Alum Tarell Alvin McCraney (MIO ’05) to Geffen Playhouse

Congratulations to alum Tarell Alvin McCraney (MIO ’05) who was just appointed artistic director for Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles!

“Playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney has been named artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse. The appointment, which is effective immediately, places one of the most accomplished dramatists of his generation at the helm of the city’s most prominent Westside theater.”

Read the full story at the LA Times.

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Header Photo: Alum Tarell Alvin McCraney (MIO ’05), Alum & Trustee Lydia Carlston (MIO ’01), and former Dean Ian Wooldridge at the 2017 American Friends of BADA fundraising event in New York City.