
12:00pm – Audience Q&A
12:30pm – Wrap-up discussion
Session Limit: 45
FEE: $20 for BADA alums ($25 General Admission)
On Sale Feb 21!
BADA Dean Ben Naylor sits down for a Q&A with award-winning playwright of the West End and Broadway play “Giant” starring John Lithgow.
Award-winning playwright Mark Rosenblatt of Broadway’s “Giant” starring John Lithgow sits down for a conversation with BADA’s Dean Ben Naylor to discuss Giant, the process of writing, tackling giants, and his career.
Waitlist Available for this Session. If there is enough interest, we will attempt to move to a larger venue.
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Mark Rosenblatt is a writer and director for theatre and screen. He was Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse from 2013–16
and Associate Artist there until 2020. He was Associate at the UK’s National Theatre Studio from 2011 to 2013. He founded Dumbfounded Theatre in 2001 and won the JMK Award for Young Directors in 1999.
Giant is his first play. It premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2024 and transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End the following year, winning three Olivier Awards including Best New Play, Best Actor for John Lithgow and Best Supporting Actor for Elliot Levey as well as the 2025 Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play. For Giant. Mark also won the Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Stage Award for Best Creative West End Debut. Giant opens on Broadway for a 16-week run at the Music Box Theater from March this year.
Mark’s extensive freelance directing work includes productions at Shakespeare’s Globe, London, the UK’s National Theatre, across the UK at major regional houses including Sheffield Theatres, Leeds Playhouse, Northampton Theatres, as well as several productions off-Broadway and in Tokyo.
His screen work includes the award-winning, Oscar-qualified short film Ganef (as writer-director), co-writing Making Noise Quietly (Open Palm Films) and the screenplay of an upcoming thriller for Good Chaos, Film 4 and MUBI.
Headshot Photo Credit: Luke Bryant
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Studio Social NYC
Where: NYC (Details to follow)
Date/Time: Sunday, March 22nd. 2pm-4pm
FEE: Free
Come and have a drink on us while you reconnect with the BADA Community. Please RSVP below so we know how big of a space to reserve.
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Acting the Song with Adam Kantor (MIO ’06)
Where: NYC
Date/Time: Monday, March 23rd. Evening
CLASS LIMIT: 15
FEE: $50
TICKETS WILL BE RELEASED FEBRUARY 21ST
Broadway’s Adam Kantor works with participants on acting through song.
Broadway’s Adam Kantor (MIO ‘06) leads a masterclass focused on acting through song! Adam will work with participants on creating a scene and finding specific circumstances to help with grounding and storytelling using the music.
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Adam Kantor (MIO ’06) won an Emmy and a Grammy for his performance in the Tony-winning Broadway production of The Band’s Visit, as well as an Outer Critics Circle honor for his performance in Darling Grenadine at Roundabout Theatre Company. Previously, on Broadway, Adam starred in Fiddler on the Roof, Next to Normal, and Rent (final cast, filmed live for Sony Pictures). Off-Broadway, he starred in The Last Five Years at Second Stage Theater and Avenue Q at New World Stages. Regional credits include Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow’s Noir at Alley Theater, as well as Barry Levinson and Sheryl Crow’s Diner at the Signature Theare. On TV he was in Billions on Showtime as “Pununzio”, and The Good Wife on CBS as “Ezra.” He recently starred in the feature film Either Side of Midnight, directed by Roger Spottiswoode. Adam is a graduate of Northwestern University and the British American Dramatic Academy. @AdamJKantor on social.
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