Playwright Panel Discussion 2021
10/31/21 • 58 min
Playwrights Asiimwe Deborah Kawe (Uganda), Nick Makoha (England), and Dima Mikhayel Matta (Lebanon), in conversation with Columbia University School of the Arts International Play Reading Festival Co-Founder David Henry Hwang, Theatre Program. The panel took place with a live zoom audience on October 23, 2021 at 12pm Eastern.
PRODUCTION
Andrew Agress, Literary Manager
Natalie Layne Baker, Sound Editor
Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement
Jessi Cotter, Production Manager
Jordan Fleming, Student Producer
Kanika Vaish, Literary Manager
FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDERS
Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts
David Henry Hwang, MFA Theatre Program, Columbia University School of the Arts
© 2021 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Playwrights Asiimwe Deborah Kawe (Uganda), Nick Makoha (England), and Dima Mikhayel Matta (Lebanon), in conversation with Columbia University School of the Arts International Play Reading Festival Co-Founder David Henry Hwang, Theatre Program. The panel took place with a live zoom audience on October 23, 2021 at 12pm Eastern.
PRODUCTION
Andrew Agress, Literary Manager
Natalie Layne Baker, Sound Editor
Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement
Jessi Cotter, Production Manager
Jordan Fleming, Student Producer
Kanika Vaish, Literary Manager
FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDERS
Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts
David Henry Hwang, MFA Theatre Program, Columbia University School of the Arts
© 2021 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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Written and Performed by Dima Mikhayel Matta (Lebanon)
Directed by Noelle Ghoussaini
PRODUCTION
Andrew Agress, Literary Manager
Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement
Jessi Cotter, Production Manager
Jordan Fleming, Student Producer
Jim Petty with Five Ohm Productions, Audio Engineer
Kanika Vaish, Literary Manager
Ada Westfall, Sound Designer
FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDERS
Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts
David Henry Hwang, MFA Theatre Program, Columbia University School of the Arts
© 2021 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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