Alumni News
Umbarger Publishes Award-Winning Historical FictionThe Passion of Marta, the second novel from Caren Umbarger '76, was named a 2017 Silver Winner for the Nautilus Book Awards for Fiction: Self-Published & Small Press.
Susan Scarf Merrell's Shirley Gets All-Star CastElisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) and Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name) have been cast in the feature film Shirley, adapted from the novel by Susan Scarf Merrell MFA '09.
Houghton Talks Women in Theater, Grief, and CatsMany playwrights consider the theater and its network of artists as a home and family. For Lily Houghton ’17, however, this notion is particularly literal.
Looking Backwards to Go ForwardsWhen Morgan Jerkins MFA ’16 graduated from Princeton, she expected to get a job as an editorial assistant in New York City, be serendipitously discovered, and be launched into literary stardom.
Stars of Stage and ScreenNew roles, new readings, the Tony Awards, and The Last O.G. See where you can spot Bennington drama alumni this summer!