Faculty News

a scene from the importance of being earnest Rave Review for Randich

A review in the Hartford Courant of Jean Randich's "The Importance of Being Earnest" highly praised the Connecticut Rep production. 

Jerusalem Post A Marvelous Way to Begin

In The Jerusalem Post, on the occasion of Simhat Torahthe Jewish holiday that marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycleRabbi Michael Cohen offers an examination of the first reading, calling it "the underpinning of the notion of creatio ex nihilo, God creating the world out of nothing."

Astro Poets Astro Poets

Since creating the viral Twitter account "Astro Poets," which aims to change the way the Internet sees the zodiac, visiting literature faculty member Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky have amassed a collection of more than 194,000 Twitter followers, a monthly advice column for WMagazine and, as they recently announced, a new book deal.

Image of new yorker logo "The Poetry of Death"

The New Yorker online featured a piece by award-winning poet Donald Hall, MFA Writer-in-Residence, called "The Poetry of Death."

The Importance of Being Earnest Randich Takes on Wilde

Drama faculty member Jean Randich will direct Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest to open the Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s 2017-18 season.